Posts Tagged ‘Carrie Underwood’

05 May. 2013

Randy Jackson says he’s leaveing AMERICAN IDOL


The “Dawg Pound” just isn’t in it to win it anymore. The senior judge on the long running music competition has decided to call it a day after many reports have been released saying that all four judges were to be fired after this season- it’s worst ratings wise.

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01 Jan. 2013

Smash Star Megan Hilty To Release Debut Album – It Happens All The Time


Megan Hilty, star of the NBC hit show Smash, will release her debut album, It Happens All The Time March 12, 2013 on Portrait, Sony Masterworks’ new adult contemporary imprint, in partnership with Columbia Records. The album is produced by Grammy-winners Andy Zulla and Jimmy Hogarth and showcases a different side of Hilty, the beloved star …

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01 Jan. 2013

Everyone’s Favorite Chorus, The PS 22 CHORUS, Heads To The White House


by Scott Vollweiler The world’s most popular school chorus is hitting Washington DC this weekend for the Presidential Inauguration.  Staten Island’s PS 22 Chorus was invited by New York Senator, Chuck Schumer. Gregg “Mr. B” Breinberg and I chatted through text late Thursday night about the opportunity. “The Senator came to the school back in …

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09 Sep. 2012

Aerosmith Returns For Newly Announced Second Leg Of ‘The Global Warming Tour’


Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is leaving American Idol behind as he and his bandmates Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, and Joey Kramer hit the road November 8th for the newly announced second leg of the “Global Warming” tour. Two days prior to the tour their newest album installment entitled “Music from Another Dimension” drops …

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03 Mar. 2012

CARRIE UNDERWOOD REVEALS ALBUM TITLE AND COVER ART FOR “BLOWN AWAY”


Album Due in Stores May 1 Nashville, TN- (March 5, 2012) – Since five-time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood released her new single, “Good Girl,” to country radio and debuted it at No. 1 on Billboard’s Digital Country Songs chart, the excitement from her fans continues to grow. Underwood will release Blown Away in stores on …

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02 Feb. 2012

Country Categories of 2012 Grammy Awards: Based on Merit or Popularity?


Tanya Tucker once said that country music is treated like a “second hand rose” at the Grammy awards. The Grammy awards, which are dubbed as music’s biggest night, are supposed to honor achievement in music based on artistic or technical merit, but that was not the case in many categories in this year’s ceremony. Two …

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12 Dec. 2011

Martina McBride Scores 2012 Grammy Nomination


On December 1, 2011, country music queen Martina McBride’s smash single “I’m Gonna Love You Through It” received a well-deserved Grammy nomination for “Best Country Solo Performance,” a category that honors excellence for new vocal or instrumental solo country recordings.   A Republic Nashville recording artist, McBride is up against fellow country stars Jason Aldean’s …

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06 Jun. 2011

Lucy Angel EP Review


Arizona country trio Lucy Angel consists of mother Kate Anderton, as well as her two daughters Emily and Lindsay. Their eponymous  EP, produced by Anthony Smith, was released via their record label, GForce Music Group. It opens with the lead-off single “Serious,” co-written by acclaimed songwriters Anthony Smith, Chris Wallin and David Lee Murphy, in …

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05 May. 2011

Sara Evans Grows “Stronger” with Latest #1 Country Hit


  Country beauty Sara Evans is the new queen of the Billboard Hot Country Charts. After 33 weeks on the charts, her latest single “A Little Bit Stronger,” which was co-written by Hillary Lindsey, Hillary Scott and Luke Laird, reached the coveted #1 spot in the May 14, 2011 issue of Billboard Magazine.   “A …

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04 Apr. 2011

Female Country Vocalists to be Honored at ACM Special Event


Five of country music’s finest female vocalists will appear and subsequently, be honored at Girls’ Night Out: Superstar Women of Country, which was taped on April 4, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The proceeds from the event’s ticket sales will benefit ACM Lifting Lives, an ACM charity. These five country songstresses …

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