Hillary Scott
Darius Rucker
Nashville’s The Big 98/WSIX will host its 2013 Guitar-B-Que at Losers Bar & Grill on Wednesday, Aug. 14.
Artists performing at the event include Rodney Atkins, The Henningsens, Chris Janson, Craig Campbell, Parmalee, and Dee Jay Silver.
The free concert requires wristbands for attendees.
View the event’s Facebook page here.
Volunteers from the CMA EDU program and CMA staff. Photo: Amanda Eckard/CMA
Lauren Alaina visited MusicRow headquarters on Wednesday (July 17), treating the MusicRow staff to her current single “Barefoot and Buckwild.” Alaina co-wrote the song with Chris DeStefano and John Nite. “Barefoot…” is the first single from her forthcoming album, which the entertainer noted she has been working on for nearly a year.
July 17 marked three years since the day she auditioned for American Idol; Alaina was the music competition’s Season 10 runner-up.
She also performed “Break Down” (written by Jimmy Robbins and Heather Morgan), as as well as “Tupelo” and “Georgia Peaches”—two tracks from her debut project Wildflower.
The Georgia native has plans to move to Music City later this year.
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Luke Bryan has announced a preliminary schedule for his fifth annual Farm Tour, beginning in October with eight southeast concerts, including five in his home state of Georgia.
The ACM Entertainer of the Year will kick off the outing Oct. 2 in Statesboro, Ga. and wrap on Saturday, Oct. 12 in Valdosta, Ga., all the while delivering scholarships to students in the communities played. Last year, eight scholarships were given to students from farming families.
The idea for the Farm Tour came as a way for Bryan to give back to local farming communities by celebrating and lifting up the American farmer and offering a fun escape with the outdoor shows. Over 100,000 fans came out for last year’s tour, which doubled the previous year’s attendance record.
With the exception of Athens and Tallahassee, ticket presales for the 2013 tour will begin for fan club and Citi card members on Tuesday, July 23 at 10 a.m. ET. Public tickets will be available starting Friday, July 26 at 10 a.m. ET.
For additional Farm Tour 2013 information, click here.
Farm Tour Dates
Oct. 2– Statesboro, Ga.
Oct. 3– Athens, Ga.
Oct. 4– Columbia, S.C.
Oct. 5– Macon, Ga.
Oct. 9– Villa Rica, Ga.
Oct. 10– Auburn, Ala.
Oct. 11– Tallahassee, Fla.
Oct. 12– Valdosta, Ga.
(dates & cities subject to change)
Alabama
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Charlie Daniels
Ramona P. DeSalvo
L. Kevin Levine
Antebellum house
The Williamson County farm owned by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill is for sale for $20 million. Located south of downtown Franklin and east of Lieper’s Fork, the property at 4009 Carters Creek Pike is more than 750 acres.
Four residences are located on Bear Creek Farms, including an antebellum home built around 1850, a restored log home and a 12-stall barn with caretakers’ apartment.
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As country’s newest family trio, Angel Mary and the Tennessee Werewolves (AMTW) is no-doubt offering up a rebel yell to the genre. Described by Billboard Magazine as “A rocking country act ready to turn up the volume,” and “poised to move up the ladder and the Billboard country charts,” their unique sound–a blend of old-fashioned Dixie roots, bluegrass picking, and Haggard-styled lyrics–has already commanded the attention of fellow artists, industry tastemakers, and fans alike.
Though only recently establishing themselves as a trio in November of 2011, the Hendersonville, Tennessee natives have spent years perfecting their sound in a household where music was a prevalent part of everyday life. Drawing from an eclectic mix of musical influences – everything from Johnny Cash to Lynyrd Skynyrd to Motley Crew–Angel Mary (lead vocals and guitar), Christian (vocals and drums), and Antoine (vocals and bass guitar) pay tribute to those icons, both in sound, self-described as a “chocolate chip cookie wrapped in barbed wire,” and name.
“When we were younger and between houses in Hendersonville, Johnny Cash’s sister Joann Cash opened her home to us. So Johnny has been a part of our lives from the start,” explains Angel Mary. “When it came to choosing a name for the band, we wanted to pay homage to the man that’s inspired us so greatly. Johnny started his musical career as ‘Johnny and the Tennessee Two’ and, later, ‘Johnny and the Tennessee Three’ – that’s where ‘Angel Mary and the Tennessee’ comes from. ‘Werewolves’ was inspired by Johnny’s song ‘The Beast In Me’ from his American Recordings.”
Spending much of 2012 in the studio working on material for their self-titled EP, AMTW enlisted the help of friend and fellow musician Doug Phelps (Kentucky Headhunters). “We’d invited Doug to stop in and check out what we were doing,” said Antoine. “He loved what he heard and ended up singing on track six on our EP, ‘Waiting On You’” Debut single “Cowboy” released in October 2012 to rave reviews. The music video for the single made it into TNT’s coveted top 10 video spot three weeks in a row. Shortly thereafter, AMTW released their first EP to iTunes.
No strangers to risk, the trio released their second single, a cover of Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues,” to radio on July 30th, 2013. Veteran programmer and Country Radio Hall of Fame member Ed Salamon immediately declared, “Angel Mary and the Tennessee Werewolves have done for that song what Elvis did for Bill Monroe’s ‘Blue Moon Of Kentucky’ in Sun Studios so many years ago.” That same week, Billboard Magazine included AMTW in an article detailing the next wave of country music. “We’re taking a huge step into the unknown releasing a Johnny Cash hit…” said Angel Mary. “But Folsom Prison Blues is a song we hold close to our hearts. We’ve all had our struggles, ups and downs, and times we feel we can’t be free. But there’s always that light of forgiveness at the end of the track.”