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  • George Strait Has New Single Called ‘Let It Go,’ Does He Want to Build A Snowman?

    Country singer George Strait has a new single on the charts, prompting some of his fans to ask, ‘Does he want to build a snowman?’

    Strait’s new song is called ‘Let It Go,’ reminding many of that other ‘Let It Go,’ from the hit animated film, Frozen.

    The two songs couldn’t be more different, however.

    According to a report from CMT News, George Strait’s ‘Let It Go’ urges listeners to be happy with what they have, to cherish the good times, and to simply let the rest go.

    “It says a lot,” Strait said in a recent interview. “I mean, all that stuff is just stuff–and then you die. All that other stuff don’t mean a lot.”

    He makes a very good point.

    “You just can’t get too wrapped up in all your things because it’s all just dust, like the song says,” George Strait adds. “And you can’t get enough, you know, so just be happy with what you have.”

    ‘Let It Go’ is written by George Strait, too, along with his son, Bubba, and hit song writer Keith Gattis. It’s the first single from his upcoming new album.

    What’s your take on the new song by George Strait called ‘Let It Go?’ Does it make you want to build a snowman or wait for the entire album to be released instead?

    Here’s that other ‘Let It Go.’ This most definitely isn’t the George Strait version.

  • Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan Bromance Hot and Hilarious Ahead of ACM Awards

    Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan are hosting Sunday’s ACM Awards, and their bromance seems to be heating up in advance of the big day.

    In a press conference on Friday, it became abundantly clear that humor will be as prevalent as music at Sunday’s Academy of Country Music Awards, and since it’s the 50th anniversary of the event, there will no doubt be some special performances, too.

    Miranda Lambert leads the nominees with eight ACM nominations. Keith Urban and Eric Church will start the event with a kickoff performance. A-list attendees include Taylor Swift and Garth Brooks.

    “I don’t even know who’s singing. That’s just the God’s honest truth,” Blake Shelton says. “I know Miranda is and I always look forward to that.”

    The banter between Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan at this press conference was hilarious, and is no doubt only a prelude of what’s to come on Sunday.

    “I want something to go wrong today so I know something won’t go wrong during the show,” ACM Awards executive producer R.A. Clark, son of the late Dick Clark, said.

    “That will be Blake’s rehearsal,” Bryan replied.

    Both Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan are nominated for male vocalist of the year.

    “We can duke it out right now,” Bryan said when asked who should win.

    “I’m going to take the high road here,” Shelton said, “and I say I do.”

    Blake Shelton reportedly won’t be holding back when it comes to jokes at the ACM Awards.

    “Being it’s the 50th, it’s cool we’re going way back and we’re honoring some of these artists that have been here like Taylor Swift and Miranda Lambert–digging way back,” he said to laughter from the press conference attendees.

    Kenny Chesney, George Strait, Reba McEntire, and Brooks & Dunn will also be honored at the event.

    “You’re probably an icon award guy, too, aren’t you?” Blake Shelton asked Luke Bryan. “No, you’re too new.”

    Talk turned to The Voice, and how the singing competition show has changed Blake Shelton.

    “He’s been getting some facials,” he said. “He’s hydrating early in the morning. He’s exfoliating.”

    “I apologize for my tardiness,” said Bryan, who arrived a couple minutes late to the press conference. “It’s a lot of work getting prepared to look better than Blake.”

    If this was the comedy banter between Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan at the press conference, then the ACM Awards should be positively hilarious. Whether Shelton beats Bryan out for male vocalist of the year or it goes the other way around, their bromance will help the two maintain their bosom buddy status.

    Will you be tuning it to see the show? It airs Sunday evening at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. Fans might forget it’s a country music awards show when they listen to these two in their roles as comedians.

  • Tim McGraw And Faith Hill Perform Duet At ACM Awards [Video]

    Last night was the big night for country music, and the ACM awards provided a variety of entertainment from multiple stages. One of the sweetest performances was arguably the one that took place between husband and wife Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.

