October 10, 2011, 11:59 am Reba McEntire will headline the International Festival of Country Music when the festival returns to Wembley Arena in London for the first time in 20 years on February 26, 2012. This will be Reba’s first performance in the UK in 12 years. “My band, crew and I are really looking forward to going back to [...] Read More
September 6, 2011, 2:46 pm Topping the list of final nominees with five nominations each for The 45th Annual CMA Awards are Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, and Taylor Swift. Right on their heels are The Band Perry and Zac Brown Band, who each received four nominations as a group, while individual members Kimberly Perry (of The Band Perry), [...] Read More
June 22, 2011, 11:27 am The Grand Ole Opry and Cracker Barrel have teamed up to release four new albums. The three-CD series Grand Ole Opry Classic Collection and the contemporary Our Kind of Country albums together feature more than 50 legendary and contemporary country music stars spanning six decades. “The classic collection is truly ‘classic’ in every sense of [...] Read More
May 6, 2011, 9:37 am If you’re going to be in or around Nashville during the month of May, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is the place to be. The Museum has all sorts of country music-centric events going on, from ‘Cookin’ Out Country’ which is a weekly outdoor lunch at the Museum with country music artists [...] Read More
May 5, 2011, 6:07 pm The curtain is preparing to close on the Tammy Wynette: First Lady of Country Music, Presented by Great American Country Television Network, which opened in the Country Musc Hall of Fame and Museum’s East Gallery on August 20, 2010. In anticipation of the exhibit’s June 12 wrap date, the Museum has planned a lineup of [...] Read More
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