The Music City Minute...

 

 

 

Rascal Flatts and Nashville actress Hayden Panettiere are hosting the 3rd Annual CMT Artists of the Year event next weekend.  The special features the most exclusive gathering of country music superstars of the year with performances and special appearances.  Check it out next Saturday night on CMT

 

 

Photo:  RCA Records Nashville

 

Miranda Lambert took to Twitter earlier this week to explain why she was up so early.  Seems like Miranda was too excited to sleep!  This Pistol Annies started recording their second album on Monday.  No word yet on a release date.

 

 

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The Pistol Annies aren’t the only ones in the recording studio.  Despite having recently released their holiday album, On This Winter’s Night, Lady Antebellum is also back in the studio working on their fourth studio album.  They’re just about halfway through the process…with no set end date planned.  The group says…they’ll finish…when they finish.

 

 

Photo:  RCA Records Nashville

 

Jake Owen celebrates his third consecutive #1 song this week with “The One That Got Away”.  This is Jake’s first #1 hit as a songwriter.  Jake performs “The One That Got Away” on the American Country Awards on December 10th.  He’s also nominated for four awards!

 

 


 

Carrie Underwood’s new single “Two Black Cadillacs” is about betrayal and a secret left at the grave.  Sounds massive, right?  But the original idea started with a simple title.  Carrie and her co-writers actually built the song around those three words.  Get a sneak peek at the video now ...

 

 


 

Lady Antebellum has millions of fans…Charles Kelley’s crazy Aunt Bella ISN’T one of them, however!  See what I’m talking about in the latest installment of Lady Antebellum’s Webisode series.

 

 

Photo:  USO / Fred Greaves 

 

Trace Adkins is in Japan this week performing four private concerts for U.S. troops and their families.  This makes Trace’s seventh USO/ Armed Forces Entertainment tour in 11 years.