Gary Allen PBR World Finals Las Vegas Sweepstakes!

Gary Allan is partnering with PBR to fly one lucky fan to Las Vegas!

One grand prize winner will receive a trip for 2 to Las Vegas for the PBR World Finals and 5 runners up will win signed copies of Gary Allan’s new album, Get Off on the Pain.

Sarah Buxton's "Outside My Window" Augmented Reality Music Video

CMT debuted Sarah Buxton’s amazing new video for “Outside My Window,” the first ever Augmented Reality Music Video by a country artist.

Fans can print out the augmented reality marker from the CMT website and hold it up to their webcam to bring the 3-D video to virtual life.

Sarah Buxton’s self-titled debut album was released Tuesday, Feb 23, and contains another marker that will give users an entirely new experience, including the chance to become Buxton's virtual guitar player.

Hurricane Bells - "This Is A Test" Official Video

Hurricane Bells premiered the video for "This Is A Test". The video, created by band architect Steve Schiltz, can now be seen above. The band is also featured in the current issue of Alternative Press as one of '100 Bands You Need To Know In 2010.' "This Is A Test" is the third video from the band's debut album Tonight Is Ghost, which Schiltz wrote, played, recorded, and mixed entirely himself. "This Year," also from the album, premiered on Entertainment Weekly's Music Mix blog in early November while "Monsters," from the The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack, premiered last month on AOL Music's Spinner blog. Vagrant released Tonight Is The Ghost digitally in November and a physical release is expected next month. More details will be announced soon.

Hurricane Bells, the new project from Longwave frontman Schiltz, will next travel to Austin, TX, in two weeks to perform at this year's SXSW festival. The band will play twice on Friday, March 19th: at the Consequence of Sound/Rock It Out! day party at Republic Live (5:35pm set time) and in an official showcase at Rusty Spurs later that night (12am set time). Schiltz and touring band member Ashen Keilyn (also of Scout) will also head out as an acoustic duo opening for Blue October throughout April.

Chelsea Field Announces Debut Single at Conclusion of CRS 2010

Moxy Records recording artist Chelsea Field has wrapped up her first Country Radio Seminar and will release her debut single, “Things I Should’ve Said,” in the coming weeks to Country radio.

Field attended CRS 2010 in Nashville, where she spent several days doing interviews, networking and preparing for the release of her first single, “Things I Should’ve Said.” She also helped to close out this year’s CRS with a performance at Digital Rodeo’s “Guilty Pleasures” show on Friday night alongside acts like Emily West, Love & Theft, Mark Wills, Steve Azar, Julie Roberts, Buddy Jewell, Mallary Hope, Bomshel and Laura Bell Bundy.

Moxy Records recording artist Chelsea Field (r) poses with fellow Country newcomer Laura Bell Bundy after the Digital Rodeo “Guilty Pleasures” show. The event closed out CRS 2010 in downtown Nashville on Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. Photo: Randi Radcliff

“The whole CRS experience for me was just amazing,” says Field. “There is so much you can learn about the Country radio business at CRS, and the timing of it couldn’t have been better for me, personally. We got feedback from so many people at the seminar, and I know it’s going to help us when we release ‘Things I Should’ve Said’ in the coming weeks.”

Award-winning songwriter and producer Trey Bruce (Trace Adkins, Chris Ledoux, Rebecca Lynn Howard) produced Field’s debut album and single. In February, Field became the first artist to sign with new Nashville-based independent label, Moxy Records.

A video is currently being planned for “Things I Should’ve Said.” Field’s debut album is scheduled for release in summer 2010.

For more information about Chelsea Field, visit www.ChelseaFieldOfficial.com.

