Kenny Chesney Teams Up with Flashnotes.com for Ticket Giveaway

Kenny Chesney’s music has always connected with college students. When he announced his No Shoes Nation Tour, Flashnotes.com, which offers student-generated course materials, wanted to get involved. Through their Rep Ambassador Program, they are sponsoring a contest to give away 10 pairs of tickets to Kenny’s shows in Columbia, SC, Landover, MD and Atlanta, GA [...] Read More

Kenny Chesney Works with Willie Nelson & The Wailers Band on New Album

Kenny Chesney’s new album, Life On A Rock, out April 30, is his most personal to date, but he’s still included a couple of his friends. Willie Nelson and the Wailers Band will both be featured on the project. “The spirit of this record is so much about friendship,” Kenny said. “A lot of these [...] Read More

New Artist Spotlight: Kacey Musgraves

By Bob Doerschuk © 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. One strength of country music is its ability to mirror real life. Rarer is the artist whose stories come to us not washed in neon but raised from a deeper, dreamier place. Kacey Musgraves is one such anomaly. Born in [...] Read More

Jason Aldean, Guy Clark, Blake Shelton & More Announced as ACM Awards Off-Camera Winners

Today, the Academy of Country Music is announcing the winners of awards that will not be televised during the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, due to time constraints. The ceremony will be telecast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 8 p.m. live ET/delayed [...] Read More

Willie Nelson to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Berklee

Willie Nelson, Carole King and Annie Lennox will be presented with honorary doctor of music degrees by Berklee College of Music president Roger Brown at Berklee’s commencement ceremony, Saturday, May 11. Annie Lennox will speak at the ceremony, addressing more than 900 Berklee graduates, their parents and invited guests. The honorary doctorate recipients are being [...] Read More