Aerosmith‘s Joe Perry may have initially been skeptical about the band’s collaboration with Carrie Underwood, but the rocker admits he has reconsidered his opinion upon hearing the finished version of the song, appropriately titled ‘Beautiful.’
If America loves J Rome and John Glosson as much as the other three judges on ABC’s ‘Duets,’ Jennifer Nettles will be the second country singer in three months to win a major reality television singing competition. Both men made it look easy on Wednesday night, singing songs from the movies.
Are you as excited about tonight’s ‘Duets‘ premiere as we are? If you absolutely can’t wait another minute for a sneak peak of the new reality competition series, you’re in luck! Jennifer Nettles, along with celebrity judges Kelly Clarkson, Robin Thicke and John Legend, have released an early clip of the opening number for tonight’s premiere (watch video below).
“He’s got the soul, he’s got the voice and he’s got the emotion,” said Jennifer Nettles of J Rome, her first of two contestants chosen to take the stage with Sugarland‘s leading lady during tonight’s premiere of ‘Duets.’
Jennifer Nettles scoured the entire country to find her second contestant for ‘Duets,’ but the Georgia native found the lucky singer in her own backyard — literally. It was at a hometown 4H ceremony honoring Nettles as Alumni of the Year that the Sugarland lead singer had the idea to audition members of Clovers & Company, a 4H singing group which actually gave Nettles her first taste of success.
Though the Grammys are still more than two months away, music fans can get a taste of the action tonight during the fourth annual ‘Grammy Nominations Concert Live’ special, featuring performances from several Grammy-worthy acts. Sugarland will be teaming up with Lady Gaga for the eccentric pop star’s ‘You and I,’ and Jason Aldean will be hitting the stage with Ludacris for Aldean’s own ‘Dirt Road Anthem.’
Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw are reportedly planning a 2012 tour that will be tough to beat. The country superstars are rumored to be finalizing details on a co-headlining show that will rival the 2011 dates Chesney did with the Zac Brown Band.
The first season of ‘The Voice’ is long behind us, but Blake Shelton‘s work isn’t done. The ‘Honey Bee’ hitmaker has apparently been hard at work in the studio with last season’s runner-up, Dia Frampton, recording a duet that she spilled is called ‘I Will.’
Taylor Swift thrilled the crowd during her concert at the Atlanta Philips Arena Sunday night when she sang a surprise duet with hometown boy T.I.
For his upcoming ‘Duets II’ project, Tony Bennett made sure to line up plenty of stars from the rock and pop world, including John Mayer, Lady Gaga, and Amy Winehouse — but he invited a few friends from the country charts, too.
The full-length release won’t be available until September 20, but in the meantime, you can hear Bennett share a mic with one of those country stars — Carrie Underwood — for a suitably sultry version of the pop standard ‘It Had to Be You.’
March 8, 2011 Lionel Richie is going country. Actually, he's been there before. He wrote the song Deep River Woman, and performed it with Alabama. He also composed Kenny Roger's huge hit, Lady.
So it's fitting with the increasingly growing popularity of the genre, that Lionel will have a new duets album for us this summer with many a favorite country star.
