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Kelsea Ballerini Living Her Best 13 Year Old Life “Now This,” She Shared About the Kelly Clarkson Tour Invite Kelsea Ballerini started prepping for this tour since July 23, 2005. That was the day Kelly Clarkson brought her Hazel Eyes Tour the Memorial Civic Coliseum to Knoxville, Tenn. And in the crowd that night 13 years ago was … Continue reading →

Garth Brooks Sells Over 84,000 Tickets in Less Than 3 Hours for Notre Dame Show Tickets for Garth Brooks’ first-ever concert at Notre Dame Stadium went on sale at 10 a.m. ET on Sept. 14. Less than three hours later, more than 84,000 tickets have been sold for $98.95, which is more than $8 million. … Continue reading →

Kristin Chenoweth to Shine Spotlight on Her Country Roots “It’s how I was raised singing It’s always been a huge part of who I am.” With Nashville Symphony Show Kristin Chenoweth’s astounding voice and stage presence have awarded her an illustrious career as one of Broadway’s most respected stars. Always an avid lover of theatre, the … Continue reading →

Thousands of intelligent good-looking readers. “BACK IN MY DAY” By Uncle Goopy You kids are a bunch of sissies. Back in my day we didn’t have hurricanes. We just had storms called “What the hell was that?!” Our houses didn’t blow apart. They were held together by mold, mildew, and asbestos. And we LOVED it! … Continue reading →

Jake Owen Gets Rowdy in ‘Down to the Honkytonk’ Music Video There’s nothing like having a good time down on Broadway so Jake Owen decided to raise a ruckus when it came time to film his new music video for “Down To The Honkytonk.” The rowdy video follows the singer as he struts around the honky tonk-filled … Continue reading →

Luke Bryan Performs ‘Sunrise Sunburn Sunset’ for 30000 Fans at Nashville Block Party Luke Bryan treated 30,000 fans to a free outdoor concert in downtown Nashville on Sept. 10 to celebrate the grand opening of his new restaurant, Luke’s 32 Bridge Food + Drink.After openers DJ Rock, Chelsea Field and Jon Langston got the party … Continue reading →

5 Nashville Hot Chicken Places That’ll Leave You Feeling Spicy Nashville hot chicken has become more and more popular over the past few years. With that rise in popularity, you may be wondering where to go for the best options. Whether you’re a tourist or a local, these are five hot chicken places you definitely … Continue reading →

The Josie Award Winners Happy As Can Be At Dollywood AirplayExpress congratulates all of the winners in every category at this year’s Awards AirplayExpress the most trusted  digital music delivery company in the world, congratulates all of its musical family, that won an award at this year’s Josie Music Awards at Dollywood, Pigeon Forge. Frans … Continue reading →

Shooter Jennings Redefines His Artistry With Latest Release Shooter Jennings sat down with us to discuss the making of his new album ‘Shooter’ Shooter Jennings came by to discuss his great new album Shooter and what inspired him to create his most country album since his record Put the “O” Back in Country. Get exclusive insight on his latest … Continue reading →

AirplayExpress Awards Multi Platinum, Platinum and Gold Disc Awards To Artists in the Gospel/Country Genre August 2018 More of the prestigious Multi Platinum, Platinum and Gold Disc Awards have been awarded to artists who have recently broken into the Number One and Top 5 positions of the AirplayExpress Country/Gospel Top 20/40 International download charts. Kelly … Continue reading →

Metro Council approves plans to build the MLS Soccer stadium at the Fairgrounds Several hours before the vote the group called Save our Fairgrounds filed a lawsuit in an effort to protect the Fairgrounds & stop Metro Government from building a soccer stadium at the site. They called the plan the “rape of an institution” … Continue reading →

Matt Hurter a South African Country Legend Dies “You Don’t Have To Walk On Water, It’s How You Walk On Land” Matt Hurter After a long journey with cancer Matt Hurter finally lost his battle yesterday. The Country music circle in South Africa is mourning the lose of their favourite Country Star today as his friends fans … Continue reading →