Hurricane Bells April 2010 Tour Dates

APR. 7 ATLANTA, GA CENTER STAGE*

APR. 8 RICHMOND, VA HAT FACTORY*

APR. 9 PHILADELPHIA, PA TLA*

APR. 10 NEW YORK, NY WEBSTER HALL*

APR. 11 WASHINGTON, DC 9:30 CLUB*

APR. 16 ROCHESTER, NY WATER STREET*

APR. 17 COLUMBUS, OH LC PAVILION*

APR. 18 CLEVELAND, OH HOUSE OF BLUES*

APR. 20 CHICAGO, IL HOUSE OF BLUES*
APR. 21 ST. LOUIS, MO PAGEANT*
APR. 23 OMAHA, NE SOKOL HALL*

APR. 24 DENVER, CO GOTHIC THEATER*

APR. 27 LUBBOCK, TX LONESTAR EC PAVILION*

APR. 28 ODESSA, TX DOS AMIGOS*

APR. 29 TULSA, OK CAIN'S*

APR. 30 DALLAS, TX HOUSE OF BLUES*

* with Blue October

Video Introducing Kylie Morgan

Oscar Night America at The Belcourt

Join The Belcourt for the Ninth Annual Oscar Night America benefitting the Historic Belcourt Theatre:

* Patrons Party-5:30 p.m. (open bar)
* 82nd Annual Academy Awards presented on the big screen- 7:00 p.m. (open bar until 9 p.m.; cash bar after)
* Elegant bites provided by Whole Foods
* Fine wines provided by Village Wines
* Silent Auction until 9 p.m.
* Attire: Black Tie or Hollywood Glamour
* Valet Parking (please approach the theatre from 21st Avenue)

Alison Krauss & Union Station Featured on Rounder Records' 40th Anniversary Concert

Alison Krauss & Union Station and Mary Chapin Carpenter are among the musicians featured on a new live album, Rounder Records' 40th Anniversary Concert, released Tuesday (March 2). Filmed at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville in October, the concert will begin airing on PBS stations this month. The album also includes performances by Steve Martin during a concert at the Ryman Auditorium, a duet of "Rich Woman" from the CMT Crossroads episode with Krauss and Robert Plant and two songs from a Madeleine Peyroux concert in Los Angeles. Other musicians on the project include Minnie Driver, Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck, Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas and Irma Thomas.

Adam Green's "Minor Love"

Adam Green's new album Minor Love hits stores from Fat Possum Records. The album shows a more serious, tender side of the uniquely charming, accomplished Green, who Time Out New York's The Volume blog recently declared, "...ranks among the city's strangest and most engaging young songwriters...he has created a body of work that's deceivingly smart...". Minor Love, his sixth solo venture since the Moldy Peaches went on hiatus in 2002, is a very personal, '70s-influenced folk-rock album and Green's best work to date: in a four-star review, Q Magazine wrote, "...Minor Love is charming; regularly recalling, on tracks such as Castles And Tassels, the barbed-yet-playful love songs Lou Reed used to pen."

AOL Music's Spinner blog premiered Green's video for Minor Love's first single "What Makes Him Act So Bad." The Todd Smolar-directed video, shot in New York City's famed Chelsea Hotel and featuring model/DJ Harley Viera-Newton, can be seen here, while the song can be downloaded here. Spinner is also featuring a full album stream for the week here. Earlier this month, RCRD LBL premiered album track "Castles and Tassels" as their 'MySpace Music RCRD of the Day;' the track can now be downloaded here.

Green will embark on a three and a half week headlining tour beginning April 1st at Venue in Vancouver, BC, and wrapping up April 23rd and 24th with a two-night hometown stand at the Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY. Last month, he spent ten days on the road in support of The Cribs before traveling overseas, where he is currently on a headlining tour in Europe. Green will also perform at SXSW in March.

The 6th Annual Ringside: A Fight for Kids

The 6th Annual Ringside: A Fight for Kids has been set for Friday, March 5 at The Factory’s Liberty Hall (230 Franklin Road, 37064) in Franklin, Tennessee beginning at 6:30 pm.

The event will benefit The Charley Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides support to charitable agencies addressing the critical needs of children. Nashville’s premiere charity boxing event Ringside will feature a gourmet dinner, surprise musical performances and celebrity guests, a live auction and four professional boxing bouts.

In addition, the evening will include a “Rumble on the Row” match-up pitting Music Row’s own Jimmy Rector, Columbia Nashville VP of National Promotion, against Goodlettsville’s Jon Jayne, an amateur boxer.

"I love the work the Charley Foundation does on behalf of Nashville's children,” says Rector. “If me getting hit in the face a few times can make a child's' life better, then I am in."

Ringside: A Fight for Kids will take place on Friday, March 5 at 6:30 pm. Table sponsorships are available, as well as individual tickets at $250.00 each. Online donation can be made by visiting www.charleyfoundation.org. Contact Carolyn Miller at (615)297-3099 ext. 103 for details.

