Carrie Underwood, LeAnn Rimes Join Cancer Concert Tue. August 19.2008 4:01 PM EDT
Carrie Underwood, LeAnn Rimes, Sheryl Crow and Miley Cyrus are among the 15 female singers who will take part in a televised special titled Stand Up to Cancer, which will air simultaneously on ABC, NBC and CBS on Sept. 5. Underwood and Rimes will also appear on a new single, "Just Stand Up," which will be released on Sept. 2. Other participating artists on the single and hour-long television special include Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Ciara, Keyshia Cole, Melissa Etheridge, Fergie, Leona Lewis and Rihanna. Money raised from the projects benefit Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C), an organization dedicated to accelerating ground-breaking cancer research. Crystal Shawanda Releases New Album in U.S. Tue. August 19.2008 4:01 PM EDT Crystal Shawanda released her U.S. debut album, Dawn of a New Day (RCA Nashville), on Tuesday (Aug. 19) after a successful release in her native Canada. Shawanda began singing regularly at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge in Nashville when she was 16. Her first single is titled "You Can Let Go Now." Other new country releases include Glen Campbell's Meet Glen Campbell (Capitol Records) and George Jones' Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets (Bandit Records), featuring collaborations with Vince Gill, Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette, among others. Jerry Douglas Releases New Album, Glide Tue. August 19.2008 4:01 PM EDT Jerry Douglas, a featured member of Alison Krauss & Union Station, released a new album, Glide, on Tuesday (Aug. 19) on Koch Records. Special guests include Rodney Crowell, Earl Scruggs and Travis Tritt. Douglas is also this year's artist-in-residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and will perform four shows there over the next two months. Other new bluegrass-inspired releases include Cadillac Sky's Gravity's Our Enemy (Skaggs Family Records) and the Duhks' Fast Paced World (Sugar Hill). Kay --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
