Country Music Is Heading Home

The Grand Ole Opry is heading home with the first show at the Grand Ole Opry House since the Nashville flood. Tonight on GAC Country Comes Home: An Opry Celebration, 8:00 p.m./Central.

Pop Up Culture September 25, 2010

Guest Review by Sue Gearhart

Indiana State Fair August 20, 2010 7:30 pm.

Little Big Town:

Little Big Town opened the show promptly at 7:30 pm. Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman and Phillip Sweet performed past hits and music from their new album – The Reason Why. Their lush harmonies were truly amazing. Favorite moments included A Little More You, Bring it on Home, and I’m With the Band. The closing numbers Little White Church and Boondocks brought the crowd to their feet.

Sugarland:

The moment Sugarland took the stage the crowd stood up and never sat down for the entire show. Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush commanded the stage. The concert included a mix of their hits and songs from their upcoming cd Incredible Machine.

The stage included a large circular monitor on the stage where they projected Sugarland performing their music. The stage had incredible lighting with an “Incredible machine” backdrop. I don’t think I have ever seen any entertainers who enjoy playing their music for their fans more than Sugarland.

The concert included a production number for the song Incredible Machine. I liked the song but production number was too long but most of the crowd seemed to love it.

The concert started at 8:50 and finished at 10:20 with an 80s mix including Staying Alive.

Favorite moments: Stay , Something More, Stand Up, Genevieve, Incredible Machine

Setlist for Sugarland included: Wide Open, It Happens, Settlin', All I want to Do, Want To, The Incredible Machine, Already Gone, Acoustic Baby Girl, Genevieve, Stuck Like Glue, Everyday America, Stay, Find the Beat, Who Says You Can't Go Home, Something More, Stand Up, Staying Alive

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Free iTunes

Do you like free music? Go to www.cmafest.com/itunes/promo and download your FREE 10 Song CMA Music Festival Digital Sampler.
Songs include:

• Chris Young - Voices
• Randy Houser - Whistlin Dixie
• Matt Kennon - The Call
• Sammy Kershaw - The Snow White Rows Of Arlington
• Steve Azar - Sinkin’ or Swimin’ (with you)
• Frankie Ballard - Tell Me You Get Lonely
• Radney Foster - Angel Flight
• David Ball - Houston Again
• Randy Montana - Ain't Much Left Of Lovin' You
• John Cowan - Carry On

Enjoy!!

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Jack Down Under

Before Jack Ingram headed to Australia's tour dates in early March he was interviewed by Steve Forde in downtown Nashville. This was broken into a three part series called Rollin' With Jack Ingram aired on Australia's Country Music Channel prior to his departure. Now we can watch it via Ingram's website — well at least part one. Part two will be available Monday, April 12. Happy watching!

go to: jackingram.net at scroll down to Jack's Video Blog on the left side of his site, click on video to enlarge

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Give a little love with Reba

Wrap Reba up in a bow for Valentines Day, CMT INVITATION ONLY: REBA on DVD that is. This one hour special will be released on February 9th just in time for that February 14th gift giving holiday. The DVD will include:
1. Strange
2. Why Not Tonight
3. And Still
4. Nothing To Lose
5. 8 Crazy Hours (In the Story of Love)
6. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
7. I'm a Survivor
8. I Want A Cowboy
9. Consider Me Gone
10. Why Haven't I Heard From You
All this and extended interviews on Strange and Consider Me Gone along with a casual question and answer session. This DVD was taped with a live studio audience from the Grand Ole Opry's historic Studio A in Nashville.

Double T's

Trace Adkins is moving from his longtime label, Capitol Nashville to Toby Keith's Show Dog-Universal label. Just think of the fun these two will produce for us all to enjoy!

Cowboy Stomp

Are you a fan of the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders? Burns & Poe? Cowboy Troy? or if you are plain curious click here to check out a video of Cowboy Stomp. Don't know about the Cowboys but I do love Cowboy Troy :)

Jimmy Wayne Update

Jimmy Wayne's "Meet Me Halfway" website went live today. You can track his progress on the road along with photo updates and video. Wayne's first live web broadcast from the road will be Monday, January 11th at 9:00 am CT. This walk will take him 1660 miles. If you would like to check out his site click here.

The Band Of Heathens

Looking for a little free music? Yes, I did say "free". Go to:

http://www.bandofheathens.com/cms/index.php?page=send-a-song-2

and try The Band of Heathens out for yourself ...

2010 ACM Awards

The Academy of Country Music just announced the date for the 2010 ACM Awards, Sunday, April 18th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. One of their sponsors "spilled the beans" on the date so the announcement comes a little early ...

On The Road With Jimmy Wayne

Keep up with Wayne's trek to Phoenix, Arizona promoting awareness of the homeless children, teens and young adults. He left Nashville January 1 and you can follow his thoughts from your warm, comfy home while he is out in the elements at http://twitter.com/jimmywayne. His goal is getting the word out that everyone can help, no gesture is too small ...

For more information on "Meet Me Halfway" or Wayne himself visit www.jimmywayne.com. To learn more about Homebase, or to make a donation, visit www.hbys.org. Or read my Pop Up for January 2, 2010 below.

Prayer?

I found a new video that made me smile, thought maybe you would enjoy too. It is Jaron and The Long Road to Love - "Pray for You". Click here and don't forget to let me know what you think :)

Ghost Brothers of Darkland County

What does John Mellencamp and Stephen King have in common? A new musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, isn't expected out until this September. The country cast will feature Kris Kristofferson, Rosanne Cash and Elvis Costello. Keep watch, I will try and keep you updated ...

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