    Tim McGraw was nominated for four awards, and took home one win for Video Of The Year. He won the award for his song “Highway Don’t Care,” which was a duet with Taylor Swift. Mcgraw and Hill have been married for 17 years now, and after last night’s performance, it is evident that they are still going strong.

    Faith Hill was not nominated for any awards after having not released an album since 2008, when she released a holiday album called “Joy To The World.” She also has three kids with husband Tim McGraw, and may simply be taking off time from her career to raise their kids.

    She still has that voice that earned her 14 ACM Awards in the past though, and gave the audience an incredible duet with McGraw. Before the country music power couple of Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton, there was Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, and perhaps they are trying to prove that they have still got it in them after all their years in the business.

    Tim McGraw was not nominated for Entertainer Of The Year, which went to George Strait, who everyone was happy to see as the winner, but he did receive a nomination for Album Of The Year for his 2013 release “Two Lanes Of Freedom.”

    When Tim McGraw first took the stage, he was alone, but Faith Hill walked out mid-song, and surprised everyone with a touching romantic duet called “Meanwhile Back At Mama’s.” The song is set to appear on Mcgraw’s upcoming album titled “Sundown Heaven Town.”

    The country duo is set to perform next at Las Vegas’ Venetian Theater as part of their Soul2Soul residency, coming up this weekend. How many people caught Tim Mcgraw and Faith Hill’s touching duet last night?

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  • CMA Awards 2013 Notable Winners

    CMA Awards 2013 Notable Winners

    The 47th Country Music Association Awards celebrations were held on Wednesday, at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena and broadcasted live by ABC Television Network. Newcomers were among the biggest winners of this year’s event. Notable among them was the 25 year old Kacey Musgraves, who was also nominated for a total of six awards. The Texan singer walked away with the Artist of the Year award. Clutching her trophy, the excited singer was at a loss for words “I can’t even put it into words”, she said. The singer then thanked her family and fans for the support and encouragement.

    The trophy for the Best Male Vocalist of the Year went to Blake Shelton, and Best Female Vocalist of the Year went to his wife Miranda Lambert. The duo made history as the first married couple to ever win the trophy in four consecutive years. While accepting the trophy of the Best Female Vocalist of the Year, Lambert said “Well, hell! I really didn’t think this was going to happen this year.” She also thanked Blake Shelton for being superbly supportive as a husband. Shelton also had very kind words for her.

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    The coveted trophy of the Entertainer of the Year went to George Strait. The last time Strait won the trophy was in 1990. Holding his hand over his heart, Strait did not hide his amazement. “Thank you so much to the CMA. I mean, this blows me away. I cannot believe it. With such powerful entertainers, I’m just thrilled to even be nominated again.”

    The winner of the Album of the Year is Shelton’s Based on a True Story – an album he made with the help of producer Scott Hendricks. After receiving the trophy, Shelton joked, “My phone is blowing up all of a sudden. If there was one award that would mean the most to me tonight, it would be Album of the Year.”

    Other winners include: Music Video of the Year (Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban), Single of the Year (Florida Georgia Line), and Musician of the Year (Mac McAnally)

    (images from usatoday.com and today.com)

  • CMA Awards: George Strait and Taylor Swift

    CMA Awards: George Strait and Taylor Swift

    The 47th annual Country Music Association Awards were in full swing last night with many great performances from our country music superstars. Hosting this year’s CMA awards again were Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood who kept us laughing most of the night with their jokes about Miley Cyrus, Robin Thicke, Obama Care, and the many country music feuds.

    There were many highlights during the awards ceremony last night, but the two that stood out the most were, Taylor Swift accepting her Pinnacle Award and George Strait receiving the award for the Entertainer of the Year.

    Although Taylor knew she would be receiving the award, she did not know that all of the performers that she had opened for, at one time or another, were going to be presenting it to her. They also had a video montage made to document and highlight her achievements. Swift is only the second person to ever receive the Pinnacle Award. The first was Garth Brooks in 2005. She was overwhelmed while accepting the award and said, “You’ve made me feel so special right now, thank you.” She later took to Twitter to say, “I’m never going to forget this. Ever ever ever.”

