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Get the JaneDear girls' "Wildflower" Music Video FREE this week on iTunes + Listen to the new EP Free on Facebook!

Team WMN — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:11:09 -0700

the JaneDear girls Wildflower music video is free at iTunes this week! Download one for yourself, and pass it along to your friends. PLUS download two brand new songs in the new Wildflower EP. Get the video and EP here.

Want to hear the new Wildflower EP now for free? Go to Facebook.com/theJaneDeargirls, and "Like" their profile to listen.

BLAKE SHELTON RISES TO THE TOP WITH “ALL ABOUT TONIGHT” AT NO. 1 ON THE COUNTRY CHARTS

Team WMN — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:05:07 -0700

“All About Tonight” is the title track off Shelton’s new album and his seventh No. 1 single

Nashville, TN – Right on the heels of the release of his latest album, Academy of Country Music and CMT Award winner, Blake Shelton hits No. 1 on the Billboard and Country Aircheck (Mediabase) charts with his single, “All About Tonight.” For one of the "most versatile of contempoary country singers" (The New York Times), this hit marks his second No. 1 of the year - “Hillbilly Bone” peaked at No. 1 on March 15 - and seventh of his career. Shelton has not had a single peak outside the Top Ten since 2007.

“I just want to thank my fans, friends and country radio for making this single a number one for me,” says Blake. “This wouldn’t have been possible without Bob Reeves and the Warner Music Nashville promo staff. I have never had two No.1's within five months of each other. Bob and his team continue to show us how committed and passionate they are about my music -- for that, I am truly grateful. I said this back in March, and I'll say it again, this is the best year of my career. Thank you.”

Shelton’s latest SIX PAK is produced by Scott Hendricks and includes six new tracks. Shelton's first SIX PAK album, "Hillbilly Bone," was released earlier this year and debuted at No. 3 on Billboard's Top 200 chart and No. 2 on the Top Country Albums Chart. It also featured the No. 1 title track with longtime friend Trace Adkins. Shelton hits include his back-to-back multi-week No. 1 singles, "She Wouldn't Be Gone" and "Home," his six-week #1 debut single, "Austin," and two additional multi-week No. 1 singles with "The Baby" and "Some Beach."

BLAKE SHELTON THROWS A PARTY AND BRINGS HIS NEW SIX PAK – AVAILABLE NOW!

Team WMN — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:20:16 -0700

Shelton to make multiple media appearances, returning to ABC’s “Good Morning America” and
NBC’s “The Today Show” in support of his new album, All About Tonight

Nashville, TN –Reprise Recording Artist Blake Shelton knows if you want to throw a good party, two SIX PAKs are always better than one. That is just what this recent ACM and CMT award winner is doing with the release of his new album, All About Tonight, available everywhere today. Only five months after the release of his first SIX PAK, Shelton isn’t showing any signs of shutting down the party with his single and title track of the album, “All About Tonight” climbing the country charts at No. 3. Shelton, who appeared on the ABC and NBC morning shows this past March, is scheduled to return to perform his fastest rising single-to-date on “Good Morning America” and speak with TV personalities Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb on “The Today Show” on August 12.

Beginning today, August 10, GAC Television will run an exclusive series entitled, “30 Days of Blake” that includes videos and clips of the country star. The series will air daily leading up to the exclusive 90-minute airing of one of Shelton’s sold-out arena concerts entitled, “Blake Shelton LIVE: It’s All About Tonight” on September 8. Videos included in the GAC series are: “Dear Blake…”, “Take 6 Tuesday”, “Guide To…”, “Stories Behind the Song” and “Fix it Friday.” Shelton will also appear on today’s GAC’s “On the Streets” and GAC’s Top 20 with Nan Kelly on August 13. He will make a special Top 20 appearance on August 20, August 27 and September 3 with a special road report from some unusual locations. Shelton will also be on CMT for their August 14 episode of CMT Insider.

