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  • CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018 IS UNDERWAY.

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    Darius Rucker / Dierks Bentley / Luke Bryan / Sam Hunt

    It’s that time of the year again! The 2018 CMA Music Festival is in current swing in Nashville, and the stars are coming out to perform and hangout with their fans. You can find out where your favorite artists are playing, if go to cmaworld.com here.

    Audio / Darius Rucker talks about the amazing things about CMA Music Festival.

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    Darius Rucker (CMA Music Fest) OC: …awesome. :48
    “Music Fest is like nothing else. I say all the time that country music is the only genre that could have something like that. It’s truly amazing, when I come that weekend, people are everywhere and they want to be your best friend. It’s always cool and I love coming here. The thing that always gets me is the show. The fact that you can get that many superstars at one show all playing for free, for the same goal, to entertain those people that are in that stadium that come here for the whole week from all over the world. They come here for one week to see country music, and it’s amazing that those artists say on Friday and Saturday night, this is country music come on out. That’s awesome.”

    Audio / Dierks Bentley, who will perform at Nissan Stadium on Sunday, recalls the worst thing he's been asked to sign.

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    Dierks Bentley (signing a baby’s head) OC: …child’s brain. :13
    “A baby’s head with a sharpie. Yeah, like a two-week old baby. I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t want to do it. The woman was like, ‘Please.’ I was like, ‘Alright.’ The head at that point is so vulnerable, transparent, so I’m just hoping they didn’t get any ink in the child’s brain.”

    Audio / LUKE BRYAN, WHO IS SET TO PERFORM AT NISSAN STADIUM ON SUNDAY (JUNE 10TH), ENJOYS CMA MUSIC FEST WEEK.

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    Luke Bryan (CMA Music Fest) OC: …for this week. :33
    “It’s a great week. I truly love this week for hundreds of reasons. I always remember my first ones and starting out and doing River Stages and always dreaming of coming over here and performing at LP Field (now Nissan Stadium) and all of the stuff building the fan base early in the week. It’s an amazing week for Nashville, and it’s a great week for me. And then I get to be home and do all this stuff. It’s always been a fun week for me. A lot of my family always comes in for this week.”

    Audio / SAM HUNT SAYS HIS FIRST TRIP TO NASHVILLE DURING CMA MUSIC FEST INSPIRED HIM TO MOVE TO MUSIC CITY.

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    Sam Hunt (CMA Music Fest-move to Nashville) OC: …good week for Nashville. :38
    “You know, I was here several years ago for the first time for CMA Fest as a fan. I came out to the show, did the full experience, and it really was one of the big reasons I decided to move to Nashville. It kind of made the idea of being a songwriter more tangible and realistic, and also I fell in love with the city, Nashville, so I knew it’d be a place I’d be happy living, and also because of the music. So, yeah, that week here really inspired my move here, and it was a significant part of my life. But since then, I’ve been to every CMA Fest since, I think, and it’s a good week for Nashville.”

  • JORDAN DAVIS’ ‘TAKE IT FROM ME’ IS THE NO. 1 MOST ADDED SONG AT COUNTRY RADIO THIS WEEK.

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    MCA Nashville’s hot newcomer Jordan Davis earns the No.1 most added song at country radio this week with his new single “Take It From Me,” listen HERE. The upbeat track was written by Jordan along with Jason Gantt and Jacob Davis and is featured on Jordan’s debut album Home State which remains the highest-selling debut album for a solo country artist this year.

    “When it came to kicking off the record, there wasn’t a better song than ‘Take It From Me,’” says Jordan. “I think it’s a great introduction to what Home State is and I’m excited for fans to hear it out on the road this summer.”

    Jordan’s debut single “Singles You Up” just topped the country airplay charts hitting No.1 after racking up an impressive 150M total worldwide streams. “Singles You Up” spent an entire month on the Spotify US Viral Chart (peaking at No.2) and even hit the Spotify Global Viral Chart.

    Jordan is nominated for “Radio Disney Country Best New Artist” at the upcoming Radio Disney Music Awards. In addition, Jordan continues to demonstrate his notable songwriting talent with a recent nomination for “Nashville Artist-Writer of the Year” from the Association of Independent Music Publishers after winning The Songwriters Hall of Fame’s Abe Olman Scholarship for Excellence two years ago. Past recipients of that prestigious award include John Legend and Bebe Rexha.

    Originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, Jordan has made a strong impression on critics and audiences alike with his classic lyric-writing melded with tech-tinged production. After graduating from LSU in 2012 with a degree in Resource Conservation, Jordan moved to Nashville and honed his songwriting craft influenced by his love of lyrically-driven songwriters and genre-defying musicality.

