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SHERRIE' AUSTIN PROUD
OF INDY SALES OF ALBUM
Sherrie' Austin and her
independent label, W.E. Records, is proud of selling 10,000 copies of her
new CD, FOLLOWIN' A FEELIN', has sold in its first month of release.
"Our grassroots marketing plan is to get to the fans," says W.E. Records
President, Ree Guyer Buchanan. "The sales are an affirmation that our plan is
working." (Nashville Update)
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BORN TO HELP THE
CHILDREN
Sara Evans, Mark
McGuinn, Trick Pony, Darryl Worley, Chris Cagle, Sawyer Brown and Mark Chesnutt are among
the artists who will play the 19th annual
Budweiser Downtown Hoedown in Detroit from May 18-20. Proceeds from the
concert, part of Detroit's 300th birthday celebration, will help the city's various youth
programs. (WGAR)
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ALL IN THE FAMILY
Travis Tritt's
performance gene seems to have shown up in the next generation. Tritt says when his wife
took their three-year-old daughter and
two-year-old son to the pediatrician on the same day, their daughter went
first. He says when his wife came out of the boy's appointment she found the girl up on
the counter, singing daddy's songs for the nurses. But she has a varied repertoire. Tritt
says she was also belting the ABC's. (Country 105)
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I'M SPECIAL, SO SPECIAL
Jessica Andrews is
thrilled that she got her first No. 1 song with "Who I Am," the title song off her sophomore album. "This song is just very special to me," she says. "It's [very personal], and to have a song like that that
everybody in the world can hear is just really special." (WGAR)
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LILA COMES A
LITTLE CLOSER TO HER NEXT HIT
Lila McCann is off
to a strong start with "Come
a Little Closer," the
first single from her upcoming album, Complete. As
evidence of that, Lila's single joins the new releases from Lonestar, Lee Ann Womack and
Jo Dee Messina as the "most added" tracks to radio station playlists throughout
the nation. Lila plans to move the initial success to a higher level this coming Wednesday
in Los Angeles when she films the music video for "Come a Little Closer." The
clip will be directed by Gerry Wenner, whose credits include productions for Reba
McEntire, Vince Gill, Salt-n-Pepa and Harry Connick Jr.
Lila's new album will be in stores June 26th. (T-100)
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SHeDAISY JOINS 4TH TOP
10 HITS FROM DEBUT CLUB
SHeDAISY became a
member of a small, but elite, formerly all male, club when
the fourth single ("Lucky 4 You Tonight I'm Just Me") from their platinum plus
debut album THE WHOLE SHeBANG entered Radio & Record's Top 10 chart. The only other
artists/songwriters with debut albums producing four consecutive Top Ten hits - which they
also wrote (or co-wrote) - in nearly ten years are Little Texas with their 1992 debut
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING, Brooks & Dunn's 1991 debut BRAND NEW MAN, Alan Jackson's
1990 debut HERE IN THE REAL WORLD and Clint Black's debut KILLIN' TIME. SHeDAISY is
currently in the studio with producer Dann Huff working on their next album which will be
released in early 2002. (Nashville Update)
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GARY ALLAN: SHOW NO
SIGNS OF SLOWING SALE
Gary Allan's Smoke Rings In
The Dark (1999) has re-entered the Top 15 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, due to
the success of his latest single, "Right Where I Need To Be." That song,
meanwhile, sits at No. 12 on the April 21 Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
chart. (WGAR)
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SHERRIE'S HEART WAS
"RACING" LAST WEEKEND
Sherrié Austin
accepted an invitation from Opry executives and attended the grand opening of the
Nashville Superspeedway this past Easter weekend. This was a first for the Aussie who
hasn't attended a lot of sporting events, and she also found herself on the jumbo-tron
viewed by over 40,000 racing enthusiasts. Sherrié says that the experience inspired her
in ways she hadn' t expecting saying, quote, "I don't want to just watch, I want to
drive one of those things." The event was a first for Nashville as well, as it opened
the very first NASCAR facility in the state of Tennessee and welcomed the only NASCAR race
held that weekend. As for Sherrié, her current single, "Jolene," also continues "racing" up the
charts. (T-100)
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PLAYBOY ASKS PATTY FOR PHOTOS
Don't jump to conclusions
when you learn that the July issue of Playboy magazine will feature photos of Patty
Loveless. It's really nothingcontroversial at all. Patty's upcoming album, Mountain Soul,
is being featured as the lead review in Playboy's music section. Patty says, quote, ""Someone left a message on my
machine, saying they needed pictures for Playboy. I thought it was a prank call and was
laughing so hard, I actually had to listen to the message again before I realized that it
was serious -- they needed pictures for Playboy! Thank heavens it's my music they're
focusing on and not my body -- I don't know that I would be the girl of the month, if you
know what I mean." (T-100)
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NEW SINGLE
Mary Chapin Carpenter has
released "Simple Life" as the first single from her upcoming album, Time*Sex*Love. (Sonic Net)
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THE TEST
Phil Vassar is about to
find out where the little white lie lines are. He's heading for Los Angeles to be one of
the first celebrity guests on a new late-night show called 'The Test.' The show will debut
on the F-X network in two weeks. It's a daily interactive talk show featuring four
celebrity panelists who will answer questions about their thinking, behaviour and beliefs.