In support of his new SIX PAK album, Shelton will be featured on the cover of the September issue of Distinctly Oklahoma. He is in August issues of Entertainment Weekly, People Magazine, Us Weekly and a four-page engagement spread in September’s People Magazine Country Special issue on stands now. Other print and online highlights include AOL’s The Boot, Associated Press, CMT.com, CNN, Country Weekly, E! Entertainment, FOX’s “411 Country Round-up,” GACTV.com, The Oklahoman, Roughstock.com, the9513.com, The New York Times, The Tennessean, The Tulsa World, The Washington Post, USA Today and Yahoo! Music to name a few.

For more information on Blake Shelton and to check out this week’s “Take 6 Tuesday" - appropriately titled "Top 6 Things That Come in 6s," visit www.blakeshelton.com

James Otto Brings More Country Soul To His New Album – entitled Shake What God Gave Ya – Set For Release On September 14 From

Team WMN — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:37:00 -0700

Nashville, TN – Warner Bros. Records and GRAMMY-nominated James Otto bring more groovy soul to country music with the release of his much-anticipated new album Shake What God Gave Ya on September 14. Otto’s uniquely-blended, country-meets-soul sound can be found somewhere between Nashville and Memphis.

“Musically I’d say I’m the love child between Ronnie Milsap & Barry White,” laughs Otto. “This sexy, sultry, soulful sound makes you wanna move and dance. And that is exactly what I want fans to do while listening to this album, Shake What God Gave Ya!”

Recorded in Nashville and co-produced with renowned producer Paul Worley (Big & Rich, Lady Antebellum, The Dixie Chicks), this album captures Otto’s signature country soul sound. A sought-after writer for other artists, Otto penned 11 of the 12 tracks including the current Top 25 hit country single “Groovy Little Summer Song” and killer duet “Good Things Gone Bad” featuring the Godfather of country soul Ronnie Milsap. Shake What God Gave Ya is the follow-up to his 2008 debut Sunset Man, which landed at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart and delivered “Just Got Started Lovin’ You” which was the year's most played single at country radio and Billboard’s No. 1 Hot Country Song. Last year, Otto won an ACM and CMA Award in the Song of the Year category as a co-writer for “In Color” (a track that also earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Country Song).

Shake What God Gave Ya Track Listing:

1. Are Ya With Me
2. Groovy Little Summer Song
3. Lover Man
4. Soldiers & Jesus
5. Love Don’t Cost A Thing
6. Sun Comes Round Again
7. Shake What God Gave Ya
8. It’s A Good Time (For A Good Time)
9. Just Like Sunshine
10. Let’s Just Let Go
11. She Comes To Me
12. Good Things Gone Bad featuring Ronnie Milsap

Currently Otto is on the road headlining solo dates and opening for Toby Keith and Trace Adkins on the American Ride Tour with upcoming shows in Guthrie Center, IA (7/31); San Bernardino, CA (8/3); Folsom, CA (8/5); Mt. View, CA (8/6); San Diego, CA (8/7), and Phoenix, AZ (8/8).

New A&R Team Survey - the JaneDear girls

Team WMN — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:49:40 -0700

Check out the latest survey posted from Rebekah & Scott on the A&R Team page. They posted three brand new tracks from our newest duo, the JaneDear girls, and we want to hear your opinion on them!

BLAKE SHELTON ANNOUNCES NEW SIX PAK, ALL ABOUT TONIGHT

Team WMN — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:11:49 -0700

Nashville, TN– Reprise Recording Artist Blake Shelton is revealing a little more - on his new album, that is. Shelton announced today the track listings that will be included on his highly anticipated new SIX PAK, All About Tonight, which is available everywhere on August 10. The album will feature six new tracks from Shelton, including his fastest rising single to date, “All About Tonight.”

All About Tonight, produced by Scott Hendricks, will be Shelton’s second SIX PAK. The video for “All About Tonight” is currently available from all digital service providers and the single is currently at No. 11 on the country charts.

Shelton's first SIX PACK album, "Hillbilly Bone," was released earlier this year and debuted at No. 3 on Billboard's Top 200 chart and No. 2 on the Top Country Albums Chart. It also featured the No. 1 title track with longtime friend Trace Adkins. Shelton hits include his back-to-back multi-week No. 1 singles, "She Wouldn't Be Gone" and "Home," his six-week #1 debut single, "Austin," and two additional multi-week No. 1 singles with "The Baby" and "Some Beach."