    Earlier this year, Jordan made his national TV debut with NBC’s TODAY and “Late Night With Seth Meyers” which can be viewed HERE and HERE. The Louisiana native recently wrapped his first headlining “White Wine and Whiskey Tour” with special guest Jillian Jacqueline and will hit the road on Jake Owen’s “Life’s Whatcha Make It Tour” this summer stopping at minor league baseball parks across the country. For a full list of tour dates, news, images and more, visit www.jordandavisofficial.com

    Fans can click HERE to listen to Home State.

    Audio / Jordan Davis talks about the song “Take It From Me” from his debut album, Home State.

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    Jordan Davis (Take It From Me) OC: …in that one. :56
    “‘Take It From Me’ is a song I wrote with my brother and Jason Gantt. I remember I’d always loved that saying, ‘take it from me,’ just because growing up I got told that a lot. Take it from me, don’t do this or that. It was actually Jacob’s title that he brought in, and I remember when we kinda started thinking about writing it from that perspective. You know, that kind of advice-giving way. I kind of just wanted to flip it on its head. And I remember one of the examples that I threw out was about the T-shirt, the T-shirt line. We always said how like for some reason girls always run off with your most comfortable T-shirt, and we were able to get that into song and the chorus. That was one where Jason just already had a really cool groove already going and we had a lot of fun in that one.”

    Audio / LINER Jordan Davis (Take It From Me)

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  • LAUREN ALAINA WINS CMT MUSIC AWARD WITH PAL KANE BROWN.

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    Lauren Alaina

    Lauren Alaina picked up a CMT Music Award Wednesday night (June 6th) for Collaborative Video of the Year with her pal Kane Brown for his “What Ifs” video.

    “I just gotta thank everybody, especially Lauren for jumping on the song with me,” said Kane. “Thanks to all the fans that voted. This is my first award that I ever won, so this is an amazing feeling.”

    “Thank you guys so much!” Lauren added. “I’ve known Kane since we were little kids–we were in middle school chorus class together in seventh grade–so this is kinda crazy. Thank you guys so much.”

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  • CARRIE UNDERWOOD RETURNS TO AMERICAN IDOL AS A MENTOR TO THE REMAINING CONTESTANTS AND ALSO PERFORMS ‘CRY PRETTY.’

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    Carrie Underwood

    (Photo credit: Randee St. Nicholas)

    MAY 7, 2018 – Carrie Underwood will return to American Idol as a superstar guest mentor on Sunday, May 13 (airing live on ABC 8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central/5:00 PM Pacific).  Her appearance was announced during Idol’s live show on Sunday, May 6, along with a worldwide exclusive look at her new music video for the lead single and title track from her forthcoming album, Cry Pretty.  The full video can now be viewed HERE.

    The top five contestants, consisting of Gabby Barrett, Cade Foehner, Caleb Lee Hutchinson, Maddie Poppe and Michael J. Woodard, will perform songs from the Carrie Underwood songbook on next week’s live show, following a special mentoring session with her during a surprise trip to Nashville.  Underwood will also perform her hit single, “Cry Pretty,” which Underwood co-wrote and co-produced, and debuted in its first week sales at #1 in the U.S. all-genres, topping the iTunes Top Songs charts in 12 countries.  The new album – her first for Capitol Records Nashville – will be released on September 14, marking the first time she has co-produced her own album.

    Carrie Underwood emerged from the promise of her 2005 American Idol win to become a true multi-format, multi-media superstar, spanning achievements in music, television, and film. A seven-time Grammy® Award winner, she has sold over 64 million records worldwide and recorded 26 #1 singles, 13 of which she co-wrote, with a catalog of songs that have been streamed more than 2.6 billion times worldwide.  She has won 12 American Music Awards, 17 CMT Music Awards, 10 Billboard Music Awards, 6 CMA Awards, and is the first female artist to be twice named the Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year.  She recently took home her 14th career ACM Award for Vocal Event of the Year for “The Fighter,” her collaboration with Keith Urban.

    In 2013, Underwood starred as Maria von Trapp in NBC’s three-hour holiday blockbuster, the Emmy®-winning The Sound of Music Live!, whose airings attracted 44 million viewers.  Her 2015 platinum studio album, Storyteller, produced four #1 hits.  In 2015, she launched and is lead designer for her fitness and lifestyle brand, CALIA by Carrie Underwood, which is exclusively available at DICK’S Sporting Goods nationwide and online at www.caliastudio.com.  2017 marked her fifth season as the voice of primetime television’s #1 program, Sunday Night Football, and last November she co-hosted the CMA Awards for the tenth consecutive year.  This year, Carrie celebrates 10 years as a proud Grand Ole Opry member and she released the hit event anthem she co-wrote, “The Champion” featuring Ludacris, which opened NBC’s Super Bowl LII and was incorporated into the network’s coverage of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

     

     

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  • LITTLE BIG TOWN PICK UP THE CMT AWARD FOR GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR.

