WY having a busy August

Nashville, TN (08-13-09) – Wynonna Judd has found a home on ABC in August! ABC.com will feature Wynonna Judd in support of their primetime special, “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock”. ABC.com is showcasing the country music superstar in a short-form series captured in Nashville during the CMA Music Festival, giving a behind-the-scenes look from the fan’s perspective.

Wynonna’s 4-part web series “I’m With Wy” launches Thursday August 20^th. Lisa Graystone from Morro Bay, CA won the VIP fan experience of a lifetime. Upon her arrival in Nashville, Wy’s official fan videographer was armed with a Flip cam and got the chance to document Wy’s on and ‘off-camera’ antics during the 2009 CMA Music Festival. The online series captures a glimpse into the life and comedic personality of Wynonna as she interacts with her fans and provides an unprecedented look into life backstage, at an interview on Music Row with Larry King, mingling with Darius Rucker and other artists at a radio junket and even performing on the main stage to a packed stadium audience at LP Field as The Judds appear together for the first time in 6 years.

The ABC.com series features nine-time CMA winner, Wynonna as she celebrates her 25^thanniversary in the music business. “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” airs Monday, August 31^st (8-11pm, ET) on the ABC Television Network. Tune in to catch Wynonna on the three-hour special. Wynonna also chatted backstage with Cameron Mathison from ABC’s All My Children before her performance and you can see that interview on “Good Morning America” during their August 31^st show.

For more information on "CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock" including "I'm With Wy" please visit, http://abc.go.com/specials/cmamusicfestival/

Also this month on ABC, Wynonna makes a guest appearance on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” as she celebrates the show’s 10^th anniversary and plays for her favorite charity, Backpack Mission Ministries. On August 18^th at 8pm EST Wynonna competes to win $50,000 for charity where 100% of the winnings will go to provide backpacks filled with food for children in impoverished homes of rural Kentucky, her home state. Wynonna will also make an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America” the morning of August 18th to preview her “Millionaire” participation.

For more information on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,” visithttp://abc.go.com/primetime/millionaire/

About Wynonna
Wynonna Judd first gained fame as part of one of the most successful musical duos of all time, The Judds, selling over 20 million records. On top of that amazing feat, she also holds multiple gold, platinum and multi-platinum certifications from the RIAA in excess of 10 million units sold for albums released throughout her solo career. In 2005, Wynonna became a New York Timesbest-selling author with the release of her long-awaited autobiography, Coming Home to Myself, released in conjunction with her live CD and DVD Her Story: Scenes from a Lifetime; the latter of which having been certified Gold.

Wynonna recently released her seventh solo studio album, Sing: Chapter 1, an eclectic assortment of standards paying homage to all the different genres and songs that have formed the soundtrack to her life.

Visit www.wynonna.com to learn more!

About Backpack Mission Ministries

Backpack Mission Ministries is a feeding program that provides food each week for over 350 3 yr – 15 yr old children in the Appalachian Mountains who would otherwise have little or no food to eat. The children receive breakfast and lunch at school but when they go home for the weekend they are sometimes without food until Monday morning. Each Friday Backpack Mission Ministries provides a backpack full of non perishable, easy open food for them to survive during the weekend. They also have set up a program to help feed the children when they are out of school for the summer and provide food boxes for their families when needed. 100% of the charitable donations given to the organization are used for supplies and distribution.

For more information on Backpack Mission Ministries, visit http://www.backpackmission.com/

Luke Bryan Reigns At Spring Break Panama City

Luke Bryan's Spring Break...Here To Party Tops Billboard's Country and Top 200 Sales Charts NASHVILLE, TN – Country superstar and 2013 Academy of Country Music Awards show co-host Luke Bryan has topped the Billboard Country sales chart and earned his first #1 album on Billboard's Top 200 chart with Spring Break...Here To Party, selling 149,515 units in its first week. This is the first full-length physical album released from Bryan's five-year "Spring Break" series. The 14-track album features two new tracks as well as a collection of songs from his previously released digital "Spring Break" EPs - 2009's Spring Break...With All My Friends, 2010's Spring Break 2...Hangover Edition, 2011's Spring Break 3...It's A Shore Thing and last year's Spring Break 4...Suntan City. Though the album didn't include a radio single, Bryan did release a video for "Buzzkill," one of the album's new tracks, which can

Kenny Rogers featured in Billboard’s 50 th Anniversary of Adult Contemporary chart Rogers’ Ranks Sixth-Best All Time and Fourth-Best Male with 28 AC Top 10 hits Nashville, TN (August 25, 2011) – According to Billboard, Kenny Rogers’ 28 Adult Contemporary Top 10’s are sixth-best all-time, and fourth-best among men, trailing only Elton John, Neil Diamond and Elvis Presley. Kenny Rogers' feats on the AC chart include 47 hits, tying him with Barry Manilow for seventh-most in the chart's history. No core country artist has crossed over more titles to AC. Rogers has scored eight AC No. 1s. Rogers: "I remember when [the AC charts] were established, I thought it was so cool. I've always been a believer in the strength of the song. My problem is I'm a country singer who's had a lot of other musical influences, so my stuff is going to tend to be more AC. That's always been my slam in country music, that I was never a true country artist, even though &q

They call her..The Bare Naked Bandit..29 yr Old Lee Grace Doherty

ARRESTED now in Colorado...but what a story and week for 2 brothers and their stripper sister! Text messages and tweets by three fugitive siblings who shot at a police officer and robbed a bank reveal a dangerous mindset and a firm bond between the siblings, "We've certainly seen their mindset when... They shot at a law enforcement officer outside of Tampa Bay, Fla., and when they fired inside that bank in Valdosta, Ga. But these additional texts and tweets have given us additional insight," FBI Special Agent Stephen Emmett told "Good Morning America" today. " We are concerned and feel that they are going to continue and cause problems to say the least for law enforcement." Ryan Dougherty, 21; his sister Lee Grace E. Dougherty, 29; and half-brother Dylan Dougherty Stanley, 26, have been on the lam since Aug. 2 when they shot at a police officer attempting to pull their white Subaru Impreza over for speeding. A few hours later, they robbed a bank in G

The latest from Jimmy Carter in Nashville

Search This Blog