There's a lot of new music coming our way!According to Country Aircheck, these were the top downloaded songs to radio for last week! Exciting! We love to hear new music!
Gary Allan~ "She's So California"
Dierks Bentley~ "Feel That Fire"
Sara Evans~ "Low"
Jack Ingram~ "That's a Man"
Alan Jackson~ "Country Boy"
The Lost Trailers~ "How Bout You Don't"
Jamie O'Neal~ "Like A Woman"
Jessica Simpson~ "Remember That"
Jimmy Wayne~ "I Will"
The beautiful Sara Evans recently posted a blog urging her fans to donate to the American Red Cross. Sara is a member of the American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet and wants the fans to donate to help the victims of the recent and approaching hurricanes. It's really easy to donate! You can click HERE to head on over to Sara's website to find out how YOU can help!
Sara Evans recently recorded a jingle for Libby's to help encourage families to get back to the dinner table together! Now you can enter on Libby's website to win a backstage dinner for your family with Sara and her family as well as tickets to the show! Click here to enter.
In early October, there will be a film released showcasing Reverend Billy Graham's life called Billy: The Early Years. To go along with that film, a soundtrack will be released that includes songs featuring Alan Jackson, Sara Evans, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, and Josh Turner. Josh Turner will also make his film debut as he plays Graham's musical partner, George Beverly Shea.
The soundtrack will be released on October 7th, with the film opening just a couple of days later on October 10th.
ABC's hit show, Dancing With The Stars, has just announced it's current lineup, and there will be no country star on the show this season...at least not on the non-professional side of the ballroom! After seeing Sara Evans on the show, we had for some more country representation to pair up with a pro...maybe George Strait...or how about Kellie Pickler? No. And no. At least not this season. Country music will still be represented in the show though...country singer, professional dancer and 2-time DWTS champ, Julianne Hough will return to the competition and will be paired up with 18-year old actor, Cody Linley.
Sara Evans will be making a couple of noteworthy appearances soon. The first one is at the "Rally For The Republic" in Minneapolis, MN on September 2nd. The event is expected to draw 13,000 people and is being held in conjunction with the Republican National Convention.
On October 25th, she'll appear along side figure skating champion, Peggy Fleming, during an NBC special, Skating For Life, that will benefit the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation. Sara will sing live while skaters Sasha Cohen, Johnny Weir, Rudy Galindo and others perform on the ice.
All right readers, we're about to lay down on your couch and let you become our therapist...we need to vent! Let's talk about Jessica Simpson...again.Let's see...we started off by being REALLY excited when Jessica showed up at the CMA Fest. We both liked her...but then she showed up in Nashville and pissed us off. She was rude, cold, and so NOT interested in her fans. Sure, she showed up at various spots through out the festival...her body was there, but it was clear that her heart wasn't. So that really blew it for us...we left Nashville thinking Jessica should go back to LA and stay there.
Well then we heard songs from the new album and we thought they were good...really good. So we're like, you know what, it comes down to the music and that's what matters, so maybe Jessica is ok after all. Although she hadn't fully redeemed herself, things were looking up for team Jessica in our eyes.
Well now we're all annoyed with Jessica once again. And this stinks. You know, either you like someone or you don't...and this whole going back and forth thing is exhausting! Now we find out that Jessica's song "Come On Over" is being featured in ads for the upcoming CMA Fest special, Country's Night To Rock on ABC. We won't lie, this totally annoys us. We guess ABC is trying to gain more of an audience by pulling some pop fans, maybe? We don't know...but we do know this...this special is to showcase COUNTRY MUSIC. There are plenty of talented, well established, female country singers that would have loved to have their songs featured in the ads. Faith Hill, Sara Evans, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert...they were all at the CMA Fest, they all performed (and Jessica did NOT!,) they were all gracious to their fans, and they all have respect for Nashville and the country artists who have made this such a great genre. Those girls aren't here just for a publicity stunt...this is their life and they're proud of it. Jessica just doesn't seem to care about any of that and that really bothers us.
And another thing Jessica...just an FYI...in Nashville, country singers are just people. That's one of the great things about Music City...it's where the stars live and it's their home...they're just like any other member of society. When it's their birthday, they throw a party at a local bar and invite their fans, when they want to go to a sporting event they grab their friends and go, and when they go shopping, they walk into a boutique without an entourage...so you know what, leave your LA lifestyle in LA, and take your reserved VIP section and shove it!
People released another country edition of it's magazine yesterday, August 8th...the magazine is available for a limited time only and will be pulled from shelves in 4 weeks. Just like the last time they ran a country issue, People is teaming up with CMT to make the pages come to life in a TV special. Airing TODAY on CMT at 10:30am, the special features exclusive, behind the scenes visits with Tim McGraw, Sara Evans and her husband, Jay Barker, Trace Adkins, Sheryl Crow, Randy Travis, Kix Brooks, Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum, Jimmy Wayne and Craig Morgan. If you're not able to catch the show this morning, they'll be showing it again tomorrow at 2:00pm and again on Monday at 10:00pm.
