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Kellie Pickler Parts Ways With Record Label

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Kellie Pickler has left Black River Entertainment. It was confirmed that the American Idol alum had parted ways with the record label. In a statement given to Music Row, Black River Entertainment said:

“She will always be a part of our Black River family. We wish her all the best and are looking forward to watching her continued success in all of her endeavors.”

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Black River is the second label Pickler signed with, originally she was with 19 Recordings/BNA Records. While with them she released her debut single “Red High Heels“ along with 2 albums. Pickler also had a top 10 hit “Best Days Of Your Life” which was written with and featured Taylor Swift. Pickler signed with Black River in 2012 and released her CD All The Woman I Am in 2013.

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No word on what’s next musically for Pickler, but she is slated to return to TV screens in October when her show I Love Kellie Pickler returns to CMT. The show follows the life of her and her husband Kyle Jacobs, it premiered last December and become a huge hit for the cable network. America fell in love with Pickler’s personality and her antics.

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Watch The Trailer For I Love Kellie Pickler

Festivals

CMA Fest: CMA Close Up Stage Performers And Interviews Announced!

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If you’ve gone to Fan Fair X before, you might be familiar with the Close Up Stage. It’s the biggest stage inside Fan Fair X, located inside Music City Center. There they have interviews and performances with some of the best acts in Country Music. It’s really amazing because a lot of times you can’t see some of the bigger acts at such intimate settings anymore, but they feature at least one “big” act a day!

Thursday, June 9

11:00 am – Artist Of The Day – Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum

12:15pm – Music is Medicine with Marie Osmond

1:15pm- Hall of Fame Inductee Charlie Daniels Interview with Bill Cody 

2:30pm – The Road to “El Rio” – Frankie Ballard‘s new album

3:30pm- Behind the scenes of “I Saw The Light: Hank Williams‘ Legacy” with Marc Abraham, Holy and Jett Williams.

4:30pm- USO Tour Veterans: An Inside Look with Kellie Pickler, Craig Morgan and Rod Essig.

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Friday, June 10

11:00 am – Artist Of The Day- Charles Esten from ABC’s Nashville

12:15pm – Kristian Bush & Friends: Lindsay Ell, Natalie Stovall and The Drive

1:30pm – Eric Paslay Exclusive Album Preview

2:30pm – Craig Campbell: Q&A and acoustic performance

3:15pm – American Young

4:00pm – Grand Ole Opry- Girl Talk ft Lorrie Morgan and Jeannie Seely

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Saturday, June 11

11:00 am – Artist Of The Day- Martina McBride

12:15pm – Match Game – Bill Anderson, Lorrie Morgan, Kristian Bush, Mark Wills, JT Hodges and Olivia Lane.

1:30pm – Smithfield

2:15pm – Jamie Floyd

3:00pm – Panel with CMT’s Still The King – Billy Ray Cyrus, Joey Lauren Adams and Madison Iseman

4:00pm – Todd Chrisley and Sara Evans host USA Network’s Chrisley Knows Best Finale Screening and Fan Q&A

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Sunday, June 12

11:00 am – Artist Of The Day- Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum

12:15pm – CMA’s 50th Anniversary panel with Ray Stevens, The Gatlin Brothers and Robert Deaton

1:30pm – Song Suffragettes

2:15pm – Parmalee: Can’t Outrun Their Roots

3:00pm – Thompson Square‘s Not So Newlywed Game

4:15pm – Song Suffragettes with Special guest Raelynn

Music

CMA Fest Riverfront Stage Performers Announced- Dates And Times!

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Get ready to freak out! The CMA Fest Riverfront Stage Performers were just revealed and we are kind of obsessed!!! Jake Owen will be kicking things off at 10am Thursday June 9, 2016. There are 40 artists scheduled to perform! Who else is kind of freaking out?!

Below is the list of artist by date and time!

Thursday, June 9, 2016

10:00am- Jake Owen

11:15am- A Thousand Horses

12:00pm- Brothers Osborne

12:45pm- The Cadillac Three

1:30pm- Maddie & Tae

2:15pm- Chris Janson

3:00pm- Maren Morris

3:45pm- Scotty McCreery

4:45pm- Terri Clark

Friday, June 10, 2016

10:00am- Brandy Clark

10:45am- Eric Paslay

11:30am- Home Free

12:15pm- Kane Brown

1:o0pm- Aaron Lewis

1:45pm- Chase Bryant

2:30pm- Thompson Square

3:15pm- Charles Esten

4:00pm- Tracy Lawrence

4:45pm- Neal McCoy

Saturday, June 11, 2016

10:00am- Lorrie Morgan

10:45am- Love And Theft

11:30am- Rodney Atkins

12:15pm- Chris Lane

1:o0pm- Corey Smith

1:45pm-Jana Kramer

2:30pm- Canaan Smith

3:15pm- Michael Ray

4:00pm- High Valley

4:45pm- Brooke Eden

 

