News from CMT - Week of Nov 24 PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 07:22

All the news from country music's most reliable source.   Week of Nov. 24, 2008 

  • NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Time for a Country Gratitude Day, Vol. III
    Things that I'm expressing thanks for this Thanksgiving weekend, while waiting for the new Trader Joe's to find a way around local Boss Tweed liquor laws in order to start selling Nashville some Two Buck Chuck wine:

  • CMT Insider Interview: Taylor Swift (Part 1 of 2)
    CMT Insider goes inside the world of country music's most popular teenager, Taylor Swift. Host Katie Cook takes a tour of Swift's tour bus, chats with the star about her sophomore album, Fearless, and learns about her transition into adultho

  • Kenny Chesney, George Strait, Taylor Swift to Play Cheyenne Frontier Days
    Kenny Chesney, George Strait and Taylor Swift have been announced as performers at Cheyenne Frontier Days to be held July 17-26 in Cheyenne, Wyo.

  • Miranda Lambert Named Field and Stream's Hero of the Year
    Miranda Lambert earned the Hero of the Year title from Field and Stream in the magazine's latest issue.

  • George Strait, LeAnn Rimes Encourage Texans to Restore Governor's Mansion
    George Strait and LeAnn Rimes are encouraging Texans to donate money for a restoration of the Governor's Mansion in a series of TV public service announcements that will run statewide.
  • Kenny Chesney Celebrates His Former Publicist's First Hit
    Kenny Chesney made a special trip from his tropical island retreat to congratulate his former publicist, Holly Gleason, for her part in writing his recent hit, "Better as a Memory."

  • Trace Adkins Releases His 10th Album, X (Ten)
    Trace Adkins released his 10th album, X (Ten), on Tuesday (Nov. 25).

  • Toby Keith Offers "War on Christmas" Digitally
    Toby Keith's holiday parody song, "War on Christmas," is available now on iTunes.

  • Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins Plans Solo Album in 2009
    Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins will release her first solo album on April 7 on Nonesuch Records.

  • Trace Adkins' 10th Album Caps His Busiest Year Ever
    Simply put, Trace Adkins is a hardworking man. He began the year by vying against other celebrities in Donald Trump's 12-week reality TV series, The Celebrity Apprentice, where his second place finish raised thousands of dollars for the Food Allerg

  • Rhonda Vincent Changes Rage Lineup
    Rhonda Vincent has announced changes in her band, the Rage.

  • The Raconteurs Enlist Ricky Skaggs, Ashley Monroe for Bluegrass Track
    The Raconteurs, a Nashville-based rock band featuring Jack White of the White Stripes, has rerecorded its new single, "Old Enough," as a bluegrass song featuring Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe.

  • Emerson Drive's David Pichette Becomes a Father
    Emerson Drive fiddler David Pichette's wife Jill delivered their first child Friday (Nov. 21), the band's publicist announced Monday (Nov. 24).

  • Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift Among American Music Award Winners
    Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood were announced as winners at the American Music Awards on Sunday night (Nov. 23) in Los Angeles.

  • HOT DISH: The Zac Brown Band Gets Hot With "Chicken Fried"
    Taylor Swift remains at No. 1 with "Love Story," but the hottest single in country music right now is "Chicken Fried" by the Zac Brown Band.

  • Taylor Swift Tops the Charts: Need We Say More?
    Now we know why Taylor Swift called her new album Fearless. It has absolutely thumped the competition, selling 592,304 copies its first week out, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and thus landing at the top of both Billboard's country and all-genre Billboard 200 charts.
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    Last Updated on Monday, 01 December 2008 06:52