Steve Nedved
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Apr 07
Lauren Alaina Takes the “Road Less Traveled” from American Idol to the top of the chart
ABC/Image Group LAMore than five years since Lauren Alaina was crowned the runner-up during season 10 of American Idol, the Georgia native is on the verge of having her very first #1 song with “Road Less Traveled.” While the 22-year-old looks back on her Idol time fondly, she says she realized doing well on the show wasn’t a one-way ticket …
Apr 06
Move over, Little Big Town! Here come Little Big Kids
BillboardLooks like Little Big Town‘s musical legacy will continue well into the next generation. In their new Billboard cover story, the “Better Man” hitmakers reveal that their three oldest offspring have formed their own band, called Little Big Kids. Made up of Kimberly Schlapman’s daughter Daisy, Phillip Sweet’s little girl Penelopi, and Karen Fairchild and Jimi …
Apr 06
Creepin': Eric Church discovers his double backstage at Staples Center in LA
Business WireEric Church is the latest in a long line of country stars to come face-to-face with their doubles, thanks to the opening of the new Madame Tussauds in Nashville. The “Kill a Word” singer met his lookalike wax figure backstage at his recent sold-out show at L.A.’s Staples Center. “I’ve seen figures before so …
Apr 06
Baby #2 & a new album: Carrie Underwood says they're both on the way — she's just not sure when
ABC/Image Group LAWhile Carrie Underwood seems open to the prospect of having a second little one, it doesn’t sound like she and husband Mike Fisher have exactly put it on the calendar yet. “We’re on God’s good timing or whatever you might call it,” she tells Entertainment Tonight of the possibility. “I’m just trying to figure …
Apr 06
#TheInternetIsForever: Brad Paisley's fan-sourced Facebook project
Arista NashvilleIf you like Brad Paisley’s new video for “selfie #theinternetisforever,” there are plenty more where that came from — and they’re on the way soon. The clip for the new track from Brad’s forthcoming Love and War album is just the first of six videos the West Virginia native plans to premiere on Facebook ahead of the project’s April …
Apr 06
“From A Room”: Chris Stapleton to release two albums this year from legendary RCA Studio A
Mercury Records NashvilleChris Stapleton’s follow-up to Traveller will be called From A Room: Volume 1, and will be out May 5, exactly two years since his breakthrough album was released. The record’s title references legendary RCA Studio A, where it was recorded. What’s more, a second volume from the sessions this winter will be released …
Apr 06
How Glen Campbell helped soon-to-be fellow Hall-of-Famer Alan Jackson
ABC Radio In 2017, Alan Jackson will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and coincidentally, the Georgia native owes his start in the music business to another Hall of Famer, Glen Campbell. When Alan was just beginning, his wife Denise worked as a flight attendant, and a chance airport encounter with the “Rhinestone Cowboy” eventually led to …
Apr 05
Why Jason Aldean is admiring his own chest hair
Madame Tussauds/Quinn Kaemmer/Reed PRWhen you’re a two-time Entertainer of the Year, there’s likely just not enough of you to go around. So for Academy of Country Music honoree Jason Aldean, maybe it helps to have a double. The “Any Ol’ Barstool” hitmaker unveiled his wax likeness this weekend at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, just …
Apr 05
2017 Hall of Fame Inductee Alan Jackson: “I thought they [were] gonna drop me from the label!”
ABC/Image Group LABy the time the rest of the world found out that Alan Jackson would be going into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2017, the legend himself was already struggling to get used to the idea. But when he first got the news, he admits he was prepared for something that wasn’t …
Apr 05
Zac Brown Band sets the “Family Table” this Friday
Elektra RecordsZac Brown is inviting you to sit down at his “Family Table” this Friday. The track is the latest taste of Zac Brown Band’s new album, Welcome Home, which won’t be available until May 12. If you pre-order the new effort, however, you’ll be able to download the cut “Real Thing,” as well as …