Jon Pardi Got “Cleaned Up” but Only “So Fancy” for Performance of “Dirt on My Boots”

Jon Pardi Got “Cleaned Up” but Only “So Fancy” for Performance of “Dirt on My Boots”

Posted on March 23, 2017

California native Jon Pardi boot-scooted up to NYC today (March 23) to perform his recent No. 1 hit, “Dirt on My Boots,” on Good Morning America.

Donning his best denim, hat and boots, the ACM New Male Vocalist of the Year got “cleaned up” for the gig, but only “so fancy,” just like it says in the lyrics of the aforementioned tune.

“I saw my 22-year-old self getting off a tractor and going to take a shower and putting his work boots back on and going and hanging out with a girl and having a good time dancing or something,” Jon said previously about the song. “And I really connected to the lyrics of it. It’s very country lyrics. It has tractors. It has cutting a rug. My favorite [line]: ‘I can get cleaned up, but I can only get so fancy,’ and I loved it. It was a great written country lyric, and I really think we made it more of a traditional feel with a modern flair to it, and I was really proud of that track.”

Watch Jon’s GMA performance below

Exclusive Premiere: Watch RaeLynn Unleash “WildHorse” Backstage at the Opry Lounge

Exclusive Premiere: Watch RaeLynn Unleash “WildHorse” Backstage at the Opry Lounge

Posted on March 23, 2017

On Friday, March 24, RaeLynn will release her debut album, WildHorse, a 12-song offering featuring 11-songs the 22-year-old co-wrote.

To gear up for her wild release, RaeLynn stopped by the Grand Ole Opry on Feb. 21 and performed a trio of songs from her new album, including “Diamonds,” “Insecure” and the lead single, “Love Triangle,” which is currently No. 29 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. But her onstage performance was just part of the fun.

Backstage in the Opry Lounge before she stepped foot on the famed Opry circle, RaeLynn unleashed an acoustic version of her album’s title track, “WildHorse,” a personal song that was inspired by a poem her grandmother penned about her mom.

“My Memaw, my mother’s mom, wrote a poem about my mom and it was titled ‘WildHorse,’” says RaeLynn to Nash Country Daily. “It was talking about how she was the good kind of crazy, and there were no fences around her, she was just kind of the girl that kind of did whatever she wanted, but not in a bad way. It’s just like she was her wild horse. My mom found this poem and began to cry. My Memaw and my Pepaw were like the biggest fans of country music. They are smiling down from heaven like no other with me. I mean, honestly, like every time I do anything—my Opry debut dress went into the Hall of Fame, like any of these things that have happened in my life—my mom always says, ‘I wish your grandparents could be here because they’d be so excited.’ I named the song and record after my Memaw.”

Watch RaeLynn perform “WildHorse” in the Opry’s Live From the Lounge video.

Trisha Yearwood Cooks Up a Daytime Emmy Nomination

Trisha Yearwood Cooks Up a Daytime Emmy Nomination

Posted on March 23, 2017

For nine seasons, Trisha Yearwood has been dishing out tasty creations on her award-winning cooking show, Trisha’s Southern Kitchen, which airs on the Food Network on Saturdays.

Trisha could soon have another award for her trophy case. Trisha’s Southern Kitchen was nominated for Outstanding Culinary Program at this year’s Daytime Emmy Awards. The winners will be announced on April 30.

Trisha, who serves as the host and executive producer of the show, won a Daytime Emmy in 2013 for Outstanding Culinary Program.

The Daytime Emmy Awards recognize outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2 a.m.-6 p.m. during the calendar year.

Have a look at Trisha’s competition for this year’s Outstanding Culinary Program.

  • Trisha’s Southern Kitchen
  • The Mind of a Chef
  • America’s Test Kitchen  
  • Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics  
  • Eat the World With Emeril Lagasse     
  • Guy’s Big Bite

photo courtesy Russ Harrington/Food Network

Namaste: Carrie Underwood Finds a Yoga Partner in Son Isaiah [Watch]

Namaste: Carrie Underwood Finds a Yoga Partner in Son Isaiah [Watch]

Posted on March 23, 2017

Carrie Underwood found a yoga partner in her 2-year-old son, Isaiah.

The toddler was decked out in a pair of onesie pajamas for the workout video that Carrie posted on Instagram yesterday (March 22). The mom-and-son fitness team showed off their best downward facing dog, cobra, and child’s pose during the clip, as well some squats at the end.