Dennis DiChiaro Nominated For Two Josie Awards 2018’s been a phenomenal year for Dennis #1 songs, multiple Platinum & Gold Disc’s Hall Of Fame member Dennis DiChiaro was caught totally by surprise when he opened his mail and saw that he was nominated for two Josie Awards this week.  The first which is closest to … Continue reading →

MusicCityGhost: Do You Know Your Music Business ABC’s Do You Have a mechanical license for the cover tunes he have on your CD you’re selling off the band stand Did you ever stop to wonder on a worldwide scale how many singers watch the various awards shows and feel in their mind that they are every bit … Continue reading →

Rose Angelica From the 2018 Dean Martin Festival The Dean Martin Festival Committee has donated over $100,000 in the past 20 years to local charities and to high schools for The Dean Martin Music Scholarships STEUBENVILLE – Patrons at the Spot Bar took turns impersonating the King of Cool Thursday night for the start of … Continue reading →

Dierks Bentley Signs on Rising Country for Seven Peaks Festival “If nobody else comes, I’m going to have fun,” said Bentley. “That’s the goal When Dierks Bentley set out to create his own music festival, he pulled from his own influences and experiences in hopes of creating a one-of-a-kind function for fans. Combining his passions for country … Continue reading →

AirplayExpress Releases Legends Heroes And Future Heroes Of Country Music More Major stars seeing value of hiring AirplayExpress to deliver their music to radio Airplay Express, the most trusted digital music delivery promotion company on a worldwide scale  is now releasing legendary stars to it’s network of music industry personnel Airplay express charts are considered … Continue reading →

Ramaphosa’s land grab policy backed by British PM Theresa May May brought with her a delegation of 29 business leaders who’ll be looking for investment opportunities in SA Over the Dead Bodies of White Farmers & their Familes In her first visit to the continent as UK Prime Minister, Theresa May pledged to become the … Continue reading →

5 Coolest things at Taylor Swift’s Reputation tour stop, Nashville Taylor Swift brought her “Reputation Tour” to Nashville last night…with a bang. The gloriously over-the-top opus included stadium-sized screens, fireworks and pyro, light-up wristbands and, of course, Taylor. From start to finish the superstar singer danced, played and grinned her way across stage—and through the crowd—without … Continue reading →

Keith Urban Gets Funky in ‘Never Comin Down’ Video Living in the moment and embracing who you are is exactly the message Keith Urban wanted to portray in the music video for his latest single, “Never Comin Down.” The song, which features lyrics including “When the sun goes down, stars come out / It’s a…. Can you … Continue reading →

Loretta Lynn Sets Release Date For Wouldn’t It Be Great Album Wouldn’t It Be Great if we had new Loretta Lynn music on the way? Oh wait, we do! That’s right – the country legend has announced an official release date of Friday, September 28, for her latest studio album. Previously set for release in 2017, Wouldn’t It Be Great will feature … Continue reading →

Actor Rob Lowe Declared Hollywood Dead Hollywood Master’s hypocrisy While rules apply to filmmakers Producers of annual awards shows continue to create bloated boring long broadcasts Hollywood has had a festering problem for years. The ratings for their awards shows have been in steady decline. The industry made a bold move to combat the ratings … Continue reading →

Nashville Reveals 16-Song Track List for Final Soundtrack Nashville will close its final chapter on July 26 when its finale episode airs on CMT. At long last, fans will see if their favorite characters get their happy endings as their stories conclude after six tumultuous seasons. With that, the series as compiled a massive soundtrack featuring 16 … Continue reading →

MusicCityGhost: When Should Artists Expression Be Banned? How about the Rap artists using every swear word that was ever invented and the crowd sings along with him? A few years ago a very famous Rock Star would mutilate a live chicken on his live stage show each evening.  A different touring Artist  would defecate right … Continue reading →

