CMA Fest Announces Performers; Shaver & Nelson Release “Wacko From Waco” Duet; Gretchen Wilson’s Favorite Grammy Winners
- The first round of announced performers for the CMA Music Festival includes Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, The Band Perry, Sheryl Crow, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts, Reba, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban. “On the Banks of the Ohio” illustrated. (via Fresh Signals) Northwest native Rachel Harrington plans to release her new album Celilo Falls to the US next week and in an effort to highlight the release, songs:illinois is streaming the song “He Started Building My Mansion In Heaven Today.” NPR: Justin Townes Earle on World Cafe Gretchen Wilson shared her thoughts on 10 Grammy-winning country songs (“Ain’t That Lonely Yet,” “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” “Stand by Your Man,” etc.) with CMT’s Craig Shelburne. Here’s the new video for Justin Moore‘s song “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away,” the first single from his forthcoming sophomore album. (via That Nashville Sound) (more…) ...
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