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Scene-lebrity Tweets of the Week I Week Ending February 22nd, 2016
From flying their meat, to celebrating Presidents' Day, to spending quality daddy time with the kids, here are just a few things our "scene-lebrities" shared with the Twitterverse last week.
Last week was a great week for Texas music...congrats to my buddy @GrangerSmith on his National #1 song
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A Will Hoge Penned Children’s Book, ‘The Chrump’
It is common knowledge that Will Hoge can write superb songs. He's got his 2012 Academy of Country Music (ACM), Country Music Association (CMA) and Grammy nominations for Best Country Song for "Even If It Breaks Your Heart," plus his national "Strong" 2014 Silverado pickup truck ad campaign to prove it (see above)...
Braun Brothers Family Reunion Festival Reveals Line-up
Anyone feel like a road trip to Idaho?
With a stellar reputation for providing a family friendly environment and the best in Americana, Texas Country, Red Dirt and Bluegrass music, The Braun Brothers Reunion should be on the top of your list of festivals to attend this year...
Your 2016 Ameripolitan Music Award Winners Are…
Forget the GRAMMYs, the Ameripolitan Music Awards were the trending award show in Austin, Texas this week.
On Tuesday, Feb. 16th, the 3rd Annual Ameripolitan Music Awards took place at the historic Paramount Theatre in downtown Austin, presented by Lone Star, and emceed by the legendary Ray Benson...
Miranda Lambert’s Foundation ‘MuttNation’ Gives $175,000 To Animal Shelters
Miranda Lambert and her MuttNation Foundation distributed $175,000 to shelters across the United States in January. The organization’s Mutts Across America: 50 States/50 Shelters made minimum donations of $3,000 to facilities in all 50 states...
Ryan Beaver Announces New Album ‘Rx’ Out May 6th
FINALLY!
Ryan Beaver just announced that he will release his much-anticipated new album Rx on May 6th. In addition to that big news, today he shared "Fast," the second song to be released from Rx, which premiered yesterday on Yahoo Music...
LISTEN: Sturgill Simpson Records HBO’s ‘Vinyl’ Theme Song, ‘Sugar Daddy’
Well, all the rumors WERE true.
A Sturgill Simpson tune by the name of “Sugar Daddy” has been selected as the theme song for a new HBO series, Vinyl. The show, which is being executive produced by Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter, will focus on a music executive in New York City in the 1970s who is trying to save his record company...
Kacey Musgraves: “The product might be cute but stealing ain’t”
Heads up! This sign was found being sold in a major western wear chain. (It's now pulled off the shelves) but it, along with SO MANY other countless items with my song lyrics are being illegally manufactured and sold in not only major chains but in smaller retailers too...
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Scene-lebrity Tweets Of The Week I For the Week Ending February 8th, 2016
What a week, huh? Let’s see, there were downed flies, birthday sing-a-longs, Reba marathons and much, much more. All of these random things led to lots of great Tweets and we've collected our favorites again this week below:
Ok, so I can't duck face, but I think we have perfected "The Selfie
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The Mavericks Join List of 2016 GRAMMYs Performers… Kinda
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The news is out! We're performing during The GRAMMYs Awards Premiere Ceremony on Feb. 15! Now we can shout it, shout it,...
Posted by The Mavericks on Wednesday, February 3, 2016
The Mavericks have not only been nominated for Best American Roots Song and Best Americana Album at the 2016 Grammy Awards, they will be PERFORMING at the Grammys too...