Kenny Rogers makes a guest appearance on FOX Business Network

Kenny Rogers spoke with FOX Business Network’s Charles Payne about the niche he has in the country music market and how he can’t compete with Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney, but they’re too young to do what he does.

Below are excerpts from the interview:

On what kind of artist he is:
“As far as musically goes, I think I’m boxed in to who I am and what I do best, and I try not to compete in areas that I don’t feel I can compete in. I think I’m an excellent story teller and I have always said if you give me a song that touches me I think I can make it touch you.”

On comparing himself to current popular country artists:
“As far as going out there and doing the heavy country rock, I can’t compete with Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney and those guys, so I don’t try. I mean, I do what I do best. Honestly, I think they’re too young to do what I do, so it’s a nice niche I have.”

To see the full interview, follow this link.

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Young performers are often inspired by today’s top country artists.

Sometimes the best compliment an artist can receive is from the children that love them. And with every new hit, there’s a fan out there who can’t get enough. Today’s country artists can be the biggest inspiration to children’s dreams and I personally believe that deserves to be praised. The beauty of the internet age is that fans no longer have to love their favorite artists in the privacy of their own home. They can broadcast that love out to the world and make millions of people smile, as well as possibly reaching the artist they idolized in the first place. Who knows? Maybe we’ll see some of these same kids ten years from now rockin country music radio. Here is my favorite video this week from young country music fan who obviously knows what she wants to do!

 

 Sugarland  – All I Wanna Do

Performed by 6 year old Kimmie

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CMT’s Online Talent Competition Searches for America’s Best Unsigned Country Music Acts

CMT.com and Comcast have partnered to bring live local auditions throughout the month August to the cities of Knoxville, Nashville , Pittsburgh and Atlanta as the network searches for the next breakout country music act in the third annual MUSIC CITY MADNESS. Undiscovered singer/songwriters will have a chance to video tape an original song and submit it to CMT.com’s national on-line competition. The local auditions will be held in August, and grand prize winner from each city will be guaranteed a spot in the top 64 finalists and receive a Comcast/CMT-sponsored showcase in their hometown, along with $5,000 in prizes. In addition, the auditions will be taped and packaged for Comcast’s local video on demand channels.

Country music’s first user-generated talent search, MUSIC CITY MADNESS offers undiscovered singer/songwriters a chance to showcase their talent and let fans decide who takes home the prize in the online battle of the bands. The grand prize winner will receive an all-expenses paid trip to Nashville to record an episode of the CMT online series UNPLUGGED AT STUDIO 330, a private audition with Warner Bros. Records A&R department and a mentoring session with country superstar Randy Travis. The online contest will again be featured in a half-hour CMT special, MUSIC CITY MADNESS – THE ROAD TO CMT, a round-by-round recap that reveals the top two finalists and highlights the best, craziest and most unique submissions.
CMT will accept submissions for MUSIC CITY MADNESS through October 6. Entrants can submit their original video performance entry online or via mail to compete against the nation’s best undiscovered talent. All styles of country music are welcome including bluegrass, folk, southern rock and Americana, among others. The top 64 finalists will be chosen by CMT and revealed on October 21 where they will compete in single-elimination, tournament-style fan voting over a period of eight weeks. CMT.com visitors narrow the field week by week by voting for their favorite act, and the grand prize winner will be revealed December 16.
Last year, more than four million votes were cast at CMT.com to name 13-year-old Utah native Katelynn Jolley the winner.
Local auditions are scheduled as follows:

KNOXVILLE MUSIC CITY MADNESS AUDITIONS
Saturday, August 16 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Fountainhead College of Technology
3203 Tazewell Pike, Knoxville, TN

PITTSBURGH MUSIC CITY MADNESS AUDITIONS
Saturday, August 23 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Westin Pittsburgh
1000 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA

ATLANTA MUSIC CITY MADNESS AUDITIONS
Saturday, August 23 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Cobb Centre Galleria
Two Galleria Parkway, Atlanta, GA

NASHVILLE MUSIC CITY MADNESS AUDITIONS
Wednesday, August 27 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Oceanway Studios
1200 17th Avenue South, Nashville, TN

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Keith Anderson is inviting you to spread the love and share a hug!

To celebrate the release of his new album “C’Mon” Oklahoma native, Keith Anderson, is opening his arms and inviting fans in. “C’mon hits store shelves Tuesday August 5th and has already received remarkable radio airplay for the tune “I Still Miss You”.

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