2012 ACM Award Nominees heading to Vegas

January 26th, 2012

Here’s the list of 2012 Academy of  Country Music Awards Nominees in the main music categories, announced this morning (1/26) via webcast:

Entertainer of the Year

  • Jason Aldean
  • Kenny Chesney
  • Brad Paisley
  • Blake Shelton
  • Taylor Swift

Male Vocalist of the Year

  • Jason Aldean
  • Kenny Chesney
  • Brad Paisley
  • Blake Shelton
  • Chris Young

Female Vocalist of the Year

  • Sara Evans
  • Miranda Lambert
  • Martina McBride
  • Taylor Swift
  • Carrie Underwood

Vocal Duo of the Year

  • Love and Theft
  • Montgomery Gentry
  • Steel Magnolia
  • Sugarland
  • Thompson Square

Vocal Group of the Year

  • The Band Perry
  • Eli Young Band
  • Lady Antebellum
  • Rascal Flatts
  • Zac Brown Band

Song of the Year

  • Crazy Girl — Eli Young Band (Liz Rose, Lee Brice)
  • Home — Dierks Bentley (Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley, Dan Wilson)
  • Just A Kiss — Lady Antebellum (Dallas Davidson, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott)
  • Threaten Me With Heaven — Vince Gill (Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Dillon O’Brian, Will Owsley)
  • You and Tequila — Kenny Chesney (Matraca Berg, Deana Carter)

Album of the Year

  • Chief — Eric Church
  • Four the Record — Miranda Lambert
  • Hemingway’s Whiskey — Kenny Chesney
  • My Kinda Party — Jason Aldean
  • Own The Night — Lady Antebellum

Single Record of the Year

  • Crazy Girl — Eli Young Band
  • Don’t You Wanna Stay — Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson
  • Red Solo Cup — Toby Keith
  • Tomorrow — Chris Young
  • You and Tequila — Kenny Chesney feat. Grace Potter

Vocal Event of the Year

  • Country Boy — Aaron Lewis feat. George Jones and Charlie Daniels
  • Don’t You Wanna Stay — Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson
  • Old Alabama — Brad Paisley feat. Alabama
  • Remind Me — Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood
  • You and Tequila — Kenny Chesney feat. Grace Potter

Video of the Year

  • Tattoos On This Town — Jason Aldean
  • Homeboy — Eric Church
  • Red Solo Cup — Toby Keith
  • Just a Kiss — Lady Antebellum
  • Mean — Taylor Swift

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NEW YEAR, NEW MUSIC AND…NEW COUPLES

January 7th, 2012

NEW YEAR MAKES WAVES FOR NEW MUSIC AND…NEW COUPLES!

Happy New Year 2012 to all of our listeners, followers, readers & fans!


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Newly engaged Lee Brice and Sara Reeveley (Photo courtesy leebrice.com)

“A Woman Like…Sara!” Just two days into the new year on January 2nd Lee Brice popped the question to his longtime girlfriend Sara Reeveley.  The newly engaged couple were celebrating their New Year’s down in the Florida Keys. Incidentally, Brice’s current single “A Woman Like You” has been climbing up on the Billboard Country© Songs Charts, reaching spot number 26 just this past week. Brice will be touring select dates later this month and towns in California, Arizona and Ohio.

Kellie Pickler (Photo Courtesy BNA Records)

Kellie Pickler and  Kyle Jacobs celebrated their  1st Wedding anniversary on the 1st of January. We’re looking forward to Kellie’s new album  ”100 PROOF” scheduled to be released on January 24th, 2012. Those who pre-order it from iTUNES will immediately able to download the title track. You can preview the new single and purchase it here.

The always-entertaining Bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent released their newest CD “The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent” on January 9th, 2012.

January 24th will also be the release date for perhaps the most anticipated album in Nashville for a long time…Tim McGraw‘s “Emotional Traffic” - his first full-scale studio album released since 2009. Curb Records has announced the availability of digital single releases from the new album , exclusively on iTunes and available prior to Emotional Traffic’s official street date of Tuesday, January 24. We also just learned that  NPR (npr.org)  has joined in the promotional efforts of this album by including it as part of their “First Listen Series“.  Tim McGraw fans will have plenty of chances to catch up  their star at a live performance along with the new songs this summer as he will be kicking off the “Brothers Of  The Sun” tour with Kenny Chesney in June.

Now, if you like free music and would not mind getting your own copy of McGraw’s album before it is even in the stores – we can help! NMM has acquired a shipment of  ”Emotional Traffic” CDs, courtesy of Curb Records, and will be giving them away in our massive  a-winner-a-day MINUTE GIVEAWAYS™. Enter the giveaway here!

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AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS: VEGAS GOES HOT FOR COUNTRY

December 9th, 2011

ACA (AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS 2011 RED CARPET ARRIVALS NMM MEDLEY

Las Vegas went hot for country as the second ever annual ACA Awards took place at the MGM Grand.
Check back here and our NASHVILLE MUSIC MINUTE YouTube Channel for upcoming series of artist features from the ACA’s coming up, but here’s a medley of some of the Red Carpet arrivals to
MGM Grand in Las Vegas!


