SunnyD And Country Music Songstress Martina McBride Encourage Moms To Share Stories Of Their Children’s Shining Moments For The Chance To Win $10,000 And A VIP Trip To Meet Martina At A Performance in Nashville

Nashville, Tenn. (March 10, 2010) — SunnyD partners with Martina McBride – Superstar and Mom – to encourage the shining moments of children in a national marketing campaign. This marks SunnyD’s first music and entertainment partnership. The partnership is a fun and exciting way for SunnyD to connect with Martina’s fans who share an optimistic and youthful outlook with the brand. The campaign includes a national TV, print and retail campaign, national consumer promotion, and concert tour sponsorship.

“SunnyD is delighted to be partnering with Martina McBride for the Time to Shine promotion. This partnership is a great fit as it brings together two enduring, spirited brands that encourage children to achieve their best,” said Mark Ozimek, Assistant Brand Manager for SunnyD. “Martina’s music is all about optimism. And since 1964, SunnyD has been bringing out the best in kids.”

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Public Invited to Free Concert for NASCAR Hall of Fame Grand Opening
Country Music Trio Love And Theft to Headline

Nashville, TN – Race fans, tourists, Charlotte residents: All are invited to a full day of free fun May 11, 2010 outside the NASCAR Hall of Fame in uptown Charlotte, N.C., to celebrate its grand opening.

One of the highlights of the daylong event will be a free concert that evening on the Ceremonial Plaza headlined by country music trio Love And Theft, who are preparing to tour with country music superstars Tim McGraw and Lady Antebellum. The stop will be a homecoming for one member of the trio, Charlotte native Eric Gunderson, who grew up in the area and attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The band also features members Stephen Barker Liles, of Florida, and Texan Brian Bandas. Lyric Street recording artist Love and Theft’s debut album, World Wide Open, includes the hits “Runaway” and “Dancing In Circles.”

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At the opening festivities of the 28^th Annual George Strait Team Roping Classic finals in San Antonio today, George Strait announced to the hometown crowd that he is bringing his superstar tour to the Alamodome. The stadium show is scheduled for May 1st and includes the King of Country Music along with Reba and special guests Lee Ann Womack and the Randy Rogers Band. Tickets go on sale March 27^th at 10:00am through Ticketmaster.

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MONEYPENNY

New Mixtape & SXSW Show Schedule
Moneypenny & Friends SXSW Mixtape download below
Wednesday, March 17 (LIVE SET) ASCAP Showcase @ Dirty Dog
505 E. 6th St | 12:15am

Thursday, March 18 (DJ SET) Matt E. Silver Presents party @ The Phoenix
409 Colorado St | 12:45am

Friday, March 19 (DJ SET) “It’s Chicago” party @ The Lodge
411 E. 6th St | 11:20pm
download mixtape

Moneypenny is an alluring female electro pop duo born from Chicago’s burgeoning Nu-Indie scene and poised to pop in 2010. Though the group has yet to officially release any music, they’ve licensed three songs to ABC, played Lollapalooza and performed at key tastemakers events in LA, SF, New York and Chicago. They’ve opened for acts like Robyn, La Roux, and Chromeo and have their own established Chicago club night – SPANDEXXX – which has welcomed acts like Miike Snow, Dragonette, The Golden Filter, and more to the Windy City.
Tastemakers in their own right, Moneypenny have partnered with the Chicago-based ColorJar Venture Accelerator (of which Priceline founding member Jeff Hoffman is a partner) to form Loose Change Recordings, a new-model record label/media company celebrating the music, lifestyle and culture of Chicago’s Nu-Indie scene.
Look for Moneypenny’s debut EP this spring/summer via Loose Change, with a number of subsequent releases from great Chicago-based talent to follow. In the meantime, the girls of Moneypenny are dropping a SXSW-inspired mixtape featuring snippets of songs from their forthcoming EP, as well some of their favorite tracks to have come out of the Windy City over the past couple of months. Download it for free above.

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ACM NOMINEE JOEY+RORY
ANNOUNCE NEW STUDIO ALBUM

Husband/Wife Duo Kick Off U.S. Spring Tour With Zac Brown Band!

