New Music Releases


Lionel Richie comes out with a new album today called Tuskegee. It’s all his biggest hits made into duets with our favorite country singers. I’m going to give you thirteen reasons to buy this album: Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker, Little Big Town, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Jennifer Nettles, Tim McGraw, Shania Twain, Billy Currington, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett. You guys this album is AWESOME! And if you don’t like Lionel Richie songs, you are a damn liar! At least go listen to some snippets on iTunes.

You Are (w/Blake Shelton), Stuck On You (w/Darius Rucker, Sail On (w/Tim McGraw), and Hello (w/ Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles) are my favs for sure, right off the bat. And Hello even gave me goosebumps!

Also, on iTunes there is a sneak peek you can watch of the “making of” the album. Please go watch this, it shows a snippet of Blake Shelton being pure Blake Shelton. Gotta love it!

So what do y’all think? Is this a winner for Lionel Richie? What else are y’all listening to these days?

Set Your TiVos!!

Lots of stuff on this week featuring just about anybody you’d ever want to see.  I would like to recommend the Who Do You Think You Are with Tim McGraw if you haven’t already seen it, it’s quite interesting his family tree… And I’ll of course be watching all of the Behind the Video’s on GAC.

  • Biography presents Martina McBride on Monday, 7/25.
  • Biography presents Mavericks: Honky Tonk Angels featuring Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Shania Twain, k.d. lang, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, and Trisha Yearwood on Monday, 7/25.
  • GAC’s Behind the Video: Darius Rucker‘s I Got Nothin’ will be on Tuesday, 7/26.
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show has a rerun with a Kellie Pickler appearance on Wednesday, 7/27.
  • CMT has a showing of the movie Broken Bridges starring Toby Keith with a special appearance by Willie Nelson on Wednesday, 7/27.
  • GAC’s Behind the Video: Gloriana‘s Wanna Take You Home will be on Wednesday, 7/27.
  • GAC’s Behind the Video: Taylor Swift‘s Mean will be on Wednesday, 7/27.
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live has a performance by Chris Young on Wednesday, 7/27.
  • GAC’s The Collection: Martina McBride can be seen on Wednesday, 7/27.
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show has a rerun with a performance by The Band Perry on Thursday, 7/28.
  • GAC’s The Collection: Billy Currington can be seen on Thursday, 7/28.
  • A new episode of CMT’s Texas Women can be seen on Thursday, 7/28.
  • CMT’s Invitation Only: Jason Aldean will be shown on Friday, 7/29.
  • GAC’s Backstory: Reba McEntire with commentary by Ronnie Dunn and Lee Ann Womack will be on Saturday, 7/30.
  • A rerun of NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? featuring Tim McGraw can be seen Saturday, 7/30.
  • GAC’s Breaking the Myth: Waylon Jennings featuring commentary by Kris Kristofferson, Alabama, Jamey Johnson, Dierks Bentley, Trace Adkins, and Jessi Colter will be on Saturday, 7/30.

What will you be watching?

2011 CMT Music Video Awards

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Did y’all check out the 2011 CMT Music Video Awards last night? It was on at our house! They will be replaying it over and over I’m sure, so you definitely need to check out one of the best parts of the show, the intro with Taylor Swift and Shania Twain as “Thelma & Louise”.  It was funny and fantastic and I need to watch it again!

My favorite performances were by Sugarland who sang “Stand Up” a song that will benefit tornado relief in Missouri and Alabama, so go download it today!  And also Keith Urban just because well he’s KEITH URBAN. ha! If you’ve never had a chance to see Keith Urban live, these awards show performances give you a small taste of what a fantastic show he puts on.  And my final favorite performance was Lady Antebellum’s cover of the Prince song “Kiss”.  It was totally unexpected and I loved it!

My only disappointments were that Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson’s duet didn’t win for Collaborative Video of the Year.  They lost out to Justin Bieber & Rascal Flatts.  I guess Bieber Fever took over that category.

I was stunned when Shania Twain slipped and fell during her entrance to present the Male Video of the Year award.  I couldn’t believe my eyes and felt so bad for her!  For having been out of the spotlight for so long and to slide right in like that…quite an entrance!

Congrats to the big winners Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift.  I feel like they have all worked very hard and are finally getting some much deserved recognition.  What do you guys think?

Here’s a full list of the winners in case you missed it!

Video of the Year: Taylor Swift – ‘Mine’
Male Video of the Year: Blake Shelton – ‘Who Are You When I’m Not Looking’
Female Video of the Year: Miranda Lambert – ‘The House That Built Me’
Group Video of the Year: Lady Antebellum – ‘Hello World’
Duo Video of the Year: Sugarland – ‘Stuck Like Glue’
USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year: The Band Perry – ‘If I Die Young’
Collaborative Video of the Year: Justin Bieber featuring Rascal Flatts – ‘That Should Be Me’
CMT Performance of the Year: Zac Brown Band and Jimmy Buffett – ‘Margaritaville’ from CMT Crossroads
Best Web Video of the Year: Blake Shelton – ‘Kiss My Country Ass’

Set Your TiVos!!

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Will you be watching the new Shania Twain series that premieres this week on OWN?

  • Shania Twain‘s new series Why Not? premieres Sunday, 5/8 on the OWN network.
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show has a performance by Taylor Swift on Wednesday, 5/11.
  • Steve Earle performs on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday, 5/11.
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live has a performance by Zac Brown Band on Wednesday, 5/11.
  • Shania Twain makes an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday, 5/12.
  • GAC presents Breaking the Myth: Waylon Jennings on Thursday, 5/12.

A wedding for the new year..

Image via People

According to several new outlets, like this People Magazine article, Shania Twain and Frédéric Thiébaud were married in Puerto Rico on New Year’s Day. Have you heard their story? It might not be a “traditional” love story – but they found each other and found love. And a wedding is the prefect way to start the new year. We wish them the very best.