CMT's Cross Country program has as its premise the pairing of two celebrated country artists, each performing the other's songs with the original artist providing support. The next episode will involve two singers with bluegrass roots, Alison Krauss and Vince
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Duhks contest for Magfest
The folks at JamBase, together with Sugar Hill Records and MagnoliaFest have put together a special contest and prize package to celebrate the release of the new Duhks CD, Migrations. Contest winners will receive VIP passes to MagnoliaFest, held October 19-22
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CMT Pickin’ Party at IBMA
The folks at CMT.com, the online home of Nashville's Country Music Television network (CMT), will once again host a CMT Pickin' Party during IBMA's Fan Fest. The event will run from 2:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September, 29 at
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CMT.com on Vince Gill tour
We posted earlier this month with news that Vince Gill's upcoming tour would be including some bluegrass in the show. CMT.com has a news feature posted yesterday which expands on this story a bit. We had mentioned in that earlier post
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Don Rigsby profiled on CMT.com
We posted last month about the new CD by Don Rigsby & Midnight Call, Hillbilly Heartache. CMT.com did a nice feature on Don over the weekend, where they discuss his career in bluegrass music with such headliners as The Bluegrass
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Skaggs instrumental CD on CMT
We posted last month with news about the soon-to-be-released instrumental project from Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. Entitled, Instrumentals, it features 11 tracks with Skaggs and his band, on a set of tunes authored by Ricky himself. CMT.com has a nice
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CMT/NSAI Song Contest – additional prizes for early entrants
The 7th annual CMT/NSAI Song Contest is accepting submissions, with prizes that include among others: A mentoring session with John Rich of Big & Rich A Single-Song Contract from a major Music Row publisher A $500 gift certificate to Sam Ash Music A special
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Lewis Family on CMT today
We have mentioned a few times this past month that CMT had visited The Lewis Family in the studio while they were recording their recently released CD, Flying High. That feature is scheduled to be a part of CMT's Insider program
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The Lewis Family – Flyin High
Mountain Home Records has just announced the release of a new Lewis Family project, Flyin' High. This new CD includes a song list gathered from some of today's best songwriters, and features all the energy and excitement you've come to
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Sam Bush music video available online
The first music video from Sam Bush's new CD, Laps In Seven on Sugar Hill, has been released for online viewing. It is for the song The River's Gonna Run, a duet with Emmy Lou Harris. You can watch the video