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Lionel Richie Country Duets Album News
Music icon Lionel Richie will be releasing his country duets album “Tuskegee” on Mercury Nashville on March 27th. The record features his biggest hits with some of the top voices in country today and of the past.
Lionel teams up with Shania Twain, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, Sugarland‘s Jennifer Nettles, Blake Shelton, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw, Darius Rucker, Kenny Chesney, Billy Currington and Little Big Town on the record.
The Academy of Country Music will be taping an all-star tribute to Lionel Richie at the MGM Grand one day after the ACM Awards. The special will air later in the year on CBS.
“Tuskegee is where it all began, the place where I felt that everything was available and possible,” he says. “It’s where I learned about life and love and the power of music, and the place I built a musical foundation that knows no genres or boundaries.
“Doing this album was coming back to the beginning, back to basics, back to home,” he says. “The part of it I love the most is that the journey has been one of discovering myself. By the time I got back to Nashville, I clearly knew that the roots of my songwriting, my storytelling, were from the South.”
It’s been a journey to re-discover the hits that have made Lionel the music icon that he has become today.
“Every Lionel Richie song that I can think of I had a personal experience with – high school homecomings, proms, you name it,” says Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts, who duets on “Dancin’ On the Ceiling.” “Lionel was always playing in my house. His music always said what we felt and couldn’t express.”
See what Darius Rucker and Jason Aldean had to say about the album, and get the full track listing, below:
“Voice” Assist: Miranda Lambert & Kelly Clarkson Added As Advisors
NBC’s “The Voice” is charging up its second season by bringing in not just star power, but superstar power.
The network announced the addition of Miranda Lambert, Kelly Clarkson, Jewel, Lionel Richie, Alanis Morissette, Ne-Yo, Babyface and Robin Thicke. The stars will all serve as advisors once the show reaches the battle rounds.
2011 CMT Artists Of The Year Performers & Presenters
CMT has announced the performers and presenters for their 90-minute Artists Of The Year special airing on CMT on December 13th. The special will honor Lady Antebellum, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean and Brad Paisley on December 13 at 9 pm EST. It will be taped at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
Special performers and presenters announced for the special include the All-American Rejects, The Avett Brothers, Ellen DeGeneres, Gavin Degraw, NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon, Chef Stephanie Izard, Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, Miranda Lambert, Matthew McConaughey, Lionel Richie, Carrie Underwood, Joe Walsh, and Hank Williams Jr. Addtional appearances may be announced in the coming days.
Lionel Richie Previewing Country Duets Album On CMA Awards
Lionel Richie has just been announced as the latest performer at the CMA Awards on November 9th. He’ll be previewing songs with Darius Rucker, Little Big Town and Rascal Flatts from his upcoming country duets album “Tuskegee.”
Lionel will release his album in March, which features some of country music’s hottest stars turning Lionel’s greatest hits into county duets. Some of the artists included on his record include Blake Shelton, Shania Twain, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, Darius Rucker, Willie Nelson and Jimmy Buffet.
“I was born and raised in Tuskegee, Alabama. I am a country boy and proud of it. To do this project just felt natural,” says Richie.
“Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer,” he says, “and the title, Tuskegee, is a validation of my growing up there—the place I call home.”
You can catch Lionel’s performance on the 45th annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards November 9th on ABC.
See the full tracklisting for Lionel’s duet album below:
Lionel Richie Releasing Country Duet Album
We finally have a release date for Lionel Richie’s long awaited country duets album. Titled “Tuskegee” the record features duets with country music stars on his biggest hits. Artists on the album include Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker, Little Big Town, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles, Tim McGraw, Shania Twain, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, and Jimmy Buffett. From the line-up alone the album should be huge. Fans can get their copy of the album when it’s released on November 8th.
See the full track list under the “read more” button.
Martina McBride’s Last Minute July the Fourth Plans
After Lionel Richie was forced to cancel his appearance at the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular because of strained vocal chords, Martina McBride quickly filled-in at the last minute. McBride performed for 800,000 fans and 6.5 million viewers for July the Fourth live on CBS from the Charles River Esplanade in Boston.
“I was so grateful to be asked to fill in and so thrilled to be able to do it. Standing in front of the amazing Boston Pops in such a great and historic city in front of a crowd of 800,000 people on our country’s Independence Day was something I will never forget.”
McBride will be releasing “Teenage Daughters,” her first album with Republic Nashville, on October 18th. She co-wrote seven of the tracks on the album, including the title track which was the first single off of the album.
Lionel Richie Releasing Country Duets Album in October
Lionel Richie is planning on releasing a country duet album, titled “Tuskegee,” in October. Named after his Alabama home-town, the album will feature stars like Sugarland, Blake Shelton, Rascal Flatts, Willie Nelson, and Tim McGraw, and even Shania Twain. His country music friends will sing new duet version of Richie’s top hits.
Richie told Boston.com that he has been a member of the Country Music Association since the 80′s. He feels that there is a very small line between the country music genre and R&B.
Country music is pop music today with new country [artists like] Rascal Flatts and Jennifer Nettles [of Sugarland]. I’d been a member of the Country Music Association for the last 30 years but I didn’t pull that trigger because I figured “I’ll stay in pop and R&B.’’ But the truth of the matter is I’ve been a member of country music since the early ’80s. I always tell people there’s a very thin line between country and R&B, between “take this job and shove it’’ and “oh baby don’t leave me.’’ The stories are the same and they’re real stories. This album that I’m doing right now is a duets album with all of the country artists singing my songs.
To read the rest of the interview with Richie, and for more on his love for country music, read Boston.com‘s full interview with the legend.
