AMY AND JAMES OTTO PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THE BIRTH OF AVA KATHERINE OTTO

James Otto

Nashville, TN / August 25, 2010 – Country Music breakout star James Otto and his beautiful wife Amy are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Ava Katherine Otto. Born Tuesday night at 9:23pm at a Nashville-area hospital, Ava Katherine came into this world weighing 8 lbs., 2 oz. and is 19 1/2 inches long.

“We can’t believe Ava is finally here! She is beautiful like her Mama and I am already wrapped around her tiny finger. I am so grateful I made it home in time to be here for her arrival–it has truly already changed our lives,” said Otto.

Revolution: Live

Miranda Lambert To Release Her First Performance DVD

Revolution: Live By Candlelight Now Available For Pre-Sale At Amazon.com, In Stores Everywhere October 12

ACM Award-winning Top Female Vocalist Miranda Lambert will release her first performance DVD, Revolution: Live By Candlelight on October 12. The six-song DVD features rare, acoustic performances of five songs from her 2010 ACM Album of the Year, Revolution, including her back-to-back #1 singles, “White Liar,” and “The House That Built Me.” As an added bonus, the DVD also features one of her favorite songs, “Love Is Looking For You,” from her Kerosene album.

Revolution: Live By Candlelight also includes exclusive, never-before-seen footage of the stories behind the songs. The DVD was filmed in an intimate setting – a dimly lit stage surrounded with candles – which actually set off the fire alarm while recording!
Miranda is set to announce this year’s CMA Award final nominees in five categories with Dierks Bentley on Wednesday, Sept. 1 live from ABC’s “Good Morning America” studios in the heart of New York City’s Times Square. The announcement will air in the 8:30 AM/ET half-hour segment of the morning news program. That same morning, Miranda will also be appearing on NBC’s Today Show in the 10:00AM hour.

Lambert is also among the performers featured in that evening’s three-hour special “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock,” on ABC (airs Wednesday, Sept. 1 8:00-11:00 PM/ET). She performs her current single, “Only Prettier,” which is now beautifying the country radio charts.

Fans can pre-order their Revolution: Live By Candlelight DVD copy by clicking here.

James Heads to Sony

NASHVILLE, TN – Cool, TX native Casey James has turned his third place American Idol finish into record deal with Sony Music Nashville and 19 Recordings/BNA Records. The musician and singer/songwriter who’s been fronting the Casey James Band since 2008, had never even seen a single episode of the top rated show before auditioning in Denver and winning a golden ticket to Hollywood.

An elated James remarked, “Some dreams in life are only just that….dreams. All my life I have wanted this and now my dream has come true. Words can’t describe how thankful and blessed I am for the opportunity to give back to all those who have supported me. I’m going to work hard to make the best album possible! I want to thank my Momma for making me go to Denver. Look out! I’m Nashville bound!”

Sony Music Nashville Chairman and CEO Gary Overton says, “We at Sony Music Nashville are incredibly excited about signing Casey James. I flew to New York to see him ‘live’ with the American Idol Tour and I was blown away with his voice, guitar playing and stage presence…and so were the thousands of fans in the amphitheatre. He has honed his skills as a showman with his years of performing live on stage! I can’t wait to get him into the studio to begin recording his debut album.”

Simon Fuller, Creator of American Idol and founder of 19 Entertainment adds, “Casey is an exceptional talent and it is wonderful to see another of last year’s Idols secure a major record deal and the opportunity to fulfill many more dreams.”

James is currently on the American Idols Live! Tour 2010, and will soon be at work on his debut album, releasing next year.

Thompson Square

Nashville, TN (August 13, 2010)–Stoney Creek Records’ Thompson Square will hit the road this fall with Jason Aldean, closing out his Wide Open 2010 Arena Tour.

Starting on Oct. 21 in Champaign, IL and ending on Nov. 20 in Atlanta, GA, the husband-and-wife duo will open with a full-band for a whirlwind month on tour with multi-platinum country rocker Jason Aldean. “We are so pumped about going on tour with Jason Aldean,” says Keifer Thompson of Thompson Square. “Getting to perform our music to the fans on a tour as cool as the Wide Open tour is going to be an exciting time for us. We are really looking forward to the fall.”

Thompson Square received the exciting tour news while filming their first music video for their new single, “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not.” Directed and produced by Wes Edwards, the video was filmed on the beaches and city streets in historic St. Augustine, FL. The completed video will be released later this summer.

For more information on Thompson Square visit www.thompsonsquare.com

DATES AND VENUES WITH THOMPSON SQUARE OPENING:

10/21 Champaign, IL Assembly Hall – U of Illinois
10/22 Ft. Wayne, IN –Memorial Coliseum
10/23 Moline, IL– iWireless Center
10/28 Oklahoma City, OK –Ford Center
10/29 Springfield, MO –JQH Arena at Missouri State
11/18 Columbus, GA– Columbus Civic Center
11/19 Birmingham, AL– BJCC Arena
11/20 Atlanta, GA –Gwinnett Center

Rascal Flatts Unsoppable

Rascal Flatts continues a dominance in modern country music as they announce a new deal to join Big Machine Records.   With the news comes a new single called “Why Wait” and the following fun facts:

- Rascal Flatts will release their 7th album “Nothing Like This” on November 16th
- The debut single “Why Wait” is currently #34 BB and #46 MB on the radio charts
- “Unstoppable” the 6th CD is currently #29 on the Top 75 Country Albums Chart with over 1,249,000 units sold to date
- To date Rascal Flatts has sold over 17.74 million digital singles and more than 19.85 million albums in the U.S. alone
- Rascal Flatts have scored 11 #1 singles and have more titles in the 100 Songs of the Decade than any other group in the format
- Rascal Flatts has been awarded nearly 40 trophies from the ACMs, AMAs, Country Music Association, People’s Choice Awards and more
- The band is currently out on their headline “Nothing Like This” tour

Rascal Flatts: One of Country Music’s Succesful Groups

By J Kim

Rascal Flatts is a country music group made up of Gary LeVox (lead vocalist), Jay DeMarcus (bassist), and Joe Don Rooney (electric guitarist). Upon getting a record deal with Lyric Street Records, the group released their first album, Rascal Flatts, which would climb up to the #3 spot on the U.S. country albums chart.

