Lee Ann Womack Splits with Universal Music Group; Sugarland Stage Collapse Victims Agree to Settlement; New Music Videos
- The trailer for the upcoming Brad Pitt movie Killing Them Softly features Johnny Cash’s “The Man Comes Around.”
- Lee Ann Womack and Universal Music Group have parted ways.
- Garth Brooks has been added to the Teachers Rock benefit concert, which will be televised by CBS on 8/17.
- Stealing Angels’ Tayla Lynn welcomed a baby into the world last week.
- Ottawa Country Music Hall of Famer Jimmy Mayhew passed away.
- Blake Shelton is on Chelsea Lately tonight and will be unveiling details about his new Christmas album in the process.
- University of Kentucky head football coach Joker Phillips will be making his country music video debut soon.
- The Beaumont Enterprise did a quick interview with Texas singer/songwriter Drew Kennedy.
- American Songwriter has an interview with songwriter Ralph Murphy.
- Check out new music from Jessica Andrews called “The Clown.”
- Collin Raye has released a new single as well, this one’s called “Never Gonna Stand for This.”
- Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw’s Brothers of the Sun Tour just passed one million tickets sold.
- The Lost Trailers’ “American Beauty” was included in Olympics coverage.
- The victims of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse agreed to a $13.2 million settlement.
- Vince Gill, Rodney Crowell, Tony Brown, Eddie Bayers, Michael Rhodes, and Paul Franklin will reunite as the Notorious Cherry Bombs for a fundraiser in honor of an old friend on 8/21 at 3rd & Lindsey in Nashville. Emmylou Harris will also be making an appearance.
- Keith Urban is mixing things up while recording his next album, opting for all new songwriters, producers and recording locations: “I wanted to have everything around me be totally unfamiliar to me, and I think it’s great in a sense that all sorts of stuff is coming out that I normally haven’t done before,” he says.
- New music videos from the past week or so:
Mary Chapin Carpenter – “Soul Companion”
Carrie Underwood – “Blown Away”
Heidi Newfield – “Why’d You Have to Be So Good?”
Jeremy Duggins – “One Nation Under God”
Marty Falle – “Hoochie Coochie Gal”
Angela Hesse- “Hot Summertime”
Brandon Kirkley and the Firecrackers – “Settle It Down”
Mike Gouchie – “Don’t Touch the Radio”
The Bostocks – “Another Lifetime”
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August 6, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Sorry to hear about Lee Ann Womack. I hope she is still able to release the album, she’d been working on – I was looking forward to that.
August 6, 2012 at 5:03 pm
Me, too.
August 6, 2012 at 6:10 pm
I think you’ll find that Mr. Bayers spells his first name Eddie.
August 6, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Alright, well if this is nitpick-on-Ken day, then I’ll take the opportunity to point out an error that I’ve refrained from noting but that keeps recurring here: One is not “an alumni”–one is an “alumnus”, or maybe just an “alum,” if you want to be informal.
August 6, 2012 at 8:58 pm
So Miss Loretta’s granddaughter had a shotgun wedding eh? Now that’s what I call real country! (lol)
I also hope Lee Ann’s newest project gets released somehow. That would be a shame to let it languish forever on a shelf like so many previous major Nashville label albums that have never seen the light of day (including a couple each for Megan Mullins and Rebecca Lynn Howard, and at least one for Amy Dalley). Sheesh.
I got to see Aussie artist Henry Wagons at LA’s Grand Ole Echo yesterday and he is a very entertaining perform, bordering on zany at times. I can’t say I cared for a lot of his music, but he did make me laugh multiple times and that’s worth something! (lol)
I sampled the music videos and just wish those pretty Aussie Bostock sisters would make some music I like for a change. The only one I made it through was the Marty Falle “Hoochie Coochie Gal” video and it sure wasn’t because of the music! (lol)
August 6, 2012 at 10:08 pm
Lucky, while I didn’t have that special day on my calendar for some reason, I appreciate you and Jon keeping me honest.
August 7, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Correcting spelling and grammar errors in general might be nit-picking, but getting people’s names right isn’t; that’s just courtesy.
Edited. And the misspelling of Bayers’ name came straight from MusicRow Magazine, so it’s my fault, not Ken’s for not doublechecking. –JT
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