For more information on Blake Shelton, you can visit www.blakeshelton.com

Track Listing:

1. All About Tonight
2. Who Are You When I'm Not Looking
3. That Thing We Do
4. Draggin' The River (featuring Miranda Lambert)
5. Suffocating
6. Got A Little Country

BLAKE SHELTON “HILLBILLY BONE” SINGLE CERTIFIED GOLD

Team WMN — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:13:00 -0700

Take 6 Tuesday’s back at Blake Shelton.com

Academy of Country Music Award winner, Blake Shelton has a big milestone to celebrate this week - “Hilbilly Bone” is Certified Gold! The single is off his first SIX PAK album, Hillbilly Bone, and is Blake’s sixth No. 1 single. In preparation for his next SIX PAK, hitting streets on August 10, Blake brings back his popular “Take 6 Tuesday” list. Every Tuesday the country comedian dictates a different list of top sixes on his web site. If you haven’t already, check out this week’s list: Top 6 Songs to Cover, at www.blakeshelton.com .

Your pictures with WMN Artists from CMA Fest

Team WMN — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:43:14 -0700

Did you miss out on picking up your photo with your favorite artist at CMA Fest? We finally have all of the links to every photo we took over the entire weekend! Browse through all of the meet & greet photos, and E-mail, tweet, or print out your pictures now!

Randy Travis pictures here.
Uncle Kracker pictures here.
Gloriana pictures here.
the JaneDear girls pictures here.
James Otto pictures here.
Point of Grace pictures here.
Blake Shelton pictures here.
Jesse Lee pictures here.
Frankie Ballard pictures here.
John Rich pictures here.

JUSTON MCKINNEY DIGS INTO A MIDDLE CLASS HOLE WITH HIS NEW DVD AND LONGFORM DIGITAL VIDEO RELEASE ON JACK RECORDS/WARNER BROS. R

Team WMN — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:04:19 -0700

Nashville, TN – Catapulting from a day job as a law enforcement officer to acclaimed comedian, Juston McKinney is always digging into something new. And this summer he digs even deeper with his comedy special, A Middle Class Hole. The one-hour special initially premiered on Saturday, June 26 at 11:00 PM EST/PST on Comedy Central and will be released by Jack Records/Warner Bros. Records to DVD and longform digital video on Tuesday, June 29.

Taped in front of a live audience at The Bing Crosby Theater in Spokane, Washington A Middle Class Hole focuses on entertaining and relatable anecdotes about marriage, family and the middle class lifestyle in general. The special’s disclaimer reads loud and clear - Be Careful What You Wish For. Raising a family in the middle class sounds like a nice idea but what Juston brings to light in hilarious and somewhat explicit fashion is that a life of wife, house, kids, and dogs is absolutely no picnic (parents advised). Through his signature wit and impeccable comedic timing, Juston takes viewers through the cast of characters and situations that make his life so amusingly aggravating. The DVD features additional never-before-seen footage from the taping of the special.

Juston first gained comedic cred as a regular performer at New York City's funny stops the Comic Strip, Stand-up New York, Dangerfield’s, Caroline’s on Broadway and the Gotham Comedy Club. He has been a staple on network and cable TV for the past ten years with appearances on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and countless shows on Comedy Central including his half hour presents special. Juston was also chosen to be part of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour-Next Generation hosted by Bill Engvall in 2007. The show was recorded at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival, aired on TBS, and was released by Warner Bros. on DVD/CD. Currently, Juston is performing shows across the country in support of his latest project.

