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VIDEO: Nellyjoy – Trampoline

Lydia Picknell — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:11:16 +0000

Remember former Warner Music Nashville duo The JaneDear Girls? They announced in August that they’ve gone their separate ways, with one doing pop and one doing country, and one half, now known as NellyJoy, has released her brand new solo music video for “Trampoline.” It’s a cute single for the blonde half, who shows off her creative, and fun, side in the video.

Check it out below and let us know what you think – do you like singer-songwriter Danelle Leverett’s pop sound or do you like her sound as part of country duo The JaneDear Girls?

The JaneDear Girls Split Up

Lydia Picknell — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:44:45 +0000

Country music duo The JaneDear Girls have split up. The news comes after rumors throughout 2012 of their split after tour date and performance cancellations and a lack of updates on their official site since March. Susie Brown, one half of the all-girl duo, confirmed work on a solo album. Danielle Leverett is now working on a pop album under the alias Nelly Joy.

Their official website, thejanedeargirls.com, is still functioning at this time. There are no future tour dates scheduled for the duo as the Jane Dear Girls, but each have set up their own Twitter accounts – Danielle aka Nelly Joy with @NellyJoyMusic, and Susie Brown with @SusieBrownMusic. They’re the second group this year to split up while with Warner music after The Dirt Drifters suddenly called it quits and announced the cancellation of all future appearances.

We here at Keepin’ it Country wish the girls well with their solo careers!

CONTEST: Win An iTunes Gift Card From GCB

Lydia Picknell — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:26:12 +0000

ABC is putting together one heck of a sound track for their newest television series, “GCB.” The show follows the story of Texan Queen Bee Amanda Vaughn, (played by Leslie Bibb), who returns home after 20 years, but there’s a little payback for the original mean girl of the town. Will she be welcomed back with open arms, or will her town preach her the golden rule while stabbing her in the back? Everything’s always bigger in Texas… including the drama! The show is based off of the book “Good Christian Bitches” by Kim Gaitlin.

While the sound track for the show isn’t available until May 8th on Elektra Nashville, fans will get the chance to preview a new song each week on iTunes. Star Kristin Chenoweth (who plays Carlene Cockburn) contributes three tracks to the compilation album, including a duet with co-star Miriam Shor on the classic “This Little Light Of Mine”. Other artists featured on the super-star CD include John Rich of Big & Rich, the JaneDear Girls, Emily West, Dean Alexander, Damien Horne, Joanna Cotten, Don Derby, Jaime Hanna, and Bum Steers.

We’ve teamed up with ABC to give our readers the chance to purchase the tracks from the sound track each week with a $15 iTunes gift certificate. Two readers will receive the gift card courtesy of ABC. To enter, follow the instructions on the form below. The contest is open immediately until midnight EST on Wednesday, March 14th. The winners will be contacted by e-mail within 24 hours of the contest closing, then have 24 hours to respond or new winners will be chosen. Only readers with United States mailing addresses can enter this one.

Don’t forget to tune in to GCB on ABC on Sundays at 10 pm EST!

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Country Music Stars Share Christmas Memories

Lydia Picknell — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:09:15 +0000

With Christmas just around the corner, some of Warner Music Nashville’s biggest stars took some time to remember their Christmases past and what they are most looking forward to this holiday season. The JaneDear Girls, Big & Rich, Frankie Ballard, Gloriana, Jana Kramer, The Farm and Brett Eldredge took some time to remember their favorite Christmas memories to share with fans.

What were the first Christmas presents they remember getting as kids? What’s their favorite Christmas food and tradition? Find out below:

THE JANEDEAR GIRLS:

Any Christmas tradition/food that you love:

Danielle Leverett: I love helping my mom make Christmas sugar cookies:) They are cut out into different shapes like Xmas trees, stars, hearts etc. and decorated with green and red frosting and sprinkles!

Is there a Christmas present you remember being given as a kid:

Danielle Leverett: My parents gave me a ukulele when I was four years old and I loved to carry it with me EVERYWHERE I went!

Susie Brown: Ever since I was a little girl I’ve been obsessed with horses. I used to read books about horses, watch movies with horses, cut out advertisements of horses for sale in the newspaper and show them to my parents so they knew exactly what kind of horse I wanted. My oldest sister had a bunch of horses, and when I was about 13 she bought a little white Arabian mare named Misty. We had a pasture at our house so I could ride her if my sister was there with her saddle. A few months later on Christmas morning I went out to the living room and saw an English riding saddle, hat, and riding pants. I was so excited I put on all my new riding clothes and saddled up our organ bench just so I could sit on it.

GLORIANA:

Is there a Christmas present you remember being given as a kid:

Tom Gossin: I’ll never forget the Christmas when I received my first guitar — I was 12 yrs. old. I disappeared into a quiet room with the guitar and emerged about three hours later and played my first song for my family, “Jingle Bells.” Little did I know, but that present would end up shaping the rest of my life!

Rachel Reinert: So typical, but I got an Easy Bake Oven as a little girl and I loved it! I wonder if I still have it?

Michael Gossin: My favorite Christmas present as a kid was He-Man action figures

Favorite Christmas Food:

Michael Gossin: Mom’s homemade brownies. My brothers and I called them “reindeer-terds.”

Rachel Reinert: We usually recreate Thanksgiving dinner for Christmas- turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce. The whole shebang!

JANA KRAMER:

Christmas food that you love?

My grandpa’s stuffing! It’s the best!

