According to the New York Times, "Apart from perhaps Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton’s becoming the most important and visible ambassador from Nashville to the American mainstream." they reported in a feature on the emerging superstar Thursday. His upcoming album 'Red River Blue', marriage to Miranda Lambert and breakout performance on The Voice are all expanding his fan base in what is quite a prestigious media placement, even for a 'wise-cracking' country singer from Oklahoma.
Central to the theme of the feature are Shelton's thoughts on balancing his growing career with his personal life. "I've got to spend some time with my wife," he tells his manager during the heavy workload of The Voice. Shelton broke down and 'cried' after hearing the reply: "It's probably only going to get worse from here." Ultimately, he says he is unwilling to sacrifice his relationship with Lambert in pursuit of stardom. “The one thing we can’t allow to happen is we get so busy that we lose each other." Read the full article here. What a great attitude to have!
It seems like Mr. Shelton is building quite the career and reputation for himself. 2010 proved to be a successful year for the CMA Male Vocalist of the Year. With his time on the NBC hit show 'The Voice', a new married life and a highly anticipated new album out soon, it seems that 2011 might even top his success from last year!
(some parts via Lon Helton's Country Aircheck Artist News, NY Times 7-7-11)
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
CMA Fest 2011 - Quotebook
Here's what some of your favorite country music stars had to say about their CMA Music Festival experience:
Quotebook: Heard behind-the-scenes during the 2011 CMA Music Festival:
"You're asking me to do math, which is dangerous. My first Fan Fair was in 1992." -Martina McBride
"It's such an amazing experience being surrounded by 50,000 people who are all singing the same thing. You look out and it's this never ending sea of people for as far as you can see." — Taylor Swift
"Can you sign this for me?" — Clay Walker to Dierks Bentley, who signed a notebook for Walker's daughter.
"My house burned down. I've felt like Rain Man for the last few weeks every time someone asks me a question, 'Trace, what do you want to eat?' 'My house burned down.'" — Trace Adkins
"I have a little video of my daughter's reaction when I sent Jay the picture of me with Justin Bieber. I made a complete fool of myself going up to meet him, but it was so worth it." — Sara Evans who showed press cell phone video of her daughter's reaction.
"The thing that really amazes me is not only the loyalty of the fan but the loyalty of country music back to the fan. You couldn't pull this together in rock n' roll, not so much because of the bands, but the egos of their managers. They'd go, 'Oh, my guy's too big to play that.' But you don't have that here." — Darius Rucker
"Happy birthday to you." — Media singing to Chris Young backstage for his 26th birthday, which was Sunday (6/12)
"These die-hard country fans come from all over the world. It's not just here in the US. It's the least we could do. We love going and signing and seeing familiar faces and being able to look them in the eyes and say thank you." — Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott
Courtesy of Country Aircheck
Quotebook: Heard behind-the-scenes during the 2011 CMA Music Festival:
"You're asking me to do math, which is dangerous. My first Fan Fair was in 1992." -Martina McBride
"It's such an amazing experience being surrounded by 50,000 people who are all singing the same thing. You look out and it's this never ending sea of people for as far as you can see." — Taylor Swift
"Can you sign this for me?" — Clay Walker to Dierks Bentley, who signed a notebook for Walker's daughter.
"My house burned down. I've felt like Rain Man for the last few weeks every time someone asks me a question, 'Trace, what do you want to eat?' 'My house burned down.'" — Trace Adkins
"I have a little video of my daughter's reaction when I sent Jay the picture of me with Justin Bieber. I made a complete fool of myself going up to meet him, but it was so worth it." — Sara Evans who showed press cell phone video of her daughter's reaction.
"The thing that really amazes me is not only the loyalty of the fan but the loyalty of country music back to the fan. You couldn't pull this together in rock n' roll, not so much because of the bands, but the egos of their managers. They'd go, 'Oh, my guy's too big to play that.' But you don't have that here." — Darius Rucker
"Happy birthday to you." — Media singing to Chris Young backstage for his 26th birthday, which was Sunday (6/12)
"These die-hard country fans come from all over the world. It's not just here in the US. It's the least we could do. We love going and signing and seeing familiar faces and being able to look them in the eyes and say thank you." — Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott
Courtesy of Country Aircheck
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
CMA "Country Christmas" Special COMING SOON!
The day after the 44th Annual CMA Awards, the CMA taped their latest television event. For the taping of this special, Nashville's Bridgestone Arena was transformed into a winter wonderland which included snow, Christmas trees, garland and more . The 14-song special will feature many of todays biggest country music stars performing their favorite Christmas classics:
Brad Paisley- "What Child is This?"
Kellie Pickler- "Santa, Baby"
Sugarland- "Winter Wonderland, "O Come, O Come Emmanuel"
Rascal Flatts- "I'll Be Home For Christmas", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
LeAnn Rimes- "White Christmas", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
Martina McBride- "O Holy Night", "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
Darius Rucker- "Candy Cane Christmas"
Little Big Town- "Go Tell It On the Mountain"
Reba- 'Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"
Sheryl Crow W/ Brad Paisley- "Run, Run Rudolph"
Be sure to set your DVR's or mark down the date! The CMA "Country Christmas" special will air at 9:30pm ET Nov. 29 on ABC.
