By Preshias Harris
Tours canceled, venues dark, but the music lives on! ‘ACM Presents: Our Country’ to air April 5
Here are a few more items from the March 2020 edition of my column, Inside Track on Music Row, the longest-running country music column in the USA, and now around the world on the Web. See the entire column in this month’s Nashville Music Guide, along with a lot more Nashville news.
BREAKING NEWS: See below for link to story about ACM TV Special to air on original date of ACM Awards Show.
NOTE: Some news items refer to current or upcoming tours. Because of concerns about Covid-19, many shows have been postponed, canceled or rescheduled. Always check with the artist’s website or the ticket seller before making any plans to attend a show. Hopefully, this problem will soon be over, but let’s remember: the music lives on!
Some of this month’s column items. Scroll down to continue reading…
- ‘ACM Presents: Our Country’ to air April 5
- Luke Combs gets 3 ACM Award nods, but show postponed
- Pam Tillis Looking For a Feeling with new album
- Jason Isbell’s Reunions, recorded at RCA Studio A
- Secret Sisters record album at Brandi Carlile’s home studio
- Walker Montgomery sings “Like My Daddy Done It”
- Scroll down to read these news stories from Inside Track on Music Row
BREAKING NEWS:
A two-hour special. ACM Presents: Our Country, will air in the former 55th ACM Awards timeslot April 5 at 8pm ET on CBS. The special will feature at-home acoustic performances from artists, as well as their thoughts on and clips of favorite ACM Awards moments. Participating artists will be announced in the coming weeks.
“Although the highly anticipated 55th ACM Awards show is unable to take place on April 5 due to the health crisis, we still wanted to deliver fans an entertaining ACM country music special as planned,” says ACM CEO Damon Whiteside. Adds DCP President Amy Thurlow, “Music has always served as a powerful form of hope and solidarity during challenging times. It’s our privilege to offer audiences an uplifting message through music as well as a look back at some of the best moments in ACM Awards history.” Updates and details of artists appearing will be posted at https://www.acmcountry.com/
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