The 48th annual Academy of Country Music Awards take place Sunday night in Las Vegas. The team planning the show promises a lot of amazing performances throughout the night. But they suggest you don’t miss the start of the show. Blake Shelton will open the telecast with a can’t miss exciting performance featuring co-host Luke […]
When the Academy of Country Music Awards kick off Sunday night, there’ll be a new duo at the hosting helm: Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan. Gone is longtime host Reba McEntire. She will be back as a presenter. But the focus will be on the two unpredictable friends, who have guaranteed to provide laughs and surpises. Blake spoke […]
Usually when you see Kenny Chesney, it’s on a big stage in a huge stadium. This was very different. A small group of music reporters and radio programmers gathered in a second floor loft in Nashville’s Cannery Row to get a sneak peak at Kenny’s new album, “Life On a Rock.” The setting definitely fit […]
Alan Jackson performed a sold out show at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium this week. What made it even better was that 100% of the money went to a local charity: The Colon Cancer Alliance. Of course Jackson had a special connection to the charity. His wife Denise was diagnosed with the disease three years ago. Before […]
The Band Perry co-hosted Country Countdown USA this past week, and revealed details about their highly-anticipated second album, “Pioneer.” They told Lon Helton: “This project certainly has the most teeth of anything we’ve done. There’s certainly an aggressive side, but we also have some of the most emotional sides of us. We’ve become vulnerable. Our entire […]
Nominees for the 48th annual Academy of Country Music Awards were announced via video press conference Wednesday morning. The winners will be announced in Las Vegas on Sunday April 7th, broadcast live on CBS-TV. Following is the list of final nominees. Winners in each of the categories, except where noted, will be presented with […]
Nashville was well represented at this year’s Grammy Awards. Taylor Swift opened the TV show with “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.” Taylor picked up her 7th Grammy today in the category of Best Song Written For Visual Media. The song, “Safe & Sound,” was a duet with The Civil Wars, and appeared in […]
This year’s Grammy Awards Show will make memories for all who win and attend. But we asked some country stars to give their favorite Grammy memory. Taylor Swift won a couple of Grammy Awards last year, both for her #1 hit “Mean.” She talked about it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “The song Mean was written in […]
Country stars Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, The Zac Brown Band, and Kenny Chesney took to the stage Friday night in Los Angeles in honor of Bruce Springsteen. The Boss was the recipient of the annual Grammy MusiCares Person Of The Year Award. Before the show, Tim spoke with Dial Global News about the song he & […]
Country’s top stars are in Los Angeles for the 55th annual Grammy Awards. We spoke with about a dozen top nominees, including Hunter Hayes, who is nominated for 3, including Best New Artist. “It’s awesome to put me in that category with all kinds of different kinds of music, that means the world to me. I’m really excited […]