Is there a favorite Christmas present you remember being given as a kid?

My favorite gift was a fringe jacket. I thought I was Pocahontas when I was a little girl!

Favorite Christmas memory:

My favorite Christmas memory is probably always having euchre tournaments with my family and just hanging out laughing!

FRANKIE BALLARD:

Any Christmas tradition/food that you love:

My dad and I always watch “Christmas Vacation” with Chevy Chase. It wouldn’t feel like Christmas if we didn’t do that every year.

Is there a favorite Christmas present you remember being given as a kid:

Back when I played hockey there was a hockey jacket you would get, a red corduroy jacket, all the kids would get it and put patches on it when they got a hat trick or won a championship. I remember finally getting one and freaking out.

THE FARM:

Nick: Some of my favorite holiday memories are playing music around the piano at my grandparents’ house on Christmas Day after everyone has opened presents and gotten fat off of my Grandma’s cooking. When I was younger, I would need a little prodding to get my fiddle out, but once it was out, I wouldn’t put it away! My Grandma would sit at the piano, my Grandpa would play stand-up bass, and we would play old Scandinavian tunes and Christmas songs for hours. When I was younger, I didn’t realize how special those moments were, but I definitely cherish those memories now.

Damien: Some of my best memories as a child around the Christmas Holiday was singing in church! We would put together Christmas plays and friends and families would be there as we recreated the birth story of Jesus! I remember playing various parts like a star, a goad and even a wise man. I would have to say my favorite was playing the goat! We would drink eggnog after church and my family would all be together. Great times.

Krista: As the holiday quickly approaches, each year at this time, I find my heart a little melancholy. It reminds me of my father, how much I miss him and how wonderful he and my mother always made Christmas. I miss the sound of his accordion and the smell of our family-owned meat market smoking Christmas hams. I was eight-years old, give or take, and Dad decided we’d go out back on our land and I could pick out our tree. He patiently cruised for well over an hour until I had found the perfect one. To this day, I still pick out my own tree and smile, knowing dad is with me.

BRETT ELDREDGE:

A few years ago my mom asked my brother and I for a new robe for Christmas. Being the jokesters that we are, we got the idea to get a really old gross robe and smeared brown shoe polish on it to make it look gross because we wanted to see how she would react. She opened it and tried to act like she liked it but I couldn’t keep from laughing my butt off! I was laughing so hard I was crying! Eventually she figured out it was a prank and we went to the other room and brought her a brand new soft, clean robe! I kept the robe for Halloween and dressed up like ‘Cousin Eddy’ from Christmas Vacation!

BIG & RICH:

Big Kenny:

Is there a Christmas present you remember being given as a kid:

The greatest gift I’ve ever received is a letter from my Dad a few years back. He spoke of all of his memories of my life through my ups and downs. He told me he was proud and loved me through it all and his greatest words come in the last paragraph, ‘…be at Peace with yourself, be at Peace with everyone around you and most important be at Peace with God.’ ”

Is there a holiday treat that reminds you of Christmas:

My grandmother would always make homemade Fruit Cakes. They were as dense as an energy bar and chewy as beef jerky. I miss my Grandmas and Christmas always brings their tremendous strong spirits back so close to my heart.

Any Christmas traditions you plan to share with your kids:

I will never forget being about the age of my boys now (6 and 2) and sitting on my Daddy’s lap and watching Berl Ives version of ‘Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer’. And I’m gonna love on my kids as much as I can and watch it with them again this year.

2011 ACA Red Carpet Pictures

Lydia Picknell — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:40:12 +0000

Now that the second year of the American Country Awards are over, let’s look back at some of the fashion winners and losers from before the award show. Thanks to FOX, we have some Red Carpet pictures you might not see anywhere else. Take a look below and let us know who you think was the Red Carpet winner last night.

Don’t forget to click on each picture to see it in full size!

The JaneDear Girls

Craig Campbell and his wife, Mindy.

Trace Adkins & his wife Rhonda

See more pictures below the “read more” tag:

The Eli Young Band

Lauren Alaina

The Band Perry

Jordin Sparks

Hunter Hayes

Thompson Square

Love And Theft

Scotty McCreery

Pistol Annies

Alabama

Kristen Chenoweth

Chris Young

Josh Turner

VIDEO: JaneDear Girls – Merry Go Round

Lydia Picknell — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:50:15 +0000

The JaneDear Girls released their lyric music video this morning for their new single “Merry Go Round”. Watch the video from their YouTube page below and let us know what you think of this pop-infused single:

Blair Garner Takes On Brad Paisley’s H20 II Tour

Lydia Picknell — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:52:45 +0000

Blair Garner is one brave guy. He decided to take on Brad Paisley’s H20 II tour this weekend for his “After Midnite Live” radio program. Blair will take his listeners backstage at the tour stop in Tampa, Florida and will have interviews not only with Brad, but with openers Jerrod Niemann, Blake Shelton, JaneDear Girls, Sunny Sweeney and Eden’s Edge. You can catch his exclusive interviews this weekend on his weekly program.

This weekend’s episode is the fifth in the “After Midnite Live” series. He takes 2.7 million listeners backstage at their favorite country tours and behind-the-scenes at different stops. This Summer Blair has featured Kenny Chesney’s “Goin’ Coastal Tour”, Tim McGraw’s “Emotional Traffic Tour” (and spoke with Tim’s mom!), Sugarland’s “Incredible Machine Tour,” and Dolly Parton’s “Better Day” tour.