Showing posts with label Rodney Atkins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rodney Atkins. Show all posts
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Monday, December 27, 2021
Sunday, January 10, 2021
New Music Video From Rodney Atkins - "A Little Good News" (Anne Murray Cover)
Rodney Atkins on this Anne Murray cover, "This song started tugging on my heart about a year ago. I actually began recording it when the pandemic hit in early Spring of 2020 and kept hitting stumbling blocks. My wife Rose refused to let me give up on it, saying people really need to hear it. I pray this will touch and lift up all the heavy hearts this last year has affected and remind us that this country has been through hell before, and we came out stronger together. By the grace of God, we will again!"
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Write You a Song Podcast Episode V - An Interview With Songwriter Brett James
This morning we share another new podcast from host Tom Mailey from Bonneville radio station New Country 105.1 KNCI in Sacramento. Tom is a country radio veteran with over 30 years of experience in Seattle and Sacramento and a key partner in our Golf & Guitars Children's Charity Music Festival, a little event in our twelfth year that has raised well north of a million bucks for kids and individuals with disabilities. It highlights the songwriters in our industry and is entitled Write You a Song.
It's his hope that this podcast will shine a little overdue spotlight on the talented men and women who, mostly behind the scenes, write the songs that become part of our lives. You know their words and music, but maybe not their names: Write You a Song will feature some of country music’s biggest songwriters--like Jeffrey Steele, Brett Warren, Tim Nichols and more.
James' compositions have been credited on 494 recordings by a wide variety of artists. Signed to Career Records (a division of Arista Nashville) as a solo artist in 1995, James charted three singles and released a self-titled debut album that year. He returned to Arista as a recording artist in 2002, releasing two more singles.
It's his hope that this podcast will shine a little overdue spotlight on the talented men and women who, mostly behind the scenes, write the songs that become part of our lives. You know their words and music, but maybe not their names: Write You a Song will feature some of country music’s biggest songwriters--like Jeffrey Steele, Brett Warren, Tim Nichols and more.
Songwriter Brett James talks about writing hits with Carrie Underwood... and what makes her such a creative songwriter in her own right. He also shares stories behind hits like "Man I Want To Be", "Something in the Water" and how a night out in the Islands with Kenny Chesney led to writing two number one singles, back to back. If you're an aspiring songwriter, or just interested in the craft, Brett's a great and engaging guest!
James' compositions have been credited on 494 recordings by a wide variety of artists. Signed to Career Records (a division of Arista Nashville) as a solo artist in 1995, James charted three singles and released a self-titled debut album that year. He returned to Arista as a recording artist in 2002, releasing two more singles.
Since the early 2000s, James has become known primarily as a songwriter for other country and pop music artists. Among his compositions is Carrie Underwood's 2006 number-one hit "Jesus, Take the Wheel", which received Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance. His writers' credits also include number-one hits for Jessica Andrews, Martina McBride, Rodney Atkins, and Jason Aldean.
Saturday, November 10, 2018
That Nashville Sound Saturday Newsbytes: New Trisha Album, New Music Videos & A PGA Tour Caddie Makes Album
We've got a handful of news items to share this Saturday morning including some new music videos, a couple of upcoming album announcements and a link to a brand new album from a prominent PGA Tour caddie.
- Trisha Yearwood will release an album of Frank Sinatra covers through William Sonoma on December 20th- the project will get a more universal launch in February of 2018. “I’ve been wanting to make this record for 20 years!” Yearwood, 54, tells PEOPLE. “I have always loved standards, and nobody sings them better than Sinatra. I’m honored to get the chance to pay tribute to him and the songwriters in these timeless classics.”
- Darryl Worley has a new yet-to-be-titled album coming out in February of 2019. He is now on Acceleration Music Group, a new secondary radio label project started this month. Other artists on Acceleration include Ty Herndon and Michelle Wright.
- Ashley McBryde has a new acoustic music video for her song "Home Sweet Highway."
