Nashville News: Thursday, 8/20
Reba McEntire is lending her voice to the new animated movie, The Land Before Time: Journey of the Brave.
She'll play Etta, a new character in the series. Reba posted a picture of herself on Facebook in the studio
where she recorded her part. The movie is expected to be released early next year.
Steven Tyler went before the cameras in Nashville and filmed a cameo on the ABC drama Nashville.
Nashville's new season premieres on September 23rd, but no word yet on when the episode with Steven will air.
He is in Nashville working on his country solo album.
The story of the Man in Black will be told through the new documentary Johnny Cash: American Rebel.
The film will offer a unique look at Johnny's life through 12 of his songs, such as "Folsom Prison Blues," "Ring of Fire"
and "Sunday Morning Coming Down." It will include original interviews with family and friends including
John Carter Cash, Rosanne Cash, Carlene Carter, Eric Church, Sheryl Crow, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson,
John Mellencamp, Kid Rock, Rick Rubin, Willie Nelson and more.
The documentary premieres on September 12th -- the 12th anniversary of Johnny's death -- on CMT.
Nashville News: Wednesday, 8/19
Sam Hunt has been all over the country as a support act on Lady Antebellum's Wheels Up tour.
But when things settle down a bit in the fall, he plans on working on some new music -- maybe.
Doesn't look like Sam has anything to worry about -- his first two singles went number-one and his latest single,"House Party," sits at number-three this week.
Congrats to Zac Brown Band for landing atop the Mediabase Country singles chart this week with ‘Loving You Easy.’
This is the second single from the band’s Jekyll + Hyde album, following ‘Homegrown’ which hit number one back in April.
Nashville News: Tuesday, 8/18
Rascal Flatts and Kacey Musgraves are set to contribute songs to the album We Love Disney.
Rascal Flatts team up with Lucy Hale for a version of "Let It Go" from Frozen. Kacey channels Mary Poppins
with her take of "Spoonful of Sugar."
Other acts contributing songs include Gwen Stefani, Jason Derulo and Fall Out Boy.
The album is set for release on October 30th.
Dolly Parton, who has a deal with NBC to create a series of movies about her life, has two lined up already.
Coat of Many Colors will air during the holiday season. Jennifer Nettles will play the young Dolly's mother, and
Rick Schroeder the father.
Next on the schedule is Jolene,about a woman who knows her rival could easily steal away her man.
Luke Bryan’s fifth studio album, Kill the Lights, debuted at number-one onBillboard’s all-genre album chart this week. According to the magazine, the 13-track collection sold 345,000 units. Of that sum, 320,000 were pure album sales. Kill the Lights’ first week out is
also the largest sales week for a country album in three years -- since Luke’s last collection,Crash My Party.