JUSTON MCKINNEY TOUR SCHEDULE

Date City Venue

June 26 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun

July 3 Bar Harbor ME The Bar Harbor Club,

July 17 Franklin, NH The Middle

July 24 Colebrook, NH The Balsams Grand Resort

July 29-31 Saugus, MA Giggles Comedy Club

August 3-7 Minneapolis, MN ACME Comedy Club

August 20-21 New York City, NY The Comic Strip

September 4 Blue Hill, ME Blue Hill Fair

September 23-25 Saugus, MA Kowloon Komedy Club

October 23 Manchester, NH The Palace Theater

November 4-7 Saugus, MA Giggles Comedy Club

November 13 Claremont, NH Claremont Opera House

GLORIANA TO KICK OFF LONG HOT SUMMER TOUR 2010 JUNE 24TH

Team WMN — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:11:11 -0700

Nashville, TN – 2010 Teen Choice Award nominees Gloriana are set to kick off their Long Hot Summer Tour 2010 June 24th in Grand Junction, CO at Country Jam USA. Always eager to engage their fans, Gloriana held a contest and a live chat where fans got the chance to name their tour, the 40-date Long Hot Summer Tour 2010 will make stops at major Fairs and Festivals across the country as well as headlining performances including at the Iowa Speedway on July 11th and at the University of Wisconsin on September 1st. Gloriana recently wrapped up their opening slot on Taylor Swift’s FEARLESS Tour.

“We are really looking forward to this tour - with longer sets and performances in new cities across the country – it’s a great opportunity to get out there some more and meet the country music fans who have already shown us so much support,” said Mike Gossin. “This is definitely going to be a Summer to remember and we cannot wait,” added Rachel Reinert.

Gloriana recently won two fan-voted Awards with the Academy of Country Music Award for Top New Vocal Group of the Year and the American Music Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year. Gloriana is now nominated for a 2010 Teen Choice Award for Choice Music: Country Group. Fans can vote for Gloriana at http://www.teenchoiceawards.com . The 12th edition of the Teen Choice Awards will take place at The Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 8th and will air on FOX the very next day on Monday, August 9th at 8pm EST (check your local listings). The Teen Choice Awards honors the year's biggest achievements in music , movies , sports , television , fashion and more, as voted on by teens aged 13–19. The winners are awarded with authentic mini size surfboards designed with a fresh summertime theme every year.

Long Hot Summer Tour 2010 Dates:

June 24th Grand Junction, CO Country Jam USA

June 25th Green River, WY Flaming Gorge Days

June 26th North Platte, NE Nebraskaland Days

June 27th Manhattan, KS Country Stampede

July 2nd Aberdeen, SD Fossum Field

July 3rd Dickinson, ND Rough Rider Days

July 4th Greeley, CO Greeley Stampede

July 8th Cavendish, PE Cavendish Beach Festival

July 10th Rhinelander, WI Hodag Country Festival

July 11th Newton, IA Iowa Speedway *

July 15th St. Charles, MO Ameristar Casino *

July 16th Atchison, KS Amelia Earhart Festival

July 17th Hampton, IA Franklin County Fair

July 21st Dublin, VA New River Valley Fair

July 22nd Bucyrus, OH Crawford County Fair

July 23rd Louisville, KY Churchill Downs

July 24th Twin Lakes, WI Country Thunder

July 28th Philadelphia, MS Neshoba County Fair

July 31st Council Bluffs, IA West Fair Amphitheater

August 1st Springfield, MO Ozark Empire Fair

August 4th Bismarck, MD Bismarck Civic Center Arena w/Keith Urban

August 5th Detroit Lakes, MN WE Fest

August 6th Prairie Du Chien, WI Country on the River

August 7th Bay City, MI Veterans Memorial Park

August 10th Pittsfield, PA Warren County Fair

August 11th Point Pleasant, WV Mason County Fair

August 14th Hemingford, NE Box Butte Fair

August 15th Bloomfield, NE Knox County Fair

August 17th Escanaba, MI Upper Peninsula State Fair Grounds

August 18th De Pere, WI Brown County Fairgrounds

August 21st Oklahoma City, OK Frontier City’s Starlight Amphitheatre

August 27th Clarksburg, WV Clarksburg Amphitheatre

August 28th Rhineback, NY Dutchess County Fair

August 29th Woodstock, VA Shendandoah County Fair

September 1st Platteville, WI University of Wisconsin *

September 3rd Elkhorn, WI Walworth County Fair

September 4th Mt. Pleasant, IA Midwest Old Threshers

September 5th Marshfield, WI Wisconsin State Fair

September 10th Concord, NC Cabarrus County Fair

September 11th Berea, OH Hebron Harvest Festival

* - headlining show

For more information on Gloriana and to sign up for a chance to meet the band on the Long Hot Summer Tour 2010 please visit: www.gloriana.com