Nashville Rising with Tim & Faith, Taylor, Carrie & more

Taylor Swift Meets for 13 Hours

Taylor Swift scored two Teen Choice Awards nominations this week for Overall Female Artist and Country Female Artist. The awards air August 9th on FOX. Click here to vote…

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Kenny Chesney Rocks with Steve Miller Band

When Kenny Chesney made the decision to not mount one of his high impact, NFL stadium-driven summer tours last August, it was in large part so that he could take the time he wanted to really enjoy the process of making a new studio record. While he has released the ocean-driven Lucky Old Sun, which yielded the multiple week #1s “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven” and “Down The Road” with Mac McAnally, and his Greatest Hits II, which had the chart-topping “Out Last Night,” as well as “Ain't Back Yet,” the theme from his nationally-released Sony Motion Pictures “Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D,” it has been almost three years since Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates, his last true studio release.

“I knew I wanted the record to be something more, something that took what I do in my special projects and weaved it into what I do for the mainstream,” Chesney says. “It takes a lot of energy and mental space to be on the road… and I kind of felt like - especially coming off of this second Greatest Hits - this next record should be something that set the stage for the next phase of my music, the same way No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems opened up the music I've made for the past 8 years.

“I came to town to write songs, to make records, to create something that spoke about how I lived, and the people who I knew who were just like me and my friends lived. I'd like to think we've captured that, just like I'd like to think that we've all come to realize that life is a little more complicated than maybe we thought. It's still fun. It's still intense. It's still about friends and dreams and all kinds of things, but there's something more, too.”

That something more is probably the best way to describe Hemingway's Whiskey, which will arrive in record stores Sept. 28. The album - which builds on many of Chesney's trademarks - pushes each thing further and in new directions, including the pensive Guy Clark title track.

“When I heard the song, I knew it was the perfect title for the record,” Chesney says. “I was sitting in my truck and a friend had given me Guy's album, which had just come out - and it's a song that talks about living life to its fullest, being a man about your responsibilities and not compromising. As soon as I heard it, I knew I had to cut it… and call the album that… because it says everything about the way you live your life, and what life can be if you refuse to buy into limits, which - as someone who's read all his books - is everything Hemingway's novels revolved around.”

While details are emerging slowly from the studio - beyond there will be guests, surprises and songs his audience can see their own lives in - Chesney has savored the time spent in the creative process. As he says, “There's something about getting inside songs, finding the keys and working with these amazing Nashville musicians that inspire and reminds me not just what a privilege making music is, but how important great songs can be in all of our lives.”

Nashville Continues to Rise

The Nashville Rising show was full of respect & admiration for the Middle Tennessee Community. A diverse lineup of artists stepped up to the plate at Nashville's Brigestone Arena, thanks to the Event's originators Tim McGraw & Faith Hill. Miranda Lambert began her second song performance by stating 'Nashville has built the house that I love...which is Country music', then proceeded to play her second #1 song 'The House That Built Me'. Photo on Right: Jason AldeanDolly Parton was broadcasted from a pre-taped message giving her support of the community by saying 'Nashville Rising is just another way to say 'Love Thy Neighbor'. Other celebrities who gave their support by video were Nashville native Reese Witherspoon & Country friend Matthew McConaughey. The ACM Lifting Lives program gave $100,000 to the Community Foundation along with a plethora of various organizations/businesses including Sharpie, Nashville Predators, & BMI. Access Hollywood Correspondent Nancy O' Dell lead the presentations of donations; BMI's VP Jody Williams announced they would match any donations given to Community Foundation up to $50,000 from now until July 31st, so text "Rising' to 501501 now.Artists who gave their time in performance were Carrie Underwood, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Montgomery Gentry, Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins, ZZ Top, Trace Adkins, Taylor Swift & many more. Julie Roberts gave the story of her personal losses from the Nashville Flood then performed a new ballad. Other surprises were the pre-taped talk show host Craig Ferguson giving his support for the Music City, Billy Ray Cyrus along with daughter Miley performing one after the other. Sandra Bullock came out & said a few words then tried to play the guitar jokingly then instead introduced Faith Hill's performance.For more Coverage Stay Tuned here at the NCC.