When she was a teenager in Kentucky, Carly Pearce liked to pore over the liner notes of her favorite country CDs and study who was involved: the players, producers, and songwriters. She became enamored of composers who, while not exactly household names, penned some of the most enduring hits of the era for Martina McBride, Patty Loveless, and Faith Hill.
“I loved Matraca Berg and Gretchen Peters because they wrote so many of the Nineties songs I loved,” Pearce says. “I loved that era of music. I loved Shania [Twain] because...
“I loved Matraca Berg and Gretchen Peters because they wrote so many of the Nineties songs I loved,” Pearce says. “I loved that era of music. I loved Shania [Twain] because...
- 2/19/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
“There’s a whole world out there waiting full of stories to be told,” sings Hayes Carll on his latest record, over a locomotive drum-and-upright bass shuffle that’s part Tennessee Three, part Blonde On Blonde. “And I’ll heed the call and tell ‘em all/ If I may be so bold.” It’s a call you wish more songwriters would heed, Carll included. At his best, his narrative skills tilt towards the idiosyncratic and specific — see the title track of his 2014 LP Kmag Yoyo, a first-person military narrative about...
- 2/18/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
Carlene Carter concluded her first “Wonderful World of Women Who Write” series of in-the-round performances at Nashville’s Bluebird Café Tuesday night, with the casual atmosphere, off-kilter humor, surprise guests and memorable performances making for an enchanting pre-Halloween treat. Featuring Gretchen Peters and Matraca Berg, with additional unannounced performances by Terri Clark and Erin Enderlin, the two-hour show at Nashville’s iconic listening room was yet another reminder of the empowering role of women in country music.
Carter, who recently moved back to her Music City birthplace from Los Angeles,...
Carter, who recently moved back to her Music City birthplace from Los Angeles,...
- 10/31/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
On a pleasantly warm late-September afternoon in Nashville, Carlene Carter leads an informal tour of the charming 100-year-old Queen Anne-style home she shares with her husband, actor Joe Breen. New to the neighborhood since leaving their Santa Ynez, California, home after a decade, it hasn’t taken the couple long to adjust to life in a community largely populated by fellow creative types. Seated on the front porch, Carter chats with Rolling Stone Country while taking drags on an electronic cigarette, which she notes “smells like Skittles.”
As if on cue,...
As if on cue,...
- 10/2/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Lauren Alaina, Deana Carter and Ashley McBryde shared the stage during last month’s Acm Honors ceremony, honoring one of the evening’s awardees — songwriter Matraca Berg — with a medley of her own hits.
A multiple chart-topper who co-wrote her first Number One song, T.G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks’ early-Eighties staple “Faking Love,” when she was still a teenager, Berg has left a mark upon four decades of mainstream country music. Accordingly, Alaina kicked off the evening’s seven-minute tribute to Berg with a snippet of Berg’s most recent radio hit,...
A multiple chart-topper who co-wrote her first Number One song, T.G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks’ early-Eighties staple “Faking Love,” when she was still a teenager, Berg has left a mark upon four decades of mainstream country music. Accordingly, Alaina kicked off the evening’s seven-minute tribute to Berg with a snippet of Berg’s most recent radio hit,...
- 9/5/2018
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
Starting this weekend, Cmt’s Hot 20 Countdown is set to fire up a new in-episode special they’re calling ’90s Country Forever, a weekly series highlighting the songs and stars that shaped country music in the 1990s – and how those tunes have impacted the country genre of today.
Featuring Nineties icons like Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Shania Twain, Travis Tritt, Martina McBride and more, each week will reveal the story of one song as told by the artist who performed it, with modern hitmakers like Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan and Little Big Town weighing in,...
Featuring Nineties icons like Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Shania Twain, Travis Tritt, Martina McBride and more, each week will reveal the story of one song as told by the artist who performed it, with modern hitmakers like Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan and Little Big Town weighing in,...
- 8/3/2018
- by Chris Parton
- Rollingstone.com
Singer Luke Bryan went into Monday's American Country Music Awards with seven nominations -- more than any other artist -- and he walked out with a whole lot to say for it. Bryan won all of his awards, including Artist of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Male Single of the Year, Music Video of the Year, and Male Music Video of the Year.
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Artist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Lady Antebellum
Zac Brown Band
Luke Bryan -- Winner
Taylor Swift
Artist of the Year: Male
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan -- Winner
Kenny Chesney
Eric Church
Toby Keith
Artist of the Year: Female
Sara Evans
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood - Winner
Artist of the Year: Group
Lady Antebellum -- Winner
Zac Brown Band
Rascal Flatts
The...
Check out the full list of winners below. We'll keep updating!
Artist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Lady Antebellum
Zac Brown Band
Luke Bryan -- Winner
Taylor Swift
Artist of the Year: Male
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan -- Winner
Kenny Chesney
Eric Church
Toby Keith
Artist of the Year: Female
Sara Evans
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood - Winner
Artist of the Year: Group
Lady Antebellum -- Winner
Zac Brown Band
Rascal Flatts
The...
