Month: May 2011

The Recording Academy Nashville Chapter has launched its annual FANtasy Auction! The Chapter will feature new items and experience packages each month. Carrie has donated an autographed guitar for their auction. Proceeds from the FANtasy Auction help fund the Chapter’s yearly programming. Known for its continuing professional education and industry networking efforts, the Nashville Chapter produces an expansive program of professional services to meet the needs of the local music community. Make a bid HERE.

CARRIE UNDERWOOD TO JOURNEY DOWN UNDER FOR FIRST PROMOTIONAL TRIP TO AUSTRALIA

Carrie Underwood will make her first-ever trip to Australia this summer to promote the June 10th release of PLAY ON: DELUXE EDITION in Australia and New Zealand. The Deluxe Edition features Underwood’s current album PLAY ON plus an additional CD that includes 6 of her previous #1 singles.

Underwood’s Australian visit will launch mid-June and will undertake a full promotional schedule while visiting Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. She also hopes to enjoy some down time and take in some of the local highlights. “I am really looking forward to my first trip to Australia,” says Underwood. “I can’t wait to meet my fans down under, and hope to make some new fans too! I’ve always dreamed of playing in Australia, and hope to have time to explore some of the sights this amazing country has to offer!”

Soul Surfer, the film in which Underwood made her big screen debut, will be released in Australia later this month.

One of music’s most powerful vocalists, Underwood is a five-time Grammy Award winner, a two-time Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year, a three-time CMA and ACM Female Vocalist winner, and a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Since her debut CD in 2005, Underwood has amassed more than 13 million in album sales and has placed 13 #1 singles on the charts. Underwood was the top-ranked female country touring artist of 2010.

PLAY ON : DELUXE EDITION : TRACK LISTING :

CD2 (Additional Tracks) 1. Don’t Forget To Remember Me 2. Jesus, Take The Wheel 3. Before He Cheats 4. So Small 5. Just A Dream 6. Last Name 7. Home Sweet Home

1. Cowboy Casanova
2. Quitter
3. Mama’s Song
4. Change
5. Undo It
6. Someday When I Stop Loving You
7. Songs Like This
8. Temporary Home
9. This Time
10. Look At Me
11. Unapologize
12. What Can I Say (Featuring Sons of Sylvia)
13. Play On

CARRIE UNDERWOOD TO GUEST HOST AMERICA’S OPRY WEEKEND NEW FACES OF COUNTRY SPECIAL WEEKEND OF MARCH 5

Country music superstar Carrie Underwood will shine the spotlight on country music’s hottest new stars as she co-hosts the America’s Opry Weekend New Faces of Country Special the weekend of March 5. Underwood made her Grand Ole Opry debut six years ago less than two weeks after winning the 4th season of “American Idol.” Now the multi-award-winning, multi-platinum-selling superstar member of the Opry will share her success story as well as playing the music of some of the hot new voices on the Opry stage and on the country music charts throughout the special.

Among the artists and songs listeners will hear are “Undo It,” Underwood; “If I Die Young,” The Band Perry; “I’m A Little More Country Than That,” Easton Corbin; “Smoke A Little Smoke,” Eric Church; “Boots On,” Randy Houser and “Someone Else Calling You Baby,” Luke Bryan.

Programmers interested in the special contact Todd Alan at Westwood One at (212) 641-2042 or todd_alan@westwoodone.com or Donny Walker at (917) 957-5028 or donny_walker@westwoodone.com.

America’s Opry Weekend is hosted each week by Mike Terry and presents top artists’ performances from the Opry stage, studio hits, and interviews and behind the scenes reports from backstage at the Opry. The show is serviced by Westwood One and airs on country radio stations across the country and on the Armed Forces Radio Network.

“IDOL ACROSS AMERICA” MOBILE EXPERIENCE LAUNCHES WEDNESDAY 1/19 IN LOS ANGELES

In celebration of its much-anticipated 10th season, AMERICAN IDOL will launch IDOL ACROSS AMERICA, a biodiesel-fueled mobile experience tour traveling to 16 cities across the U.S. over a four-week period beginning Wednesday, Jan. 19.

During the mobile tour, visitors who are U.S. residents 15 years of age or older will have the opportunity to record their own take on the “This is AMERICAN IDOL…” introduction made famous by Ryan Seacrest and be entered into a nationwide contest for a chance to win a trip to Hollywood to deliver the famous line on the IDOL stage alongside Ryan! For eligibility, complete rules and more information, check out americanidol.com <https://www.americanidol.com/ > .

