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GLORIANA GETS SP[OIL]ED FOR A GOOD CAUSE; GROUP JOINS CAMPAIGN TO AID WITH OIL SPILL RELIEF

Posted on October 7th by wmgtech in Gloriana

Donations Raised To Go Directly To ProtectOurCoastline.org
To Benefit Louisiana Fisherman, Shrimpers and Wetlands

FRANKIE BALLARD IS ANYTHING BUT LONELY OUT WEST

Posted on October 4th by wmgtech in Frankie Ballard

Nashville, TN / October 4, 2010 – Reprise Recording artist Frankie Ballard was anything but lonely last week while in Los Angeles, CA. Ballard went West to appear at the Hard Rock Café’s Pinktober kick-off event at their newly opened Hollywood location and celebrated the famed restaurant chain’s month-long national campaign to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer. The event featured a performance by rocker and breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge. While backstage, Ballard had a chance to catch up with Etheridge.

James Otto Supports The California AIDS Walk

Posted on October 4th by wmgtech

Nashville, TN / October 4, 2010 - Warner Bros. Records Recording Artist James Otto recently traveled to the West coast to show his support for the California’s AIDS Walk and perform at the fundraising festival held on Sunday, September 26 at Los Angeles’ famed Greek Theatre. He played in a songwriter style round along with renowned tunesmiths Deana Carter and Billy Dean. James chose to sing “In Color” which he co-wrote with Jamey Johnson and Lee Thomas Miller.

ATLANTIC RECORDS NEWCOMER BRETT ELDREDGE NAMED CMT’S “NEXT BIG THING”

Posted on October 1st by wmgtech in Brett Eldredge

Eldredge will perform at the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America event,
“For the Love of George” on Friday, October 1st

REPRISE RECORDS’ FRANKIE BALLARD JOINS UNCLE KRACKER ON HIS FIRST-EVER COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB TOUR, “IT’S GOOD TO BE ME TOUR 2010”

Posted on September 28th by wmgtech in Frankie Ballard

Nashville, TN – (September 28th, 2010) – Reprise Recording artist Frankie Ballard won’t be feeling lonely for long as he embarks on tour with fellow Michigan natives, Uncle Kracker and Ty Stone. The guitar slinger and country heartthrob is climbing the charts with his debut single, “Tell Me You Get Lonely,” which lands at No. 34 on this week’s Country Aircheck Mediabase chart and No. 36 on the Billboard Country chart.

Michael Waddell's Bone Collector: The Brotherhood Album featuring Rhett Akins & Dallas Davidson

Posted on September 28th by wmgtech in The Bone Collector

Now here's a real oddity. Take one host of an genre-specific outdoors show (Michael Waddell of the Outdoor Channel's Bone Collector), two hot Nashville songwriters (Rhett Akins and Dallas Davidson, two-thirds of the Peach Pickers). Have the former serve as inspiration to an album of hunting-inspired songs. The result? The Brotherhood Album, released through Reprise Records. It sounds bizarre on the surface, but if anyone's gonna review the album, it might as well be me.

GLORIANA’S DEBUT SINGLE “WILD AT HEART” IS CERTIFIED GOLD BY THE RIAA

Posted on September 27th by wmgtech in Gloriana

Nashville, TN – September 24th, 2010 – Gloriana’s debut single, “Wild at Heart” is certified gold by the R.I.A.A (Recording Industry Association of America), marking the AMA, ACM and CMT award winners’ first gold digital single.

GLORIANA TEAMS UP WITH QUAKER CHEWY AND THE AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR AFTERSCHOOL ROCKS CAMPAIGN

Posted on September 23rd by wmgtech in Gloriana

September 23, 2010 – ACM Awards Top New Vocal Group winners and AMA Award winners Gloriana have teamed up with Quaker Chewy Granola Bars and the nonprofit organization, Afterschool Alliance, to help raise awareness about the importance of afterschool programs through the Quaker Chewy Afterschool Rocks campaign.

MICHAEL WADDELL’S BONE COLLECTOR: THE BROTHERHOOD ALBUM FEATURING RHETT AKINS AND DALLAS DAVIDSON – OUT SEPTEMBER 28

Posted on September 16th by wmgtech

MICHAEL WADDELL’S BONE COLLECTOR: THE BROTHERHOOD ALBUM
FEATURING RHETT AKINS AND DALLAS DAVIDSON –
OUT SEPTEMBER 28 ON REPRISE RECORDS

Produced by Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson and Brian Kolb

JOHN RICH BRINGS COUNTRY MUSIC TO NEW YORK CITY WITH HIS SINGLE “COUNTRY DONE COME TO TOWN”

Posted on September 15th by wmgtech in John Rich

Nashville, TN – September 15, 2010 – Country music’s coming to the big city with the help of Reprise Recording Artist, John Rich. Ocean County’s country station, THUNDER 98.5 FM, recently announced the re-position of two of its radio formats beginning this Wednesday, September 15. In their new expansion, the station will begin broadcasting into central New Jersey expanding to New York City and kicking off their big switch with Rich’s appropriately titled single, “Country Done Come to Town.”

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