| News from CMT - Week of Nov 17 |
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| Written by Raoul |
| Wednesday, 19 November 2008 07:16 |
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All the news from country music's most reliable source. Week of Nov. 17, 2008 If you question actor-director Kevin Costner's understanding of the power of country music, keep in mind that he's the guy who came up with the idea to have Whitney Houston sing Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You." But more about that later. Tim McGraw says he expects to be nervous as the host of the Saturday Night Live episode airing Saturday (Nov. 22) on NBC. Julianne Hough will not return to Dancing With the Stars when the next season begins in May, she said Thursday (Nov. 20) in an interview with Ryan Seacrest on his syndicated radio show. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill ranked fourth in a list of Hollywood's wealthiest couples between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008, according to Forbes magazine. Taylor Swift's enormous success throws a giant shadow over all of popular music, but especially so over country music. A self-made teenage artist suddenly dwarfing all acts? She has done it. Tim McGraw and Dierks Bentley have been announced as two of the headliners at next year's Country Stampede, to be held June 25-28 in Manhattan, Kan. Trace Adkins, George Strait and Taylor Swift are among the artists who will perform at the Craven Country Jamboree near Regina, Saskatchewan, on July 9-12. Pat Green will release a new album, What I'm For, on Jan. 27, 2009, on BNA Records. "I had a rock tied to my leg in a thousand feet of water." That's how John Michael Montgomery says he felt during the period between 2000 and 2005 when he was beset by career-derailing afflictions from which he is still recovering. A series of syndicated radio programs recorded by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys will be released in a 10-CD boxed set on Jan. 27 by Collectors' Choice Music. Country music again tops the pop albums chart, thanks to Taylor Swift, who sold 592,000 copies of her second album, Fearless, during its first week of release to debut at No. 1 on Billboard's country albums list and the all-genre Billboard 200 Getting a straight answer from Blake Shelton isn't always easy -- and neither is keeping a straight face during a conversation with him. His easy-going demeanor and amusing antics are often met by bursts of laughter from those around him. In fact, during A kick-off party for Project Paper Doll, an effort to help raise money for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, was held Monday evening (Nov. 17) in the hospital's theater. Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora says the band's new project will sound different than their 2007 album, Lost Highway, which was recorded in Nashville. Charlie Daniels, Patty Loveless and former Lonestar vocalist Richie McDonald will be signing autographs this week at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. Earl Scruggs' first solo headlining concert at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium has been released on CD by Rounder Records. BIMINGHAM, Ala. -- Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson brought out an impressive number of people to the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex on Friday night (Nov. 14), despite the struggling economy and the fact that both artists are in between albums ri Clint Black is suing his manager and accountant, Charlie Sussman, over a dispute involving the independent record label, Equity Records, according to The City Paper, a Nashville newspaper. Jewel will be selling copies of her first country album, Perfectly Clear, for a minimum $1 donation to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. Luke Bryan has signed a sponsorship deal with Miller Lite that includes on-pack product placement, touring, contesting and downloads to cross promote him and the beer brand in Wal-Mart stores nationwide. The Bellamy Brothers' "Let Your Love Flow" appears at No. 25 on the Music Week singles chart in the United Kingdom following its use in a credit card advertisement by England's Barclays Bank. |
| Last Updated on Monday, 24 November 2008 06:50 |