As part of the tour, fans will also have the opportunity to participate in the “Be Your Own Idol” singing experience and pose for photos – which they can pick up online and then upload to their favorite social-networking sites – at the IDOL judges’ table alongside life-size standees of host Ryan Seacrest and judges Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler.

In addition to viewing one-of-a-kind AMERICAN IDOL memorabilia – including framed platinum records, Ryan Seacrest’s suit, Carrie Underwood’s finale dress and David Cook’s guitar – and photos, fans can take a trip down memory lane by watching the special “Welcome Home” documentary that showcases all nine past IDOL winners.

The 10th season of AMERICAN IDOL kicks off with a two-night premiere Wednesday, Jan. 19 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Thursday, Jan. 20 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

IDOL ACROSS AMERICA launches at the following locations:

City Date Location
Los Angeles, CA Wednesday, Jan. 19 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
Third Street Promenade / Santa Monica
5:00-9:00 PM
LA Live / Downtown Los Angeles

Additional IDOL ACROSS AMERICA stops are as follows:

City Date
San Diego, CA Wednesday, Jan. 26
Phoenix, AZ Friday, Jan. 28
Houston, TX Wednesday, Feb. 2
Dallas, TX Saturday, Feb. 5
Dallas, TX (Super Bowl XLV) Sunday, Feb. 6
New Orleans, LA Tuesday, Feb. 8
Birmingham, AL Thursday, Feb. 10
Chicago, IL Sunday, Feb. 13
Nashville, TN Tuesday, Feb. 15
Atlanta, GA Thursday, Feb. 17
Charlotte, NC Friday, Feb. 18
Washington, D.C. Sunday, Feb. 20
Baltimore, MD Tuesday, Feb. 22
Philadelphia, PA Wednesday, Feb. 23
New York, NY Thursday, Feb. 24
New York, NY Friday, Feb. 25
Boston, MA Saturday, Feb. 26

Visit americanidol.com <https://www.americanidol.com/ > to follow IDOL ACROSS AMERICA as it makes its way around the country and also for exclusive videos, interviews and photos, as well as special behind-the-scenes information and all of your AMERICAN IDOL news.

COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME® AND MUSEUM HONORS SUPERSTARS BRAD PAISLEY AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD WITH SPOTLIGHT EXHIBIT

Hosts with the Most: Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood to Open January 18, 2011

Hosts with the Most: Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, a spotlight exhibit featuring stage costumes worn by Paisley and Underwood when they hosted the 2010 Country Music Association Awards last November, will open January 18, 2011, at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum.

The exhibit will feature a black ensemble worn by Paisley, including a John Richmond jacket with gold-beaded lapels; and a pleated tulle ballerina dress, embellished with 15,000 rhinestones, worn by Underwood. The gown was designed by Georges Chakra, who used a traditional Turkish embroidery technique called sarma that was highly prized in the court of the Ottoman Empire.

The November 10, 2010, telecast marked the third consecutive year that Paisley and Underwood co-hosted the CMA Awards. Paisley was named CMA’s Entertainer of the Year that night.

Hosts with the Most: Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, which is included with regular Museum admission, will remain open through June 30, 2011.

Carrie is up for a 3 People’s Choice Awards tonight. Watch the show live at 9/8C on CBS. Red carpet live streaming event starts at 7:30ET on PeoplesChoice.com.

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New Country 93.7 JRfm (CJJR-FM) and Carrie are having a friendly bet to support two great causes. The JRfm Waking Crew was joined by Carrie this morning to discuss the Vancouver Canucks / Nashville Predators hockey series, with each supporting their favourite team and charity.

The JRfm Waking Crew, Clay St.Thomas and Karen Daniels, are confident that the Canucks will win and move on to Round 3 of the playoffs. But Carrie feels her husband, Mike Fisher, and his Nashville teammates will pull through. So they’ve made a bet! If the Canucks win then Carrie will donate a signed guitar to the JRfm Basics for Babies® campaign. But if Nashville wins then the JRfm Waking Crew will donate $937 to Carrie’s favourite charity.

Basics for Babies® assists families with kids two years and under through the Lower Mainland Food Banks with diapers, baby food and formula. Since its inception in 1994, Basics for Babies® has raised over $1.69 million and hundreds of thousands of pounds of baby items.

To hear the clip of Carrie with the JRfm Waking Crew, visit Clay and Karen’s blog at https://clayandkaren.com

93.7 JRfm is part of the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group.