The image is forever burned into our pop-culture consciousness. George Clooney, sporting overalls and scruff, wailing “Man of Constant Sorrow” in the Coen Brothers’ twangy Odyssey O’Brother, Where Art Thou? Then, there’s the man behind that scene: bluegrass singer-songwriter Dan Tyminski, of the Dan Tyminski Band and Alison Krauss and Union Station, still one of […]
Whoa ! if you weren’t able to be there for Keith Urban’s Get Closer Tour, you sure get a good feel for it here. If you were lucky enough to be at a concert on Urban’s Get Closer Tour then this seriously will energize you and bring you right back to that night. “It was […]
It is safe to say things are going well for the Atlanta-based band Blackberry Smoke. The Southern Ground rockers have released their first concert DVD, “Blackberry Smoke Live at the Georgia Theatre.” Shot on August 5, 2011, the DVD features performances with Southern Ground label head Zac Brown, multi-instrumentalist Clay Cook and Wet Willie’s Jimmy […]
There’s no denying 2011 was a phenomenal year for country music, country music artists and country music fans. New births, new nuptials and new albums were just some of the news items of the year. “New”ly honored artists such as The Band Perry and Eric Church were just a few of the surprises that shot […]
It has come to the attention of the Editors at Country Music Pride that there are some seriously intense fans out there sharing some seriously intense support. We invited one such fan to put his passion to paper so all the fans can “feel”, relive or see for the first time what he sees. That […]
Multi-Platinum country artist Jason Aldean held his sixth annual “Concert for the Cure” on Friday, donating the profits from his Roanoke, Va. tour stop to Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. A sold-out crowd packed the Roanoke Civic Center on the eve of breast cancer awareness month to raise $315,000 for the fight against breast […]
The Editorial staff at Country Music Pride would like to thank Christopher Marcum for his coverage and reporting of the All for the Hall Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum benefit concert. Christopher shares the following . . . The All for the Hall Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum benefit concert returned […]
CMPs extraordinary editor is still recovering from the outstanding 20-song set list, high-pitched fans and top-notch performance of Taylor Swift’s LA “Speak Now Tour” finale complete with covers, surprises and guest features. He shares this “Love Story” with you: Los Angeles was definitely all abuzz Sunday evening August 28th, 2011 with the MTV VMAs […]
Anyone meandering through Boston Friday evening, July 8, 2011 who heard threatening rumbles of what sounded like an earthquake need not be concerned. The explosion was country superstar Keith Urban delivering a two hour, hard-rockin’ country music performance of seismic proportion. No, I Don’t Think Hank Done It That Way ! but Boston’s sure glad […]
Throughout his career, George Jones has missed many performances for, well, several reasons that we won’t get into here. One performance he didn’t miss? A surprise appearance at Kenny Chesney’s May 14th concert in Lexington, KY. During the Saturday night concert, Jones shocked Chesney by taking the stage mid-way through the show, an appearance that […]
