Artist Updates (8-9-13)

Lady Antebellum

Lady Antebellum and Stevie Nicks‘ episode of CMT Crossroads is set to air on Sept. 13 on CMT. In addition to Nicks’ several solo hits, she wrote numerous songs as part of Fleetwood Mac, including “Landslide,” “The Chain” and “The Edge of Seventeen.”

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Gene Watson. Photo by: John Russell

Gene Watson was recently the first artist inducted to the newly created Houston Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony which took place Aug. 6, 2013. Watson’s career includes six chart-topping songs and more than 75 charted songs, including “Farewell Party,” “Love In The Hot Afternoon,” “Paper Rosie,” “Fourteen Carat Mind” and many others.

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Musician, songwriter and music journalist Peter Cooper will release his third solo record Opening Day on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The project follows his recent duo release with Eric Brace, The Comeback Album. Cooper is a senior music writer at Nashville’s Tennessean, a professor of country music history at Vanderbilt University, and a regular commentator on numerous television programs. A CD release show for Opening Day will be held at Nashville’s Station Inn on Friday, Sept. 13.

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LeAnn Rimes

LeAnn Rimes and husband Eddie Cibrian have teamed with VH1 for the reality series LeAnn & Eddie (working title). Six half-hour episodes are slated to premiere in Fall 2013/Winter 2014.

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Jake Owen recently performed his latest single, “Days of Gold,” on NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Owen’s album Days of Gold will be released Dec. 3.

Jake Owen

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Arista Nashville’s The Henningsens sang the National anthem at the Birmingham Barons double-A baseball game.

Pictured (L-R): Aaron, Clara & Brian Henningsen

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