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    Little Big Town

    Little Big Town took home the Group Video of the Year trophy for “When Someone Stops Loving You” during last night’s CMT Music Awards, which they also hosted.

    “Country music fans, we love you,” said LBT’s Kimberly Schlapman.

    “Thank you so much! We are so grateful. This is very unexpected. This song…we just love this song and we are so thankful for you guys for voting for it,” added bandmate Phillip Sweet.

    The four just released their new single, “Summer Fever,” which they perfomed on the CMT Music Awards Wednesday night.

    Video / When Someone Stops Loving You

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  • KEITH URBAN’S LAST MINUTE COLLABORATION WITH BROTHERS OSBORNE AND DWIGHT YOAKAM AT STAGECOACH.

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    Brothers Osborne / Keith Urban

    Keith Urban threw together an amazing collaboration when he played the Stagecoach festival last weekend. He brought up Brothers Osborne, who had played earlier in the day, and the legendary Dwight Yoakam to perform Dwight’s 1993 hit “Fast as You.”

    He went back and forth via text with Brothers Osborne on what artist and song to cover. They decided on Dwight and “Fast as You.” He said the collaboration came together quite quickly once they heard Dwight was at Stagecoach. “One of the guys in the band said to me, ‘I think Dwight’s playing Stagecoach.’ I’m like, ‘No. No he’s not.’ And they said, ‘Yeah, yeah. On a different stage,’” says Keith. “So, I went, ‘Well, if he is, we’ve got to get him up there.’ I get a hold of his number from a friend of mine. I text him out of the blue, ‘Hey! It’s Keith Urban,’ like he doesn’t know who I am, ‘Would you sit in with us?’ He’s like, ‘I’d be honored. That’d be great.’ So, I say, ‘Okay. Here’s what we’re gonna do. We’re gonna do ‘Fast as You.’ I’m not gonna announce you. You just need to come up halfway through the song and just own it.’ And he came out and so Dwighted it. It was fantastic. John Osborne, TJ and me, we’re all just kids in a candy store right then. It was so, so awesome for us.”

    Keith was inspired by Dwight, not only by his music, but also his fashion. “I told Dwight, ‘I hate saying this, Dwight, but I have a publicity picture of me from 1990 where I’ve got tight stonewashed jeans with Conchos all up the side of my pants and a Bolero type suit jacket with the bolo tie and the snakeskin boots, I’ve got it all going on. I’m Dwighting it to the hilt. [laughs] And when we played with him on stage, somebody took the best picture of us, and I sent it to my buddy in Australia and I said, ‘Check this out! Can you believe this happened?’ ‘Cause we’re still fans. We’re such fans, you know?”

    Keith is making his way up the country charts with his latest song, “Coming Home,” which is from his new album, Graffiti U.

    Audio / Keith Urban talks about the Stagecoach collaboration with Brothers Osborne and Dwight Yoakam.

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    Keith Urban (Stagecoach 2018 collaboration) 2 OC: …awesome for us. :39
    “One of the guys in the band said to me, ‘I think Dwight’s playing Stagecoach.’ I’m like, ‘No. No he’s not.’ And they said, ‘Yeah, yeah. On a different stage.’ So, I went, ‘Well, if he is, we’ve got to get him up there.’ I get a hold of his number from a friend of mine. I text him out of the blue, ‘Hey! It’s Keith Urban,’ like he doesn’t know who I am, ‘Would you sit in with us?’ He’s like, ‘I’d be honored. That’d be great.’ So, I say, ‘Okay. Here’s what we’re gonna do. We’re gonna do ‘Fast as You.’ I’m not gonna announce you. You just need to come up halfway through the song and just own it.’ And he came out and so Dwighted it. It was fantastic. John Osborne, TJ and me, we’re all just kids in a candy store right then. It was so, so awesome for us.”

    Audio / Keith Urban told Dwight Yoakam that he channeled his look for a publicity photo back in the 1990s.

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    Keith Urban (Stagecoach 2018 collaboration) 3 OC: …such fans, you know? :36
    “I told Dwight, ‘I hate saying this, Dwight, but I have a publicity picture of me from 1990 where I’ve got tight stonewashed jeans with Conchos all up the side of my pants and a Bolero type suit jacket with the bolo tie and the snakeskin boots, I’ve got it all going on. I’m Dwighting it to the hilt. [laughs] And when we played with him on stage, somebody took the best picture of us, and I sent it to my buddy in Australia and I said, ‘Check this out! Can you believe this happened?’ ‘Cause we’re still fans. We’re such fans, you know?”

