Articles Posted June 2012
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Ernest Tubb Record Shops Mark 65th Anniversary During CMA Music Festival
By Bob Doerschuk © 2012 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. It was a typical afternoon in March at the Ernest Tubb Record Shop in Downtown Nashville. Browsers thumbed through CDs…
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Luke Bryan Scores Third Consecutive Platinum Single
Luke Bryan photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville. Luke Bryan has picked up his third consecutive platinum single with his latest hit, “Drunk On You.” Certified platinum by the RIAA, the single joins previously platinum-certified singles…
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GAC Album Review: Elizabeth Cook’s Gospel Plow EP
Elizabeth Cook’s 2012 EP, Gospel Plow. Photo courtesy of Thirty Tigers. The question was raised at a Northern California music festival in May 2011. Would Elizabeth Cook be willing to play the Strawbery Music Festival’s…
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Watch Dierks Bentley’s “5-1-5-0″ Video
Dierks Bentley photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville. Dierks Bentley gets down and dirty in his new video, “5-1-5-0.” Dierks, his band and local fans went for a wild and muddy ride at the Big Nasty…
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OFFSTAGE: Luke Bryan Looks Back on First Music Video
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) It’s been five years since Luke Bryan made his first music video. And…
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Obama, Romney Will Appear on CMT Music Awards
Political rivals President Barack Obama and Republican front-runner Mitt Romney will appear in a comedic opening segment on the CMT Music Awards airing Wednesday night (June 6) at 8 p.m. ET/PT. With this year’s presidential…
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Huntsville’s Original Working Women’s Wednesday
The final Working Women’s Wednesday is July 25th! Come on out and join us for Huntsville’s Original Working Women’s Wednesday at Margarita’s Mexican Restaurant, featuring fun and games, $1.01 margaritas, appetizer specials, and get registered to win the get-away to San Antonio (must be present to win).
The fun begins at 4:30 and goes ’til 6:30 every Wednesday in July. It’s Huntsville’s Original Working Women’s Wednesday with Margarita’s Mexican Restaurant and 101.7 KSAM!
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Rascal Flatts, Journey Will Sing at CMT Music Awards
Rascal Flatts and rock legends Journey will team up for the first time at the CMT Music Awards on Wednesday night (June 6). At rehearsals on Tuesday, Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus told a CMT crew,…
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OFFSTAGE: CMT Music Awards Rehearsals
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) There’s so much I cannot tell you about the CMT Music Awards rehearsals.…
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Taylor Swift’s "Dear John" Upset John Mayer
Taylor Swift’s song “Dear John” made John Mayer feel “terrible” and “really humiliated,” he told Rolling Stone in an interview published Wednesday (June 6) on the magazine’s website. Mayer said Swift didn’t warn him about…
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