- Rodney Atkins has a new music video for "Caught Up In The Country."
- Jerrod Niemann has a new music video for "Old Glory."
- Longtime PGA Tour caddie and Sacramento-native John Wood has released a new album entitled Record 66. Having been on the bag for golf stars like Kevin Sutherland, Hunter Mahan and Matt Kuchar, Wood is recognized as one of the finest caddies out on tour- and time between tournaments has had him perfecting his musical craft as well. Says Wood, "Been writing songs for a while now and finally sat down and got to work and made halfway decent recordings of them, so it's almost kinda sorta a whole album. You can listen to it on soundcloud. If you like overly wordy, sad, and slightly off key singing, then this Is your jam. Best I can say is it's not horrible for a caddie." You can listen to the project HERE.
- Darryl Worley has a new yet-to-be-titled album coming out in February of 2019. He is now on Acceleration Music Group, a new secondary radio label project started this month. Other artists on Acceleration include Ty Herndon and Michelle Wright.
- Ashley McBryde has a new acoustic music video for her song "Home Sweet Highway."
- Rodney Atkins has a new music video for "Caught Up In The Country."
- Jerrod Niemann has a new music video for "Old Glory."
- Longtime PGA Tour caddie and Sacramento-native John Wood has released a new album entitled Record 66. Having been on the bag for golf stars like Kevin Sutherland, Hunter Mahan and Matt Kuchar, Wood is recognized as one of the finest caddies out on tour- and time between tournaments has had him perfecting his musical craft as well. Says Wood, "Been writing songs for a while now and finally sat down and got to work and made halfway decent recordings of them, so it's almost kinda sorta a whole album. You can listen to it on soundcloud. If you like overly wordy, sad, and slightly off key singing, then this Is your jam. Best I can say is it's not horrible for a caddie." You can listen to the project HERE.
Friday, October 19, 2018
That Nashville Sound Friday Newsbytes: New Music Videos, New Albums from Montgomery Gentry & Ray Scott
Yesterday brought a few new music videos as well as a couple of new album announcements that are important to get on your radar:
~ Mumford & Sons have a new music video for their new song "Guiding Light."
~ Sierra Hull has a new music video (courtesy of Music Fog) for her song "Weighted Mind."
~ Cassadee Pope has a new music video for her new release "One More Red Light."
~ Ray Scott is following his 2017 release of Guitar for Sale with a new project Honky Tonk Heart that will be coming out Feb 22, 2018. Says Scott, "Most artists, if they’re workin’, can’t help but evolve. It keeps things interesting, keeps ‘em movin’ forward. Thank God for the trials of life. They provide inspiration, and guys like me need that like the crops need the rain."
- Montgomery Gentry has a new project called 20 Years of Hits that was re-recorded shortly before Troy Gentry s untimely death in 2017 in celebration of the band's 20-year milestone anniversary; it includes five #1 Billboard country chart-topping hits as well as numerous gold and Top 10 hits spanning the group s first two decades. As a special tribute to Troy and Eddie, some of country music s biggest stars such as Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Rodney Atkins, Granger Smith, Colt Ford, Logan Mize and Jimmie Allen stepped up to join in on seven of the duo s most popular songs.
~ Sierra Hull has a new music video (courtesy of Music Fog) for her song "Weighted Mind."
~ Cassadee Pope has a new music video for her new release "One More Red Light."
~ Ray Scott is following his 2017 release of Guitar for Sale with a new project Honky Tonk Heart that will be coming out Feb 22, 2018. Says Scott, "Most artists, if they’re workin’, can’t help but evolve. It keeps things interesting, keeps ‘em movin’ forward. Thank God for the trials of life. They provide inspiration, and guys like me need that like the crops need the rain."
