April 2020
HIGLEY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS IN GILBERT, ARIZONA
Grand Ole Opry News
MACKENZIE PORTER MAKES HER U.S. COUNTRY RADIO DEBUT WITH “THESE DAYS”
Deana Martin Joins Shania Twain, Olivia Newton-John, Blue Man Group, Joey Fatone, Debbie Gibson And More For Six Hour Telethon To Assist Las Vegas Performers
TOMMY ROE JOINS SMOKEY ROBINSON, CAROLE KING, JEFF BRIDGES, TIM ALLEN, MARY WILSON, RICK SPRINGFIELD, SHEILA E, BAD COMPANY'S PAUL RODGERS, LISA LOEB, WINGER, MIKE LOVE OF THE BEACH BOYS, MELISSA MANCHESTER, AND MORE FOR L.A. EMERGENCY COVID-19 CRISIS FUN
Danzig's Latest Album DANZIG Sings ELVIS Available Today
Limited Edition Lynn Anderson Rose Bushes Available For Purchase Just In Time For Mother's Day
USA Today Premieres "Legendary Tips and Guitar Secrets with Don McLean"
Shae Dupuy Releases New Single, “Hesitate”
COUNTRY SPITFIRE ASHLAND CRAFT SPARKS DEAL WITH BIG LOUD RECORDS
HOT COUNTRY KNIGHTS DELIVER PASSIONATE NEW TRACK “YOU MAKE IT HARD” FEATURING TERRI CLARK
Bettman & Halpin News
Grand Ole Opry News
BILLY BOB'S TEXAS & CAVENDER'S COLLABORATE FOR THE GOOD OF THE LONE STAR STATE
SINGER-SONGWRITER SUNNY OZELL DEBUTS "CHURCH SESSIONS" VIDEO SERIES, MERGING HER LOVE OF MUSIC, HISTORY AND TRAVEL
GLENDA S. PARADEE AUTHORS TINKERBELL, the LONG-HAIRED CHIHUAHUA
TUNE IN: CHRIS LANE TO APPEAR AS A SPECIAL GUEST ON ABC’S THE BACHELOR PRESENTS: LISTEN TO YOUR HEART (4/27)
SiriusXM and Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival Showcase “Stagecouch Weekend”
Copperline Music Group Signs Iconic John Schneider to Worldwide Distribution Deal and Artist Management Deal
ARIZONA MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT HALL OF FAME NEWSLETTER
T. Graham Brown Virtual Facebook Concert Great Music, Great Stories, Great Fun Set For This Friday, April 24th at 6:00PM CST
Delaney Grant Set To Release EP, After The Fire, on April 24, 2020
MADDIE & TAE’S THE WAY IT FEELS CONTINUES TO RECEIVE WIDESPREAD CRITICAL PRAISE AS "DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART” APPROACHES TOP 20 AT COUNTRY RADIO
TAYLIN LEWAN AND HAYLEY HUBBARD INTRODUCE FEEDING NASHVILLE
AVAILABLE NOW: BILLY RAY CYRUS DROPS NEW MUSIC AND ANIMATED VIDEO ON 4/20 "BALLAD OF JED" FROM HIS NEW PROJECT: MAMA KUSH
CAREER FIRST: GABBY BARRETT REIGNS THE COUNTRY RADIO AIRPLAY CHARTS WITH RECORD-BREAKING DEBUT SINGLE “I HOPE”
LAKEVIEW
CAYLEE HAMMACK “BARES HER SOUL” WITH THE RELEASE OF “SMALL TOWN HYPOCRITE” TO COUNTRY RADIO TODAY FOLLOWING OVERWHELMING RESPONSE
Arizona’s Top Steak and Seafood Favorites – Dominick’s Steakhouse, Steak 44 and Ocean 44 and Americano! The Musical Are Teaming Up to Provide a Special Take-Out “Dinner & a Show” Experience
Bettman & Halpin News
HIGLEY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS IN GILBERT, ARIZONA
Jim Brickman Releases 25th Anniversary Greatest Hits Album
COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM NASHVILLE
Singer-Songwriter Jaida Dreyer Sings “Under Pressure” Puts Country Spin on 1981 QUEEN and David Bowie Hit
NEW MUSIC: MORGAN WALLEN PUTS HIS HEART ON THE LINE IN “MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN”
KIP MOORE EMBODIES HIS INNER “SOUTHPAW” IN NEW TRACK TAKEN FROM UPCOMING ALBUM WILD WORLD
REMIX: GABBY BARRETT’S DEBUT “I HOPE” GETS A DUET-STYLE TWIST WITH GRAMMY-NOMINATED SINGER/SONGWRITER CHARLIE PUTH
Grand Ole Opry News
Country Music Association News
The show must go on! West Virginia Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony rescheduled for November 14
AUDIO UP’S “THE DENNISSANCE” PODCAST RELEASE FULL EPISODE TODAY WITH BILLY RAY CYRUS
Kid Rock and Honky Tonk Godfather Steve Smith Announce That They Will Match All Tips Made To The Honky Tonk School For 72 Hours
The Songs & Story Of Americano! The Country’s Most Inspiring New Musical and Acclaimed Singer Songwriter Carrie Rodriguez to Hold Virtual Concert Friday, April 24th Benefiting The Phoenix Theatre Company
LADY ANTEBELLUM RELEASES WINNING SONG "CHAMPAGNE NIGHT" FROM SEASON TWO PREMIERE OF SONGLAND
WEEDMAPS BRINGS TOGETHER BILLY RAY CYRUS, WIZ KHALIFA, ARI LENNOX, JOEY 'COCO' DIAZ, BERNER AND OTHER TOP TALENT FOR WORLD'S BIGGEST 4/20 VIRTUAL CELEBRATION
CAROLINE MARQUARD ANNOUNCES NEW WEEKLY INSTAGRAM LIVE SERIES “CARO-WINE DOWN WEDNESDAYS” STARTING THIS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 AT 7 PM CT
Moraine Records Announces Newest Signing, Shannon LaBrie
STEEP CANYON RANGERS
BRETT YOUNG FIELDS SIXTH CONSECUTIVE CAREER NO. ONE WITH “CATCH”
BOBBY BONES ROLLS OUT SUPER EASY TRIVIA GAME SHOW FEATURING CELEBRITY AND LISTENER GUESTS
HEATHER ANNE LOMAX DEBUTS NEW TRACK "HEART DON'T LIE" FROM UPCOMING ALBUM 'ALL THIS TIME'
NEW MUSIC: LARRY FLEET INSPIRES WITH "WHERE I FIND GOD"
LAKEVIEW LOOK BACK ON LOVE GONE WRONG IN “EYES CLOSED”
MADDIE & TAE'S “SUPERB” (ASSOCIATED PRESS) SOPHOMORE ALBUM THE WAY IT FEELS OUT NOW
RECORD RELEASE DAY!!!!!
