Dierks Bentley
CMA Fest 2015 LP Field Lineup Announced: Keith Urban, Eric Church, Alan Jackson, Dierks Bentley…
9 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on CMA Fest 2015 LP Field Lineup Announced: Keith Urban, Eric Church, Alan Jackson, Dierks Bentley…
The Country Music Association has announced the lineup for the nightly concerts at LP Field during CMA Fest 2015! Tickets for the shows sold out in November, long before even one name was mentioned, showing just how much the country music fans want to be part of this party. They will be getting the biggest Read More
Billboard Power 100 Includes Borchetta, Dungan, Esposito but Shows Nashville’s Place in Music
9 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Billboard Power 100 Includes Borchetta, Dungan, Esposito but Shows Nashville’s Place in Music
When you live in Nashville and you keep hearing about how it is “Music City,” it is sometimes easy to forget that the real top music industry power brokers are still elsewhere. Billboard’s annual Power 100 list is a great reminder of just who are the men and (still depressingly few) women behind the curtain. Read More
Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan Address CMA Board about History of Country Music Documentary
9 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan Address CMA Board about History of Country Music Documentary
As they continue work on their documentary series on the history of country music, filmmakers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delivered the keynote address at the quarterly CMA Board of Directors meeting Wednesday in Nashville. The new series is slated for release on PBS in 2018. 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
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
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
Music Charts #1 Update: Taylor Swift, Wiz Khalifa, Chase Rice, Sam Smith
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Music Charts #1 Update: Taylor Swift, Wiz Khalifa, Chase Rice, Sam Smith
Taylor Swift may have now officially switched genres, but she still holds her familiar spot on the Billboard charts – new single ‘Shake it Off’ stays at #1. Wiz Khalifa can celebrate his first #1 album, with Blacc Hollywood. An interesting surprise, and the result of smart work, sees Chase Rice debut his first album, Read More
Country Radio Keeps Dierks Bentley at #1; Chesney, Lynch Advance to Top 5
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Country Radio Keeps Dierks Bentley at #1; Chesney, Lynch Advance to Top 5
Dierks Bentley‘s ‘Drunk on a Plane’ is still #1 at country radio, and keeps Tim McGraw‘s ‘Meanwhile Back at Mama’s’ from reaching the top spot. Kenny Chesney only needed 10 weeks to push ‘American Kids’ into the top 5, at #4 this week, followed by Dustin Lynch who climbs to #5 with ‘Where It’s At.’ Read More