Big & Rich To Receive CRS 2013 Artist Humanitarian Award

Big & Rich To Receive CRS 2013 Artist Humanitarian Award

 

(Nashville, Tenn. – Nov. 5, 2012)  Warner Music Nashville duo Big & Rich has been announced as the recipient of the CRS 2013 Artist Humanitarian Award, to be presented at Country Radio Seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013.

 

Big & Rich’s charitable endeavors date back more than a decade and are too numerous to mention individually. Their humanitarian efforts have ranged from visiting individual patients in hospitals, to staging benefit concerts for the Country Music Hall of Fame and the 173rd Airborne Memorial, to their well-documented U.S. and international outreach.  The duo has made a point throughout their career to help underprivileged children and families in struggling countries like Uganda, Sudan, Haiti and Kenya, among others.

St. Jude Children's Hospital, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the 173^rdAirborne Memorial Fund, Project Clean Water, Nashville’s Mt. View elementary school, the Special Olympics, Vanderbilt Hospital, Second Harvest Food Bank and the Nashville Symphony are just a few of the causes the chart-topping, Grammy-nominated duo have donated their charitable efforts to.

 

“Big Kenny Alphin and John Rich individually and collectively have used their success to set a personal example for all of us to follow as humanitarians,” says CRS Executive Director Bill Mayne. “Their selfless contributions have gone a long way to help make life better for countless men, women, and children, both today and tomorrow.”

 

Big & Rich will receive the CRS 2013 Artist Humanitarian Award at 10:30 a.m. in the Nashville Convention Center, immediately following the CRS Keynote Address. 

CRS 2013 is held Feb. 27 – March 1, 2013, in downtown Nashville, Tenn.  $499 Regular Rate registration is now available at www.CountryRadioSeminar.com.

 

About the CRS Artist Humanitarian Award:

The CRS Artist Humanitarian Award was created in 1990 to honor those Country music artists who have exhibited exceptional humanitarian efforts during their career.  Past recipients of the annual award have included Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Trace Adkins, Randy Owen, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Reba, Vince Gill, Garth Brooks and Charlie Daniels, among others. For more information about Country Radio Seminar and the CRS awards, visit: www.CountryRadioSeminar.com.

 

About Big & Rich:

Big & Rich is comprised of Kenny Alphin and The Celebrity Apprentice winner John Rich. The multi-platinum hit duo have garnered multiple GRAMMY, ACM, CMA and CMT Music Award nominations and were recently nominated as the 2012 CMA Vocal Duo of the Year. Their current single "Party Like Cowboyz" is from their first studio album in four years, Hillbilly Jedi, that also features their Top 15 hit single, "That's Why I Pray," which raced up the charts upon release. Their first studio album, Horse of a Different Color, includes their hit infectious single, "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)." Other hits include, "Comin’ to Your City," "8th of November"and their #1 hit "Lost in this Moment." "Comin’ to Your City" is in its sixth consecutive year as the theme song for ESPN’s College GameDay show.

 

Voting Now Open for CRS 2013 New Faces of Country Music Show

Voting Now Open for CRS 2013 New Faces of Country Music Show
Fourteen of Country radio’s hottest new acts on the 2013 ballot; voting open at www.CountryRadioSeminar.com through Monday, Nov. 19 
 

(Nashville, Tenn. – Nov. 12, 2012) Voting is now open to all Country radio station employees for the CRS 2013 New Faces of Country Music Show®, to be held Friday, March 1, 2013, at the Nashville Convention Center.

This year’s nominees are (in alphabetical order): Greg Bates, Easton Corbin, Edens Edge, The Farm, Florida Georgia Line, Andy Gibson, Brantley Gilbert, Casey James, Jana Kramer, Dustin Lynch, Scotty McCreery, Kip Moore, Jon Pardi and James Wesley.
Any employee of a commercial, full-time Country formatted radio station may vote for the 2013 New Faces of Country Music Show performers.  Voting determines the five finalists and remains open through Monday, Nov. 19, atwww.CountryRadioSeminar.com.

“The New Faces show has always been a great barometer of talent in our format,” says New Faces Committee Chair John Crenshaw.  “Some of the biggest superstars in Country music played this show at CRS early on in their careers, and it’s always exciting to see that kind of talent on display in such an intimate setting.”

The New Faces of Country Music Show, co-sponsored by the Academy of Country Music and Muscular Dystrophy Association, is one of the most anticipated events at Country Radio Seminar, held Feb. 27 – March 1, 2013.  Five emerging artists who have achieved significant success at Country radio during the qualification period are selected each year to perform at the showcase event.  Below are the New Faces of Country Music qualification criteria:

1. The qualification period is Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 during the year immediately preceding the New Faces of Country Music Show.