The Academy of Country Music News
BELLAMY BROTHERS ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP WITH FLORIDA-BASED MEDICAL CANNABIS PROVIDER TRULIEVE
Country Radio Hall of Fame Dinner and Awards Ceremony Rescheduled for September 3, 2020
TUCKER BEATHARD PREMIERES POIGNANT OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR “YOU WOULD THINK” EXCLUSIVELY WITH ROLLING STONE
Kaylee Rutland To Release New EP, Every Minute Matters on April 24, 2020
Fellow Singer/Songwriters and Friends Remember and Mourn The Loss of Lyrical Legend John Prine
DUSTIN LYNCH SETS HIS HOMETOWN ABLAZE IN SLOW-BURNING TORCHER, “MOMMA’S HOUSE”
KIP MOORE LAUNCHES “IN THE WILD SESSIONS” AS HE SETS THE SCENE FOR UPCOMING FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM “WILD WORLD” OUT MAY 29
AUDIO UP PRESENTS: THE DENNISSANCE PODCAST WITH DENNIS QUAID
Cody Webb Embarks on the “State Ordered Tour,” a Series of Virtual Tour Stops with All Donations To Go to Bartenders and Waitresses
SEW IT ONLINE LAUNCHES #MILLIONMASKCHALLENGE AFTER INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO GOES VIRAL DURING PANDEMIC; INVITES THE PUBLIC TO JOIN IN MAKING AND DONATING MILLIONS OF MASKS
Saturday Night Grand Ole Opry , Live On Circle & Donate to the MusiCares’s COVID-19 Relief Fund
Together At Home In Collaboration With Lady Gaga
Legacy Recordings Releases Lynn Anderson’s Classic Albums ‘Singing My Song’ and ‘Stay There ‘Til I Get There’ For The First Time To All Digital Providers
The Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame
GRYFFIN AND CHRIS LANE TEAM UP FOR "HOLD YOU TONIGHT"
The show will go on! West Virginia Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony rescheduled for November 14, 2020
Cody Webb Set to Perform for South Carolina Connections Academy’s Virtual Prom Amid Coronavirus
TANYA TUCKER REFLECTS ON PASSING OF "DELTA DAWN" SONGWRITER ALEX HARVEY
The Academy of Country Music
Austin Merrill's "Whiskey & Water" Music Video Makes Broadcast And Digital Premiere On The Heartland Network’s Country Music Today
Award-Winning Short-Film, Dragon Song, Produced by John Carter Cash, To Be Released Worldwide on April 10
HOME FREE PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR TROOPS IN “GO REST HIGH ON THAT MOUNTAIN”
SOULFUL INDIE FOLK/AMERICANA ARTIST DYLAN HARTIGAN LAUNCHES FIRST SINGLE "MY ISLAND"
THE HOT COUNTRY KNIGHTS RELEASE PATRIOTIC “THE USA BEGINS WITH US” FROM DEBUT ALBUM THE K IS SILENT - OUT MAY 1ST
Kentucky Native J.D. Shelburne Featured On The Cover of Kentucky Living Magazine's April Edition, Distributed to 460,000 Households Statewide
HOT COUNTRY KNIGHTS DEBUT NEW TRACK "THE USA BEGINS WITH US” ON THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON TONIGHT FROM THEIR HOMES IN NASHVILLE
BOBBY BONES & THE RAGING IDIOTS DROP SURPRISE ALBUM LIVE IN LITTLE ROCK - AVAILABLE NOW
LADY ANTEBELLUM RESCHEDULES MAY AND JUNE DATES OF OCEAN 2020 TOUR
Dolly Parton donates $1 million to Vanderbilt for research on coronavirus cure
CMA Announced Our Support Of MusiCares
ACM Lifting Lives COVID-19 Response Fund