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    George Strait was definitely riding away in style last night with one of the biggest awards of the night. Strait won Entertainer of the Year, his third ever, and first since 1990. It was a very touching moment as Strait made his way to the stage with all of his fellow singers rising in a standing ovation. This year, Strait did his last tour before retiring, “The Cowboy Rides Away Tour”.

    “When I first started out this year, the first few shows, I about lost it every night, you know, leaving the stage … thinking, ‘This might be the last time I ever play on this stage again,’” Strait said. Even if he never plays again, he will always be remembered as one of the greatest country music singers of all time.

    None of the other nominees were disappointed that they did not win the award and felt Strait was the most deserving. “That’s how it needs to be because he’s not just entertainer of the year, he’s entertainer of the last three decades, I guess, or four decades,” Blake Shelton said. “I don’t know who’s keeping score. I mean, it’s George Strait. He’s King George. I couldn’t be happier with how this turned out.”

    The complete list of winners is listed below:

    Musical Event of the Year – “Highway Don’t Care” Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban

    Music Video of the Year – “Highway Don’t Care” Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban

    Single of the Year – “Cruise” by Florida Georgia Line

    Vocal Duo of the Year – Florida Georgia Line

    Musician of the Year – Mac McAnally

    New Artist of the Year – Kacey Musgraves

    Album of the Year – Blake Shelton “Based on a True Story”

    Vocal Group of the Year – Little Big Town

    Female Vocalist of the Year – Miranda Lambert

    Male Vocalist of the Year – Blake Shelton

    Entertainer of the Year – George Strait

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  • George Strait: Entertainer of the Year?

    George Strait is up for Entertainer of the Year at tonight’s Country Music Awards, but he’s up against a crop of newer, younger performers: Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, according to ABC.

    Will the over 6,000 voters give Strait his third trophy or will one of the younger stars make off with it? The question is, who deserves it more?

    The 61-year-old has been a staple of country music since his first trophy back in 1989, and before that. There is also this fact to consider, that all of the younger nominees owe one aspect of their career or another to George Strait.

    “For me George is always going to be the guy who let me open up his shows when I was 17 and it was at that point in my life the biggest break I’d gotten as far as live touring because I got to be on the George Strait tour,” Taylor Swift said. “I learned so much from performing on an in-the-round stage and I think that he over the years has been so supportive, and I’ll get a text every now and then from him just sort of wishing me well. He’s just such a class act. He’s just such an incredible example of how to be a gracious, humble, well-respected human being.”

    Luke Bryan has his own two cents to add of the country music legend and most nominated artist at the CMA’s:

    “When I moved to town, I kind of wanted a career like George Strait. A long career that starts here and it’s always been on George’s terms. And he’s always cut amazing songs and wonderful music and had a long career that you can tell looks like he’s always enjoyed it. And he’s always been happy.”

    Even Blake Shelton, who is a fan favorite and star on “The Voice” knows that to win, the youngsters will have to overcome the overwhelming respect for George Strait’s career longevity and success,

    “In my opinion when all is said and done,” Shelton said in an email, “there will be two artists viewed as the greatest influences on country music: Hank Williams Sr. and George Strait.”

    Wow. That’s really saying something! Time will tell if the veteran will come out on top and redeem himself for his troubled year, or if the newer stars will take the trophy and be celebrated for the change they have brought to the genre. Watch tonight at 8/7C on ABC.

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  • George Strait: The Cowboy Rides Away with Awards

    Wednesday night, country crooner George Strait will be the elder statesman among this year’s annual Country Music Association Awards nominees for entertainer of the year. Strait’s competitors at the 47th annual event are Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan (37), Jason Aldean (36) and Taylor Swift (24) and all of them got their music city breaks in the 2000’s. The 61-year-old, on the other hand, has been racking up chart toppers since his first single hit the Top Ten in 1981.

