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I Only Got To See Kenny Chesney "Sing No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem" at The Times Union Center In Albany, NY [AUDIO + VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:11:51 +0000

Nope. Hate to complain, but I didn’t see much at all to be honest. I stand corrected. I did get to see him do my favorite song of his (“No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem”), but there were some folks in the audience who gave us a BIG problem, which I will explain musically Kenny [...]

Zac Brown At SPAC – What A Show

Richie Phillips — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:08:07 +0000

I’m still trying to adjust my eardrums, but we had a blast at the Zac Brown Show. I was just bummed out that I didn’t have my decent pocket camera with me, but I did snap a few with the trusty cellphone Zac at SPAC. Pretty amazing. A total sellout. I hope that word will [...]

Reminiscing Time: The First Country Concert I Ever Hosted Was Randy Travis

Richie Phillips — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:53:36 +0000

We have our all important Countryfest on the horizon. Always a very exciting time here at ‘GNA. I’ve lost count but I’m pretty sure I’m close to 20 of them. Which makes me think back to the very first time I ever introduced a country show way back when. Let’s go back, shall we? This [...]

Chris Young Back In Concert with WGNA [VIDEO]

Jake Thomas — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:43:55 +0000

Chris Young sold out a week ahead of time when he played with Country 107.7, WGNA-FM at Vapor earlier this year. He has a ton of fans right here in the Capital Region and wants the folks who didn’t get a chance to see him last time to get another chance to hear him in [...]

Randy Houser – High Octane Country [VIDEO]

Jake Thomas — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:12:36 +0000

Randy Houser has been writing great songs for years. He teamed up with Jamey Johnson for the #1 hit from Trace Adkins "Honkytonkbadonkadonk". He's now a full blown artist and writer and on the verge of busting into the big time and you'll see why when he takes the stage at WGNA Countryfest 2011.

Brett Eldredge a Must See Star at Countryfest 2011

Jake Thomas — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:19:32 +0000

Warner Brothers music is a pretty happy place these days, especially when it comes to the country division of the label in Nashville. The captain of the ship is Blake Shelton, the reigning CMA Male Vocalist of The year and. Blake was also last year’s Countryfest headliner, and the finance of this year’s WGNA Countryfest 2011 [...]

Countryfest 2011 Headliner Miranda Lambert's Top Five Videos

Jake Thomas — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:28:24 +0000

WGNA announced our Countryfest 2011 lineup this morning and it is 6 deep. In order of of performance we will have Joanna Smith, Brett Eldredge,Sunny Sweeney, Chris Cagle, Randy Houser and Miranda Lambert.

Who's Coming To Countryfest 2011?

Jake Thomas — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:26:23 +0000

This guy has the right idea! He’s setting his clocks so that he’ll be ready for the WGNA Countryfest 2011 announcement tomorrow morning at 6am. Jake, who’s coming to Countryfest? That’s the biggest question of the year, every year here at Country 107.7, WGNA-FM. WGNA Countryfest is a historic radio station concert series. It is [...]

My Dream Country Concert

Jake Thomas — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:01:29 +0000

I said “dream” country concert. You’ll see why as you continue to read. The opening act for my dream country concert would be Jerrod Niemann, followed by The Band Perry and Sunny Sweeney. After these acts a plane would fly over with a banner that said, “I Voted For McCain”. Everyone would laugh, and then [...]

Summer Country Concert Tours–Who's in the Area?

Jake Thomas — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:29:09 +0000

It is almost Spring and before long the major country concert tours will spread their wings and take off all over America making millions of country music lovers happy. Which big names will be around the region this summer? If you are ever wondering just check Pollstar on the web. All you have to do [...]

Thompson Square–Sold Out WGNA Rising Stars Concert

Jake Thomas — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:11:51 +0000

Sometimes you really do catch a rising star at just the right time. When I contacted Stony Creek Records to inquire if their new huband and wife duo Thompson Square would like to play one of WGNA Rising Stars Concert Series Acoustic shows at the GE Theater in Proctors they were ecstatic to take the [...]

What A Concert–Brad Paisley Tour Announced (VIDEO)

Jake Thomas — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:18:33 +0000

Brad Paisley is the man! Brad was finally awarded the long overdue CMA Entertainer of the Year Award, and I hope he repeats and wins this honor at the ACM Awards this April in Las Vegas. Brad Paisley just announced his Summer tour today. His H2o 2 World Tour will make its way around America [...]

Thompson Square–In the Top 10

Jake Thomas — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:25:41 +0000

I was checking the Mediabase country music chart yesterday and saw that Thompson Square is in the top 10 with their single “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not”. What was even more impressive is that the jumped over the top of Lady A’s “Hello World” to get there. I can’t wait to see them [...]

Darryl Worley Look Alike

Jake Thomas — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:22:19 +0000

Larry the Cable Guy thinks I look like Darryl Worley. I guess you’ll be able to figure out if its true when you get your tickets to the WGNA Winter Concert on Saturday, February 5th at Proctors. I’ll tell you the very funny story now. I was in Nashville on one of my many, many [...]