The group’s next album, Melt, would peak at #5 on the U.S. albums charts and #1 on the U.S. country albums charts. Rascal Flatts, next two albums, Feels Like Today and Me and My Gang, both debuted at #1 on both the U.S. general and country music charts.

In 2003, the Rascal Flatts would find themselves waist deep in controversy, stemming from their controversial music video for “I Melt”, off of their Melt album. Some fans objected to the music video, which contained brief nudity of model Christina Auria in some sensual scenes with group member, Rooney.

While such a music video would hardly cause a stir on MTV or VH1, being showcased on the more conservative CMT and Great American Country music channels, the video inevitably brought the group much notoriety. The Melt album would garner the Rascal Flatts their first No. 1 country single, “These Days”.

In 2005, the group performed their hit single Bless the Broken Road live with contestant Carrie Underwood, on the popular television program American Idol. That same song was nominated for three Grammy awards including Song of the Year, Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and Best Country Song. The group would take home the Grammy award for Best Country Song.

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Taylor's 3rd Album

This week Taylor Swift released “Mine” the first single from her highly anticipated album “Speak Now.”

Within hours the single vaulted to the top of the iTunes music charts.    You’ll have to wait until 10/25/10  for the full album.

While you wait here are some fun facts about Tay Tay.
- Taylor Swift’s sophomore CD “Fearless” is currently #6 on the Top 75 Country Albums Chart with over 5,950,700 units sold to date
- Taylor Swift’s sophomore CD “Fearless” has accumulated more than 14.834 million individual track digital downloads
- To date Taylor Swift has sold over 28.76 million digital singles and more than 11.81 million albums in the U.S. alone

Swift Single Art

- The first single titled “Mine” was released to Country radio and iTunes early on Wednesday 8/4
- The single reached #1 overall on iTunes and Top 35 at radio within 6 hours of being released!
- The music video for “Mine” will premiere worldwide on MTV/CMT networks August 27th
- Taylor’s “Fifteen” is the only country nomination at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards – Best Female Video of the Year
- Swift received four 2010 Grammy Awards including Album, Country Album, Best Country Song and Best Country Female Vocal
- Swift was named 2009 Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards and picked up the additional Pop/Rock Female, Country Female, AC Artist and Country album awards
- Swift was the youngest artist in the 43-year history of the CMA’s to be awarded CMA Entertainer of the Year in 2009; also earning Female Vocalist, Album, Music Video and International Artist Achievement awards
- Taylor Swift’s dominated the 2009 Billboard Music Awards winning the categories of Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Radio Song of the Year, AC Artist, Top Country Artist and Top Country Album
- Taylor’s Fearless North American Tour sold out arenas and stadiums in 32 cities and 26 states in the US and Canada

- The third album from Taylor Swift titled “Speak Now” will be released October 25th.

Today Was a Fairytale – Single – Taylor Swift

Craig Morgan

The Craig Morgan Charity Ride is set for Saturday, August 7th and Sunday, August 8th, 2010, in Morgan’s hometown of Dickson, Tenn. (30 miles west of Nashville). Proceeds from the two-day event, which includes a ride and concert will benefit the Craig Morgan Charity Fund.

On Saturday, August 7th, the event will kick-off in Van Leer, TN (near Dickson), where you can join professional motocross riders Kevin Windham, Cowboy Kenny Bartrum, Fred Andrews, Barry Hawk and others for a motocross exhibition and a group trail ride – fun for the entire family. Gates will open at 8:00 am, exhibition and ride begin at 10:00 am and lunch will follow at 11:00 am.

The Ride tickets are as follows:
Pre-registration: Ride Tickets $40.00 and includes lunch
Day of Registration tickets $45.00 and includes lunch
Spectator tickets are available for $15 and include lunch.

Sunday, August 8th, Craig will host an acoustic concert with special guest Aaron Tippin at the Dickson Middle School in Dickson, TN. Doors will open at 6:00 pm the show will start at 7:30 PM. Tickets for this event are $35.

This years sponsors include: Fly Racing, Tennsco, The Dickson Herald, Tri-Star, Whitt’s Barbecue, The Dickson Shopper, Dikson Graphics, Mary K, McNeal M.D. and the Tennessee Bun Company.

Tickets may be purchased by clicking the link below, or you can visit your local Tri-Star Bank. Check local listings for locations.

http://bit.ly/CMCharityRide

More details are available at www.craigmorgan.com.

Jay and Allison

Rascal Flatts bassist and vocalist Jay DeMarcus and his wife, former Miss Tennessee and CMT Personality, Allison are anticipating the birth of their first child in January of 2011.

“Allison and I are thrilled about becoming parents. I am confident Ali will be a wonderful mother because she has done an incredible job raising me over the past six years,” says Jay.

“Jay and I are thrilled to let everyone know we are going to be parents! We can’t wait and are ecstatic to share our news,” adds Allison.

Jay and Allison were married May 15, 2004 in Nashville, Tenn.