Sony BMG just announced it will release an Elvis duets album this fall. "Elvis Presley Christmas Duets" will feature artists such as Carrie Underwood, LeAnn Rimes, Martina McBride, Wynonna, Sara Evans, and more! Be sure to pick up a copy on October 14th!
The Country Thunder music festival being held in Twin Lakes, WI this week, July 16 - 19, will offer Country Music fans an opportunity to catch their favorite stars perform via an iClips webcast. Artists currently scheduled to appear include Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swfit, Joe Nichols, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Keith Anderson, Sugarland, Jason Michael Carroll, Jessica Simpson, Luke Bryan, Kellie Pickler, Sara Evans and many more. Check out iClips for a full line-up, including performance times as well as online viewing information.
Lately it seems that when we think of female acts in the Country genre, we automatically think of the younger girls...Carrie, Kellie, Taylor and Miranda...of course these girls are fabulous and deserve all of the recognition that they get, but it's almost as if Country fans are forgetting about some great talent.Last month while attending the CMA Fest in Nashville, we had the privilege of seeing Sara Evans and Faith Hill perform on the "big stage" during the nightly shows at LP Field. Both of their performances were nothing short of fantastic...they sounded wonderful, had great interaction with the fans, and seemed overwhelming happy to be playing for their hometown crowd. They looked amazing and even though the younger girls put on a fabulous show as well, Sara and Faith both proved that they can still rock a crowd as good as anyone! They worked the stage with a sense of style and grace that can only be attained through experience and it was so refreshing to see that these two ladies still have it as much as the newer generation!
Click here to enter for your chance to win tickets to 20 different country concerts! If you win, you'll get tickets to a concert of every artist featured on the "Now That's What I Call Country" album including Dierks Bentley, Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, Sugarland, Chris Cagle, Trace Adkins, Gary Allan, Sara Evans and MANY more!
The beautiful Sara Evans recently posted a blog urging her fans to donate to the American Red Cross. Sara is a member of the American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet and wants the fans to donate to help the victims of the recent and approaching hurricanes. It's really easy to donate! You can click HERE to head on over to Sara's website to find out how YOU can help! 
Sara Evans recently recorded a jingle for Libby's to help encourage families to get back to the dinner table together! Now you can enter on Libby's website to win a backstage dinner for your family with Sara and her family as well as tickets to the show! Click here to enter.
A couple of weeks ago, we directed you to the Country Weekly poll for the "Sexiest Man In Country Music." Well now it's the ladies turn to take center stage...click here to vote for your choice! 
ABC's hit show, Dancing With The Stars, has just announced it's current lineup, and there will be no country star on the show this season...at least not on the non-professional side of the ballroom! After seeing Sara Evans on the show, we had for some more country representation to pair up with a pro...maybe George Strait...or how about Kellie Pickler? No. And no. At least not this season. Country music will still be represented in the show though...country singer, professional dancer and 2-time DWTS champ, Julianne Hough will return to the competition and will be paired up with 18-year old actor, Cody Linley.
Sara Evans will be making a couple of noteworthy appearances soon. The first one is at the "Rally For The Republic" in Minneapolis, MN on September 2nd. The event is expected to draw 13,000 people and is being held in conjunction with the Republican National Convention. 
All right readers, we're about to lay down on your couch and let you become our therapist...we need to vent! Let's talk about Jessica Simpson...again.
People released another country edition of it's magazine yesterday, August 8th...the magazine is available for a limited time only and will be pulled from shelves in 4 weeks. Just like the last time they ran a country issue, People is teaming up with CMT to make the pages come to life in a TV special. Airing TODAY on CMT at 10:30am, the special features exclusive, behind the scenes visits with Tim McGraw, Sara Evans and her husband, Jay Barker, Trace Adkins, Sheryl Crow, Randy Travis, Kix Brooks, Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum, Jimmy Wayne and Craig Morgan. If you're not able to catch the show this morning, they'll be showing it again tomorrow at 2:00pm and again on Monday at 10:00pm.
Sony BMG just announced it will release an Elvis duets album this fall. "Elvis Presley Christmas Duets" will feature artists such as Carrie Underwood, LeAnn Rimes, Martina McBride, Wynonna, Sara Evans, and more! Be sure to pick up a copy on October 14th!
The Country Thunder music festival being held in Twin Lakes, WI this week, July 16 - 19, will offer Country Music fans an opportunity to catch their favorite stars perform via an iClips webcast. Artists currently scheduled to appear include Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swfit, Joe Nichols, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Keith Anderson, Sugarland, Jason Michael Carroll, Jessica Simpson, Luke Bryan, Kellie Pickler, Sara Evans and many more. Check out iClips for a full line-up, including performance times as well as online viewing information. 