Brad Paisley- "What Child is This?"
Kellie Pickler- "Santa, Baby"
Sugarland- "Winter Wonderland, "O Come, O Come Emmanuel"
Rascal Flatts- "I'll Be Home For Christmas", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
LeAnn Rimes- "White Christmas", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
Martina McBride- "O Holy Night", "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
Darius Rucker- "Candy Cane Christmas"
Little Big Town- "Go Tell It On the Mountain"
Reba- 'Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"
Sheryl Crow W/ Brad Paisley- "Run, Run Rudolph"
Be sure to set your DVR's or mark down the date! The CMA "Country Christmas" special will air at 9:30pm ET Nov. 29 on ABC.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
44th Annual CMA Awards Recap
NASHVILLE—Brad Paisley took home the coveted “Entertainer of the Year” award. Miranda Lambert led with four awards Sunday at the 44th annual Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, TN.
Top-selling Lambert had a huge night Wednesday, taking home four trophies, including: “Album of the Year” for ‘Revolution’, “Top Female Vocalist”, “Song of the Year” and “Music Video of the Year” both for her emotional hit “The House That Built Me”.
Lambert’s hard work this past year did not go unnoticed. Lambert took home trophies for “Album of the Year” for her critically appraised album “Revolution” as well as “Top Female Vocalist”, beating out Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire and Taylor Swift.
Other big winners on the night were Zac Brown Band, who took home the “New Artist of the Year” award and Lady Antebellum who won “Vocal Group of the Year” and Blake Shelton who walked away with a big “Top Male Vocalist” award- His first in this category.
Sugarland took home the “Vocal Duo of the Year” award, and performed their latest hit, “Stuck Like Glue”
Other acts performing included Brad Paisley with a never-before-heard song, “This is Country Music”, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum with an emotional performance of their latest, “Hello World”.
Perhaps the greatest performance of the night came as Miranda Lambert and cross-over artist Sheryl Crow performed “Coalminers Daughter” alongside country legend Loretta Lynn, celebrating Lynn’s 50 years in the music industry.
Top-selling Lambert had a huge night Wednesday, taking home four trophies, including: “Album of the Year” for ‘Revolution’, “Top Female Vocalist”, “Song of the Year” and “Music Video of the Year” both for her emotional hit “The House That Built Me”.
Lambert’s hard work this past year did not go unnoticed. Lambert took home trophies for “Album of the Year” for her critically appraised album “Revolution” as well as “Top Female Vocalist”, beating out Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire and Taylor Swift.
Other big winners on the night were Zac Brown Band, who took home the “New Artist of the Year” award and Lady Antebellum who won “Vocal Group of the Year” and Blake Shelton who walked away with a big “Top Male Vocalist” award- His first in this category.
Sugarland took home the “Vocal Duo of the Year” award, and performed their latest hit, “Stuck Like Glue”
Other acts performing included Brad Paisley with a never-before-heard song, “This is Country Music”, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum with an emotional performance of their latest, “Hello World”.
Perhaps the greatest performance of the night came as Miranda Lambert and cross-over artist Sheryl Crow performed “Coalminers Daughter” alongside country legend Loretta Lynn, celebrating Lynn’s 50 years in the music industry.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
CMA Announces Riverfront Line-up for 2010 CMA Festival
Thursday, June 10: The Judds will give the kick off performance, followed (alphabetically) by Keith Anderson, Diamond Rio, Colt Ford, Joey + Rory, Love and Theft, Neal McCoy, Jake Owen, Josh Thompson, and Clay Walker.
Friday, June 11: Rodney Atkins, The Band Perry, Bucky Covington, Eli Young Band, Jack Ingram, Patty Loveless, Craig Morgan, Sawyer Brown, Gretchen Wilson, and Chris Young.
Saturday, June 12: Big Kenny, Lee Brice, Mark Chesnutt, Emerson Drive, Gloriana, Josh Gracin, Lorrie Morgan, David Lee Murphy, Joe Nichols, and Mel Tillis.
Sunday, June 13: The Bellamy Brothers, Sammy Kershaw, Lonestar, Jo Dee Messina, James Otto, Restless Heart, Steel Magnolia, Pam Tillis, Uncle Kracker, and Darryl Worley.
Friday, June 11: Rodney Atkins, The Band Perry, Bucky Covington, Eli Young Band, Jack Ingram, Patty Loveless, Craig Morgan, Sawyer Brown, Gretchen Wilson, and Chris Young.
Saturday, June 12: Big Kenny, Lee Brice, Mark Chesnutt, Emerson Drive, Gloriana, Josh Gracin, Lorrie Morgan, David Lee Murphy, Joe Nichols, and Mel Tillis.
Sunday, June 13: The Bellamy Brothers, Sammy Kershaw, Lonestar, Jo Dee Messina, James Otto, Restless Heart, Steel Magnolia, Pam Tillis, Uncle Kracker, and Darryl Worley.
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