AS VEGAS - Mother-daughter duo, The Judds, will reunite and grace the stage forGirls Night Out, a truly special nine-show residency at The Venetian Theatre insideThe Venetian Las Vegas, Oct. 7-24, 2015.
 
Produced by AEG Live, Girls Night Out will mark the iconic and multi-platinum country duo's first concerts together in nearly five years. Songs fans might hear include "Love Can Build a Bridge," "Why Not Me," "Give A Little Love" and the residency's signature song "Girls Night Out" as well as solo numbers such as Wynonna's "No One Else on Earth" and "I Saw The Light." Girls Night Out will boast an all-new show created specifically for the Las Vegas audience featuring a set list handpicked by Wynonna and Naomi. Performances will take place Oct. 7, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 21, 23 and 24.
 
"Over the years people have asked me about a Judds reunion and I have always said the door is open," Wynonna shared. "When this opportunity was presented to me, I looked at it as an incredible chance to celebrate my mom. I have a new album coming out soon and this is the perfect way to honor the roots that gave me the wings to fly."
 
"This show is for the fans - the fans that I have missed every single day since leaving the stage," added Naomi. "Every artist goes through a time in their career where they feel that it's time to call it quits, but once it's in your blood and you're still able to do it, you can't not do it. It will be the thrill of my life to join Wynonna on the stage again in Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world!"
 
Since landing their first chart-topping hit "Mama, He's Crazy" in 1984, the pair has earned 14 No. 1 hits and more than 60 industry awards including five GRAMMYs, nine CMA Awards and eight ACM Awards. During the 2013 ACM Honors, The Judds were presented with the Academy of Country Music's Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award at the famed Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.  With this award, the duo joined the ranks of Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty and many more as significant trailblazers in the country music genre.
 
Currently celebrating the 25th anniversary of their fifth and final studio album Love Can Build a Bridge, The Judds have sold more than 20 million albums to date. In addition to successful music careers, Naomi and Wynonna are both bestselling authors, prominent humanitarians and TV stars.
 
Tickets start at $59.50 (plus applicable fees) and go on sale Friday, Aug. 28 at 10 a.m. PDT at any Venetian or Palazzo Box Office, online at www.venetian.com/thejudds or by calling (702) 414-9000 or (866) 641-7469.

Jon Pardi Announces “ALL TIME HIGH TOUR” with Brothers Osborne Launching This FallJon announces today his headlining ALL TIME HIGH TOUR presented by Texas Roadhouse launching this Fall. With 18 cross-country dates, the California native kicks off the tour in his home state at The House of Blues in San Diego on Oct. 8. Fans can purchase tickets beginning August 28 at www.jonpardi.com with an exclusive presale for Pardi’s fan club starting August 26.  

“Out of all the tours I’ve been fortunate to be a part of, this one is especially exciting because we’ve been building towards this moment for a while. I have been buddies with TJ and John [Osborne] since moving to Nashville and we have talked about touring together for years. It’s finally here and going to be a blast,” shares Pardi. “I really love the new music I have been working on for the next album and cannot wait to start playing it out on the road for the fans.” 
 
 “We have a long history of supporting country music. From our jukeboxes to line dancing among our staff, country music is a big part of the atmosphere at our restaurants,” says Kent Taylor, Texas Roadhouse, Founder and CEO. “We’re proud to partner with Jon on his ‘All Time High Tour’ this Fall and guests can look forward to hearing his music in our restaurants.” Carving out a new path in the country marketplace and gaining an incredibly strong fan following on the road, Pardi has been praised by The New York Times as “redolent of the buttoned-up power-country of a couple decades ago” and NPR Music for his “clever way with wordplay” and “doing a good job of straddling two markets – what the large mainstream country demo wants, which is pop-country-rock as party anthems, and the smaller segment of the market that prizes its own concept of authenticity.” 
 
