Saturday, June 24, 2006
Country music's culture war (Carrie Underwood)
Country music's culture war
World Magazine - Last year's American Idol winner, Carrie Underwood, has a record out that has been dominating the country music charts for weeks: "Jesus, Take the Wheel." It tells the story of a young woman's desperate prayer during a car crash, leading to a
Source: www.worldmag.com
Brooks & Dunn, Paisley, Underwood winners at country music awards
Tullahoma News - added to their record stash of nearly two dozen trophies and continued as the most honored artists in the history of the Academy of Country Music's awards show with a gospel-laced song they admitted was risky to record. Newcomer Carrie Underwood
Source: www.tullahomanews.com
Chart toppers
Canton Repository - 5. Don t Forget to Remember Me, Carrie Underwood. VHS Sales 1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Special Edition). 2. Requiem for a Dream. 3. Sesame Stree: Guess That Shape and Color, Sony Wonder. 4. Titanic (Full Screen Version
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Kenny Chesney brings the rock in Carson
Los Angeles Daily News - With: Dierks Bentley, Carrie Underwood Where: Home Depot Center at Cal State Dominguez Hills, Carson When: Saturday night One of the most successful stars in contemporary country music, Chesney has reigned supreme on the charts for a decade. His albums
Source: www.dailynews.com
Turning Up 'American Idol'
Washington Post - The names that rolled off the "American Idol" assembly line -- Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia Barrino, Ruben Studdard -- sounded like the secret identities of new Marvel superheroes. Can't you picture a plucky Ms. Carrie Underwood in the newsroom, a pert
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Event: Country Fever Music Festival
Tulsa World - Information: Four-day festival featuring live music by local, regional and national artists, including Carrie Underwood, Sawyer Brown, Travis Tritt, Brooks & Dunn, the Oak Ridge Boys and more, gates open at 1 p.m. Thursday, continues June 9-11, Catch
Source: www.tulsaworld.com
American Idol News, Recaps and Results
Arizona Reporter - Carrie Underwood Wins 'American Idol' Fourth Season Fans across the nation voted last night for one of the two remaining finalists to become the fourth AMERICAN IDOL. And as the fourth American Idol season came to an end tonight, those fans found out
Source: www.azreporter.com
Oldest 'Idol' can translate into success
Contra Costa Times - Even Clive Davis, the record mogul and legend who has guided the careers of previous "Idol" winners Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia, Ruben Studdard and Carrie Underwood, says the transition is not as simple as it seems. "They then enter the world of making
Source: www.contracostatimes.com
Hicks dethrones Shakira on Hot 100
Hollywood Reporter - Three of the prior four "Idol" winners have bowed atop the Hot 100 -- Carrie Underwood ("Inside Your Heaven"), Fantasia ("I Believe") and Kelly Clarkson ("A Moment Like This"). "Do I Make You Proud" ends the two-week reign of Shakira's "Hips Don't
Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com