Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert big winners at annual country music awards show in Las Vegas. Aside from all of the guest performances, celebrity presenters and, of course, key sponsors, country music shined at the annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Although, it’s getting harder and harder to navigate through what is considered country music, ultimately… Continue Reading
US99, Lisa Dent, Ramblin’ Ray and Marci Braun pick up some new hardware at annual industry awards program. Annually, the Country Radio Broadcasters Association convenes, in Nashville, to discuss the state of the industry, meet with the artists and to honor some of country radio’s top stations and personalities. While there’s no question to us… Continue Reading
Grammy Awards Recap: Taking home five wins out of six nominations; country music’s Lady Antebellum nearly swept the annual awards program. Up against some of the biggest names in the music business, country music’s Lady Antebellum will bring home two of the most prestigious Grammy awards. “Need You Now” title track of the trio’s sophomore… Continue Reading
Country Music Chicago covers the 53rd annual Grammy Awards. The Grammy awards provides country music with a chance to showcase “our kind of music” to the world. Follow our live blog for for commentary on which country stars are representing, who’s hot and what’s not. Log-on to CountryMusicChicago.com and turn your TV on to… Continue Reading
Chicago Country Music Festival, Taste Part of City Festival Privatization Plan. The City of Chicago recently released a request for proposals (RFP) seeking a private management company to take control of a handful of free Chicago summer music festivals including the Taste of Chicago and the Chicago Country Music Festival. A move to privatize yet… Continue Reading
Lisa Dent & Ramblin’ Ray bring home the CMA A belated congratulations to US99.5’s very own Lisa Dent and Ramblin’ Ray [Stevens] and the rest of the WUSN morning crew for their 44th Annual Country Music Association win for Broadcast Personalities of the Year in a Major Market. The duo accepted their award during a… Continue Reading
Beautiful weather was key for the 20th annual Chicago Country Music Festival. In addition to the unseasonably warm streak, a new Millennium Park location, retooled layout and “perfect price” proved pivotal for the success of this year’s fest. Although the ever-changing character of country music, combined with the vast opinions of what “country music” has… Continue Reading
Day one of the Chicago Country Music Festival is now behind us. We witnessed country superstars Gretchen Wilson and Clint Black rock out on the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago’s Millennium Park and discovered a ton of great up-and-coming artists in the Honky Tonk and Americana Stages. Today, Jake Owen, Love & Theft, Jewel will… Continue Reading
Starting at noon, thousands of area country music fans will converge on Chicago’s Millennium Park to catch some of the hottest names in country music and sample an amazing spread of local talent and aspiring artists. CountryMusicChicago.com, your independent country music source, is in the crowd covering the fest from open until close. 17.36 We’re… Continue Reading
Traffic Jam… The afternoon commute in Chicago just got a little worse. Metro’s PM traffic reporter, Marti Jones, has signed off at WUSN, US99 radio. The intent of her abrupt departure from the Drew Walker show is unclear but her afternoon presence on the Chicago country radio station will be missed. After dedicating the show’s… Continue Reading