Joe Nichols News

Here is a selection of albums that should have gotten more attention than they got in 2009: Country music traditionalist Joe Nichols's latest release, "Old Things New," slipped in under the radar this fall.

Lee Ann Womack, a Grammy-winning country singer from Jacksonville, Texas, will play a concert in Pharr later this month.

Country singer Joe Nichols visits with U.S. troops overseas. His visit has become a TV documentary.

The Anderson County Corn Festival Committee has announced country music artist Joe Nichols will headline the 2010 Cornstock Concert on the Hill.

Warren Carlyle has been tapped to provide the choreography and musical staging for the upcoming tuner "Pure Country," aiming to hit Broadway in the 2010-11 season.

Joe Nichols ' A Traditional Christmas always gets me into the holiday spirit. I grew up singing each one of these songs, sometimes as a young caroler going door to door with my church friends -- although our voices were no match for Nichols' smooth baritone.

Old Things New Arkansas bred Grammy nominee Joe Nichols has returned from a stint in rehab sounding refreshed and ready to conquer the charts once again.

Everybody has something awesome going on for the holidays. Here are some of the things happening on Local540 this week.

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His name - Colt Ford - certainly sounds country. His last album, in 2008, was titled "Ride Through the Country." He sang on "Roll with Me" with Montgomery Gentry and "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" with Joe Nichols and did the song "Buck 'Em" for the Professional Bull Riders Association.

Impressionist Rich Little is 71. Singer Tina Turner is 70. Singer Jean Terrell is 65.

Joe Nichols , Jimmy Wayne and Gloriana lead the way in new videos that were screened by the CMT New Music Video Evaluation Team.

Todaya s Frog Blog takes a look an Arkansas native who is in a much different place than he was a couple years ago.

Joe Nichols' fans know all about him - his hits, his misses, his career. As a dependable voice in radio-friendly mainstream country music, Nichols was pretty much part of the crowd.

View photos from the SESAC awards presentation. SESAC, the privately owned performance rights company, declared Monty Powell its songwriter of the year Monday night at an awards dinner held at its Nashville headquarters.

What colossal timing! The week before Taylor Swift discovers how many of her four CMA award nominations have borne fruit, her Fearless collection springs back to the top of Billboard 's country albums chart.

Joe Nichols continues to prove how hip and relevant country music can be. With the aptly titled "Old Things New," the award-winning, Grammy-nominated singer once again balances artistry with accessibility, applying his distinctive baritone to new songs that define Country music for modern times.

Toby Keith and the tag team match of Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins head up a batch of seven videos that were screened by the CMT New Music Video Evaluation Team.

"The song is about the struggle with addiction -- the pain it causes and how it wreaks havoc in lives," Joe Nichols says, referring to "An Old Friend of Mine," a track from his new album, Old Things New .

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