September 2010

Miranda Lambert Racks Up Nine CMA Nominations

Country star Miranda Lambert is now the most nominated female artist over the last 43 years of the CMA Awards after it was announced earlier today in the ABC Morning Talk Show “Good Morning America” that she snagged four more nominations, leading the awards race with a total of 9 nods.

After learning yesterday that her songs “White Liar” and “The House that Built Me” were both vying for the Single of the Year and Music Video of the Year honors, with “White Liar” also included in the Song of the Year race making her initially nominated for five awards, another four categories were added to her nominations: Musical Event of the Year for “Bad Angel” along with Dierks Bentley and Jamey Johnson, and the prestigious honors for Female Vocalist of the Year, Entertainer of the Year and Album of the Year for her record “Twang”.

Aside from Lambert, the breakout trio of Lady Antebellum now has a total of six nods after earning two more this morning, and so did New Artist of the Year nominee Zac Brown Band which garnered two more nominations as well, earning a total of four nominations.

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MLB Playoffs Arrive with Help of Kid Rock’s ‘Born Free’

MLB Playoffs Arrive with Help of Kid Rock’s ‘Born Free’

Turner Sports has just acquired the rights to use Kid Rock’s new single, “Born Free”, and also the rights to use footages from his 3-night show last month at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in his home turf in Detroit. The broadcasting company will integrate the track into their upcoming campaigns to promote the Major League Baseball playoffs in October.

“The perfect track” as Turner Sports would describe it, “Born Free”, along with baseball embodies the dynamism and energy of the American spirit and people. “It’s a song with an all-American feel that connects perfectly with America’s favorite pastime,” Turner Sports Senior VP Craig Barry added.

Turner Sports will create a two and a half-minute video clip comprising of footages from the rock singer’s Detroit shows and past MLB games, which will be shown over at TBS and at other Turner networks like TNT and CNN in place of commercial ads. The track can also be heard in every TBS playoff game coverage beginning October 6.

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