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Oklahoma country stars reflect on tornado
Our thoughts remain with Oklahoma and the victims of the tornado earlier this week. Country music stars are also reflecting and praying for the region after an EF 5, the highest rating a tornado can receive, touched down in the region.
Toby Keith said:
“This storm has devastated the community that I grew up in. I rode my bike through those neighborhoods. I have family and friends in Moore. My heart and prayers go to those that have lost so much. But Moore is strong and we will persevere. God be with you all.”
“Please pray for my Okie’s today and in the coming days. I am devastated to watch the footage from afar. Feeling pretty helpless today.”
“I’m thinking about and praying for my beautiful home state and the people in it tonight. Growing up in Tornado Alley, you always know what could happen. It doesn’t change how devastating it is when something does happen. #pray.”
“Pray. That’s all we can do. Pray for peace for Oklahoma.”
“Just landed in LA and hearing about all the tornados in Oklahoma right now… Get somewhere safe!”
See more reactions below:
Ronnie Dunn records on Kelly Clarkson’s Christmas Album
Maybe the question of Kelly Clarkson totally going country may be solved once and for all. While she was performing her country single “Don’t Rush” last night on the Academy of Country Music Awards, country legend Ronnie Dunn revealed some pretty exciting news on his Facebook fan page. Turns out… Kelly is putting together her own Christmas album, and he’ll be a part of it!
Ronnie Dunn: I like Kelly Clarkson…..I’m singing on her Christmas record :)
Maybe the vocal powerhouse got the idea after guesting on Blake Shelton‘s “Cheers… it’s Christmas” record last year. Fans should be able to expect Kelly’s still-untitled Christmas album out this Holiday season. Do you think she should go country or stay pop? Who do you want to see on the album? Let us know!
POLL: Grammy Best Country Solo Performance
Music’s biggest night (and a personal favorite) is almost here… The Grammy Awards!
The show will air this Sunday, February 10th at 8 p.m. EST. on CBS.
But before the Grammys kick off, we want to hear from you! We’ll be rolling out polls for the country music categories the rest of the week.
First up… Best Country Solo Performance!
Vote and let us know who you would like to take the trophy home.
GRAMMY: Best Country Solo Performance
- Home - Dierks Bentley (40%, 52 Votes)
- Blown Away - Carrie Underwood (31%, 40 Votes)
- Over - Blake Shelton (16%, 20 Votes)
- Springsteen - Eric Church (6%, 8 Votes)
- Wanted - Hunter Hayes (5%, 6 Votes)
- Cost of Livin' - Ronnie Dunn (2%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 129
Loading ...Country Stars Ask Fans to Vote
Country stars from all over the political spectrum today are uniting for one message: to ask fans in the United States to get their voice heard and vote today. Today is the presidential election in the United States, with either Mitt Romney taking over or Barack Obama returning for his second term. No matter which way you might be leaning, make sure to get your vote in before its too late – just like some of country’s biggest names already have.
See what country artists had to say about voting day and make sure you get out to the polls before its too late!
Ronnie Dunn: Well, here we go ! Time to see who’s gonna manage the next four years. ….gonna be a “ROUGH GO” no matter who wins. RD
Josh Thompson: We’re lucky to have the right to vote in our country. Hope you take the time to do it today
Thompson Square: IT SURE FEELS GOOD TO VOTE!!!
@reba: Vote vote vote!!!!! I did!!!!
Kelly Clarkson: hey everybody please go and vote today!
Jason Charles Miller: Everytime I vote, it’s a look into the future. Mainly because my polling place is at a senior living facility!
Ronnie Dunn defends Kelly Clarkson’s Country Cred
Kelly Clarkson has been one of the topics up for debate this morning after last night’s Country Music Association Awards. While some country fans are confused why the pop superstar earned a nomination for Female Vocalist of the Year, (which was awarded to fellow Texan Miranda Lambert), the industry has come out in support of Kelly. One of the supporters just happens to be the iconic Ronnie Dunn, formerly of Brooks & Dunn. He took to his Facebook page to defend Kelly Clarkson after some of his own fans were vocal about not welcoming her to country music.