Friendship is everything to Blake Shelton who admits that his nearest and dearest are some of his biggest heroes. “I find that as time goes by, my definition of a hero changes. My heroes have started to become my good friends,” Shelton shared with PEOPLE recently. “You start to find out, the older you get — I guess … Continue reading →

LANCO to Embark on First Headlining Hallelujah Nights Tour The band will be joined by rising country star Travis Denning, best known for his debut single “David Ashley Parker from Powder Springs.” “This is a brand new show we’ve put together for our fans, and it will be first time we get to play Hallelujah Nights in its … Continue reading →

MusicCityGhost: Is Google Spying On You? Let us all hope and pray that GOOGLE is not secretly owned by the government, Hollywood or ???? It was announced today that the GOOGLE tracking system can still monitor your every move even when you have it turned off.  Much like the novel written by George Orwell entitled 1984 … Continue reading →

Maren Morris Spills On Having A Kid Nearly Getting Arrested Maren Morris decided to open up to her fans via social media, and boy, did we learn some things! Among the information she spilled via Twitter on Thursday (Aug. 9) were shockers about a near-miss with authorities overseas and her plans to have a child soon. Morris … Continue reading →

Thousands of intelligent good-looking readers. LITTLE THINGS A couple of days ago I was in a dark mood, sitting on a bench at Publix,  waiting for Misty and watching people check out.   A little girl 5 or 6 years old said, “I’m going to sit by you.”  She sat and talked with me for about … Continue reading →

Jenny Tolman Meets Her Musical Match in New Video Check out the premiere of the video for “Rock & Roll to My Country Soul” below Opposites attract, and in “Rock & Roll to My Country Soul,” singer/songwriter Jenny Tolman sings about the benefits of meeting her man in the middle. The song pays tribute to a relationship … Continue reading →

Do You Remember When Hank Williams Was Fired From The Grand Ole Opry? Hank Williams is universally regarded as one of the progenitors of country music, but in a bitter irony, the legendary singer-songwriter was actually fired from one of the genre’s greatest institutions just months before his death, after missing too many shows at the Grand … Continue reading →

Dierks Bentley CMA Fest Performance With Dwight Yoakam This is the best CMA Fest of my life. I can’t believe that just happened this is crazy Fans tuned in to the CMA Fest TV special on ABC were in for a special treat when Dierks Bentley teamed up with Dwight Yoakam for a very special performance. During his set, Bentley invited … Continue reading →

AirplayExpress Awards Multi Platinum, Platinum and Gold Disc Awards To Artists in the Gospel/Country Genre July 2018 More of the prestigious Multi Platinum, Platinum and Gold Disc Awards have been awarded to artists who have recently broken into the Number One and Top 5 positions of the AirplayExpress Country/Gospel Top 20/40 International download charts. Larry … Continue reading →

73 Years Later! THE  5  Statements at The End ……Say It All What happened to the radiation that’s supposed to lasts thousands of years? Some will tell you that radiation after a nuclear explosion will kill you and the radiation will stick around for hundreds of years thereafter. Then some will say they lied to us again … Continue reading →

How to get your motivation back at work? A feeling of dread washes over you when you wake up every morning to go to work Where’s your motivation gone? The days when you jumped out of bed, energised to climb the corporate ladder are long gone.  Now, you just look forward to Fridays. When you lack … Continue reading →

AirplayExpress Awards Four Gold Disc Awards To Artists in the Gospel/Country Genre July 2018 The prestigious Gold Disc Awards have been awarded to the following artists who have recently broken into the Top 5  of the AirplayExpress Country/Gospel Top 20/40 International download charts. Larry M CLark,  Rita Faye,  Pat Garrett  and  McMains have all accomplished the … Continue reading →

Five Coolest Things We Saw on Sugarland’s ‘Still the Same Tour’ It’s been nearly six years since Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush have toured together, and they’ve already proven it was more than worth the wait. Sounds Like Nashville has been itching to catch a show since the 2018 “Still the Same Tour” hit the road earlier this spring. We were … Continue reading →