- Montgomery Gentry has a new project called 20 Years of Hits that was re-recorded shortly before Troy Gentry s untimely death in 2017 in celebration of the band's 20-year milestone anniversary; it includes five #1 Billboard country chart-topping hits as well as numerous gold and Top 10 hits spanning the group s first two decades. As a special tribute to Troy and Eddie, some of country music s biggest stars such as Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Rodney Atkins, Granger Smith, Colt Ford, Logan Mize and Jimmie Allen stepped up to join in on seven of the duo s most popular songs.
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Friday, December 22, 2017
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Interview Flashback - Catching Up With Rodney Atkins
I have been blessed to write contributions/reviews/interviews/opinion pieces for several country music and roots-oriented websites and publications over the years including Saving Country Music, Nashville Scene, Country California, Country Weekly, American Noise, The 9513 and Engine 145. As a regular contributor to the last two in that list, I did close to a 100 interviews with different artists- and since both of those great sites have come down, I will reprint some of those interviews here to give them a home in perpetuity. This interview was originally published in November 2009 on The 9513.
Chalk Rodney Atkins’ success up to being one more Nashville overnight success story. That is, if nights are measured by decades.
Although he had never even played a guitar until well into high school, Rodney's passion for music through his Tennessee Tech college days was clear to anyone who knew him. As he was working towards his psychology degree, he spent nights playing in bars and honkytonks and spent every free minute travelling to Nashville to do the same. Those Nashville appearances caught the eye of Curb Records, who signed the newcomer in 1997 and quickly released his first single, “In a Heartbeat.” It made it all the way up to number 74 on the Billboard charts. It would be five more years before radio heard another single from Atkins.
His next big push came in 2002 when he released his first album titled Honesty. The first two singles off of the album flirted with the charts and it wasn’t until the third, "Honesty (Write Me a List)" finally made it all the way to number four on the charts. But a follow-up single off the album fell short as well.
But nearly ten years after being signed by Curb Records, things finally clicked for Atkins. With the 2006 release of "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" as the first and title single from his sophomore album, he scored his first number one.
Since then, he’s continued to score big hits with four additional number one hits such as “Watching You,” “These Are My People,” “Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy),” and “It’s America.”
The ACM award-winner for Top New Male Vocalist released a brand new album earlier this year that has spawned two hit singles and his most recent release, “Chasin’ Girls,” is about to enter the charts.
The 9513 had a chance to catch up with Atkins in person after an intimate radio show at a local bar and grill for a quick interview.
KEN MORTON, JR.- There is a brand new brick building in Greenville, Tennessee with your name on it I hear.
RODNEY ATKINS- That was amazing. I didn’t know my name was going to be on the building. It’s on the children’s home that I was adopted from- the orphanage that my parents got me from. I was born in Knoxville, but that is where I ended up. I went through foster care and went through three sets of adopted parents before I wound up with my Mom and Dad. Our goal a few years back was to raise about a million dollars to update that place. It had been there since the fifties and the buildings had gotten run down. We would up raising over five million dollars and they built two new youth homes
and a lot of new places there. When we went to the building dedication, they named one of the buildings The Rodney Atkins Youth Home. It’s truly unbelievable. Charles Hutchins, the gentleman that still works there, was the guy that placed me with my family. The whole thing was bigger than I ever dreamed it could be.
KMJ- How much did your own adoption experience influence your career in country music? Can you identify traits in you that can be attributed back to your own up-bringing?
RA- It probably did, but I was just a kid. It makes me really cherish and love what family is. That is the one thing I can never get enough of and what I truly feel blessed having. Every part of adoption is a blessing. I have to gave thanks to the National Council For Adoption. I thank God for my family. And probably the concept of perseverance- winding up with the family you’re supposed to have.
KMJ- While getting your degree in psychology in college, I know you helped counsel troubled youth with music- what was that experience like?
RA- It was very cool. It was my practicum while I was at Tennessee Tech. They had me go in and work with these troubled juvenile delinquents. It was sort of like Andy Griffith. I would go in those guys would want to rip my head off wanting to get out of there. I would bring in my guitar and you could just see them calm down. They would forget what they were mad about. It made me realize how therapeutic music can be.