- 12/11/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
It truly is the Year of Adele, as the British singer took home every Grammy she was for which she was nominated, totaling six wins altogether, including Album, Record and Song of the Year. Foo Fighters were second for total wins, with five, followed by the absent Kanye West with four wins.
The complete list of winners:
Album Of The Year:
21 -- Adele
Wasting Light -- Foo Fighters
Born This Way -- Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans -- Bruno Mars
Loud -- Rihanna
Record Of The Year:
"Rolling In The Deep" -- Adele
"Holocene" -- Bon Iver
"Grenade" -- Bruno Mars
"The Cave" -- Mumford & Sons
"Firework" -- Katy Perry
Best New Artist: (artist/producer)
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex
Song Of The Year: (songwriter)
"All Of The Lights" -- Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and Kanye West, songwriters
(Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and...
The complete list of winners:
Album Of The Year:
21 -- Adele
Wasting Light -- Foo Fighters
Born This Way -- Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans -- Bruno Mars
Loud -- Rihanna
Record Of The Year:
"Rolling In The Deep" -- Adele
"Holocene" -- Bon Iver
"Grenade" -- Bruno Mars
"The Cave" -- Mumford & Sons
"Firework" -- Katy Perry
Best New Artist: (artist/producer)
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex
Song Of The Year: (songwriter)
"All Of The Lights" -- Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and Kanye West, songwriters
(Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and...
- 2/13/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
HollywoodNews.com:Nominations were announced today for the 47th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards, a star-studded event produced for television by dick clark productions broadcast Live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 8:00 Pm live Et/delayed Pt on the CBS Television Network.
Nominees were announced online via the first-ever Acm digital press conference this morning on the Academy?s Facebook and Twitter pages. Awards co-host Reba participated with a video message to kick things off and entertainment superstars Lionel Richie, who will be honored during a special taping of Acm Presents: Lionel Richie and Friends In Concert in April (to air at a later date on CBS), Beth Behrs (2 Broke Girls), Nancy O?Dell (Entertainment Tonight), Michael Ausiello (TVLine.com) announced batches of nominations in video postings during the approximately 20 minute online event which culminated in music fans announcing the nominees for the Academy?...
Nominees were announced online via the first-ever Acm digital press conference this morning on the Academy?s Facebook and Twitter pages. Awards co-host Reba participated with a video message to kick things off and entertainment superstars Lionel Richie, who will be honored during a special taping of Acm Presents: Lionel Richie and Friends In Concert in April (to air at a later date on CBS), Beth Behrs (2 Broke Girls), Nancy O?Dell (Entertainment Tonight), Michael Ausiello (TVLine.com) announced batches of nominations in video postings during the approximately 20 minute online event which culminated in music fans announcing the nominees for the Academy?...
- 1/26/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Getty Taylor Swift
Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton return to co-host the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards which will air on April 1.
Kenny Chesney leads the field with nine nominations, including Song, Album and Entertainer of the Year, a category he’s won four times since 2004. Jason Aldean received six nominations, and Lady Antebellum leads in group nominations with five nods. Reigning Entertainer of the Year Taylor Swift received three nominations and was the only woman nominated in...
Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton return to co-host the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards which will air on April 1.
Kenny Chesney leads the field with nine nominations, including Song, Album and Entertainer of the Year, a category he’s won four times since 2004. Jason Aldean received six nominations, and Lady Antebellum leads in group nominations with five nods. Reigning Entertainer of the Year Taylor Swift received three nominations and was the only woman nominated in...
- 1/26/2012
- by Alexandra Cheney
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Nashville, Tenn. (AP) -- Kenny Chesney's steamy duet, "You and Tequila" with Grace Potter, continues to radiate heat.The song helped Chesney to nine Academy of Country Music Awards nominations Thursday morning, including the top honor of entertainer of the year. Jason Aldean, next with six nominations, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton and 2011 winner Taylor Swift round out the fan-voted category.Lady Antebellum had five nominations, Paisley had four and several were deadlocked at three, including Swift.Nominees were announced via social media with the help of stars like Reba McEntire and Lionel Richie. Fans were chosen to announce the entertainer of the year candidates. They'll have a chance to pick the winner in that category and new artist of the year for the 47th annual Acm Awards, which will air live April 1 from Las Vegas on CBS with McEntire and Shelton hosting.Chesney is a four-time entertainer of the...
- 1/26/2012
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
The nominees for the 2011 Grammy Awards were announced live on CBS on Wednesday night.
Adele, the smash hit British retro soul singer, had a huge evening, earning nods for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo Performance.
Kanye West scored nods for both his solo work and his collaboration with Jay-z. The pair's song "Otis" was nominated for Best Rap Performance, where it will go up against tracks from Nicki Minaj & Drake; Lupe Fiasco; Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes; and Wiz Khalifa. West's song "All of the Lights" will compete against "Otis" for Best Rap Song. West, overall, had seven nominations, leading the pack.
Folk rockers Mumford & Sons were nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rock Performance, and Best Rock Song.
