By Southern Pigskin StaffSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Early in 2012, Jana Kramer was driving to the store, and listening to Nashville radio powerhouse WSIX. Not that monumental, you say? Think again. By Chuck Dauphin; March 15, Billboard “I saw my name on the stereo receiver. […]
Young Guns Plant Themselves On The Charts
By Music Row InsiderSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Led by 19-year-old Scotty McCreery Labels are always searching for young male talent, and they seem to have found it in Hunter Hayes, Thomas Rhett, Tyler Farr and Scotty McCreery. As the youngest of the group at age 19, […]
Win a Trip to Nashville for Music City Gives Back
By Music Row InsiderSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Win a VIP music experience and meet Rodney Atkins. Check it out. Tornados has your chance to win an awesome experience for two! Enter their contest on Facebook here and get the chance to: 1. MEET (our boy) Rodney Atkins […]
Thank Heaven for Little (Lady A) Girls
By Southern Pigskin StaffSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott recently revealed she’s pregnant with a baby girl. And I say, thank heaven. Alison Bonaguro; March 15, 2013, CMT I’m sure she will be her mother’s little sweetheart, an angel and an eventual best […]
Rodney Atkins’ America’s Heroes Celebration
By Music Row InsiderSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page East Tennessee-native Rodney Atkins will rock the Jekyll Island Convention Center stage on August 18 with songs off his yet-to-be-released new album. JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. – Enjoy a weekend of music, food and fun on Jekyll Island this August […]
Randy Travis Hospitalized
By Music Row InsiderSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Singer in critical condition Dallas, Tx. (July 8, 2013) – Country singer Randy Travis has been admitted to a Texas hospital and is listed in critical condition. The Grammy winner is suffering from complications of recently acquired viral cardiomyopathy. […]
Jana Shines at the ACM Awards
By Southern Pigskin StaffSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Making her ACM debut as a Newcomer of the Year Nominee The 29-year old Jana Kramer sparkled at the American Country Music awards on Sunday. Her nomination for Newcomer of the year was well earned, and we’re sure this […]
Jana Kramer Stunning at the CMT Awards
By Music Row InsiderSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page The night’s best dressed artist At this year’s CMT awards Jana Kramer brought her A-game to both the purple carpet and big stage. She beat out country music’s Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood when she showed up wearing a […]
Jana Kramer Pranked by Darius Rucker and crew
By Music Row InsiderSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Jana Keeps her cool and plays along June 30th may have been the last night of Darius Rucker’s ‘True Believers’ tour for superstar Jana Kramer, but that didn’t stop her from having the time of her life at DTE […]
65th Emmy Nominations
By Music Row InsiderSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Feature Country Influence The pallet for the famous Emmy awards often excludes country music. Not this year. On Thursday morning it was announced that Connie Britton has been nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her performance […]
Happy Independence Day, Country Music Fans
By Music Row InsiderSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page God Bless America and Country Music Here’s to you! You’ve heard it a million times: There’s nothing more American than country music. And where better to celebrate it than the Country Music Capital of the World? This July 4th, […]
George Strait Announces Final Tour
By Music Row InsiderSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page The Cowboy Rides Away Moments ago at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, George Strait, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and the Messina Group’s Louis Messina announced dates for the final leg of The Cowboy Rides Away Tour. Commencing Jan. 9 […]
Friday News Roundup
By Music Row InsiderSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page The week’s top country news Still hungry for even more country music news? Here are some of today’s stories from our friends at Taste of Country. – The Swon Brothers Reveal That Blake Shelton Is ‘All Business’ Right Now […]
Ducks head North for Summer
By Music Row InsiderSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Willie of Duck Dynasty set for Craven Country Jamboree! Craven, Saskatchewan – Craven Country Jamboree, The World’s Greatest Country Music Festival, will sprout a lot of facial hair and maybe even sport some camo on Sunday, July 14 with […]
Country World Reacts to Rolling Stone Magazine’s Newest Cover
By Music Row InsiderSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Brad Paisley speaks out against the magazine After Massachusetts Mayor, Thomas Menino, wrote to Rolling Stone’s chief editors in heated response to their placement of a Boston Marathon Bomber on the front cover of their most recent issue, others […]
Clint Black and Cracker Barrel Team Up
By Music Row InsiderSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page “When I Said I Do” Album Release LEBANON, Tenn. – (July 9, 2013) – Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® and Clint Black announce the release of When I Said I Do, Black’s newest CD, which will be available on […]
Chase Rice to Release “Ready Set Roll”
By Music Row InsiderSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Live Nation’s Ones to Watch NASHVILLE, Tenn. – September 9, 2013 – Country newcomer Chase Rice has been on the road building a fan base show-by-show, city-by-city since 2012, and now, with the release of his new single “Ready […]