This Friday (April 27th) marks the release of Keith Urban’s GRAFFITI U, his first new studio album in nearly two years. The much-anticipated follow up to 2016’s record-breaking, No. 1, platinum album RIPCORD, GRAFFITI U is a natural musical progression that began with FUSE, but it also marks where Urban currently resides creatively. It’s this sense of presence during his writing and recording process that gives each of Urban’s albums an unabashed honesty and authenticity.
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Longtime locals in Nashville, Callie Khouri (Thelma and Louise) and Steve Buchanan produce the series alongside creators Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick. In their pursuit over the show’s six years, the production team were never going to settle for anything less than capturing the authentic Nashville story, and the struggles most local musicians face in their rise to prominence and fame.
The hit TG4 country music show, Opry le Daniel, returns to Derry~Londonderry for 7 nights of the best of country music from some of the best local and further afield stars with nightly recordings presented by Ireland’s own “King of Country” Daniel O’Donnell!
This week we had the wonderful privilege of catching up with Mandy Barnett ahead of her Belfast appearance with the Ulster Orchestra. We chatted influences, spare time and the pressures of the music industry.
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Saturday 5th May see’s the fabulous Brothers Osborne roll into Northern Ireland for their first UK gig of this your. They’ll be playing in Belfast’s Limelight, straight after a Dublin appearance on the previous night. The event comes just two weeks after the release of their second album ‘Port Saint Joe’. CMNI’s very own Courtenay Mercer shared the great news with us last Friday…read about it here. The band also tweeted instructions to make sure you know the best way in which to listen to it!
Ashley Monroe’s “Sparrow” and Brothers Osborne’s “Port Saint Joe” are out now! Two of the most anticipated albums of 2018 so far, and certainly not to be missed! We take a look at both below! Continue reading
Chris and Morgane Stapleton were pleased to announce the birth of two little boys at the weekend. The couple reports that the twins are happy and healthy at home. Reba McEntire announced their arrival live during Sunday’s (April 15) ACM Awards in Las Vegas.
The babies made their social media debut back on Tuesday (April 17) afternoon in a timeless black and white image snuggled up against mum.
“We would like to say a special thank you to all the incredible nurses and doctors at Centennial Women’s & Children’s Hospital in Nashville,” Morgane wrote. “At more than a month early, we had a week-long stay in the NICU, and the incredible people there kept our boys healthy and happy. Words cannot express our gratitude for you all and what you did for our family.”
Thank you for sharing our good news @Reba! We couldn't have dreamed up a better day. Morgane & the boys are doing great & we appreciate everyone's support! https://t.co/Qt9tzx3DIA
— Chris Stapleton (@ChrisStapleton) April 17, 2018
Stapleton was with his family on ACM Awards night. His three wins were in two categories, male vocalist and album of the year for From A Room: Volume 1. Chris Stapleton features in our latest podcast talking about how he came up with the name for the “From a Room” albums. You can check it out here
LISA WRIGHT EXPLORES NEW SOUNDS ON ‘MIND OF MINE’ EP – OUT MAY 25th
Featuring country-tinged lead single ‘Tennessee’, the UK songwriter’s new EP is available to pre-order now
Country Music returned to Las Vegas for the first time since the tragic events of the 1st October last year. Aldean opened the 53rd Academy of Country Music awards along with Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett and Luke Bryan.
Reba appears at ACM’s in ‘that red dress’
Reba wowed the crowd at the 2018 ACM Awards this year in style! The crowd jumped to their feet when she took to the stage, donned her infamous red dress from 25 years ago.
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On This Day
- On this day July 23, 1982the American musical comedy film co-written, produced and directed by Colin Higgins was released. An adaptation of the 1978 Broadway musical of the same name, the film starred Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds. The film version presented some difficulties for Universal, particularly with advertising. In 1982, the word "whorehouse" was considered obscene in parts of […]