KMJ- Looking back after you first got signed by Curb Records in 1997, it took nearly seven years to land your first top ten hit with “Honesty (Write Me A List).” Describe that period of your life.
RA- It’s kind of the way I operate. People always ask if I got discouraged during that period of my life. Maybe I did from time to time, but I really feel that you have to present in the time you’re in. You have to live where you are and be present in what you’re doing. I was just writing songs. I was raising kids and being married and doing the same thing I am doing now. You’re life is really what you’re focusing on. You can’t get too caught up in what’s down the road and where you’ve been. It’s where you are. I’m so thankful that I was actually home while my son was born during those first few years. It allowed us the opportunity to create a relationship that is the greatest thing in the world.
KMJ- You almost see it as a blessing looking back.
RA- It really was. I don’t look at it as a struggle going through that time. They were great times just like these are great times.
KMJ- Let’s switch gears and talk about the new album. For someone who hasn’t listened to it yet, how would you describe it?
RA- It’s a celebration of life and hope and friends and family. That’s what the whole album is about. It’s about camaraderie and having a sense of community. It’s not about being perfect, it’s about being human.
KMJ- How would you say it differs from “If You’re Going Through Hell?”
RA- For me, the difference is sonically it’s a better album. I think we learned a lot when we were recording the album- actually we learned a lot on both of them. For me, vocally, I think the songs are rangier and the grooves are a little bit funkier. It covers some similar topics but I think it’s different too.
KMJ- Any favorite songs on the album?
RA- I loved “It’s America” the first time I heard it. But I love “Simple Things” that I wrote too. One day I was hanging out with Elijah, my little boy, all caught up on having to return a whole bunch of phone calls and being the “artist” guy. We like to ride four-wheelers down by and through the creek in our holler behind the house. Down there, we don’t have phone reception. I might have well as thrown my phone away. I got caught up in splashing through the creek and catching crawdads. That is what life is all about. That’s what it really comes down to. That songs pulls me back to where I really want to be.
KMJ- I hear there’s a new twist on your most recent single, “Chasin’ Girls,” that’s different from the album version.
RA- What happened is that I wrote this song before Elijah started preschool without life changing a lot. I wrote it way back then. I try to write songs straight out of real life. That’s always my goal. My wife and I were joking about how she was having all the cravings all the time while pregnant. I said, “You know I should have written it this.” And I redid it for her at the house with new lyrics and did a version just for her. I gave a copy to the record label guys and they all said, “Man, that’s even more you. We have to release it that way.” So they’ve decided to come with that version. This is the updated life version. It’s a great song about how us as guys start out by chasing girls and we keep chasing them our whole life.
KMJ- What is country music to Rodney Atkins?
RA- It’s a slice out of real life. That’s what country music is supposed to represent. It’s stuff that real people can relate to. For me, it’s songs that you can call real. That’s what it’s supposed to represent- things that people can relate to.
Although he had never even played a guitar until well into high school, Rodney's passion for music through his Tennessee Tech college days was clear to anyone who knew him. As he was working towards his psychology degree, he spent nights playing in bars and honkytonks and spent every free minute travelling to Nashville to do the same. Those Nashville appearances caught the eye of Curb Records, who signed the newcomer in 1997 and quickly released his first single, “In a Heartbeat.” It made it all the way up to number 74 on the Billboard charts. It would be five more years before radio heard another single from Atkins.
His next big push came in 2002 when he released his first album titled Honesty. The first two singles off of the album flirted with the charts and it wasn’t until the third, "Honesty (Write Me a List)" finally made it all the way to number four on the charts. But a follow-up single off the album fell short as well.
But nearly ten years after being signed by Curb Records, things finally clicked for Atkins. With the 2006 release of "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" as the first and title single from his sophomore album, he scored his first number one.
