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Mumford & Sons’ Babel Claims Billboard Folk Albums #1, The Lumineers and Ed Sheeran Follow

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Mumford & Sons’ Babel Claims Billboard Folk Albums #1, The Lumineers and Ed Sheeran Follow
British folk-rock quartet Mumford & Sons climbs to the summit of the Billboard Folk Albums Chart with their only-just-short-of-perfect album, Babel. If this record is not yet part of your collection, know that it comes extremely highly recommended. Two newcomers join the Top 10 this week. Family Reunion secures the Hot Shot Debut accolade with Read More

Preorder Kenny Chesney’s Life on a Rock, Grab a Free Download of New Single ‘Pirate Flag’

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Preorder Kenny Chesney’s Life on a Rock, Grab a Free Download of New Single ‘Pirate Flag’
Kenny Chesney‘s brand new single, ‘Pirate Flag,’ is available now at iTunes. If you haven’t heard it yet, you can catch up with our single review here. But before you go grab the new song, Kenny has a deal for you. If you preorder the new album, Life on a Rock, which will be available Read More

New Video: ‘Pirate Flag’ – Kenny Chesney

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Kenny Chesney‘s new single, ‘Pirate Flag,’ has just been released for purchase and the feelgood song already has a fitting music video. You can read our single review, and check out the video below!     Read More

Canaan Smith Announces Tour With Love and Theft

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Canaan Smith Announces Tour With Love and Theft
Canaan Smith announced to fans on Monday that he would be joining Love and Theft on the road this Spring. The announcement came in the form of a short video, posted to Canaan’s YouTube page. There are currently six dates scheduled. Keep up with Canaan on his website, Facebook and Twitter; you never know when Read More

A Day in the Life of Lady Antebellum: in pictures

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on A Day in the Life of Lady Antebellum: in pictures
Country music trio Lady Antebellum has had a very busy start to 2013. They have released a new single, ‘Downtown,’ and recently paired up with Stevie Nicks for an episode of CMT Crossroads. The day of the taping, photographer Joseph Llanes captured the day in a series of photographs for Rolling Stone magazine. He caught Read More

Tobacco Road Band Teams with Colt Ford on New Single, ‘That’s Country’

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Tobacco Road Band Teams with Colt Ford on New Single, ‘That’s Country’
Florida’s country-rock quartet Tobacco Road, lead by Eric Durrance, enlisted the help of a kindred spirit for their new single. Colt Ford joins the band on ‘That’s Country,’ which will impact radio on February 5. Read more in the press release: Billboard Country News Editor Chuck Dauphin says this about the just-unleashed TRB-Ford collaboration: “‘That’s Read More

Joan Osborne Celebrates ‘Bring it on Home’ Grammy Nomination with Several Appearances

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Joan Osborne Celebrates ‘Bring it on Home’ Grammy Nomination with Several Appearances
Joan Osborne‘s extremely excellent album, Bring it on Home, received a 2013 Grammy nomination and Joan will be celebrating in the run-up to the February 10 award ceremony with several appearances. You will be able to catch her on Hallmark’s Home & Family (check local listings), CBS Los Angeles (Feb. 8 at 2:15pm PT), HuffPost Read More

New Country Music YouTube Channel Launches with Four Original Series

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Today, a new country music channel launched on YouTube. CountryNow will host four original shows discussing country music, country fashion and country lifestyle topics. You can read all about it in the press release: Tens of millions of known but underserved country music fans on YouTube now have an original genre channel to satisfy their Read More

Rounder Records Artists Win Big at 2013 SPBGMA Awards, Dailey & Vincent Bluegrass Band of the Year

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Rounder Records Artists Win Big at 2013 SPBGMA Awards, Dailey & Vincent Bluegrass Band of the Year
At last weekend’s 39th Annual SPBGMA Awards in Nashville, Rounder Records artists scooped up six awards. Members of the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America voted Dailey & Vincent Bluegrass Band of the Year for a third year, and the duo was also named Vocal Group of the Year and Gospel Group Read More

Alt.Country Trio The Avett Brothers Preview MerleFest 2013 Performance with Special Video

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Alt.Country Trio The Avett Brothers Preview MerleFest 2013 Performance with Special Video
The Avett Brothers, one of the most successful folk-pop bands, is building anticipation ahead of their MerleFest 2013 performance. The trio will debut a special acoustic performance video at noon on February 8 on the front page of the USAToday.com Music section. MerleFest, a four-day event that is an annual homecoming of musicians and music Read More