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CCMA Awards 2014 – Full List of Winners
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on CCMA Awards 2014 – Full List of Winners
Last night, the Canadian Country Music Association closed out country music week with the final award show. The big awards of the night went to perennial fan-favorite, Johnny Reid (Fans’ Choice Award), Gord Bamford (Single of the Year), and Dean Brody (Album of the Year). Of course, it’s not a 2014 country award show without 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
Dierks Bentley Flies High at #1 with ‘Drunk on a Plane’
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Dierks Bentley Flies High at #1 with ‘Drunk on a Plane’
Dierks Bentley has another reason to host a party on plane! His jilted lover party anthem, ‘Drunk on a Plane,’ tops the Mediabase Country Singles Chart. Congrats to Dierks and his co-writers Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins! Brad Paisley‘s twitter activity boosts ‘River Bank’ to #1, and Tim McGraw climbs into the top 3. Florida Read More
Music Charts #1 Update: Weird Al, FGL, Keb’ Mo’, Blake Shelton, Trampled by Turtles
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Music Charts #1 Update: Weird Al, FGL, Keb’ Mo’, Blake Shelton, Trampled by Turtles
Despite having been in the business of making very popular records, Mandatory Fun becomes the first #1 debut for Weird Al this week, as it sits atop the Billboard 200 Albums chart. Florida Georgia Line takes control of both the Hot Country and Country Digital Songs chart, while Blake Shelton returns to #1 on the Read More
Florida Georgia Line Have Another Sustainable Number One On Their Hands
10 years ago Sara Irvin Comments Off on Florida Georgia Line Have Another Sustainable Number One On Their Hands
As much as I am not a fan of Florida Georgia Line, I must say that their latest sing, written by Rodney Clawson and Chris Tompkins, is a great, tear-jerking, lump in your throat kind of song. Apparently the rest of the country agrees. For the third week in a row, the debut single, Dirt, Read More
Blake & Miranda Reign As King & Queen Of Country Music
10 years ago Sara Irvin Comments Off on Blake & Miranda Reign As King & Queen Of Country Music
The King and Queen of Country music are this week’s top album holder’s. Riding the success of his latest duet single, Blake Shelton’s Based On A True Story… climbs all the way back up the charts to steal the number one spot from his wife, Miranda Lambert, who this week falls back to the number Read More
Florida Georgia Line Represents Country Music on New Billboard Artist 100 Chart
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Florida Georgia Line Represents Country Music on New Billboard Artist 100 Chart
Last week, Billboard launched a new composite chart which ranks artists by their presence on several of the company’s most influential charts. The Artist 100 chart will give an idea of the most popular artists across genres. With the cross-overs and genre-blending we have seen lately, in every music genre, this is actually a pretty Read More
LRM Interview – Daniel Lee: “This is me, this is Roots, this is where I come from.”
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on LRM Interview – Daniel Lee: “This is me, this is Roots, this is where I come from.”
For Daniel Lee, the wait is finally over. His debut album, Roots, hits stores this week. I caught up with Daniel at his label office to discuss the material, the art of songwriting, and the process of making the album. This interview was minimally edited for clarity. LRM: This is your full-length debut album, the Read More