Since then, he’s continued to score big hits with four additional number one hits such as “Watching You,” “These Are My People,” “Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy),” and “It’s America.”
The ACM award-winner for Top New Male Vocalist released a brand new album earlier this year that has spawned two hit singles and his most recent release, “Chasin’ Girls,” is about to enter the charts.
The 9513 had a chance to catch up with Atkins in person after an intimate radio show at a local bar and grill for a quick interview.
KEN MORTON, JR.- There is a brand new brick building in Greenville, Tennessee with your name on it I hear.
RODNEY ATKINS- That was amazing. I didn’t know my name was going to be on the building. It’s on the children’s home that I was adopted from- the orphanage that my parents got me from. I was born in Knoxville, but that is where I ended up. I went through foster care and went through three sets of adopted parents before I wound up with my Mom and Dad. Our goal a few years back was to raise about a million dollars to update that place. It had been there since the fifties and the buildings had gotten run down. We would up raising over five million dollars and they built two new youth homes
and a lot of new places there. When we went to the building dedication, they named one of the buildings The Rodney Atkins Youth Home. It’s truly unbelievable. Charles Hutchins, the gentleman that still works there, was the guy that placed me with my family. The whole thing was bigger than I ever dreamed it could be.
KMJ- How much did your own adoption experience influence your career in country music? Can you identify traits in you that can be attributed back to your own up-bringing?
RA- It probably did, but I was just a kid. It makes me really cherish and love what family is. That is the one thing I can never get enough of and what I truly feel blessed having. Every part of adoption is a blessing. I have to gave thanks to the National Council For Adoption. I thank God for my family. And probably the concept of perseverance- winding up with the family you’re supposed to have.
KMJ- While getting your degree in psychology in college, I know you helped counsel troubled youth with music- what was that experience like?
RA- It was very cool. It was my practicum while I was at Tennessee Tech. They had me go in and work with these troubled juvenile delinquents. It was sort of like Andy Griffith. I would go in those guys would want to rip my head off wanting to get out of there. I would bring in my guitar and you could just see them calm down. They would forget what they were mad about. It made me realize how therapeutic music can be.
KMJ- Looking back after you first got signed by Curb Records in 1997, it took nearly seven years to land your first top ten hit with “Honesty (Write Me A List).” Describe that period of your life.
RA- It’s kind of the way I operate. People always ask if I got discouraged during that period of my life. Maybe I did from time to time, but I really feel that you have to present in the time you’re in. You have to live where you are and be present in what you’re doing. I was just writing songs. I was raising kids and being married and doing the same thing I am doing now. You’re life is really what you’re focusing on. You can’t get too caught up in what’s down the road and where you’ve been. It’s where you are. I’m so thankful that I was actually home while my son was born during those first few years. It allowed us the opportunity to create a relationship that is the greatest thing in the world.
KMJ- You almost see it as a blessing looking back.
RA- It really was. I don’t look at it as a struggle going through that time. They were great times just like these are great times.
KMJ- Let’s switch gears and talk about the new album. For someone who hasn’t listened to it yet, how would you describe it?
RA- It’s a celebration of life and hope and friends and family. That’s what the whole album is about. It’s about camaraderie and having a sense of community. It’s not about being perfect, it’s about being human.
KMJ- How would you say it differs from “If You’re Going Through Hell?”
RA- For me, the difference is sonically it’s a better album. I think we learned a lot when we were recording the album- actually we learned a lot on both of them. For me, vocally, I think the songs are rangier and the grooves are a little bit funkier. It covers some similar topics but I think it’s different too.
KMJ- Any favorite songs on the album?
RA- I loved “It’s America” the first time I heard it. But I love “Simple Things” that I wrote too. One day I was hanging out with Elijah, my little boy, all caught up on having to return a whole bunch of phone calls and being the “artist” guy. We like to ride four-wheelers down by and through the creek in our holler behind the house. Down there, we don’t have phone reception. I might have well as thrown my phone away. I got caught up in splashing through the creek and catching crawdads. That is what life is all about. That’s what it really comes down to. That songs pulls me back to where I really want to be.
