Dierks Bentley, Willie Nelson, the Civil Wars and Rosanne Cash are all set to perform at the second annual Johnny Cash Music Festival. The event is scheduled to take place on Friday, Oct. 5 in the Man in Black’s home state of Arkansas.
May 18, 2012
On this day in 1952 in Poteet, Texas a baby boy was born that would help define Country music.
May 17, 2012 2010 - Republic Nashville releases The Band Perry's "If I Die Young" to radio.
2009 - Barbara Mandrell, Roy Clark and session musician Charlie McCoy are officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.
May 10, 2012 The great Gary Stewart has a catalog of great songs but he was only able to achieve one #1. It happened this day in 1975, do you know what it was?
Johnny Cash would have turned 80-years-old this year, and though he isn’t alive to celebrate his birthday, the celebrations continue. On Friday night (April 20), Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theatre in Austin, Texas was packed nearly to capacity with eager fans, friends and family members who came together for a party in the late Man in Black’s honor.
April 10, 2012 2010 - Jerrod Niemann sings "Lover, Lover" in his Grand Ole Opry debut.
2009 - "Hannah Montana: The Movie" appears in theaters, featuring Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Bucky Covington and Rascal Flatts.
April 2, 2012 2006 - Brad Paisley performs "When I Get Where I'm Going" during the funeral for Buck Owens at the Valley Baptist Church in Bakersfield. Also on hand are Dwight Yoakam, Garth Brooks, Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, Lulu Roman, John Berry and Trace Adkins
March 28, 2012 2009 - Love And Theft performs "Runaway" in its Grand Ole Opry debut.
2005 - Reba McEntire is toasted with a surprise 50th birthday party at a club inside Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center. She
March 21, 2012 2008 - Carrie Underwood plays Scotiabank Place in Ottawa. Backstage she meets NHL player Mike Fisher, her future husband.
2004 - Rascal Flatts singer Gary LeVox and his wife, Tara, have their second daughter, Brooklyn Leigh LeVox, in Nashville.
March 5, 2012 2009 - Taylor Swift makes her TV acting debut, stabbed in the heart with scissors on CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation".
February 3, 2012 2009 - Darius Rucker nets a gold single for "Don't Think I Don't Think About It".
January 31, 2012 2010 - Taylor Swift wins four times during the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, telecast by CBS from Los Angeles' Staples Center. "Fearless" takes Album of the Year and Best Country Album; "White Horse" earns Best Country Female Vocal and Best Country Song.