Nashville, Tenn.  — Husband/Wife duo Joey+Rory have an exciting year planned with a 2010 ACM nomination under their belt already, a U.S. arena tour this spring and the upcoming release of their sophomore album. Set for an early summer release (exact date TBA), the CD is simply titled Album #2 and is produced by legendary, Grammy award-winning producer Carl Jackson who also produced their debut album. That album titled The Life of a Song debuted #10 on the Billboard Country Album Chart and remained on the charts for 50 weeks selling 200,000 copies.

“This is our sophomore album and the title cut is a humorous take on the pressure put on artists when they make their second album,” explains Rory. “Rather than worry about it or avoid it, it’s more our nature to just face it head on, and even find the humor in it.”

Known for bringing beautiful harmonies, authenticity and romance back to country music, the Vanguard/Sugar Hill recording artists will hit the road this spring with Grammy award-winner Zac Brown Band for the “Breaking Southern Ground” tour. Joey+Rory will not only perform but will act as emcee for the tour.

“We’re beyond excited about going on tour with the Zac Brown Band,” says Joey. “Over the last year, we’ve become good friends. They’re the real deal. They don’t compromise. We love that.”

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Check out Spinner.com to hear the first track “Nothing But the Whole Wide World,” off Jakob Dylan’s sophomore release ‘Women and Country’

More from Spinner: “For his second solo album, ‘Women and Country,’ Jakob Dylan is getting help from a longtime friend, who just happens to be one of the hottest producers in the business — T-Bone Burnett. Though they worked together on the Wallflowers’ 1996 breakout album, ‘Bringing Down the Horse,’ the pair head in a country and folk direction on this album. Dylan’s maturity and versatility as a songwriter is apparent on the album track ‘Nothing But the Whole Wide World,’ which features Neko Case on backing vocals.

“I’ve known Jakob since he was a kid and have followed his evolution with great interest,” Burnett tells Spinner. “When he first sat down with a guitar and played me ‘Nothing But the Whole Wide World,’ it was clear that he had taken several steps forward in his songwriting — that he was writing folk music, which is another way of looking at popular music. I’m so happy to be collaborating with Jakob at this exciting and vital time in his life as an artist, and I think this new album is an important work from a great musician.”"

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 ”Why Don’t We Just Dance”#1 for 3 consecutive weeks/ Josh added to Alan Jackson tour

Josh Turner’s hit single “Why Don’t We Just Dance” continues to hold the #1 position on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart (3 weeks running). Haywire, Josh’s fourth studio album, debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 chart and entered Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart at #2 – marking his third straight top 10 album.

Alan Jackson has invited Josh Turner to be part of his Freight Train Tour kicking off April 8 in Estero, FL. “I am really looking forward to sharing the stage with Alan,” says Turner. “He has always been one of my musical heroes and I know we will be playing for a great group of country music fans during this tour.”

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Josh Turner is set to perform on The Late Show With David Letterman this MONDAY, February 8. MCA Nashville will release HAYWIRE, Josh’s fourth album, the following day (2/9).

Josh was also recently featured in Billboard’s Best Bets of 2010 and he is Country Weekly’s cover story hitting stands on February 8.

For a complete list of tour dates, go to www.joshturner.com

About Josh Turner:

One of country music’s fastest rising stars, Josh Turner burst onto the national scene selling more than a million copies of his debut album LONG BLACK TRAIN. His sophomore release, YOUR MAN, is certified double platinum and spawned three number one singles. Josh’s third album from MCA Nashville, EVERYTHING IS FINE produced three Top-20 hits and debuted on the Billboard album charts at #5 POP and #3 COUNTRY. His latest album, HAYWIRE, is set for release February 9, 2010.

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TAYLOR SWIFT AND BUTCH WALKER’S SENSATIONAL GRAMMYS COLLAB SPAWNED FROM VIRAL VID

This past November, after announcing a residency at LA’s Hotel Cafe, Butch Walker asked fans to request songs he should cover via Twitter. The first night of the residency spawned a fun cover of Swift’s hit, “You Belong With Me,” which was the #1 request from fans. Later that night, Walker recorded his own banjolin-based version of the song, filmed a making-of video and posted the results on his Youtube channel. In less than two days the video (LINK) went viral and resulted in Swift tweeting a link to the video, declaring “@butchwalker covered You Belong With Me and I’m losing my MIND listening to it! Blown away.”

Last night, Butch joined Swift on stage with Stevie Nicks at the GRAMMYS telecast to perform his own stripped down version of the song with her. Watch it:

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