KMJ- I hear there’s a new twist on your most recent single, “Chasin’ Girls,” that’s different from the album version.
RA- What happened is that I wrote this song before Elijah started preschool without life changing a lot. I wrote it way back then. I try to write songs straight out of real life. That’s always my goal. My wife and I were joking about how she was having all the cravings all the time while pregnant. I said, “You know I should have written it this.” And I redid it for her at the house with new lyrics and did a version just for her. I gave a copy to the record label guys and they all said, “Man, that’s even more you. We have to release it that way.” So they’ve decided to come with that version. This is the updated life version. It’s a great song about how us as guys start out by chasing girls and we keep chasing them our whole life.
KMJ- What is country music to Rodney Atkins?
RA- It’s a slice out of real life. That’s what country music is supposed to represent. It’s stuff that real people can relate to. For me, it’s songs that you can call real. That’s what it’s supposed to represent- things that people can relate to.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Thursday, December 25, 2014
New Projects Forthcoming From Both Craig Wayne Boyd and Rodney Atkins
Excited for my Greatest Hits album coming out on 2/3 Pre-order & get new single instantly! RT http://t.co/y7Ww97mvEE pic.twitter.com/zaHIRHWIHz
— Rodney Atkins (@RodneyAtkins) December 23, 2014
#TheVoice Winner #CraigWayneBoyd Signs with Dot Records http://t.co/gEP9DfIkOM
— mjsbigblog (@mjsbigblog) December 20, 2014
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
New Music Video From Rose Falcon- "Like Crazy"
Rose Falcon and Rodney Atkins just got hitched over the weekend. This music video seems only appropriate to come out while they're on their honeymoon.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Cracker Barrel Unveils New Collections From LeAnn Rimes, Tim McGraw, Larry Gatlin, The Judds, Rodney Atkins and Wynonna
Track Listings are as follows:
LeAnn Rimes (Special 3 CD Package)
Disc 1 – This Woman
1. I Want To Be With You
2. You Take Me Home
3. Something’s Gotta Give
4. Won’t Be Lonely Long
5. Nothin’ Bout Love Makes Sense
6. Probably Wouldn’t Be This Way
7. The Weight of Love
8. With You
9. I Got It Bad
10. I Dare You
11. When This Woman Loves A Man
12. Some People
Disc 2 – Blue
1. Blue
2. Hurt Me
3. One Way Ticket
4. My Baby
5. Honestly
6. The Light In Your Eyes
7. Talk To Me
8. I’ll Get Even With You
9. Cattle Call (with Eddy Arnold)
10. Good Lookin’ Man
11. Fade To Blue
Disc 3 – You Light Up My Life
1. You Light Up My Life
2. The Rose
3. Bridge Over Troubled Waters
4. I Believe
5. Ten Thousand Angels Cried
6. Clinging To A Saving Hand
7. On The Side Of Angels
8. I Know Who Holds Tomorrow
9. God Bless America
10. How Do I Live (Extended Mix)
11. Amazing Grace
12. National Anthem
Tim McGraw -- Classic Collection, Greatest Hits
1. Indian Outlaw
2. Don't Take The Girl
3. She Never Lets It Go To Her Heart
4. I Like It, I Love It
5. Just To See You Smile
6. It's Your Love (With Faith Hill)
7. Where The Green Grass Grows
8. For A Little While
9. Please Remember Me
10. Something Like That
11. My Best Friend
12. Maybe We Should Just Sleep On It
13. Down On The Farm
14. My Next Thirty Years
15. Let's Make Love (With Faith Hill)
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Bros -- Classic Collection
1. All The Gold In California
2. Night Time Magic
3. Broken Lady
4. Houston (Means I’m One Day Closer To You
5. Statues Without Hearts
6. Johnny Cash Is Dead (And His House Burned Down)
7. Handsome Young Gringo
8. Family Reunion
9. Down
10. Americans, That’s Who
The Judds -- Classic Collection
1. Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout The Good Old Days)
2. Why Not Me
3. Love Can Build A Bridge
4. Mama He’s Crazy