Last year's event, the 5th Annual Ringside: A Fight for Kids raised over $100,000 dollars for The Charley Foundation. Help knock it out again this year.

The Charley Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides support to charitable agencies addressing the critical needs of children. Through donations, sponsorships and fundraising events, the Charley Foundation supports agencies that provide relief for children who are victims of neglect, abuse or other crises, children who live with chronic or critical illness, children who endure poverty or homelessness, and children who require mentoring or other proactive outreach. An entirely volunteer-driven organization, the Charley Foundation guarantees that each charitable agency they support is a non-profit, tax-exempt charity governed by volunteers. Additionally, all organizations that are funded must submit an annual independent financial audit, keep overhead and administrative expenses to a minimum and maintain a policy of non-discrimination.

Adam Green's March and April Tour Dates

MAR. 2 BARCELONA, ES RAZZMATAZZ

MAR. 3 MADRID, ES RAMDALL MUSIC LIVE

MAR. 4 LISBON, PT SANTIAGO ALQUIMISTA

MAR. 6 MARSEILLE, FR LE POSTE A GALENE

MAR. 8 PARIS, FR L'ALHAMBRA

MAR. 17-20 AUSTIN, TX SXSW

APR. 1 VANCOUVER, BC VENUE

APR. 2 SEATTLE, WA CHOP SUEY

APR. 3 PORTLAND, OR DANTE'S

APR. 5 SANTA CRUZ, CA CREPE PLACE

APR. 6 SAN FRANCISCO, CA CAFÉ DU NORD (all ages)

APR. 7 SAN FRANCISCO, CA CAFÉ DU NORD (21+)

APR. 9 SAN DIEGO, CA THE CASBAH (early show)

APR. 10 LOS ANGELES, CA TROUBADOUR

APR. 13 DENVER, CO LARIMER LOUNGE

APR. 14 KANSAS CITY, MO RECORD BAR

APR. 15 CHICAGO, IL SCHUBAS

APR. 16 CLEVELAND, OH GROG SHOP (early show)

APR. 17 TORONTO, ONT MOD CLUB

APR. 19 MONTREAL, QUE LA SALA ROSA

APR. 20 BOSTON, MA GREAT SCOTT

APR. 21 PHILADELPHIA, PA JOHNNY BRENDA'S

APR. 23 NEW YORK, NY BOWERY BALLROOM

APR. 24 NEW YORK, NY BOWERY BALLROOM

Lady Antebellum's American Honey Sheet Music

American Honey - Lady Antebellum

Digital Rodeo Closes Out CRS 2010 with Second Annual “Guilty Pleasures” Show

DigitalRodeo.com and Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc.® celebrated the official conclusion of CRS 2010 with their second annual “Guilty Pleasures” show at Cadillac Ranch in Nashville on Friday, Feb. 26, 2010.

Artists gather at the end of the Digital Rodeo Guilty Pleasures show for a Johnny Cash birthday tribute jam. Artists (l to r): Members of One Night Rodeo, members of Due West, Adam Gregory, Burns & Poe, Buddy Jewell, Chelsea Field, Julie Roberts, Laura Bell Bundy. Photo: Bev Moser.
The evening featured nearly two-dozen artists delivering versions of their favorite “Guilty Pleasures” cover songs. The show included performances by: Steve Azar, Bomshel, Laura Bell Bundy, Burns & Poe, Coldwater Jane, Due West, Chelsea Field, Adam Gregory, Andy Griggs, Mallary Hope, Buddy Jewell, Sammy Kershaw, LoCash Cowboys, Love & Theft, One Night Rodeo, Marty Raybon, Julie Roberts, Emily West, Bryan White and Mark Wills. AfterMidNite host and popular radio personality Blair Garner hosted the show, which ended with an all-star jam and Johnny Cash birthday tribute performance.

“This is the second year in a row that Digital Rodeo helped close out Country Radio Seminar with a great night of performances at Cadillac Ranch,” said DigitalRodeo.com Director of Marketing and Promotions John Pyne. “Those who got in got to see some of the best and brightest new artists in Country music like Emily West, Mallary Hope, Laura Bell Bundy, Chelsea Field and Love & Theft, plus a host of established fan favorites like Marty Raybon, Buddy Jewell, Mark Wills, Julie Roberts and Steve Azar. The band that our musical director, Scotty Huff, put together was phenomenal again this year and I know several of the artists commented on that, as well. We’re already thinking about the theme for CRS 2011.”

