The latest from Jimmy Carter in Nashville

NASHVILLE, TN – (Dec. 16, 2013) - The Band Perry was hailed the hardest working country band of 2013 and one of the hardest working acts across all musical genres this week by Songkick.com, one of the world’s most comprehensive databases of concerts and tours. The Band Perry shares the list with artists such as P!nk and The Lumineers, among others. The only other country act to make the top 20 hardest working acts of 2013 is the legendary Willie Nelson.The superstar-sibling trio performed 126 shows to hundreds of thousands of fans around the world this year, earning them the honor. The Band Perry also appears on other year-end lists including: Billboard Biz- Year in Country 2013, which spotlights The Band Perry’s 2013 cover story, Taste of Country –“Best Albums of 2013” with Pioneer at #2 and “Top Songs of 2013” with “DONE.” at #10, as well as SPIN’s “50 Best Songs of 2013” with “DONE.” at #49. The siblings were recently awarded an American Country Award for “Most Played R

NASHVILLE, TN – (December 20, 2013) – 2013 was an exceptional year and none of this would have been possible without your support. Happy holidays, happy New Year and thank you for making 2013 one of the most unforgettable years yet. We look forward to big numbers and other exciting accomplishments to come in 2014. 4 Grammy nominations from his debut album, Hunter Hayes (Encore), including Best Country Solo Performance for “I Want Crazy” 3 consecutive No. 1’s with “Wanted,” “Somebody’s Heartbreak” and “I Want Crazy” 5 singles released off Atlantic Records’ Hunter Hayes (Encore) Played over 500 shows since 2011 All 25 dates sold out on CMT On Tour: Hunter Hayes’ Let’s Be Crazy Tour Over 8 million singles sold off Hunter Hayes (Encore) 1 of only 4 country acts in the past 5 years to achieve a Platinum-selling debut album Played over 30 instruments on self-titled debut Hunter Hayes Over 85 million total YouTube views and counting Over 1.3 million Facebook fan

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The National Finals Rodeo....Shania Twain makes a big Entrance.....

THE BEATLES, ARMANDO MANZANERO, CLIFTON CHENIER, THE ISLEY BROTHERS, KRAFTWERK, KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, AND MAUD POWELL HONORED WITH THE RECORDING ACADEMY® LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RICK HALL, JIM MARSHALL AND ENNIO MORRICONE HONORED WITH TRUSTEES AWARD EMILE BERLINER AND LEXICON TO RECEIVE TECHNICAL GRAMMY® AWARD SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Dec. 12, 2013) —The Recording Academy® announced its Special Merit Awards recipients today, and this year's honorees are: the Beatles, Armando Manzanero, Clifton Chenier, the Isley Brothers, Kraftwerk, Kris Kristofferson, and Maud Powell as Lifetime Achievement Award recipients; Rick Hall, Jim Marshall and Ennio Morricone as Trustees Award honorees; and Emile Berliner and Lexicon as Technical GRAMMY® Award recipients. A special invitation-only ceremony will be held during GRAMMY Week on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, and a formal acknowledgment will be made during the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards® telecast, which will be held at STAPLES Center in Los Ange

MT. JULIET, Tenn. (December 10, 2013) – Charlie Daniels, award-winning, platinum selling music icon, is proud to announce the release of his audio reading of the historical children’s poem about a man who hears Santa Claus on his rooftop on Christmas eve. Just in time for Christmas, Blue Hat Records in association with MRI/RED Distribution will release Daniels version of the audio reading of “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas” digitally on iTunes, Amazon, and all other digital outlets on December 10, 2013. “When “’Twas The Night Before Christmas” is read, if by some magic we could see into the imagination of those listening, we would most likely see a thousand different mental images of the “Jolly Old Elf” dressed all in red from his head to his toe. This beloved old poem has nurtured our personal perceptions of Santa Claus, symbolized the secular aspect of Christmas, transcended generations, and it still invokes visions of sugar plums and plants a question in even the most cynical

The Sound of Music Live! Dominated Thursday Night Ratings, Surpassing The Big Bang Theory and Earning NBC’s Best Non-Sports Thursday Ratings Since ER and Frasier Finales Nashville, TN – Six-time GRAMMY® winner Carrie Underwood took on the starring role of Maria in last night’s three-hour television production, The Sound of Music Live!, based on the original musical, and fans tuned-in en masse for the special event, with 18.5 million viewers solidifying a #1 primetime win for NBC across all half hours of the broadcast. The Sound of Music Live! dominated the night, delivering NBC’s best 18-49 non-sports Thursday ratings average since the 2009 series finale of ER, and also earning NBC its best non-sports Thursday rating in total viewers since the Frasier season finale in 2004. The Sound of Music Live! not only ranked #1 primetime in all 56 Nielsen-metered markets, but also became the first show since May of 2012 to surpass The Big Bang Theory in P2+ ratings. Also starring TV and

Taylor is currently touring Australia and New Zealand....where its almost Summer

wreck location: I 30 80 miles E of Dallas....weather was poor 3 hurt...from the Willie Web site: No one suffered serious injuries. Paul English injured his ankle, Billy English suffered a bruised hip and crew member Tom Hawkins has a cracked rib. The other family members on the bus are sore but everyone is expected to recover fully"

Courtesy of WWE Nashville, TN (November 19, 2013) – As their GOLD-certified, multi-week #1 smash “Round Here” suggests, Florida Georgia Line had the “country boy charm turned all the way up” last night (11/18) during WWE’s Monday Night RAW at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. With pyro blazing and customized graphics flashing lyrics, the breakthrough duo knocked out a high-energy performance of the hit, which was used as the show’s official theme song for the special edition of “Raw Country.” Watch here. FGL’s Brian Kelley (Ormond Beach, Florida) and Tyler Hubbard (Monroe, Georgia) also got in on the action backstage with segments featuring WWE Superstars John Cena, 3MB and Zack Ryder. While the WWE Divas used FGL’s 6X PLATINUM debut hit “Cruise” for a round of “musical chairs.” Monday Night Raw is the longest-running, weekly episodic program in U.S. primetime TV history and is the most-watched, regularly scheduled, year-round program on cable, airing live every Monday night on t