Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood Hits #1 after CMA Bump, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw Advance
9 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Carrie Underwood Hits #1 after CMA Bump, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw Advance
Carrie Underwood‘s impressive performance of ‘Something in the Water’ on last week’s CMA Awards show gives the song it’s final bump to the top. Congratulations to Carrie and her co-writers Brett James and Chris DeStefano! Other CMA Awards performers seeing the effect are Little Big Town, who take ‘Day Drinking’ from #9 to #4, and Read More
Live Review: Music City Hitmakers – Nashville, TN – October 23, 2014
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Live Review: Music City Hitmakers – Nashville, TN – October 23, 2014
On a beautiful, if slightly chilly, evening in Nashville, there is nothing better than listening to world class songwriters. On October 23, Music City Hitmakers kicked off a new music series, titled Songwriters Under the Stars, at the gorgeous Cheekwood Mansion located in Cheekwood Botanical Gardens. Under the artistic direction of Charles Dixon, and performing Read More
Melissa Etheridge Tells You How You Should Feel about Auto-Tune
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Melissa Etheridge Tells You How You Should Feel about Auto-Tune
There are several debates in music that I am growing increasingly weary of. The Great Auto-Tune Controversy is quite possibly at the top of that list. Melissa Etheridge is the latest artist to weigh in. Sat atop a very high horse, she wrote a short piece for Billboard essentially explaining that if you use Auto-Tune, Read More
Third Quarter Country Music Sales Low, Improvement Expected in Q4
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Third Quarter Country Music Sales Low, Improvement Expected in Q4
In the third quarter of 2014, the sales numbers for country music were depressingly low. It tends to be a quieter quarter, since the summer months include fewer big releases, but these numbers will have inspired some discussion in record label board rooms. The biggest selling album remains Luke Bryan‘s Crash My Party, which adds Read More
Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean Added to 2014 CMA Awards Performers
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean Added to 2014 CMA Awards Performers
More performers were announced for the 48th Annual Country Music Awards. Some of the biggest hitters will take the stage that night as Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley, and Jason Aldean join the lineup. A lineup which so far shows a depressing scarcity of women. But anyway… The rest of the press release reads: Read More
Dustin Lynch Celebrates First #1 Hit, Five Artists Join Top 10
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Dustin Lynch Celebrates First #1 Hit, Five Artists Join Top 10
Broken Bow does it again. The label has some serious radio promo mojo going on, and elevates Dustin Lynch to his first #1 hit with ‘Where It’s At.’ Even though only two new songs join the top 10, five artists do. The duet by Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood, ‘Somethin’ Bad,’ enters at #9, and Read More
Big Names Announced for 2014 CMA Awards Performances
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Big Names Announced for 2014 CMA Awards Performances
The first round of performers for the 48th Annual CMA Awards hold no surprises. Some of the biggest name of the last few years, and nominees for the evening’s top awards will liven up the show. Announced to perform so far are Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, and Luke Bryan. You can read the Read More
CMA Awards 2014 – List of Nominees and Predictions
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on CMA Awards 2014 – List of Nominees and Predictions
The list of 2014 CMA Awards nominees confirms Miranda Lambert‘s status as queen of country music. She equals her own 2010 record of nine nominations, including in all the major categories. Dierks Bentley finally arrives on the big award scene with five nods, and Keith Urban returns to the Entertainer of the Year category, along Read More