Some people understand the concept of ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’ Like the producers of the annual CMA Awards, who have announced that Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will host the Awards for the sixth straight year on ABC Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 8/7C. The ABC/CMA press release follows the jump.
Category: Music
Country Blues Master J.J. Cale Dead at 74!
J.J. Cale has died at the age 74. His unique brand of bluesy country rock was cool and laid back and his songwriting skills were top notch. Considering that he made enough money from Clapton’s covers of After Midnight and Cocaine that he never had to work a lick again, but kept on anyway, […]
Final Wave Of Teen Choice 2013 Nominees Announced!
Teen Choice 2013 nominees for a number of key categories were announced today by Fox Television. The Heat and Man of Steel garnered the most nominations in this third and final wave. Categories include: Choice Summer Movie: Action, Choice Summer Movie: Comedy, Choice Summer TV Show, Choice Summer Song and Choice Summer Tour. Lucy Hale, […]
The 2013 J-Pop Summit Festival Features Music, Movie and Pop Fashion In A Colorful Array Of Events!
The 5th Annual J-Pop Summit Festival will celebrate Japanese, pop culture with Sake tasting, a J-Pop Idol contest, and performances by such artists as: fashion icon/singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (pictured); four-piece girl rock band LoVendoR; and legendary artist Katsuya Terada, who will create a freehand drawing on a blank wall at San Francisco’s Kinokuniya Bookstore. […]
RDJ Signs Up for Two More Avengers Movies!
Marvel.com has just announced the signing of Robert Downey Jr. for two more Avengers movies – making his final line from the first Iron Man movie, ‘I am Iron Man,’ resonate for a few more years, and Avengers 2 and 3. No details regarding the deal have been released but whatever they might be, it’s […]
Paramore To Perform on Teen Choice Awards 2013!
Platinum-selling rick group Paramore will perform Still Into You from their hit self-titled album on this year’s Teen Choice Awards. The band is just the latest name to be scheduled for the show, joining Liam Hemsworth, Logan Lerman, Lily collins, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Chloë Grace Moretz and Tyler Posey, among others. Teen Choice […]
Blake Shelton Organizes Benefit Concert For Disaster Relief in Oklahoma!
Blake Shelton has organized Healing in the Heartland: Relief Benefit Concert – a benefit concert to raise funds to fund relief efforts in Oklahoma following the destruction wrought by tornadoes in Monroe earlier this week. Miranda Lambert, Vince Gill and Reba will also perform. The concert take place at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City […]
Rock ‘N’ Blues Returns for July Tour!
What do you get when you combine nostalgia with great rock & roll and blues? Rock ‘N’ Blues Fest returns for its sophomore tour with a line-up that includes rock and blues greats Ten Years After, Edgar Winter Band, Canned Heat, Rick Derringer and Pat Travers. The your, which kicks off on July 27th, has […]
Sons of Anarchy’s Katey Sagal to Rock on Tour!
It’s been several decades since Katey Sagal sang back-up for Bob Dylan, Bette Milder and Etta James, but the Sons of Anarchy star says that in spite of her success as an actress, music is still her true passion. So it’s with that in mind that a touring show was put together— KATEY SAGAL: An […]
Cool Trailer: N.A.S.A The Sprit of Apollo–The Documentary of the Making of the Album!
One of the most intriguing and entertaining albums of the last few years was 2009’s N.A.S.A.’s The Spirit of Apollo, music by the most unlikely (and yet perfect) collection of collaborators – like Tom Waits and Cool Keith (as one remarkable example). Check out the trailer of documentary of the making of the album, which […]
iAlbums Launches Revolutionary Free Music Streaming Site!
iAlbums is a free music streaming site that gives you a new way to explore music. Not only is it the largest free music streaming site around – with over 11 million tracks by 2.6 million artists (I’m listening to No More Shall We Part by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds as I write […]