Rascal Flatts are on a roll. The group cracked a third-straight win yesterday and last night on Taste of Country Nights radio, leaving Mumford & Sons in a trail of country dust. Today, they'll face a new challenger in Staind frontman Aaron Lewis.
January 28, 2013 When the national landscape of Country radio is looking for input we always are asked to help out the industry at 1077 'GNA because they know our listeners are some of the most informed and brightest country radio listeners in the nation.
For most young children, there is nothing more euphoric than Christmas morning. Waking up early is a requirement. Flying down the steps to tear open presents is also a given. Country superstar Keith Urban was no different than your average, Christmas-loving kid while growing up in Australia. The singer revealed how he spent Christmas mornings and how he was the personal alarm clock of Mom and Dad Urban!
December 24, 2012 Luke Bryan is now a Superstar. Yes, he has crossed the very thin line in the sand between star and Superstar with his recent barrage of number one hits and sold out concert dates.
December 21, 2012 The media loves to paint Miranda as the tough girl of country music, but she also spends a lot of time breaking up fights at her shows. The following videos have been uploaded to Youtube my concert goers:
Miranda Lambert breaks up a fight at her show in College Station, TX
December 20, 2012 Are you one of the select few concerned that Friday, December 21, 2012 Mayan prophecies will come true and the world will end? If so, I've got some great End Of The World country songs for you to create one final play list.
December 20, 2012 I am sure that beer sales will be brisk when the "Locked and Reloaded" tour hits the Times Union Center with 1077 'GNA!
We are quickly making our way toward the end of 2012. It was a great year full of so many great shows. Some of the biggest names in country music made a stop in the Albany area and totally rocked the house where ever they played.
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UPDATE 6:30 p.m.: Originally it was thought that Adam Lanza, the gunman, shot his mother at the Sandy Hook Elementary school, where she was a teacher's aide. ABC has learned that, in fact, Nancy Lanza was killed at her home (by her son) prior to the massacre. He then drove to the school, where he killed 20 children and six adults, before killing himself.
This Sunday (12/16) marks country singer Jeff Carson's 48th birthday. How about we go back in time and remember one of his big hits from the past in this weeks edition of Flashback Friday. This week we go to to 1995 for Jeff's Top 5 hit, "The Car".
Last night the American Country Awards took place on FOX. Luke Bryan was the big winner of the show. I am a fan of awards shows and a fan of Luke Bryan for that matter, but I am not really a fan of this particular show.
Richie Phillips posted a story recently about Rolling Stone magazine's picks for the best country albums of 2012. I will admit they are some decent picks and certainly deserve to have a listen. I thought I would do the same and pick out my favorite country albums that came out sometime this year.
