Stevie Nicks and Lady Antebellum Set for CMT Crossroads

CMT’s Crossroads program will bring together classic rock and contemporary country when Stevie Nicks joins Lady Antebellum in an upcoming episode, the country music channel announcedyesterday.

Nicks and her band Fleetwood Mac are preparing to embark on their first world tour since 2009, and are working up new songs for the shows.

Meanwhile Lady Antebellum haven’t announced a follow-up to 2011’s Own The Night, which scored the trio a Grammy for Best Country Album. The band did, however, release its first Christmas album last year, and is also gearing up for some sparse tour dates, planned around the upcoming birth of member Hillary Scott’s baby.

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Mumford & Sons and Emmylou Harris Set for CMT Crossroads

Mumford & Sons and Emmylou Harris have been confirmed for an episode of CMT Crossroads. The show will be taped in Nashville this week to an invitation-only audience. The concert will feature the English folk rock band and the American singer-songwriter sharing the stage together and is set to air on September 20th. This will be Mumford & Sons first appearance on the show and Harris’ second; she previously shared the stage with Dave Matthews in 2004.

Mumford & Sons are releasing their sophomore album, Babel, on September 25. You can hear their first single, “I Will Wait” here.

Emmylou Harris is currently on tour and set to play an exclusive performance of her legendary album, Wrecking Ball, in Nashville on October 24th at Marathon Music Works.

Behind The Scenes With Kid Rock and Wynonna At The CMT Awards

Kid Rock and Wynonna Judd were scheduled to be onstage 30 minutes ago to rehearse a yet-to-be-determined song with the house band for the opening of the 2011 CMT Music Awards. An army of cameramen, crew, carpenters, producers, recording artists, musicians, and PAs nervously paced around the floor of the Bridgestone Arena. With the meter running at the Musician Union astronomical over-time scale, you could smell the tension mix with the fog machine smoke in the air. Our stage manager Russell got a call on his walkie.

“We need John in Kid Rock’s dressing room. Bring a guitar.”

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Announcing the Country Way Digital Sampler Vol 2, present by CMT

In conjunction with our new country music issue, American Songwriter and CMT proudly present The Country Way Digital Volume 2, featuring 31 must-hear tracks from some of our favorite artists. And the best thing about it? It’s free!
 

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1.       The Apache Relay - “American Nomad”

2.       Jessica Lea Mayfeld - “Our Hearts Are Wrong”

3.       Dylan LeBlanc - “Emma Hartley”

4.       Caitlin Rose - “Shanghai Cigarettes”

5.       Justin Townes Earle - “Learning To Cry”

6.       Hayes Carll - “Stomp & Holler”

7.       Sunny Sweeney - “From a Table Away”

8.       Sons of Bill - “The Rain”

9.       Jonny Corndawg - “Night Rider”

10.   Joe Pug -“How Good You Are”

11.   The Civil Wars - “Barton Hollow”

12.   Matraca Berg - “Racing The Angels”

13.   Steve Earle - “Waitin’ On The Sky”

14.   Middle Brother - “Me, Me, Me”

15.   Ponderosa - “I Don’t Mind (Live from American Songwriter)”

16.   Randy Montana - “1000 Faces”

17.   Walker Hayes - “Why Wait For Summer”

18.   Miss Willie Brown - “Couyon Crazy”

19.   Randy Rogers Band - “Interstate”

20.   Josh Kelley - “Gone Like That”

21.   Diana Jones - “High Atmosphere”

22.   Andrew Combs - “Wanderin’ Heart”

23.   Charlie Louvin - “Weapon Of Prayer”

24.   Robert Ellis - “Westbound Train”

25.   Wrinkle Neck Mules - “Catfish And Color TVs”

26.   Ryan Tanner - “I Never Did My Best”

27.   Marty Stuart - “Hummingbyrd”

28.   Jim Lauderdale - “Patchwork River”

29.   Lori McKenna - “Still Down Here”

30.   Buddy Miller - “God’s Winged Horse”

31.   Jason Isbell - “Codeine”