Ronnie said:
“Mark E Lemothe writes: ” Friends with Kelly Clarkson yet?”
Kelly is a friend and one of the BEST singers I’ve ever been in a room with. Went to Tahiti with her. Texas girl, down home…as real as they come. I think her heart’s in Country Music. She can sing like an angel.”
Check out Kelly’s performance of her country single “Don’t Rush” below with Vince Gill and let us know what you think – do you want to see her go completely country?
Nominees for ACAs Announced
The nominees were just announced earlier this morning for this year’s American Country Awards. The third edition of the fan-voted award show will once again air live on FOX from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. While the co-hosts remain the same with Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth, there is something new about the award show – the addition of the “Song Of The Year” category which will honor country music’s top songwriters of 2012. The nominees for Song of the Year are determined by the National Songwriters Association International (NSAI). The award show will air live on December 10th on FOX at 8 pm EST.
Artists leading all nominees this year are Luke Bryan with seven, and Lady Antebellum tying for second with Zac Brown Band with six nominations each. Eric Church and Taylor Swift both have five nominations each. Check out the full list of nominees below and let us know who you’ll be voting for. Fans can vote at theacas.com for their favorite artists, and make sure to tune in December 10th to see who wins!
Performers and presenters will be announced shortly, so stay tuned for that announcement too!
Ronnie Dunn Releasing New Video With PBR
Country music legend Ronnie Dunn will be releasing a brand new music video with the help of PBR. He’s remixed his single “Let The Cowboy Rock” to fit the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) and during a two-day event in Nashville that combines country music, Jack Daniel’s, and bull riding, he’ll debut a raucous new music video for the tune. On Saturday, September 8th at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, which is the second day of the event, he’ll be there in person for the debut.
Ronnie was inspired to change up the lyrics to the song after watching a bull riding event on television. Ronnie explains:
“Bull riding is arguably the most intense and electric event in rodeo. The folks at PBR came along and turned up the volume in a way. That’s what I wanted to do with ‘Let The Cowboy Rock.’ It just felt like a perfect match.”
The changes to the song included references and slang used for rodeos, and he took the liberty of, in his own words, “making a few terms up.” He called on the help of his friend, and co-producer, Jeff Balding, because he wanted to take the song to a new place sonically. A few days later the song became what it is now, and became the official theme song of PBR.
Check out a preview of Ronnie’s new remixed video:
The new music video was directed by Thien Phan and integrates footage directly from PBR events. It will be played for millions of fans at each PBR event across the United States.
“Let The Cowboy Rock (PBR Remix),” complete with rewritten lyrics by Dunn, will be available for download soon. The original lyrics to the song, as heard on Dunn’s self-titled solo debut as well as the 2012 Cracker Barrel exclusive version read: “Let the cowboy rock / Let the good times roll / this is where the hurt stops / Where the whiskey flows.”
See the new lyrics for the remixed version of “Let The Cowboy Rock” below:
The Day The Music Died in Ottawa
Dear readers,
When we first started this country music blog, we started out as a site for fans by fans. We listen to what our fans and readers are wanting to hear from us, what features they’d want to see, and even which artists they’d love to see interviewed. The first music festival Jessica and I ever covered together was Capital Hoedown last year, which featured acts like Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, and Miranda Lambert among many talented acts. We were the first ones reporting the Carrie-Miranda live duet/mash-up of “Before He Cheats” with “Gunpowder & Lead” at the festival which helped propel us into being one of Canada’s leading resources for all things country music. Since that August weekend, Capital Hoedown has always been one of the highlights of our brand and we always put an extra shout-out to the festival when discussing artists this year.