Joining Pardi on tour is ACM and CMT Awards nominated duo, Brothers Osborne. Topping the “2015 Ones To Watch” lists for Rolling Stone, Spotify, Paste, Country Weekly and Nashville Lifestyles, the duo kicks off the tour as their current Top 30 single “Stay A Little Longer” fires up country radio charts, leading their forthcoming debut album expected early next year. 

Award-winning country singer/songwriter Phil Vassar is showing his support of the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals with an official CMN Hospitals’ Miracle Band. By wearing this wristband, Vassar has joined celebrity spokeswoman Jennifer Lopez along with Lady Antebellum and Sir Paul McCartney, in showing a commitment to give kids every chance to live better and support the organization’s work and the families affected by childhood illness. 

“I have two beautiful daughters and I can’t image my life without them,” says Vassar. “There are children all over the world who are suffering because they don’t have the resources to get the help they need. I’m so glad to be a part of this.”  

The #MiracleBand campaign is an effort by CMN Hospitals to spread the message that local children’s hospitals rely on donor support in order to provide life-saving care. This digital presence is helping the hospitals receive recognition and donations, all while bettering the lives of thousands of families with sick children in the U.S. and Canada. Since 1983, CMN Hospitals has raised over $5 billion in donations for over 170 children’s hospitals. Donations have gone to support research and training, purchase equipment, and pay for uncompensated care, all to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible.

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In 1995 Johnny Cash’s youngest daughter Tara gave her father a book containing 365 questions and asked him to fill it out for her. One year later, on her birthday, he returned the book to her with the answers completed.

Most of the questions relate to his childhood and paint a clear picture of what it was like growing up in Dyess, Arkansas, on land that was given to the Cash family as part of the New Deal; one of the many efforts during the Great Depression to provide economic opportunity to Americans.

Johnny moved to this new home with his family of nine when he was just three years old and many of the questions answered in Recollections relate to his experiences and memories of his life on the family’s cotton farm, home, his childhood and also young adult life.

When visiting the newly restored Cash home in Dyess in April 2014, Tara met Dr Ruth Hawkins, the Director of the Arkansas Heritage Sites Programme, who was also the lead person on the project and knew it was the right time to publish this book, which she’d always felt would be a great gift to Johnny’s fans, friends and also his family.

With careful attention to detail and by working closely with Dr Hawkins, the book soon came to fruition and photos were added to complete the stories, making it an even more personal treasure to pay tribute to the relationship between father and daughter as well as the icon and legend who became The Man in Black.

The questions answered tell stories that are rich with his sentiments and humour and overall gives every Johnny Cash fan a great insight into where life began for Johnny Cash and where his love for music was born and also offers a glimpse inside the mind of one of Country music’s greatest legends.

Recollections By J.R. Cash was released last year, but might be new to many. It is a personal and unique look at a man many may only know as a music legend. A great read for yourself and/or a gift for someone else as the holiday season is fast approaching.

To learn more and to purchase Recollections By J.R. Cash, visit recollectionsbyjrcash.com

Nashville, TN (August 21, 2015) – Country quintet and winners of NBC’s “The Sing-Off” Season 4, Home Free is ramping up for the release of their third studio album, COUNTRY EVOLUTION, via Columbia Records on September 18. Produced by longtime collaborator Darren Rust, the high-energy album features their trademark tight harmonies and collaborations with special guest artists Charlie Daniels, The Oak Ridge Boys and YouTube star Taylor Davis. COUNTRY EVOLUTION (Deluxe Edition), inclusive of five originals and nine new renditions of hit songs, is available now for pre-order.

“This is a pivotal year for Home Free,” said bass Tim Foust. “We're coming into COUNTRY EVOLUTIONfresh on the heels of our Grand Ole Opry debut. We've gotten to collaborate with music icons such as The Oak Ridge Boys and Charlie Daniels. We’re excited to say the least.”

