Country Songs Spotlighted on American Idol Thu. April 19.2007 6:28 PM EDT American Idol contestants took a turn with country music this week, performing country hits by Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban, among others. However, Sanjaya Malakar's version of Bonnie Raitt's "Something to Talk About" led him to be cut from the competition on Wednesday night (April 18). Other songs heard in the series included Urban's "Where the Blacktop Ends," McBride's "A Broken Wing," Underwood's "Jesus, Take the Wheel," Rascal Flatts' "Mayberry," Julie Reeves' "Trouble Is a Woman" (which peaked at No. 39 on the Billboard country charts in 1999) and McGraw's "When the Stars Go Blue." McBride coached the singers as a special guest on the show.
ACM Announces Pioneer Award Recipients Thu. April 19.2007 6:28 PM EDT Dolly Parton, Don Williams and the late Harlan Howard and Waylon Jennings have been named the recipients of this year's Pioneer Awards from the Academy of Country Music. They will be honored at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville on June 20 at a ceremony hosted by Marty Stuart. In addition, the late Buck Owens will be remembered with the Jim Reeves International Award, and record promotion veteran Jack Lameier will receive the Mae Boren Axton award for his 28-year tenure on the ACM's board of directors. Dierks Bentley Helps Today Personality Distribute Instruments Thu. April 19.2007 6:28 PM EDT Dierks Bentley and the Today show's Al Roker spent part of Thursday morning (April 19) distributing musical instruments to the W. O. Smith Nashville Community Music School during a segment of the NBC news program. With a volunteer faculty, the school provides music lessons to children from low-income families. The donation, which included guitars, banjos, mandolins and a grand piano, was part of Today's second annual Lend a Hand program. A choir of 20 students from the school accompanied Bentley when he performed his new single, "Free and Easy Down the Road I Go." Bentley said, "This was an opportunity I couldn't pass up. Music lessons are such a great outlet for kids to be creative, and it helps keep them on the right track. With all of the crazy things happening in the news this week, it just feels good to be part of something so positive." Jason Michael Carroll Featured in Reader's Digest Thu. April 19.2007 6:28 PM EDT Jason Michael Carroll is included in the May issue of Reader's Digest in a cover feature titled "America's 100 Best." The publication named his debut single, "Alyssa Lies," the best lyrical message for its lyrics about child abuse. Carroll's latest single, "Livin' Our Love Song," is currently in the Top 40 at country radio. His debut album, Waitin' in the Country, debuted at No. 1 on the country albums chart earlier this year. Kay --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