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  • CARRIE UNDERWOOD WINS CMT MUSIC AWARD FOR FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR.

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    Carrie Underwood

    Carrie Underwood picked up the award for Female Video of the Year for “The Champion” at Wednesday night’s CMT Music Awards. This was her 18th win at the Awards show, the most of any artist in the show’s history.

    Carrie co-wrote “The Champion” last year with fellow songwriters Brett James, Chris DeStefano and Christopher Bridges PKA Ludacris, who Underwood asked to collaborate on the event song produced by Jim Jonsin. “The Champion,” originally written to open NBC’s Super Bowl LII with its own video seen by over 131 million viewers worldwide, and was incorporated into NBC’s current coverage of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Globally, “The Champion” reached No. 1 on the iTunes Top Songs chart in 10 countries including the U.S. where it held the top spot throughout its release week then rose back to the top of the chart for four consecutive days after the Super Bowl LII opening. The song also debuted Top 5 on the all-genre Top 200 Digital Songs chart and reached No. 7 on the Spotify US Viral 50 Chart.

    Carrie will release her new album, Cry Pretty, September 14th. It features the title track which is currently  making its way up the country charts.

    Audio / CARRIE UNDERWOOD SAYS SHE AND “THE CHAMPION” CO-WRITERS, BRETT JAMES AND CHRIS DESTEFANO, RESEARCHED GREAT SPORTS SPEECHES TO INSPIRE THEM TO WRITE THE SONG.

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    “The Champion,” originally written to open NBC’s Super Bowl LII with its own video seen by over 131 million viewers worldwide, and was incorporated into NBC’s current coverage of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Globally, “The Champion” has reached No. 1 on the iTunes Top Songs chart in 10 countries including the U.S. where it held the top spot throughout its release week then rose back to the top of the chart for four consecutive days after the Super Bowl LII opening. The song also debuted Top 5 on the all-genre Top 200 Digital Songs chart and reached No. 7 on the Spotify US Viral 50 Chart.

    Video / The Champion Official video

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  • TRAVIS DENNING THANKS JUSTIN MOORE FOR BELIEVING IN HIM.

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    Travis Denning just finished touring with Justin Moore, and he says he owes him so much for helping him realize his dream.

    “Justin Moore – I also like to call him the ‘Arkansas Redneck’ – was there at the beginning. We share the same producer, and that’s how I met him. He cut two of my songs really early on, and he’s always had my back,” says Travis. “He’s an amazing human being, a great father, a great Christian, an incredible performer and one of the best examples of someone who knows exactly what his audience wants…I’m so thankful that he’s taken us out on the road and he’s had me on stage a few times. He’s always tried to help put me in a position to succeed, and I think he just does that because he’s a good guy. I mean I think he likes me a little bit, even though I’ll talk some football smack to him and he’s not a big fan of that, but I love Justin Moore. I owe him so much.”

     

    Travis is making his way up the country charts with his debut song, “David Ashley Parker From Powder Springs.”

    Audio / Travis Denning explains how much Justin Moore means to him AND his career.

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    Travis Denning (Justin Moore) OC: …owe him so much. 1:00
    “Justin Moore – I also like to call him the ‘Arkansas Redneck’ – was there at the beginning. We share the same producer, and that’s how I met him. He cut two of my songs really early on, and he’s always had my back. He’s an amazing human being, a great father, a great Christian, an incredible performer and one of the best examples of someone who knows exactly what his audience wants. Being out on the road with him and seeing the crowd every night, it’s crazy. It really is crazy to see these people who love this guy so much, and it’s because he speaks to these people and it’s awesome. I’m so thankful that he’s taken us out on the road and he’s had me on stage a few times. He’s always tried to help put me in a position to succeed, and I think he just does that because he’s a good guy. I mean I think he likes me a little bit, even though I’ll talk some football smack to him and he’s not a big fan of that, but I love Justin Moore. I owe him so much.”

  • KEITH URBAN TAKES FANS BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF REHEARSALS FOR HIS UPCOMING GRAFFITI U WORLD TOUR.

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    Keith Urban opens the door to fans for rehearsals of his Graffiti U World Tour, which launches June 15th in St. Louis, Missouri. Check out the video below.

    Video / BTS of the rehearsals of the Graffiti U World Tour 1

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  • CARRIE UNDERWOOD PREMIERES NEW ‘CRY PRETTY’ VIDEO ON AMERICAN IDOL.

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    Carrie Underwood premiered the video for “Cry Pretty” during American Idol on Sunday night (May 6th).

    Carrie co-wrote “Cry Pretty” with the “Love Junkies” (Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose). The song will be the title track from her forthcoming album, Cry Pretty.

    Carrie will perform the song as she makes her return to Idol May 13th.