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Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth hosting (Photo: Laura Lynn)

Carrie Underwood performing (Photo: Laura Lynn)

Scotty McCreery takes over the cheering crowd at the ACA (Photo: Laura Lynn)

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NASHVILLE RINGS IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS!

November 24th, 2011

IT IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN… Nashville stars get together for a little singing, a little caroling, some dancing and just to have a jolly good time! We’re talking about the CMA Country Christmas of course - The Show that was pre-taped for TV right the day after the CMA AWARDS, on November 10, in Nashville. Hosted by Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland the annual show features a top-tier Nashville artist line-up.  You’ll get great Holiday classics performed by your favorite stars…and in no time you’ll want to sit back, relax and crack a few roasted chestnuts  while sipping a cup of warm hot chocolate right in front of your TV. Featured performers include Rascal Flatts, Faith Hill, Vince Gill, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Little Big Town, Amy Grant, Martina McBride, Darius Rucker, Brad Paisley, Kellie Pickler, Keith Urban and, oh yes, Miss Piggy from the Muppets! (Vince Gill will perform a particularly entertaining duo number with flirty Miss Piggy  in “Baby It’s Cold Outside“) It’s all good times and  if you haven’t started on the Holiday decorations at the house yet…this show will sure put you in the mood! Watch in on ABC, December 1st at 9/8c!!

Check out the short behind-the-scenes promo:

For more info on the show and its performers, please visit the CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS site.

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Nashville Music Minute announces “Last Call Red Carpet” CMA Award Flyaway

October 24th, 2011

[NASHVILLE, TN] Nashville Music Minute announces a last minute chance for all of those who still wish to go to Nashville and catch the “Country’s Biggest Night” – The 45th annual CMA AWARDS! This incredible package, touted as “LAST CALL RED CARPET” will take 2 x  lucky winners to Nashville for 5 nights/6 days, with roundtrip airfares, free hotel accomodation, free premium tickets to CMA AWARDS Show on November 9th and CMA Country Christmas taping hosted by Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland. If you are a country fan – you don’t want to miss this!
To enter – just  follow this link to sign-up page and make sure you “like us” on FACEBOOK!

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ACA announces this year’s nominees, fan voting opened

October 13th, 2011

Trace Adkins (Photo:FOX)

Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Chenoweth (Photo:FOX)

The second-ever American Country Awards will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will air live on December 5th, 2011 on FOX network. The show will be hosted by Trace Adkins, a second-time veteran, who will be joined this year by  Kristin Chenoweth. She is is an award-winning actress and entertainer, and she just recently released her new country album “Some Lessons Learned“.

As the ACA winners are picked up by most fan votes, the voting is already open for registered users at the ACA’s voting page.

Here’s the main nominees announced today:

A R T I S T S

Artist of the Year

  • Jason Aldean
  • Kenny Chesney
  • Lady Antebellum
  • Taylor Swift
  • Zac Brown Band

Artist of the Year-Male


  • Jason Aldean
  • Luke Bryan
  • Kenny Chesney
  • Brad Paisley
  • Blake Shelton

Artist of the Year-Female

  • Sara Evans
  • Alison Krauss
  • Miranda Lambert
  • Taylor Swift
  • Carrie Underwood

Artist of the Year – Duo or Group

  • The Band Perry
  • Lady Antebellum
  • Rascal Flatts
  • Sugarland
  • Zac Brown Band

Artist of the Year-Breakthroough Artist

  • Eric Church
  • Eli Young Band
  • Chris Young
  • Justin Moore
  • Jake Owen

Artist of the Year-New Artist

  • The Band Perry
  • Scotty McCreery
  • Jerrod Niemann
  • The Pistol Annies
  • Thompson Square

There are many additional categories for Albums, Singles and Tours. Please visit the official website of the ACA‘s for complete lists of nominees.

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American Music Awards Country nominees announced

October 12th, 2011

The nominees for the American Music Awards were read yesterday in a press conference in LA. The AMA Awards winners will be determined by public online voting. In the Country nominations, Taylor Swift and the Band Perry took the most nominations this year.
Here’s a list of the Country Music nominees by category:
• AMA Favorite Country Male Artist: Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton
• AMA Favorite Country Female Artist: Sara Evans, Miranda Lambert, Taylor SwiftAMA Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group: The Band Perry, Zac Brown Band, Lady Antebellum
• AMA Favorite Country Album: “My Kinda Party” by Jason Aldean, “The Band Perry” by The Band Perry, “Speak Now” by Taylor Swift
• AMA New Country Artist Of the Year: The Band Perry, Thompson Square
• AMA  Artist Of the Year: Adele, Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift

Anyone can vote for the 2011 American Music Awards – just make your picks in all the categories before voting ends on Friday November 11, 2011 at 11:59PM PT at the AMA Awards website. The winners will be revealed LIVE during the 2011 American Music Awards on Sunday November 20, 2011 8|7c on ABC Networks.

