December 18, 2012, 9:47 am In May, The Hollywood Reporter reported that ABC had picked up the pilot of the music industry drama series Nashville. Largely filmed in Nashville, the primetime show stars Hayden Panettiere as breakout country star Juliette Barnes and Connie Britton as Rayna James, 40-year-old superstar and mother of two who is forced to tour with Juliette [...] Read More
December 17, 2012, 9:33 am Every year, music reviewers pull from the year’s releases to create Top 10 lists. 2012 was a fantastic year for country music, offering album after album of quality titles to choose from while overall sales for the genre rose 3.2% compared to this point last year. By the very nature of a ‘Top 10′ list, [...] Read More
December 11, 2012, 9:37 pm The youngest stars of ABC’s Nashville have an exciting week ahead of them. Lennon and Maisy Stella, real life sisters who play the daughters of Connie Britton’s Rayna James character, will perform their original Christmas song, “Christmas Coming Home,” on Good Morning America on Thursday. Thursday is also Maisy’s 9th birthday. The pair will then [...] Read More
December 9, 2012, 11:59 am Breaking country duo Florida Georgia Line turned some heads on Nashville’s Music Row this year. The duo of Brian Kelley (from Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Tyler Hubbard (from Monroe, Ga.), started making their presence known when their debut single, “Cruise,” sold well over 100k digital downloads before they landed a record deal. Now signed to [...] Read More
October 24, 2012, 1:33 pm Big Machine Records has released “Telescope,” the first single from ABC’s Nashville, to country radio. Performed by Hayden Panettiere, who plays rising star Juliette Barnes on the show, “Telescope” features a driving melody and sassy lyrics. Nashville radio station WSIX gave the song its first spin last Tuesday. The track officially went to radio October [...] Read More
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