Posts Tagged ‘Keith Urban’

Stars help raise over $1.5M for Tenn. flood relief

Country music singers Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and Lady Antebellum joined other entertainment stars in performing and answering phones to help raise more than $1.5 million for flood relief for Tennessee. “If there is a silver lining, it’s that the world is getting to see Nashville at its...

May 17th, 2010 | Features | Read More

Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean Lead CMT Music Awards Nominees

In a very close race, hot country newcomers and veteran superstars battle for top votes in the final round of the 2010 CMT Music Awards. Leading the way with three nominations each, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift andCarrie Underwood are top contenders according to the list of full...

May 11th, 2010 | Features | Read More

Sarah Buxton Review

There are only two reasons you should listen to Sarah Buxton’s self-titled debut album: it’s awesome, and for her version of “Stupid Boy.” I’ve heard Keith Urban sing this song live twice — as he cut it on his 2006 album “Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing”...

April 28th, 2010 | Album Reviews | Read More

SIRIUS XM scores Haggard, other Stagecoach performances

Listeners of SIRIUS XM’s The Highway and Outlaw Country will get a chance to hear performances by some of today’s hottest stars at Stagecoach, California’s Country Music Festival, starting this Saturday, at noon ET. The Highway’s “Back-Stagecoach Weekend” will...

April 22nd, 2010 | Tours | Read More

Ashton Shepherd Interview

On stage one minute, getting dirty milking cows the next. That’s what Ashton Shepherd calls a perfect day. “I don’t mind gettin’ dirty,” the country music entertainer says. On the day I caught up with Asthon she was preparing to muddy up her boots, “We bought a couple of milkin’ cows....

March 31st, 2010 | Features, Interviews | Read More

T-Swift, Gloriana Big Winners at AMAs (American Music Awards Open Thread)

Clearly, a lot of Gloriana fans have pretty large text message phone plans. The harmony-heavy quartet won the T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist Award at last night’s American Music Awards and beat pop juggernauts Kid CuDi and Lady Gaga for the award. The award, whose winner was determined by the number...

November 23rd, 2009 | Features | Read More

“We’re All for the Hall” — Concert Review

Vince Gill and Keith Urban had a great idea: Get a bunch of famous country singers together, raise some money and rock the city — Music City, that is. Gill, the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum’s board president, and Urban, a Grammy award winner, donated the night’s proceeds to benefit...

October 27th, 2009 | Concert Reviews | Read More

Randy Houser is Keeping His “Boots On” – Interview

One year after the release of his debut hit album, “Anything Goes,” singer/songwriter Randy Houser lands himself with two nominations for the 43rd annual Country Music Association awards, including New Artist of the Year. Houser’s second single off the album, “Boots On,”...

October 6th, 2009 | Favorites, Features, Interviews | Read More

Keith Urban “Defying Gravity” Capitol Records

Keith Urban’s latest and greatest, “Defying Gravity,” is a worthy continuation of his stream of successful tunage. Urban has really locked down his style, allowing his authentic stamp to be placed on each song of this latest album. Fans of his previous work should be well-pleased with “Defying...

April 30th, 2009 | Album Reviews | Read More

Kenny Chesney "Poets and Pirates Tour"

by Lisa Kiser Featuring Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, LeAnn Rimes, Gary Allan and Luke Brian Shiver me timbers – you’ll never see hicks and chicks file into Ford Field like they do when Kenny and company come to town. Our pirates were welcomed to the D with open arms in a full house of screaming...

August 31st, 2008 | Concert Reviews | Read More