Vassar's spokeswoman says he'll be hit with questions like 'Would you return cash you
found in the back of a taxi?' and 'If your best friend got a horrible haircut, would you
tell them the truth?' (Country 105)
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MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER TAKES HER
"TIME"
As we've reported
previously, next month Mary Chapin Carpenter will release Time* Sex* Love*, her first studio album in five years. For fans wondering what
took her so long, Mary Chapin explains that the reason is a simple one. She says, quote, "[Until now], I hadn't been writing
anything that I was really excited about." She goes on to say that she preferred to wait until she had a group of
songs that she was really jazzed about. When the time finally came to record the album,
Mary Chapin went to London, England and she says it was the perfect setting. She adds,
quote, "I've recorded all
of my records in the same way. I went to London because I felt the time had come to put
myself in a different environment and see what that would do for me [creatively]." Time* Sex* Love* is due in stores May 29th.
(T-100)
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JAPANESE COUNTRY
Born in Tokyo, Miya
Ishida has been influenced since very small by her father Shintaro, who is a top steel
guitarist in Japan and leader of his band 'Citylites' This led to her acquiring an
interest in country music as a child. Since 1990 she has been actively singing on a
regular basis in such country music spots as 'Nashville' in Ginza, 'Crocodile' in
Harajuku, and 'Lonestarcafe' in Takadanobaba and 'Interplay"' in Fujisawa. She has
also performed in several large stage shows. Her favorite singers are Reba McEntire, Mary
Chapin Carpenter, Suzy Bogguss, Shania Twain , LeAnn Rimes,Dixie Chicks and many others.
During the past several years, her popularity has quickly spread among country music fans
throughout Japan. She is considered one of the most promising female country singers in
Japan today. (Country 105)
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I AM GOLD
Jessica Andrews' sophomore
album, Who I Am, has been certified gold for sales of 500,000 units, reports her spokesperson. The
album's title track is the No. 1 country single and No. 1 video. Meanwhile, Jessica is
teaming up with Kenny Chesney for a few concerts this month. (Country Now)
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RECORD BREKER
Sherrie Austin set the attendance
record for in-store artist appearances Saturday at the Tower Records at Opry Mills.
Publicists say that 400 folks came into the store for her appearance promoting the new
Followin' a Feelin'. Tower folks said it was based on an unscientific head count, but
Sherrie brought in more than previous big crowd draws Self and Toby Keith. How do you like
her now? (Tennesseean)
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LEANN RIMES TO HOST THE ACMS
LeAnn Rimes has signed on
as the host of the 36th annual Academy of Country Music Awards next month. The honor
continues what has been a career filled with highs for LeAnn. The double GRAMMY award
winner has scored three ACM awards for herself in previous years and recently made her
film debut in "Coyote Ugly." Show organizers say they're delighted about LeAnn's
involvement and look forward to her bringing lots of energy to the production. Toby Keith
and Lee Ann Womack lead the distinguished pack of nominees for the event with six nods
each. The list of performers and presenters is expected soon, but we do know that Toby
Keith is definitely in the mix to perform. The three-hour broadcast of the 36th Annual ACM
Awards
will air live from the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California May 9th on
CBS-TV. (T-100)
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LYNNE TO RECORD NEXT ALBUM WITH
BALLARD
Grammy-winning
singer/songwriter Shelby Lynne will begin recording her
seventh album next month with producer Glen Ballard. Lynne teamed with
Ballard (Alanis Morissette, Dave Matthews Band) on her song "Killin' Kind,"
which will appear on the Bridget Jones's Diary soundtrack, due Tuesday
(April 3). The pair will reunite in Los Angeles to work on Lynne's follow-up
to last year's I Am Shelby Lynne, her Island Records publicist said. The
album has not been scheduled for release. (Sonic Net)
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THE WILKINSONS SHARE WHAT THEY
"NEED"
The Wilkinsons are in
Muscle Shoals, Alabama recording their interpretation of the well-known Raffi song,
"All I Really Need," for inclusion in a unique family album to be released this
fall. They'll be joined by the Coral Reefers Band (Jimmy Buffett's band) on the track. The
album is a compilation of country artists performing their favorite Raffi songs. Raffi has
been recording and performing for the very young for over 20 years and he has reached the
hearts of millions of children and their families. The coolest part is that Raffi's
royalties will be donated to The Children's Environmental Health Network, a non-profit
organization. Other country artists participating on the project so far are keith urban,
Billy Gilman, Asleep At The Wheel, Raul Malo, Kathy Mattea, LeeRoy Parnell and Marty
Stuart. As for their own music, the Wilkinsons have just released "I Wanna Be That
Girl," the first single from their next album, Shine, which is due in stores later
this spring. (T-100)
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