Sunday, June 12, 2016

10:00am- Darryl Worley

10:45am- Kellie Pickler

11:30am- Parmalee

12:15pm- Jon Pardi

1:o0pm- Granger Smith

1:45pm- Cam

2:30pm- Phil Vassar

3:15pm- Tyler Farr

4:00pm- Old Dominion

4:45pm- LOCASH

 

More stages to be announced over the coming weeks, the next being The Park Stage April 19.  More announcements for artists performing the National Anthem at the Riverfront Stage will also be revealed at a later time. Stay tuned!

Music

Gallery: Carrie Underwood Performs At ACM Party For A Cause – Watch

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Headlining night 1 of ACM’s Party For A Cause was none other than Carrie Underwood. It’s her we have to thank for this wonderful day of Women In Country! She requested the bill for Friday to be all Female Country Artists! It was definitely a day in heaven!

Underwood has one of the most amazing voices across all genres! It was wonderful to hear her perform her new single “Church Bells.”

Her previous single, “Heartbeat” recently hit #1 and happens to be my favorite off the Storyteller album!

Underwood also had a few surprises up her sleeve, as well as being surprised herself when the Academy of Country Music presented her with the Lifting Lives Gary Haber Award! She brought out Miranda Lambert to perform their song “Something Bad.” The crowd went wild with excitement!

Underwood also performed a song off her album Storyteller called “Dirty Laundry.” It’s a fun song about what happens when a man cheats on you! Of course being cheated on is definitely not fun, but it’s a warning to men, if you do it, well your dirty laundry is going to be aired!

Waiting all day/night for Underwood to perform was well worth it. She always blows it out of the water! Speaking of water, she performed her GRAMMY winning song “Something In The Water.” I had to record a clip as it’s such a powerful song that really showcases her vocal range!

Not only did Underood request to have an all female bill, but she then invited them back to sing with her! The atmosphere was crazy as Kelleigh Bannen, Lauren Alaina, Kellie Pickler and Jana Kramer all came back out to perform “Before He Cheats” with Underwood!

PHOTO GALLERY: CARRIE UNDERWOOD PERFORMING AT ACM PARTY FOR A CAUSE

Be sure to catch Carrie Underwood on the Storyteller Tour! Can’t wait to see her again in a few weeks at Stagecoach! Coverage will be here after so check back early next month!

Music

Kelleigh Bannen Rocked Party For A Cause, Relive With Photos And Videos

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If you’ve been following this site for the last few years, you will know that over at Variety Beat, we are huge Kelleigh Bannen fans! It was so exciting to see Bannen perform at ACM Party For A Cause! Bannen was the very first performer of the festival and she set the tone right away with a song called “Welcome To The Party,” which was very fitting!

I do have to say, being in the front for the performance, made the sound quality a little off, but for those die hard fans who need a taste of new music, we have you covered! Keep reading for more videos and photo galleries!

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Bannen also debuted some new songs and did a cover of Justin Timberlake’s “Drink You Away.”

Nine hours to the closest beach? That sounds terrible! Thankfully for those of us near water, we don’t have to worry about that! But this fun song about it being damn hot and being “Landlocked” sure is fun!

Bannen also performed a couple of her past singles including “Smoke When I Drink” and she closed with “Famous.” Of course we were too busy dancing to record any of that! Don’t worry, we did get a video of a new song called “All Good Things.” Bannen will hopefully be able to tell us about some “good things” happening in her life, music wise soon!

It was a great day as we got to start and end our day with Bannen! Headliner, Carrie Underwood (gallery coming soon), brought out Bannen along with Lauren Alaina, Kellie Pickler and Jana Kramer to sing her hit song “Before He Cheats.”

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So amazing!

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It was so kind of Underwood to invite all the performers that day back onto the stage! Girl power!

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WATCH KELLEIGH BANNEN PERFORMING “BEFORE HE CHEATS” WITH CARRIE UNDERWOOD AND MORE.

 

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You can catch Kelleigh Bannen on the 3 Girls Rock Into A Bar tour with Natalie Stovall and Ruthie Collins. Additionally, you can follow her blog at This Nashville Life to get a taste on what the industry is really like, her take on fashion, glam and fitness.

You should also follow her on snapchat @kelleigh_bannen

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One day of seeing my fav was also not enough so we got to catch up the following day for a little bit! It’s so wonderful to find people so down to earth and genuine! That’s what connects us to each other!

Bannen also attended the 51st Annual ACM Awards and we ran into each other again! BFF status!

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  Until next time! 😘