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Wednesday (April 11) is when Carrie Underwood’s highly anticipated new single “Cry Pretty” hit shelves. Ahead of that she shared with her fans a little update as to what has been going on behind the scenes.
In a very personal letter to her fan club, Underwood shares a little bit of everything that has been happening in her 2018 so far.
Highlighted as a standout performer at this year’s Country to Country (C2C) festival following the UK/Ireland release of her debut album ‘The Project’, country star Lindsay Ell has revealed the cinematic music video for her radio hit ‘Criminal’, which premiered over the weekend on Entertainment Tonight.
Patrons at Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe on Saturday night (March 31) not only got what they paid for, which was an evening of songs and stories with the Grammy-winning hitmaker Craig Wiseman.
The mass shooting that happened during Jason Aldean’s closing performance at Las Vegas’ Route 91 Harvest Festival was a nightmare no one should ever experience.
Ashley Monroe has released another song – ‘Wild Love’ – from her forthcoming album ‘Sparrow which is due out 20th April.
After releasing her Grammy-nominated LP The Blade in 2015, Ashley Monroe started writing songs that realised themselves in unexpected ways – nudged loose after working through trauma and turmoil from her childhood. “I was unpacking a lot of stuff,” she says. “I was singing, and identifying what it’s like to be left. No one told me what I should do, back then, when the world started to crumble.”
For many years there has been a close link between our very own Belfast City and the iconic music city of Nashville. The region’s connection with Tennessee dates from the Scots-Irish settlement of the area in the eighteenth century to the diverse relationships and cultural ties that link Belfast and Nashville today. Belfast has been an official sister city of Nashville, since 1995 in a partnership focusing on social projects, education, and musical and cultural exchange.
Ashley McBryde‘s long-awaited major label debut ‘Girl Going Nowhere’ is out now and available to download/stream everywhere today! The album is already getting an incredible reaction from fans and critics:
“… among the most varied, warm and effortlessly confident country music albums of the past few years.” –Jon Caramanica, The New York Times
“…an unabashed, Southern-rooted, honest-to-gawd great country record.”
– Chris Willman, Variety
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This Sunday Kristian Bush hits Belfast big style with his upbeat country twang, and to celebrate we’re giving away two pairs of tickets to the event. It takes place this Sunday 29th April at the Ulster Hall. Doors open 8:00pm.
The opening night of C2C had a promising line up, from rising star Luke Combs, a UK favourite Kip Moore, the reunion of hit band Sugarland, as well as Texan star Kacey Musgraves. Continue reading
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