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NEWS AND NOTES: Lady A, Shania, Dierks, Darius

NEWS AND NOTES: Lady A, Shania, Dierks, Darius

CMA has partnered with Public Television’s critically-acclaimed concert series Front and Center to present two separate hour-long concert specials for the 2014 fall season. The shows will feature the music of CMA Award winners Lady Antebellum as they are joined by special songwriter guests, and a special 10th Anniversary CMA Songwriters Series celebration with CMA Award winner Dierks Bentley. Bentley will be joined by top songwriters Jim Beavers, Ross Copperman, Brett James and Jon Randall. The episodes, which taped earlier this year in Nashville, are scheduled to air this fall leading up to The 48th Annual CMA Awards.

Shania Twain is being honored with a Canadian postage stamps, along with the late Hank Snow, k.d. lang and Tommy Hunter.
 
Dierks Bentley’s “Drunk On A Plane” is No. 1 this week on Australian Country Radio.

Darius Rucker is set to perform at the New York Golf Classic at the Hudson National Golf Club July 28th. Proceeds will benefit the T.J. Martell Foundation.