Also this weekend, my daughter and I decided to go to the theater and saw the All-City Musical production of "The Little Mermaid" at the Akron Civic Theater. What a great production, we were so super impressed by the talent amongst the actors, the crew, and the orchestra! At one point, the actress who played Ariel hit this note during "Part Of Your World" that gave me goosebumps and I looked at my daughter and she had a tear in her eye, she was so good! I read in the program that "The Little Mermaid" was her first production and I couldn't believe it.

Everyone did an amazing job with their roles, incredible acting and singing. You all have a bright future in theater ahead of you!

Thank you to everyone who came to Boot Barn in Wooster for their grand opening! You all showed up and we were out of Send Me Backstage T-Shirts in a matter of minutes! And we raised money for our charities which is awesome! Can't wait to see all of that Tie Dye at The Country Fest!! 

 

 

 

 

 

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Friday means new releases, here is what you can add to your library!

New Singles Available Today:

Little Big Town ft Kelsea Ballerini "Shut Up Train"
Mickey Guyton "Make It Me"
The War & Treaty "Called You By Your Name"
Megan Moroney "Man On The Moon"
Mitchell Tenpenny "Iris"
Warren Zeiders "Relapse"
Ella Langley "hungover"
Gavin Adock "Sweetheart"
HARDY “SIX FEET UNDER (Caleigh's Song)" 
Tucker Wetmore “Wind Up Missin' You”

Coming Soon:

6/14: Luke Bryan "Mind of a Country Boy"
6/21: Brantley Gilbert ft Ashley Cooke "Over When We're Sober"

New Albums Available Today: 

HunterGirl "Tennessee Girl" EP
TWISTERs The Album 
Carly Pearce "hummingbird"
Tracy Lawrence "Out Here In It" EP
Gary LeVox "LeVox Live (Recorded Live On The Song)" EP 
Matt Stell "Born Lonely" Debut Album [out today]

Coming Soon:

6/14: Luke Combs "Fathers & Sons"
6/14: Blanco Brown "Cedar Walls & Whiskey"
6/21: Petty Country A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty
7/12: Megan Moroney "Am I Okay?" 
7/12: HARDY "Quit!!"
7/12: Uncle Kracker "Coffee & Beer"
7/19: Avery Anna "Breakup After Breakfast"
7/19: Koe Wetzel "9 Lives" 
7/26: Tigirlily Gold "BLONDE" Debut Album
8/2: Ella Langley "hungover"
8/2: Gavin Adock "Actin' Up Again" 
8/9: Little. Big Town "Greatest Hits" 
8/16: Morgan Wade "Obsessed"
8/23: Thomas Rhett "About A Woman"
8/23: Lainey Wilson "Whirlwind"
9/6: George Strait "Cowboys and Dreamers"

Happy listening! -Cherise, WQMX Music Director

Megan Moroney stopped by The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon last night to sing "No Caller ID", you'll hear it live at Blossom on Thursday night!

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In a teaser for an upcoming episode of CMT's Crossroads, Jordan Davis was joined by NEEDTOBREATHE on "Buy Dirt": 

The full episode will air on Thursday, June 13th on CMT.

Darius Rucker recently made an appearance on TODAY to share details from his revealing new memoir “Life’s Too Short” about his music, the loss of his mother, battling demons and more.

Lainey Wilson performed her new song, "Hang Tight Honey" on the finale of The Voice last night, and after that performance Reba McEntire had a surprise for the ACM Entertainer of the Year.

The Voice host Carson Daly invited Lainey to the front of the stage for a quick chat, but Reba quickly hijacked the conversation by opening a small black box, that held Lainey's official invitation to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Fortunately her family was in the audience to witness the magical milestone and there were, of course, tears.

Lainey made her Opry debut on Valentine's Day of 2020. Her induction will take place June 7th during CMA Fest.

Congratulations Lainey! We can't wait to see you at The Country Fest!

Here's what you can win at work this week and allll the other contests!

Lainey Wilson kicked off the ACM Awards with a nod to the host state covering the Little Texas hit, “God Blessed Texas." She then rolled into her own song, “Hang Tight Honey," which could have been her mantra for the evening.

Lainey took three trips to the podium claiming the coveted Entertainer of the Year award, along with Female Artist and Music Event with Jelly Roll. However, Chris Stapleton matched her trip for trip winning Male Artist, Album for Higher and Artist-Songwriter.

Reba McEntire sparkled in her return to the hosting role joking that when she started, “Luke was one of the gospels, not half the guys in country music.” After singing the closing number, she announced that she would be returning as next year’s host.

WINNERS:

Entertainer of the Year: Lainey Wilson
Female Artist of the Year: Lainey Wilson
Male Artist of the Year: Chris Stapleton
Duo of the Year: Dan and Shay
Group of the Year: Old Dominion
New Male Artist of the Year: Nate Smith
New Female Artist of the Year: Megan Moroney
New Group/Duo of the Year: Tigirlily Gold
Album of the Year: Chris Stapleton - Higher
Single of the Year: Luke Combs – “Fast Car”
Song of the Year: Jordan Davis – “Next Thing You Know”
Music Event of the Year: Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson – “Save Me”
Visual Media of the Year: Parker McCollum – “Burn It Down”
Songwriter of the Year: Jessie Jo Dillon
Artist-Songwriter of the Year: Chris Stapleton

PERFORMANCES:

Lainey Wilson – “God Blessed Texas” / “Hang Tight Honey”
Jelly Roll – “Liar”
Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan – "Mountain With a View" and “Stick Season”
Tigirlily Gold – “I Tried a Ring On”
Cody Johnson – “Dirt Cheap”
Miranda Lambert - "Wranglers"
Kane Brown – “Georgia on My Mind”
Thomas Rhett – “Beautiful As You”
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani – “Purple Irises”
Jason Aldean – “Should’ve Been a Cowboy”
Chris Stapleton with Dua Lipa – “Think I’m In Love With You”
Post Malone – “Never Love Again” and “I Had Some Help”
Parker McCollum – “Burn It Down”
Nate Smith and Avril Lavigne – “Bulletproof”
Reba McEntire – “I Can’t”

Here's what you can win the rest of this week when you listen at work!