Artist News (6/14/12)

Josh Turner performed his current hit single “Time Is Love” on NBC’s Today Show yesterday (6/13). Turner’s new album Punching Bag hit stores on Tuesday, June 12. See the performance here.

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Tim McGraw was recently interviewed by CNN to talk about his HomeFront program, which aids military veterans in getting mortgage-free homes. See the interview here.

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Sara Evans will perform the national anthem tonight (6/14) prior to Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City. The performance and game airs live on ABC beginning at 7:53 pm/CT.

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Lee Brice performed his hit “A Woman Like You” on CBS’ The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson last night (6/13). The single has sold more than 1 million digital downloads to date.

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Maggie Rose has been tapped to be Country Weekly’s on the road correspondent during the 2012 Country Throwdown Tour. Rose will provide five installments of behind the scenes footage, which will be featured on the magazine’s website.

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Sugarland’s Kristian Bush has penned “She Won’t Drive In The Rain Anymore,” for Falling Off The Sky, the first album in 30 years by influential Southern power pop group the dB’s. Bush, a longtime fan of the North Carolina band, co-wrote the song with dB’s leader Peter Holsapple and it is the first song released via Bush’s Songs of the Architect publishing company. Bush will also join the CMA Songwriters Series later in June, appearing at Los Angeles’ House of Blues on June 26 and Phoenix’s Musical Instrument Museum on June 27.

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Flying Island’s Gwen Sebastian, fresh from a performance at LP Field during CMA Music Festival, will make her Grand Ole Opry debut on Saturday, June 16. Sebastian is also currently out visiting radio to promote her new single “Met Him in a Motel Room.”

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Glen Templeton will make his national television debut Sunday, June 17, when he visits Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends. His two performances will be his latest single “Sing That Song Again,” and his rendition of Conway Twitty’s classic “That’s My Job.” The appearance will air beginning at 7:10 am/CT on Father’s Day.

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Render Records’ Jason Charles Miller has been added to the lineup of the KKGO “Go Country 105 Summer Under the Stars” concert, set for July 20 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Alan Jackson is the headliner, and Ashley Monroe will also perform.

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Mark Wayne Glasmire is featured this week on Inside Music Row, which airs locally in Nashville on WNAB-TV. Glasmire and host Kelly Lynn taped the segment in Hillsboro Village across from the Belcourt Theatre and discussed his summer touring plans and new self-titled EP.