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COUNTRY MUSIC STAR BLAKE SHELTON PARTNERS WITH MUSIC WILL
FOR MUSIC PROGRAM EXPANSION IN ADA, OKLAHOMA
Shelton Surprised His Alma Mater For a Q&A and Instrument Gifting on October 14
Country music superstar Blake Shelton made a surprise visit at Ada High School in Ada, Oklahoma to celebrate the launch and expansion of his hometown’s music program on behalf of Music Will, the largest nonprofit music education program for schools in the United States.
Steve Earle and City Winery announced the 10th Annual John Henry’s Friends Benefit concert, which will take place on Monday, November 4, at The Town Hall in New York City. Hosted by Steve Earle, the event will feature performances from Earle, Jackson Browne, Margaret Glaspy, and Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams. The five singer-songwriters will perform together in a guitar pull format, taking turns on guitar.
After 20 years with Warner Music Nashville, Blake Shelton has announced he’ll be moving on.
Yesterday, the city of Poyen, AR and the state of Arkansas, alongside governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, celebrated multi-PLATINUM-selling country artist and hometown pride Justin Moore with the reveal of a ten-foot roadside sign to enter the city.
Singer-songwriter and satirist Kinky Friedman has passed away at the age of 79.
Garth Brooks’ The BIG 615, Tractor Supply Company and TuneIn Team Up to Host 48-Hour ‘TuneIn to Give Back’ Radiothon for Folds of Honor
Darius Rucker‘s annual “Darius and Friends” benefit concert on Monday night (June 3) at the Ryman Auditorium raised an all-time high of $715,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum in collaboration with Warner Music Nashville is releasing an expanded version of the box set From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music.
Last Thursday, country hitmaker Clay Walker and The Clay Walker Foundation held their annual Band Against MS Gala at the Ballroom at Bayou Place in Houston where they raised an incredible $220,000 for Multiple Sclerosis research.
On Thursday, April 4th, country music icon Colt Ford suffered a heart attack after a show in Gilbert, Arizona at Dierks Bently’s Whiskey Row. He is currently under care in the Intensive Care Unit at the Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona.
Ford is a multi-platinum singer-songwriter hailing from Athens, Georgia. Along with several #1 hits, he originally recorded Jason Aldean’s “Dirt Road Anthem,” which has garnered over 927 million worldwide streams.
Source: Country Music News Blog