5. Young Love
6. Rockin’ With The Rhythm Of The Rain
7. Love Is Alive
8. Have Mercy
9. Girls Night Out
10. Turn It Loose
Rodney Atkins
1. These Are My People
2. About The South
3. Watching You
4. Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)
5. In The Middle
6. A Man On A Tractor
7. Wasted Whiskey
8. Invisibly Shaken
9. Angel’s Hands
10. If You’re Going Through Hell (Before The Devil Even Knows)
11. Farmer’s Daughter
12. More Like Your Memory (Always Takes Me Back)
Wynonna – Love Heals
1. She Is His Only Need
2. No One Else On Earth
3. My Strongest Weakness
4. Tell Me Why
5. Only Love
6. Rock Bottom
7. What The World Needs
8. Come Some Rainy Day
9. Is It Over Yet
10. Let Your Light Shine
11. Sing (Radio Mix)
12. When I Fall In Love (Radio Edit)
Monday, September 3, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
New Music Video From Billy Gilman & Friends- "The Choice"
The goal from this song is to place 500,000 pairs of shoes on people worldwide through sales of
the song and donations. One dollar will buy a pair of new or gently used shoes. Most country fans will remember Billy Gillman as the fresh-faced preteen made famous by the song "One Voice." Included as guest-singers on "The Choice" are Kenny Rogers, Rodney Atkins, Montgomery Gentry, Amy Grant, Steve Holy, Wynonna, Richie McDonald, Vince Gill, Ronnie Milsap, Craig Morgan, Kellie Pickler, Diamond Rio, Randy Travis. Josh Turner, Keith Urban, Reba McEntire, LeAnn Rimes and Alan Jackson.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Stream The Grand Ole Opry Live Tonight
The grand dame of country music known as The Grand Ole Opry is teaming up with MySpace Music to offer fans the chance to watch Opry performances streamed live on their MySpace page. The first live streaming will be tonight when Martina McBride, Rodney Atkins, Jake Owen, and Carrie Underwood will take the stage.A pre-show webcast will begin at 8:30 p.m. ET featuring artist interviews, video clips, and more live from backstage at the Opry. Make sure you catch all the action HERE.
Friday, November 13, 2009
An Interview With Rodney Atkins On The 9513
With the 2006 release of “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)” (the first single from his sophomore album), Rodney Atkins scored his first number one. Since then, he’s continued to score big hits with four additional (and consecutive) chart toppers, including “Watching You,” “These Are My People,” “Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy),” and “It’s America.”The ACM award-winner for Top New Male Vocalist released a brand new album earlier this year that has spawned two hit singles, and his most recent release, “Chasin’ Girls,” is about to enter the charts. I had a chance to catch up with Atkins in person after an intimate California radio show at a local bar and grill for a quick interview for The 9513.
Read a snippet of the interview below but catch the entire interview right HERE.
“I didn’t know my name was going to be on the building. It’s on the children’s home that I was adopted from–the orphanage that my parents got me from. I was born in Knoxville, but that is where I ended up. I went through foster care and went through three sets of adopted parents before I wound up with my Mom and Dad. Our goal a few years back was to raise about a million dollars to update that place. It had been there since the 50s, and the building had gotten run down. We wound up raising over five million dollars and they built two new youth homes and a lot of new places there. When we went to the building dedication, they named one of the buildings The Rodney Atkins Youth Home. It’s truly unbelievable. Charles Hutchins, the gentleman that still works there, was the guy that placed me with my family. The whole thing was bigger than I ever dreamed it could be.”
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