Added Digital Rodeo Director of Industry Relations Robert Reynolds, “We were thrilled at this year’s turnout and the energetic performances at our ‘Guilty Pleasures’ show. The crowd was really into it, and I think everyone would agree that Blair Garner was the perfect host for the event. The whole idea behind our show is for artists to cut loose and really have fun, and when you see electrifying performances like Laura Bell Bundy doing her choreographed dance routine to the Ike and Tina Turner version of ‘Proud Mary,’ it makes us particularly proud because we know the artists are having fun, the audience is having fun and it’s just a great way overall to wrap up Country Radio Seminar.”

Digital Rodeo was a prominent sponsor at this year’s CRS, outfitting Country Radio Seminar volunteers in the Convention Center with CRS 2010 / DigitalRodeo.com t-shirts during the three-day event.

DIERKS BENTLEY, PAM TILLIS, AND JIM LAUDERDALE TO EACH HOST WEEKLY RADIO SHOW ON 650 AM WSM

On March 15, revered country radio icon 650 AM WSM kicks off a series of new midday shows hosted by award-winning artists. The three weekly one-hour shows hosted by Dierks Bentley, Pam Tillis and Jim Lauderdale will air Monday - Wednesday at 2 p.m. CT. The shows can also be heard online at www.wsmonline.com or as podcasts via iTunes.

Listeners will enjoy an insider's view of the artist-hosts' musical passions and personalities and can expect a mix of Country, Bluegrass and Americana music. Often, the hosts will welcome in-studio guests for conversation and the occasional impromptu jam session. CMA award-winner Bentley leads off on Mondays with his show "The Thread" followed on Tuesdays by fellow CMA honoree, Tillis and her "Lettin' My Roots Show." Grammy and Americana Music Association award-winner Lauderdale takes Wednesday duties with "The Jim Lauderdale Show."

A variety of guest artists and WSM favorites will take the mic on Thursdays. Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor will guest host the first Thursday show March 18, while Diamond Rio's Dana Williams follows March 25.

"650 AM WSM is a country music institution...I can't believe they are turning the controls over to me for an hour every week...it's the most fun I've had in a long time," said Bentley.

Jim Lauderdale adds, "I'm so happy to have this show on the mighty WSM...It is a thrill and an honor!"

"We look forward to having these diverse artists as part of the station line-up," WSM Operations Manager Joe Limardi said. "It'll be exciting to listen to them taking their turn on the other side of the microphone, stepping into the shoes of renowned station DJs that have filled the airwaves for 85 years. WSM continues to be on the cutting edge of programming like no other radio station in the country through digital media and an expanded playlist to encompass 'all things country.'"

Shannon McCombs produces the new shows with WSM's Robin Roberts as co-producer. McCombs' past experience includes working with Kix Brooks on his CMA award-winning syndicated show "America's Country Countdown."

650 AM WSM's first official broadcast day was October 5, 1925. The station is the radio home of the Grand Ole Opry, which has been broadcast live over the airwaves since its inception.

Darius Rucker to Headline March on Stage at the Nashville Hardrock Cafe

Hard Rock Cafe Nashville will host a special performance by CMA “Best New Artist” award-winner Darius Rucker with special guests, Jypsi to benefit Musicians On Call (MOC). The event, to be held on Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at 8:00 p.m, will help kick-off Hard Rock International’s worldwide, month-long campaign, March On Stage as part of the two-day multi-city launch.

What:
Hard Rock Cafe Nashville Hosts Live Performance by Darius Rucker as part of March On Stage

When:
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 8 p.m. Event begins

Where:
Hard Rock Cafe Nashville
100 Broadway
Nashville, TN
615-742-9900

March on Stage, a global live music series featuring high-caliber, iconic and emerging artists, is an annual, month-long philanthropic initiative created by Hard Rock International. Hard Rock will donate a portion of the proceeds from its March on Stage events in North America to MOC. Proceeds from a collectible March on Stage pin, as well as a series of live music events at Hard Rock establishments will benefit MOC.

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