Vince Gill to Embark on Solo 2018 Tour Booed from the stage performing with his bluegrass band Mountain Smoke during opening slot for ‘Kiss” Though he’s spent much of the year on the road with the Eagles, Vince Gill will step into the spotlight solo with a slew of his own dates scheduled for the fall. Kicking … Continue reading →

Toby Keith To Become a Grandfather Again The Keith family is about to become a little bit bigger!  Toby Keith’s daughter announced that she’s expecting her second child. Krystal Keith, a fellow singer/songwriter, shared the news with a post to Instagram of her daughter Hensley donning a big sister T-shirt. The proud sister-to-be let viewers … Continue reading →

Kenny Chesney Performs ‘Better Boat’on Good Morning America “There’s an acceptance it takes to face those challenges and that uncertainty. The lyric has that line, ‘I ride the waves I can’t control …’ When Kenny Chesney sat down on the set of Good Morning America to perform his contemplative, inspirational new single “Better Boat” on … Continue reading →

MusicCityGhost: Music Business ABC’s How many singers watch the various awards shows and feel in their mind that they are every bit as good as those award winners? Did you ever stop to wonder on a world wide scale how many singers watch the various awards shows and feel in their mind that they are … Continue reading →

Thousands of intelligent good-looking readers. FINDING THE HOOK. For readers unfamiliar with music business phrases:  A “hook” is a part of a recording that grabs public attention. All hits have a hook It was ten minutes to one AM in Nashville, by the studio clock. The pickers were tired and ready to pack up and head … Continue reading →

Lauren Daigle’s ‘You Say’ Soars to No1 on Hot Christian Chart It’s incredible to see how ‘You Say’ has connected, not only with fans, but with People Singer-songwriter Lauren Daigle’s “You Say,” the first single from her album Look Up Child, due Sept. 7, flies 33-1 on Billboard‘s Hot Christian Songs chart (dated July 28), … Continue reading →

Shania Twain Invites Female Artists to Nashville Concert Shania let out a hearty “let’s go girls” invitation to country’s finest rising female voices Ahead of her Saturday night (7/21) show in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Shania Twain let out a hearty “let’s go girls” invitation to many of country music’s finest rising female voices. During a pre-show reception, … Continue reading →

Live Like a King: See George Strait Through the Years Strait finished the Cowboy Rides Away tour in 2014 with huge attendance numbers George Strait isn’t known as the “King of Country” for no reason. The influential, iconic and legendary hitmaker has had such an impressive career, and even at 66 years old, he’s still … Continue reading →

Is YouTube Skipping A Beat To Avoid Paying Royalties Please Note Comment from The Music City Ghost added after first publication Have you also noticed that the view counter on YouTube does not always move on once the Video is viewed With all the monetization and royalties now allegedly available by adding your song to … Continue reading →

Alan Jackson The Man Who stepped Into Country Shoes For Us He has won Grammy, CMA and ACM awards, and is a member of the Grand Ole Opry and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Alan Jackson is one of the most successful country artists of his generation, and he’s built his huge career entirely … Continue reading →

Country Duo Returns with Their first Album Together in 8 Years When Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles walked on stage together at the 2017 CMA Awards To present the trophy for Vocal Duo of the Year, the country world was abuzz . Their first joint appearance since 2012, the moment had many wondering if Sugarland was finally reuniting after their five-year … Continue reading →

Watch: Lindsey Ell’s ‘Criminal’ Video It’s Unreal Taste of Country ‘Riser’ Lindsay Ell performs New single at the TOC Studios Nashville Ell just released her new full-length record titled The Project, which debuted at No. 1 on the Nielsen Soundscan Current Country Albums Chart. Its most recent single “Waiting on You” is a soulful ballad co-written by the artist and reveals … Continue reading →

MusicCityGhost: Beware Of False Promises It seems like some promoters are using social media and dot com websites to make promises that they cannot possibly fulfill.  Promises like guaranteed #1 spots in the charts, guaranteed high paying bookings, help in finding corporate sponsorship, are just a few promises circulating all over the Internet from these promotion … Continue reading →