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Billy Joe Shaver to Release New Spiritual Album
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Written by Ennoc
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Sunday, 10 June 2007 07:38
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Produced by John Carter Cash, Album Features Guest Appearances by Kris Kristofferson, John Anderson, Tanya Tucker, Marty Stuart, Bill Miller and Others Houston, Texas (PRWEB) June 10, 2007 -- Billy Joe Shaver's been thinking about making a spiritual album for a long time, but like everything in his life, he approaches spirituality on his own terms. "Somebody called this album 'honky tonk Gospel,'" Shaver says chuckling. "I kinda like that." Shaver is describing Everybody's Brother, his August 7, 2007 release on Compadre Records, a division of Mathew Knowles' Music World Entertainment.
Producer John Carter Cash, son of Shaver's pal Johnny Cash, added his own studio polish to the project, while capturing all the rowdy energy of Shaver's live performances. Cash commented: ""Billy Joe Shaver is the last of his breed. Since I was a young child, I have known him, and now having the chance to work with him in the studio as a producer, I have learned his heart. Billy Joe is the kind of man who will go the extra mile for a friend... Give his coat when asked for his shirt. I love Billy Joe, and will always treasure the memories of working with him."
The songs on Everybody's Brother deal with love, loss, mortality and the hereafter, all viewed from Shaver's unique perspective. "Get Thee Behind Me Satan" opens the album with a bang. John Anderson trades off on lead vocals and adds his harmonies to the chorus on the bluesy rocker. Anderson recently joined Shaver at a Civil War-era church in Shelbyville, TN to shoot a video for the track.
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Music For Troops Produces Free, 50-State Music CDs for Men and Women in Uniform
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Written by Ennoc
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Friday, 08 June 2007 08:15
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Music For Troops (MFT) recently announced the creation of a boxed set of CDs titled "All States All Stars" that will be sent free to men and women serving in the armed forces in the US and overseas. Boxed Set of Songs Representing all 50 States Will be Released on July 4, 2007. Lyon Station, PA (PRWEB) June 8, 2007 -- Music For Troops (MFT) recently announced the creation of a boxed set of CDs titled "All States All Stars" that will be sent free to men and women serving in the armed forces in the US and overseas. To create the CD sets, bands from all across America donated songs representing each of the 50 states. Every boxed set includes 4 CDs and a poster featuring John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting who wrote the introduction for the project. On the Fourth of July Music For Troops will send up to 20,000 copies - totaling a million songs -- of the "All States All Stars" boxed set to men and women serving in the armed forces. To help support the project people throughout USA have been donating $1 and signing the CD box online at www.amillionsongs.org "Every $1 donated sends 33 songs to our troops," says Tom Hughes, executive director, Music for Troops, headquartered in Lyons Station, PA.
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Underwood, Chesney, Urban Headline "Fantastic" Week on GAC
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Written by Ennoc
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Thursday, 24 May 2007 07:19
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Underwood, Rodney Atkins, Sugarland kick off week's programming with Special Tuesday LIVE edition of GAC's Grand Ole Opry Live. Nashville, TN (PRWEB) May 24, 2007 -- Great American Country network, where country music lives all the time, helps country music fans get fired up for the annual CMA Music Festival with a FanTastic week of special programming designed to appeal to a wide variety of music lovers. GAC's annual FanTastic Week starts with a bang on June 5 at 9 p.m. ET, with a unique Tuesday evening LIVE concert featuring Carrie Underwood, Rodney Atkins and Sugarland on a special edition of GAC's Grand Ole Opry Live.  CMA Music Festival, which runs June 7-10 in Nashville, annually draws more than 160,000 fans to Music City to mix and mingle with their favorite artists. For both fans visiting Nashville and those who can't make it, GAC promises a memorable week of television programming with the fan in mind.
GAC's FanTastic Week opens with a live country music concert featuring three of country music's hottest acts on one stage. Multi-platinum artist Carrie Underwood joins Rodney Atkins, recently named Top New Male Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music, and dynamic country duo Sugarland for a rare Tuesday night edition of GAC's Grand Ole Opry Live.
"This is a special opportunity for GAC viewers to catch a live country music concert during primetime on a weeknight, and you could not ask for a hotter lineup of performers any more popular with today's country music fans," says Sarah Trahern, senior vice president of programming for GAC.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 24 May 2007 07:20
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Buck Mccoy Could be The 'Next Big Thing'
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Written by Ennoc
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Tuesday, 22 May 2007 12:58
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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 22, 2007 -- Country recording artist Buck McCoy has quite a lot going on as he  gets set for the release of his debut CD "Top Dog." Millions will be getting a glimpse of this Grand Prairie, Texas native on the "Next Best Thing" during a two-hour premiere Wednesday May 30t on ABC-TV. His first single, "A Few Steps Away," is being released to radio in conjunction with the series that tapped him due to his resemblance to Country superstar Tim McGraw. "Make no mistake about it, Buck McCoy is a potential country star in his own right with an amazing voice and powerful musical instincts," says industry expert Larry Weir who co-produced the album along with his brother Tom Weir for their newly formed Caption Record label. Tom Weir, a recent Grammy winner, also engineered and mixed the 12-song collection at his Studio City Sound compound in Southern California.
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Australians Travel To Nashville For June Festivities
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Written by Ennoc
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Wednesday, 16 May 2007 06:48
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Nashville, TN (PRWEB) May 14, 2007 -- This June, a contingent of Australia's hottest Country artists will take part in the 2007 CMA Music Festival. These talented Aussies include: Morgan Evans, Adam Harvey, Briana Lee, Travis Collins, Troy Kemp, Mark O'Shea, and Beccy Cole. The success these artists have achieved in Australia has earned them the opportunity to take part in this year's CMA Global Events. While in Nashville, several will collaborate with writers and producers to record songs for release in their home territories. CMA Music Festival will give these international artists an opportunity to reach American fans and to network with the Nashville music industry. Rob Potts, of Australia's Entertainment Edge booking agency and events company, and a CMA Board Member states, "It's fantastic to see these Aussie artists performing at the CMA Music Festival. CMA's support of Global Country Music is excellent." Potts will lead an Australian Delegation at the CMA Music Festival, which includes Telstra's Greg Swain; Peter "Skip" Beaumont-Edmonds of Cranium Management; Tim Daly of Country Music Channel Australia; Gayle Madill Editor of Country Update Magazine; Mary Olivieri of Venture Travel; Tim Holland the Label Manager of ABC Country; and Jen Carmody from Sony BMG.
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