Amassing over 40 million views on YouTube, Home Free has built a strong and devoted online audience. Today, The Huffington Post is exclusively premiering the band’s latest installment, a revival of the classic hit, “Elvira." Directed by FifGen Film’s Reilly Zamber, McKenzie Zamber and Jimmy Bates and shot at Skaggs Family Records in Nashville, the music video captures the legendary group The Oak Ridge Boys harmonizing with Home Free in an infectious and light-hearted collaboration.  Revered vocalist Richard Sterban joins forces with breakthrough talent Tim Foust for a battle of the basses. Highlighting the song’s famous chorus, “Giddy up, oom papa oom papa mow mow,” this bass-off is set to go viral or "Elviral" (a term The Oak Ridge Boys' Joe Bonsall quoted in an interview with EW). 

Nashville, TN (August 21, 2015) Following a private release to the band's fans, Maiden Dixie launched the music video for "Bullets In The Gun" to a national audience this week. The song is the lead track from UNSAFE & SOUND (Navigator Records), released in April. The music video is a live performance with live audio of the band's show at the JoeTown Rocks music festival in St. Joseph, MN, one of the stops on the UNSAFE & SOUND 2015 Tour.  

 The band returned to the road for shows this past weekend following their performance on the Main Stage at the 2015 WEFest Country Music Festival and are set to headline the McCleod County Fair on Saturday August 22. For more details on Maiden Dixie and the UNSAFE & SOUND TOUR 2015 schedule, go to maidendixie.com.  

First Single "Amnesia" Premieres on SiriusXM The Highway Today; Available Everywhere Friday (8.21)

Exposition [n]: the action of making public. 
Incitation [n]: an act of inciting, stimulation.
Intimacy [n]: a close association with or detailed knowledge of a subject.
Dissolution [n]: the undoing, or breaking, of a bond.
Denouement [n]: the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot.
(Press Release)

These powerful words define the pivotal relationship stages that play out in the five cinematic acts that make up 'Front Row Seat' (out Nov. 6 on Thirty Tigers), a 15-song album that encompasses Josh Abbott Band's most intimate and intense writing to date. The story unfolds, giving listeners a front row seat to a failed relationship; from the first magical kiss to how thing fell apart and ultimately how the characters will move on with their lives. The album's first single "Amnesia" can be heard today at 4pm on SiriusXM The Highway everywhere tomorrow.

Produced by Dwight A. Baker (The Wind & The Wave), 'Front Row Seat' was recorded at Matchbox Studios in Austin and yielded some of Josh's most emotional recording sessions to date. The album also features collaborations with heavy-hitting songwriters including GRAMMY winner Shane McAnally and Zac Brown Band collaborator Wyatt Durette who helped contribute to the album's theatrical progression through the five acts. The band also brought in rising vocalists Macy Maloy and Carly Pearce to lend their voices to the album's female protagonist on two songs, evoking the emotion of single "Oh Tonight" off their 2012 'She's Like Texas' EP featuring a then-unknown Texan named Kacey Musgraves.

The album begins with a one-two punch of banjo and acoustic guitar on "While I'm Young", the kick off to the Exposition act, that sees Josh capturing the electric energy of a night on the town with no worries of having cash or meeting a curfew and enjoying some no-strings-attached flirtations on "I've Been Known".

(New Braunfels, TX) — August 20, 2015 — When Lee Ann Womack returned with The Way I’m Livin’, the only country album on Esquire’s Top 10 Albums of 2014, she was committed to regrounding her music in the things that mattered: classic country with a progressive lean, smart songs about life’s tough spots and great playing. One of the other things the Grammy-winning vocalist wanted to focus on were her roots growing up in a small Texas town.

With a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album, a pair of Americana Music Association nominations for Artist and Album of the Year, as well as two CMT Video Music Awards nominations for CMT Performance for “Crossroads” with John Legend and Female Video of the Year for “The Way I’m Livin’,” Womack has built a foundation for her kind of post modern country. But there were still things Womack wanted to accomplish.