“My workout buddy…mama’s in @caliabycarrie and the big man is in his fire truck PJs…whatever works! #StayThePath PS, please excuse my yoga form…I don’t do much yoga, but like to stretch…”

Reba Reflects on the ACM Awards as a Past Host and Performer: “Dick Clark Taught Me So Much”

Reba Reflects on the ACM Awards as a Past Host and Performer: “Dick Clark Taught Me So Much”

Posted on March 23, 2017

In the 51-year history of the ACM Awards, Reba McEntire has hosted or co-hosted the show a record 17 times. That’s an astonishing one-third of all the ACM Awards shows.

While she won’t be at the helm during this year’s show—that honor goes to Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley—Reba will be performing during the telecast.

In a Music Choice video exclusive, Reba says that Dick Clark, who had a longstanding relationship with the ACM Awards, was the one who taught her how to be both a host and a performer.

“When you say ‘ACM Awards,’ I think [of] Dick Clark,” says Reba. “He taught me so much as I was not only performing . . . but also he taught me how to get out there and be a host. He gave me lots of chances. I’ve hosted by myself. I’ve co-hosted with other folks, co-hosted with two other co-hosts, so it was a lot of fun, and when you say ‘ACMs’ . . . you think Hollywood and Nashville come together, because he always added movie stars or TV stars to come in and to be a part of it. So to us in the country music business, it was like ‘Oh my gosh, I wonder who he’s gonna get this year?’ and we were all very excited about it too. I miss him so much.”

Watch the Music Choice video below, and tune in to the 52 annual ACM Awards on CBS on Sunday, April 2, 7 p.m. CT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l4eSikJ7vk&feature=youtu.be

Video and photo courtesy of Music Choice

Watch Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban’s Free-for-All Jam Session

Watch Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban’s Free-for-All Jam Session

Posted on March 23, 2017

Keith Urban laid it down, and Harry Connick Jr. picked it up.

Yesterday (March 22), Keith stopped by Harry Connick Jr.’s daytime talk show, Harry, to chat with the host about a variety of topics, play a game of Celebrity Swipes and treat viewers to a free-for-all jam session in which Keith riffed on his axe while Harry tickled the ivory.

“One of the best parts of being on this show is that I get to play music with my favorite band in the world, and every once in a while we get a special guest, and today it’s my brother Keith Urban,” said Harry. “We’re gonna show you what a jam session is like. We didn’t really work on this . . . ”

“I already forgot the groove,” interjected Keith.

“I did too,” said Harry.

“’Cause we were just jammin’, and I’m like, ‘I have no clue what we’re doing’,” said Keith.

“So we don’t know what we’re about to do. Keith, kick it off and let’s see where it goes,” said Harry.

Watch This Week’s Top 10 Outtakes From Season 12 of “The Voice,” Including Hijinks Between Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan

Watch This Week’s Top 10 Outtakes From Season 12 of “The Voice,” Including Hijinks Between Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan

Posted on March 22, 2017

The Battle Rounds are underway on Season 12 of The Voice, and that means coaches Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Gwen Stefani and Alicia Keys have been utilizing their respective advisors—Luke Bryan, John Legend, Celine Dion and DJ Khaled—to help their team members with song arrangement and stage presence, among other variable.

It just so happens that the addition of the advisors made for some pretty funny outtakes, including hijinks between Luke and Blake, who seems to have a slight problem with profanity.

Check out this week’s Top 10 Outtakes below.

David Martin Looks Back At the Wide Receiver-Tight End Debate

David Martin Looks Back At the Wide Receiver-Tight End Debate

Posted on March 22, 2017
David Martin / via UTsports.com

David Martin spent 11 years playing tight end in the NFL.

Martin, who played the first six years of his pro career in Green Bay before moving on to Miami and Buffalo, played wide receiver at the University of Tennessee from 1997-2000.

Many Tennessee fans thought at the time that Martin should switch to tight end while he was playing for the Vols. So what led him to decide to make the transition in the NFL?

“I didn’t decide; the NFL decided for me,” Martin said on WNML on Tuesday. “I got drafted as a tight end. … A lot of guys don’t get that opportunity. I just took it and ran with it.”

Martin’s success in the NFL has led to the “what if” discussion with his college career. Martin said he often jokes with former UT coach Phillip Fulmer and his offensive staff members about the wide receiver-tight end debate while he was in college.

“Now that I played tight end, they all say, ‘I told you that you should have been a tight end,’ but I don’t remember that conversation,” Martin said as he laughed. “We talk about it all the time. (Fulmer) claims that he always told me that, but I don’t remember that.”

Martin also talked about his career in the NFL, his transition into coaching as he works on staff at Maryville college and an important event coming up to help Alzheimer’s Tennessee. Listen below.

