Well, another CMT Crossroads has been announced. This one sounds like a lot of fun...Zac Brown Band and Jimmy Buffett will be the focus of the next episode. It will be recorded in December, and then set to air sometime in March of 2010.
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Wow, I wanted to see the tour really bad to begin with, but now Lee Ann Womack has been added to the George Strait / Reba McEntire tour... it is now beyond a required attendance event. Event doesn't even quite come close to the magnitude of talent appearing in one night. This lineup even beats out some of the previous George Strait Country Music Festivals I've attended.I can't imagine how tr...
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This year's CMA Awards were great, and the ratings showed it:16.8-million people watched the show for a 10.1-Rating/16-Share and won each time-slot during the show's 3-hours. This was ABC's biggest non-sportsWednesday audience in over 4-years.CMT.com reports that their website experienced its highest-streamed CMA Awards week in history this year, with 1.6 million video streams in three days. CM...
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This April, Kenny Chesney will be on the big screen, and no, not the those big ones that you are used to seeing him on at his sold-out shows. The movie theater big screen, but it will be a lot like those big screens at the concert venue... the movie is titled "Kenny Chesney's Summer In 3-D."This special event movie will bring Kenny Chesney's concert right to you in your local movie theater as...
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Here is the new Board Members of the Academy of Country Music.... Directors are elected from each category based on the number of members in that category. Each director serves staggered two-year terms, with half the board membership changing each year. ACM Board Members: Affiliated Tony Brown/TBE, John Briggs/ASCAP Nashville Artist/Entertainer/MBI Craig M...
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Looks like George Strait will be starring in a new movie titled "A Pure Country Gift."Reports are saying that the movie will be about three angels who give the gift of a beautiful singing voice to a newborn girl. As she gets older she breaks some of the angels' rules and they take away her singing voice.Katrina Elam will also be acting in the movie. She is played as a 9-year-old by Kaitlyn ...
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Now the show is over, the parties have ended, and the awards have been given out it is time to reflect back on the show from yesterday...First, some shameless self-promotion... I predicted correctly video, event, album, duo, female, musician, and entertainer awards (7). Not so good on new artist, song, group, male, and single (6.) So hey, not bad.Personally, the award winners overall I believ...
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Here is this year's list of performances. Also provided are clips from those albums that are available for download! Amazon downloads are DRM-free and can be played on any device that supports MP3...2009 CMA Awards PerformancesForever & Always- Taylor SwiftAlright- Darius RuckerWhite Liar- Miranda LambertWelcome to the Future- Brad PaisleyDevil Went Down to Georgia- Zac Brown BandI Need You Now-
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Amazon.com WidgetsEvent of The Year"Start A Band"Brad Paisley / Keith UrbanMusician of The YearMac McAnallyVideo of The Year"Love Story"Taylor SwiftSingle of The Year"I Run To You"Lady AntebellumSong of The Year"In Color"Jamey JohnsonGroup of the YearLady AntebellumNew Artist of the YearDarius RuckerDuo of the YearSugarlandMale Artist of the YearBrad PaisleyAlbum of the Year"Fearless" Taylor...
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Want to chat just a bit during the show? You can send me a message over on the right side of the blog page under E-mail & Live chat. I'll try to be available as much as I can during the coverage..I will be using Twitter during the show.. cntryalive is the username to follow, can setup SMS messages if you wont be in front of the computer during the show.News Channel 5's webcam updates every 5 mi...
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Country Music Alive will be following the 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards this year in a few formats...The live- as it happens comments, winners, and other great information during the award show itself follow me on Twitter! I will begin shortly after 5:00pm EST. If you aren't going to be near a television, follow and add me to your SMS following for updates to your mobile phone....
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Here are few other websites in what they are predicting for tomorrow night!Prediction roundup...Tha Good Life Reviews .comEntertainer Of The Year…. Taylor SwiftAlbum Of The Year…. Fearless-Taylor SwiftFemale Vocalist Of The Year... Reba McEntireMale Vocalist Of The Year …. Kenny ChesneyMusic Video Of The Year…. “Boots On” – Randy HouserMusical Event Of The Year…. “Start A Band”
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Well, first there was the announcement of Trace Adkins and Martina McBride touring together... and now an announcement of another superstar duo hitting the tour schedule in 2010.George Strait and Reba McEntire will head out on tour together for 2010. Pretty exciting to think of seeing 2 such living legends on the same night and place. Just think all of the hits and record sales they have betw...
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Thank you all for the best month ever for Country Music Alive! October was just amazing with the number of visitors and comments! Lets make November even better by telling your friends and family about Country Music Alive!Remember to visit the website: http://www.countrymusicalive.com/Become a Fan on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/ygxcbxgFollow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cntryaliveSubscri...
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You know, I've been thinking this past week or so... there something pretty exciting going on in country music these days. I feel like there has been a shift in the music that we get to listen, it might be slight, as in nothing drastic, but I really do feel like there has been a positive change in the music.Look at some of the recent singles hitting the charts and radio...The Lost Trailers "Co...
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Country Folks (Livin' Loud) by The Lost Trailers is one of those songs that just gets in my head and stays... what a great song. If you haven't heard it, you should take a listen, I bet you will add it to your library of songs quick.Not many songs come around that I just want to listen and sing with all day long if I could. The lyrics are excellent, great sound to the song, a good country be...
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NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.; stars of ABC’s “The Middle” Neil Flynn and Patricia Heaton; Julianne Hough; Randy Houser, Jake Owen; Kellie Pickler;LeAnn Rimes; and ABC News’s Robin Roberts, co-anchor of “Good Morning America” and host of the upcoming “Robin Roberts: Bright Lights. Big Stars. All Access Nashville” ABC television special (airing Nov. 10) have been announced as pre
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Wow... I knew it would be huge and would sell fast.. here are the facts for the first 20 shows that went on sale this weekend:Starting at 7 a.m., there were more than 2 million page views to the Garth Brooks ticket area on the Wynn Web site.more than 40,000 people could be found on the site at any given time.It took less than five hours to sell out the first 20 Garth Brooks concerts. The line...
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United States House Resolution was passed with all present voting "yay." Something they can agree on huh? What is it? Well... country music. Here is the video of the remarks made by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL.)H RES 650 (Roll # 766) Recognizing That Country Music Has Made A Tremendous Contribution To American Life and Culture and Declaring Country Music To Be A Uniquely American Art Form
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Well, it is voting time for CMA Members, and that means we are getting real close to the 2009 CMA Awards. 23 days in fact.So, I think its time to go on the record with my predictions for the 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards.These are just that predictions. I usually have a 50/50 track record on this game. After you read my predictions, join in on the discussion over on Facebook to...
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