So she called award-winning director Roger Pistole, the man behind the snakes in her “The Way I’m Livin’," and suggested they re-team for another video. With Hayes Carll’s vintage Wurlitzer country song of heartbreak and hope “Chances Are,” the pair set on New Braunfels as the place to capture the song’s lonesome and innocence.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Eleven full-lengths, four EPs, three compilations and one live album into the game, Tommy Keene is in the midst of a creative roll that, in the space of just six years, has yielded four studio albums — five, if you count 2010 career overview Tommy Keene You Hear Me: A Retrospective 1983-2009. The rock savant’s new offering, Laugh in the Dark, is the latest in a fruitful partnership with North Carolina’s Second Motion Records label, due out September 4, 2015, and comprises ten fresh Keene nuggets meticulously assembled over the course of six months, a period in which his “unobvious covers” record Excitement at Your Feet saw release to unanimous critical acclaim. 

Laugh in the Dark, while characterized as always by Keene’s distinctive flair for melodic guitar-driven rock and brawny power pop, marks a subtle shift in the artist’s songwriting modus operandi in that unlike previously, the material is all of recent vintage. As he explains, “There were always songs left over from the last project or ideas that hadn’t been fleshed out. What I've done in the past before starting to write for a new record would be to demo a cover or resurrect an old song of mine that I liked but never made the final cut for an album. But all the songs on Laugh in the Dark were started and finished last year from April through October. I started with a completely fresh slate on this one.”

Get a taste of the new record when Keene plays The Bowery Electric on September 17th.

Thurs., Sept. 17 
Bowery Electric
327 Bowery
Showtime: 8 p.m. 
Tickets $15
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ASHEVILLE, NC --  Magnolia Fest celebrates its 19th year at the magnificent Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL on October 15-18, 2015. On this fall’s lineup are Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Avett Brothers, The Del McCoury Band, Keller Williams Grateful Gospel, Lake Street Dive, Jeff Austin Band featuring Danny Barnes, Ross Martin & Eric Thorin, Oteil Burbridge and Roosevelt Collier Band, Steep Canyon Rangers, Rebirth Brass Band, Donna the Buffalo, Jim Lauderdale, The Motet, New Orleans Suspects, Col Bruce Hampton, Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons, Lost Bayou Ramblers, CeDell Davis, The Lee Boys, The Congress, Band of Heathens, The London Souls, Nikki Talley and more! 

Festivalgoers enjoy four days of camping, live music, unique arts and crafts, a wonderful selection of foods and beautiful fall weather. Another reason to attend Magnolia Fest is the stunning setting located just north of Live Oak, FL, in The Spirit of Suwannee, a one-of-a-kind music park and premier 500+ acre campground nestled on the shady banks of the historic, tea-colored Suwannee River with lush overgrowths of Spanish moss. There is also nearly 12 miles of trails suitable for hiking, biking, horseback riding, fishing, and nature exploring, as well as canoe and bike rentals.

With four stage of music including a natural amphitheatre set into the trees, an expansive meadow stage, a music hall, and another wood-built stage near the vending Magnolia Fest consistently features some of the world’s finest performers in Americana, Roots Rock, Acoustic Blues, Singer/Songwriter, Bluegrass & Newgrass, Cajun/Zydeco, New & Traditional Folk and other forms of American Roots music. There’s also campfire pickin’ throughout the festival by attendees and performers alike; you just never know who may show up to play in this energetic and family friendly musical celebration.

Tickets are on sale in advance and at the gate. Early bird rates are $185 until August 20th; $200 until October 14th; and $210 at gate. All weekend tickets are inclusive of all taxes and fees, and include 4 days of primitive camping and music. Kids under 12 are invited to join for free. Fans can also upgrade their experience with VIP tickets for $350 through 8/30 ($400 after that) which includes dinner, discounts, VIP Lounge, festival poster, & other perks. The Live Oak Music And Arts Foundation (LOMAF) will have a booth with raffles to raise money for the local music and art programs in the area.