This year’s line-up for Capital Hoedown was to be even bigger: with promises of Taylor Swift, Reba McEntire, Ronnie Dunn, Sheryl Crow and Brad Paisley. When I was at the line-up announcement I was more than excited over the line-up organizers had made. We interviewed Concert International CEO, and Capital Hoedown organizer, Denis Benoit back in December before the Christmas rush and he promised in the interview that tickets would be sold-out by Christmas so fans needed to get them asap for this fantastic line-up, saying that they were selling “extremely well.” Tickets weren’t sold-out, and were still on-sale throughout this year. Read our interview with Denis right here on Keepin’ it Country.
Being a fan-first site, we read every Tweet, Facebook message, wall post, and e-mail sent in to us by readers. When we started to get a few mentions and messages from fans asking us what was going on with the Capital Hoedown as some artists had removed the date from their website’s tour pages, we reached out to our friends in those artist teams to inquire about the missing dates. Once we started to receive confirmations that those artists were out, with the okay to post the news, we did so. What happened next is a sea of press interviews, camera time, and paper mentions for our site with Canadian, and American, media and radio stations as we were the first ones to even realize that something was up. We received a “seize and desist” (sic – not ‘cease’) from Denis quickly after our confirmation from artist teams that they were pulling out with promises of “serious legal action” against our site for posting the information. Nothing else ever came from that e-mail as everything we’ve posted has been factual and 100% confirmed, and after speaking with American and Canadian attorneys, we were perfectly fine to post the information.
Read more below:
Ronnie Dunn Gets Good News
When you’ve been around the business as long as Ronnie Dunn has, there’s not a lot that can surprise you, however, that’s exactly what happened when he got a very special e-mail this week. Ronnie shared some exciting news on Facebook – that he’s been nominated for induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame 2012 ballot. He joins former Brooks & Dunn partner Kix Brooks in the nomination. The inductees are voted on by members of the Hall of Fame and Professional Songwriter Members of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) as well as the board members of the NaSHOF and NSAI.
Read what Ronnie posted on his Facebook page below and make sure to send a congratulations his way!
Wow…I’m blown away !
Dear Ronnie,
Congratulations! On behalf of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation (NaSHOF) Board of Directors, it’s a pleasure for me to notify you that you have been nominated for induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the highest honor that our songwriting community bestows.
Our Nominating Committee, comprised of Hall of Fame members and Music Row historians, met recently to discuss and consider worthy candidates whose first significant works achieved commercial success and/or artistic recognition at least 20 years ago and who have “positively impacted and been closely associated with the Nashville Songwriting Community and deemed to be outstanding and significant.” The final slate of nominees was recommended to, and approved by, the Foundation board.
Very soon, your name will appear on the 2012 ballot along with the names of 11 of your esteemed colleagues. (See below) Three inductees (2 songwriters; 1 songwriter/artist) will be determined by votes cast from Hall of Fame members and Professional Songwriter members of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), as well as the boards of NaSHOF and NSAI.
We wish you the best in the voting,
On behalf of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation Board of Directors and the Hall of Fame Nominating Committee, let me again extend to you our heartfelt congratulations. We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Warmest Regards,
Category 1 – Songwriters
Tony Arata
Robert Byrne (1954-2005)
Beth Nielsen Chapman
John Jarrard (1953-2001)
Tony Martin
Gretchen Peters
Victoria Shaw
Kim Williams
Category 2 – Songwriter/ArtistsKix Brooks
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Ronnie Dunn
Larry Gatlin
Last Chance to Bid on Great Country Music Memorabilia
Some of country music’s biggest stars have provided autographed guitars, tour tickets, meet & greet packages, personal phone calls, and much more to support the ongoing mission of Musicians On Call (MOC) Nashville. A list of the items in the auction can be found at www.musiciansoncall.org/auction. All proceeds from the auction will benefit MOC Nashville.
Auction lots close throughout the day on Thursday, June 21, so interested buyers need to make a bid quickly to claim items from Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Billy Currington, Ronnie Dunn, Hunter Hays, Dolly Parton, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, and many more!
Visit www.musiciansoncall.org/auction to make your bid today!