Martin will be at the Northshore Open on Thursday — a fun gathering for golfers and your first chance to sign up for the 13th Annual Alzheimer’s Tennessee Memory Links Golf Classic on Monday, May 15th at Gettysvue. Thursday’s event, which is free to attend, will last from 4:30 – 6:30. Former Tennessee quarterback Erik Ainge will be in attendance from 4:30 – 5:30.

Pet Central Sponsorship Opportunities

Posted on March 22, 2017
Pet Central 3

WIVK, NewsTalk 98.7 and Sports Radio WNML will be supporting each stations\’ Pet Central online resource with on air promos and live mentions from our jocks. Each station will be running up to (10) :30 recorded promos and (10) :15 live mentions per week along with 10,000 streaming impressions/wk in support of this program.

Full-width feature on Pet Central: $650 per month

This feature runs across the cluster of Cumulus Knoxville radio station websites – WIVK.com, NewsTalk987.com and SportsRadioWNML.com. In addition to logo integration into the feature\’s header image, you will also receive the following each month:

  • 30,000 streaming impressions that run across our radio cluster\’s online broadcasts

  • 30,000 website/mobile app banner impressions that run across our radio cluster\’s websites and mobile apps that click thru to your website

  • Name and/or logo inclusion in one station e-blast/mo to each radio stations\’ VIP databses

Half-width feature on Pet Central: $500 per month

This feature runs across the cluster of Cumulus Knoxville radio station websites – WIVK.com, NewsTalk987.com and SportsRadioWNML.com. In addition to logo integration into the feature\’s header image, you will also receive the following each month:

  • 20,000 streaming impressions that run across our radio cluster\’s online broadcasts

  • 20,000 website/mobile app banner impressions that run across our radio cluster\’s websites and mobile apps that click thru to your website

  • Name and/or logo inclusion in one station e-blast/mo to each radio stations\’ VIP databses

Logo Inclusion in Sponsor Section: $100/mo + Coupon for users

Logo clicks thru to coupon page

Coupon page will have participating sponsors\’ coupon offerings as well as a click thru to their website 

  • 10,000 streaming impressions that run across our radio cluster\’s online broadcasts

  • 10,000 website/mobile app banner impressions that run across our radio cluster\’s websites and mobile apps that click thru to your website

As a Feature Sponsor we can work together to develop a Feature YOU want to sponsor.

We\’ve developed some initial Features that we feel will work very well with this concept and our audiences. Pick from this list or let your Cumulus Knoxville representative know and we will work with you on something unique.

  • Pet health tip of the week, Pet training tip of the week,  Dog Facts, Cat Facts, Adoptable Pets, Famous Pets 

Monthly Pet Contest: $1000 per 4-week contest + Grand Prize ($200 value)

Pet Contests can be anything from Cutest Pet to Pets That Look Like their Humans to Pets Doing Crazy Things and so on. Contest will vary each month, and as the title sponsor you will receive the following:

  • 30 live :15 on-air commercials announcements per month M-F 6a-7p across the Cumulus radio Cluster
    • Example \”Contest brought to you by ________\”
  • Web display on the premium contest page
  • Logo/link and bounceback page once entries are completed
  • 50,000 :30 streaming impressions on WIVK, NewsTalk 98.7 and Sports Radio WNML\’s websites and mobile apps M-F 6a-7p (Name and :15 tag)
  • Custom rotating leaderboard (728×90) & supercube (300×600) web display throughout websites (50,000 impressions/mo)
  • Inclusion in 1 exclusive cluster-wide E-Blast promoting this contest (25,000 database)
  • Database of email addresses from contest entries for remarketing purposes
More Performers Added To Academy of Country Music Awards, including Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

More Performers Added To Academy of Country Music Awards, including Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

Posted on March 22, 2017

The Academy of Country Music has announced a second round of artists scheduled to perform at the 52 Annual ACM awards on Sunday, April 2, in Las Vegas.

The new list of performers are Lauren Daigle, Faith Hill, Sam Hunt Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Reba McEntire, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, Cole Swindell, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban.

Previously announced performers include Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line with the Backstreet Boys, Lady Antebellum, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, and Jon Pardi.

Cole Swindell, who was so excited about his performance slot, took to Twitter to announce that he will be performing his current single, “Flatliner,” with his pal, Dierks Bentley.

Stay plugged in to Nash Country Daily as more performers and presenters will be announced in coming weeks.

https://twitter.com/coleswindell/status/844575674773864453

Photos by Tammie Arroyo / AFF-USA.COM

Country News

Weather

  • Forecast
  • Currents
  • Planner