2. Nominees may not have appeared on a previous New Faces of Country Music Show.  Solo performers that become a member of a group or duo, or a group or duo member that becomes a solo artist are considered eligible.

3. Nominees must have charted at least one Top 25 single on the the Mediabase Country Chart as published in Country Aircheck or at least one Top 25 single on the Billboard Country Chart during the qualification period.

4. Nominees may not have more than two albums on the Billboard Country Top 50 Country Album chart, nor more than two albums that peaked above No. 50 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart (or corresponding Nielsen Soundscan-based chart) by the end of the qualification period.

About Country Radio Seminar:Country Radio Seminar is an annual convention designed to educate and promote the exchange of ideas and business practices in the Country music industry, with specific emphasis on issues relevant to Country radio.  CRS 2013 will be held Feb. 27 – March 1, 2013, in downtown Nashville, Tenn., at the Nashville Convention Center.  $499 Regular rate registration is now available.  Visit www.CountryRadioSeminar.com for more information.

 

Voting Now Open for CRS 2013 New Faces of Country Music Show

Voting Now Open for CRS 2013 New Faces of Country Music Show
Fourteen of Country radio’s hottest new acts on the 2013 ballot; voting open at www.CountryRadioSeminar.com through Monday, Nov. 19 
 

(Nashville, Tenn. – Nov. 12, 2012) Voting is now open to all Country radio station employees for the CRS 2013 New Faces of Country Music Show®, to be held Friday, March 1, 2013, at the Nashville Convention Center.

This year’s nominees are (in alphabetical order): Greg Bates, Easton Corbin, Edens Edge, The Farm, Florida Georgia Line, Andy Gibson, Brantley Gilbert, Casey James, Jana Kramer, Dustin Lynch, Scotty McCreery, Kip Moore, Jon Pardi and James Wesley.
Any employee of a commercial, full-time Country formatted radio station may vote for the 2013 New Faces of Country Music Show performers.  Voting determines the five finalists and remains open through Monday, Nov. 19, atwww.CountryRadioSeminar.com.

“The New Faces show has always been a great barometer of talent in our format,” says New Faces Committee Chair John Crenshaw.  “Some of the biggest superstars in Country music played this show at CRS early on in their careers, and it’s always exciting to see that kind of talent on display in such an intimate setting.”

The New Faces of Country Music Show, co-sponsored by the Academy of Country Music and Muscular Dystrophy Association, is one of the most anticipated events at Country Radio Seminar, held Feb. 27 – March 1, 2013.  Five emerging artists who have achieved significant success at Country radio during the qualification period are selected each year to perform at the showcase event.  Below are the New Faces of Country Music qualification criteria:

1. The qualification period is Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 during the year immediately preceding the New Faces of Country Music Show.

2. Nominees may not have appeared on a previous New Faces of Country Music Show.  Solo performers that become a member of a group or duo, or a group or duo member that becomes a solo artist are considered eligible.

3. Nominees must have charted at least one Top 25 single on the the Mediabase Country Chart as published in Country Aircheck or at least one Top 25 single on the Billboard Country Chart during the qualification period.

4. Nominees may not have more than two albums on the Billboard Country Top 50 Country Album chart, nor more than two albums that peaked above No. 50 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart (or corresponding Nielsen Soundscan-based chart) by the end of the qualification period.

About Country Radio Seminar:Country Radio Seminar is an annual convention designed to educate and promote the exchange of ideas and business practices in the Country music industry, with specific emphasis on issues relevant to Country radio.  CRS 2013 will be held Feb. 27 – March 1, 2013, in downtown Nashville, Tenn., at the Nashville Convention Center.  $499 Regular rate registration is now available.  Visit www.CountryRadioSeminar.com for more information.

 

CRS 2013 New Faces Dinner SOLD OUT

CRS 2013 New Faces Dinner SOLD OUT Special Seating Arranged For Show Only  (Nashville, Tenn. – Oct. 26, 2012) CRS Executive Director Bill Mayne has announced that the dinner for the New Faces Show at Country Radio Seminar 2013 has SOLD OUT.  This is effective for registrations received after October 25th, 2012. According to Mayne, “The New Faces Show is one of the most popular events at CRS.  With the early surge in registrations for the upcoming event, the dinner sold out earlier than ever before. In an effort to provide our next round registrants a chance to attend the event, we are offering tickets in a special seating area in a newly reconfigured area.” The new section has a limited number of seats and they will be allocated to future registrants on a “first-come, first-served” basis. Special seating admission does not include meals. Talent for the event has yet to be announced and will not be released until December. CRS 2013 will be held Feb. 27-March 1, 2013 at the Nashville Convention Center.  The $399 Early Bird Registration is only available through Oct. 31.  On Nov. 1, registration increases to $499.  For more information or to register for CRS 2013, visit www.crb.org.