Indie singer-songwriter Bon Iver received recognition in the categories for Song of the Year,...
Adele, the smash hit British retro soul singer, had a huge evening, earning nods for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo Performance.
Kanye West scored nods for both his solo work and his collaboration with Jay-z. The pair's song "Otis" was nominated for Best Rap Performance, where it will go up against tracks from Nicki Minaj & Drake; Lupe Fiasco; Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes; and Wiz Khalifa. West's song "All of the Lights" will compete against "Otis" for Best Rap Song. West, overall, had seven nominations, leading the pack.
Folk rockers Mumford & Sons were nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rock Performance, and Best Rock Song.
Indie singer-songwriter Bon Iver received recognition in the categories for Song of the Year,...
- 12/1/2011
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
The nominees have been announced for the 54th annual Grammy Awards. Kanye West leads the nominations with seven; Adele, Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars each garner six nods; and Lil Wayne and Skrillex each are up for five awards. The Grammys air live on CBS Feb. 12, 2012.
Album Of The Year:
21 -- Adele
Wasting Light -- Foo Fighters
Born This Way -- Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans -- Bruno Mars
Loud -- Rihanna
Record Of The Year:
"Rolling In The Deep" -- Adele
"Holocene" -- Bon Iver
"Grenade" -- Bruno Mars
"The Cave" -- Mumford & Sons
"Firework" -- Katy Perry
Best New Artist: (artist/producer)
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex
Song Of The Year: (songwriter)
"All Of The Lights" -- Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and Kanye West, songwriters
(Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie)
"The Cave" -- Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford and Country Winston,...
Album Of The Year:
21 -- Adele
Wasting Light -- Foo Fighters
Born This Way -- Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans -- Bruno Mars
Loud -- Rihanna
Record Of The Year:
"Rolling In The Deep" -- Adele
"Holocene" -- Bon Iver
"Grenade" -- Bruno Mars
"The Cave" -- Mumford & Sons
"Firework" -- Katy Perry
Best New Artist: (artist/producer)
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex
Song Of The Year: (songwriter)
"All Of The Lights" -- Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and Kanye West, songwriters
(Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie)
"The Cave" -- Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford and Country Winston,...
- 12/1/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Taylor won Entertainer of the Year! See who else took home a Cma award! The 2011 Cma Awards have all been handed out! Click here for all the winners! Winners are listed in bold! Entertainer of the Year Jason Aldean Brad Paisley Blake Shelton Taylor Swift Keith Urban New Artist The Band Perry Luke Bryan Eric Church Thompson Square Chris Young Female Vocalist Sara Evans Miranda Lambert Martina McBride Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood Male Vocalist Jason Aldean Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley Blake Shelton Keith Urban Vocal Group The Band Perry Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band Vocal Duo of the Year The Civil Wars Montgomery Gentry Steel Magnolia Sugarland Thompson Square Single of the Year “A Little Bit Stronger” Sara Evans Producer: Tony Brown “Colder Weather” Zac Brown Band Producers: Keith Stegall and Zac Brown “Don’t You Wanna Stay” Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson Producer: Michael Knox...
- 11/10/2011
- by HL Staff
- HollywoodLife
Taylor and Blake are competing for the coveted title of ‘Entertainer of the Year’! Who do you hope wins? Vote!
A big congratulations are in order for Taylor Swift and Blake Shelton! Taylor and The Voice‘s Blake along with country singers Jason Aldean and Brad Paisley were nominated in five categories and both stand to win big at the 45th Annual Country Music Awards this year.
Taylor scored a nod for Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist, Album, Song, and Music Video of the Year. The latter two are connected to her single “Mean”.
Blake’s nominated in Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist, Album, Single, and Music Video of the Year. The latter two are connected to his single “Honey Bee”.
The CMAs, which will air on Nov. 9 from Nashville, will be hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood for the third year in a row.
We can...
A big congratulations are in order for Taylor Swift and Blake Shelton! Taylor and The Voice‘s Blake along with country singers Jason Aldean and Brad Paisley were nominated in five categories and both stand to win big at the 45th Annual Country Music Awards this year.
Taylor scored a nod for Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist, Album, Song, and Music Video of the Year. The latter two are connected to her single “Mean”.
Blake’s nominated in Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist, Album, Single, and Music Video of the Year. The latter two are connected to his single “Honey Bee”.
The CMAs, which will air on Nov. 9 from Nashville, will be hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood for the third year in a row.
We can...
- 9/6/2011
- by Lorena O Neil
- HollywoodLife
Universal Music Publishing Group (Umpg) has promoted Cyndi Forman to senior creative director, Nashville. Forman was previously creative director. Reporting directly to Umpg Nashville president Pat Higdon, Forman will focus on furthering artist and writer development and finding key opportunities for Umpg writers both past and present. Forman has secured many cuts and was responsible for the recent signing of 18 year old artist Hunter Hayes. The writers she works with include recent Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee Matraca Berg, Jimmy Melton, and Andrew Dorff. ...
- 7/2/2010
- BusinessofCinema
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