Source credits: ABC Networks

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Rascal Flatts Earn Their Opry Membership

October 10th, 2011

[Nashville, October 10, 2011]

“Blessed, Honored, Humbled…” those were some of the first words heard by Joe Don Rooney upon taking the stage on last Saturday  during Rascal Flatts’ official induction to the Grand Ole Opry®.

Timed perfectly with the Opry’s 86th birthday, Rascal Flatts’ induction ceremony could have not have a better reason for celebration. While some Flatts fans may have duly said this day was long overdue, one thing is sure – these guys have definitely earned it: In the past decade their music has impacted millions of lives, gathered more packed concert venues than any other country act, have sold over 20 million albums which all  seven (7) of them  have reached platinum or multi-platinum certification®, they have released three-dozen Billboard Hot Country Chart®-topping singles and at least eleven (11) #1 singles. They have won a Grammy Award®, seven (7) ACM Awards, seven (7) CMA Awards of which six (6) the honors of CMA Vocal Group Of the Year in consecutive years 2003-2008, numerous CMT Awards, ACA Decade Artist Award, The Rascals’ got their own star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and just earlier this year they received the Tony Martell Lifetime Entertainment Achievement Award.

Some of the highlights of the induction, lead  by Opry member Little Jimmy Dickens, included a surprise video message from former President George W. Bush. In his message President Bush congratulated the trio and and gave accolades to their long history of supporting the men and women in the US Armed Forces and acknowledged their generosity in helping such organizations as the Make  Wish Foundation, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital and the American Red Cross.

In the press conference held  the day of the induction, Gary LeVox were asked how he would describe the meaning of induction into the Grand Ole Opry® he replied”…It was mind blowing.  It was so humbling and we’re just so honored and proud to carry the Opry flag and be a part of this legacy and the Grand Ole Opry is the epitome.  There’s no bigger pinnacle than the Grand Ole Opry.  It is country music.” And Joe Don added to this: “…[W]e are just humbled by this.  We are absolutely blown away by this and we can’t wait to see what the future has in store for us through the Opry.”

See the video clip of Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, and Joe Don Rooney induction to the Grand Ole Opry®.

Source credits: Big Machine Label Group, The Grand Ole  Opry®

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Rodney Atkins Fourth Album, “Take a Back Road”, Released

October 7th, 2011

“]Rodney Atkins [Photo Courtesy of Curb Records]Rodney Atkins released his fourth album, “Take a Back Road“, on Tuesday, October 4. Rodney’s single of the same name has already enjoyed substantial success – released in April, it is Rodney’s sixth number one hit.

For “Take a Back Road“, Rodney collaborated with producer, Ted Hewitt, co-producer of two other Atkins albums. This album features 12 new songs and a bonus track – “Farmer’s Daughter“, originally released on Rodney’s third album. Rodney strives to make each song tell a story – from “Feet“, about a married couple that takes their battles to bed, but still sleep touching feet, to “He’s Mine“, about a father’s love and pride for his son.

The album, his first project in three years, is Rodney’s authentic expression of feelings and emotions – the songs and the stories they tell portray the real emotions that Rodney was striving for during the recording process. For Rodney, “. . . real life is there are ups and downs, and if you can, get both sides of that in a song.” (http://www.rodneyatkins.com/bio.html)

Rodney’s latest album release comes in the middle of his tour with Darius Rucker. Leave it to Rodney to make time for his own kind of celebration, even amidst his busy schedule. Having been an avid baseball fan since he was a child – in particular, a huge fan of the Cubs – to celebrate the album’s release, Rodney spent the day at Chicago’s Wrigley Field. He met with the press, threw a few balls and even took a turn mowing the field.

Make sure to “Like Us” on Facebook to follow our giveaways…and late October we will be giving away  a few copies of Rodney’s Albums, so stay tuned!

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45th CMA Awards Nominees announced!

September 6th, 2011

The official countdown for this year’s “Country’s Biggest Night” – The CMA Awards – began officially this morning as the the final nominees  were  announced on ABC’s Good Morning America. The 45th CMA Awards show will be held in Nashville on November 9th, 2011 and televised live  on ABC networks 8pm/7pm Central, hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. Stay tuned for exclusive Nashville Music Minute CMA Award giveaway with our participating affiliates to be announced soon!

Here’s the nominees in the main categories – please see more details at CMA Awards website:

Entertainer of the Year

• Jason Aldean
• Brad Paisley
• Blake Shelton
• Taylor Swift
• Keith Urban

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Jason Aldean
• Kenny Chesney
• Brad Paisley
• Blake Shelton
• Keith Urban

Female Vocalist of the Year

• Sara Evans
• Miranda Lambert
• Martina McBride
• Taylor Swift
• Carrie Underwood

New Artist of the Year

• The Band Perry
• Luke Bryan
• Eric Church
• Thompson Square
• Chris Young

Vocal Group of the Year

• The Band Perry
• Lady Antebellum
• Little Big Town
• Rascal Flatts
• Zac Brown Band

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