    The awards spotlight is not restricted to Strait, who was presented with the Founder’s Award at this week’s American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ceremony; it graces those around him. Tonight, Broadcast Music, Inc., honored longtime songwriter Dean Dillon, who penned over 50 songs for the Texan, including The Breath You Take, which garnered Dillon a GRAMMY nomination.

    Tom Roland, editor of Billboard Country Update says that in this year of, “turnover,” from seasoned to newer artists, and figuring in Strait’s farewell tour which ends next year, King George’s nomination for the CMAs is, “a case of the industry saying, ‘Hey, we love you. We appreciate what you did’… A lot of the people who vote on the CMA Awards still have this great appreciation for traditional country music, and that’s very important to them even though that’s not necessarily what’s driving the ship for them right now in country music.”

    But if it’s a sign of farewells for the long-hailed troubadours of country music, this is Strait’s only nomination for this year’s CMAs as opposed to Swift’s six nominations (three for Highway Don’t Care with main vocals by Tim McGraw and also featuring Keith Urban), Shelton’s five nods, and Bryan and Aldean’s three nods (one each for The Only Way I Know with Eric Church). Shelton, Bryan and Aldean are also competing for the Male Vocalist of the Year award.

    Strait insists that he is not retiring, but rather that his The Cowboy Rides Away Tour will be his last, so-structured tour.
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  • George Strait Up For Entertainer Of The Year At CMA’s

    It’s beginning to look like quite the rewarding week for country singer George Strait.

    On Monday, Strait was given the Founders Award at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Country Music Awards. ASCAP made the announcement in August that they would be honoring the “King of Country Music” with the award.

    Strait received a tribute from fellow country artists Alan Jackson, Lee Ann Womack, and Garth Brooks. Former President George W. Bush was even in a video congratulating Strait. In the video he said, “George Strait’s talents transcend generations.” He later added, “Being called ‘President George’ is OK, but ‘King George’ has a mighty fine ring to it.”

    Next up, Strait will attend the Country Music Association Awards (CMA’s) on Wednesday. “King George” has been nominated for the Entertainer of the Year Award. He’ll be up against the likes of Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, and Taylor Swift.

    Previously, Strait won the award in 1989 and 1990, and was last nominated in 2009.

    We won’t find out till Wednesday night if Strait will win, but we do know he at least has one vote – his own.

    In a meeting with reporters Monday, Strait said, “Of course I voted for myself. I always vote for myself. I figure everybody does, why wouldn’t I? It’s such an honor. It’s been a while. We had a great year, it really was a great year, and any time you get nominated for entertainer of the year, which is the award of the night, it’s very, very special. I’m excited about it. I’ll be very nervous that night.”

    If Twitter has anything to say about it, Strait seems to be a heavy favorite for the award.

    The other nominees respect Strait and have learned a lot from the country icon. “In my opinion when all is said and done, there will be two artists viewed as the greatest influences on country music: Hank Williams Sr. and George Strait,” said Shelton.

    Said Bryan, “When I moved to town, I kind of wanted a career like George Strait. A long career that starts here and it’s always been on George’s terms. And he’s always cut amazing songs and wonderful music and had a long career that you can tell looks like he’s always enjoyed it. And he’s always been happy.”

    “He’s been around for 30-something years, and not only been around for 30 years, but been relevant to the business for 30-something years. I mean, still putting out music that people love, still able to go out and sell out his shows when he tours. That just doesn’t happen….That’s why there is only one George Strait,” said Aldean

    Swift said, “For me George is always going to be the guy who let me open up his shows when I was 17 and it was at that point in my life the biggest break I’d gotten as far as live touring because I got to be on the George Strait tour. I learned so much from performing on an in-the-round stage and I think that he over the years has been so supportive, and I’ll get a text every now and then from him just sort of wishing me well. He’s just such a class act. He’s just such an incredible example of how to be a gracious, humble, well-respected human being.”

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