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Dale Ann video on CMT.com

Dale Ann Bradley - Dont Turn Your BackThe video for Don’t Turn Your Back, the title track from Dale Ann Bradley’s new CD on Compass, is making waves at CMT Pure. She beat out country heavyweights Taylor Swift, Keith Urban and Alan Jackson polling #2 in last week’s voting.

Online viewers are invited to pick their favorite videos from a much longer list, and the top 12 are announced as the CMT Pure 12 Pack each week.

Bluegrass fans who would like to see Dale Ann hang in there at the top of the charts for another week can cast their vote at CMT.com. And since you are allowed to select up to 12 videos with your vote, be on the lookout for a number of other bluegrass or bluegrassy videos worthy of your attention in the poll:

  • The Abrams Brothers – Viva la Vida
  • Melonie Cannon – Back To Earth
  • The Duhks – Fast Paced World
  • Old Crowe Medicine Show – Caroline
  • Dan Tyminski – Wheels
  • Bradley Walker – A Little Change

How cool would it be to see all those videos in the top 12!

Voting each week ends on Friday, so head over to CMT.com if you want to make your opinion known.


Abrams Brothers on CMT

The Abrams Brothers - James, John and EliJust yesterday we mentioned that The Abrams Brothers would have a live CD out this year, and we now see that they have a major studio project in the works as well.

This Canadian teen bluegrass trio has hooked up with a New York management company, Invasion Group, and the guys have a new look and sound that is more polished and progressive than what people may have seen from them on the festival circuit in recent years. They are keeping the basic bluegrass approach, and including drums for their live shows.

Viva la Vida from The Abrams BrothersThe new CD on the United For Opportunity label is expected in the latter part of 2009, titled Viva La Vida for their grassy remake of the Coldplay hit from last year which anchors the project. In addition to Abrams Brothers John on guitar and James on fiddle, cousin Eli Abrams is on bass, Nick Piccinini is on banjo, Chris Brown on keyboards, and Anton Fier on drums. All three Abramses share vocal duties.

They have released a single and music video for Viva La Vida in advance of the CD. The video, directed by Derek Horn, debuted this past weekend on CMT and is getting some attention from the folks at the network. The single is available now in iTunes.

Here’s a look at the video…

If they can get a fraction of the attention going to another group of handsome young brothers in the pop music world, 2009 could be a very good year for The Abrams Brothers.


Caroline video from OCMS

Old Crow Medicine Show has released a music video for the song Caroline, from their 2008 CD, Tennessee Pusher.

Give it a look and a listen below, courtesy of CMT.com, where several other OCMS videos can be found.


Grascals on the air this weekend

The Grascals on stage - Danny Roberts, Jeremy Abshire, Jamie Johnson, Terry Smith, Terry Eldridge, Kristin Scott BensonThe Grascals will have two spots in the national media this weekend.

Tonight (1/9), they will appear on the Friday Grand Ole Opry during the 10:00-10:30 p.m. segment.

The Friday Opry show is available over the air on WSM AM 650, on XM channel 11 (XM Nashville), and simulcast worldwide via online streaming at wsmonline.com.

Hank Williams Jr. recording with The GrascalsOn Saturday (1/10), look for them again on CMT. They will be featured on the CMT Insider show at 1:30 p.m. to talk about their recording session with Hank Williams Jr.

CMT sent their cameras into the studio and caught interviews with Hank Jr. and the Grascals. From what we have learned, those sessions went quite well and there is some talk about future collaboration between the two.

This edition of Insider will also air on Sunday (1/11) at 11:00 a.m. (EST).