Cowboy Corner
Faith Hill Ready to Hit Stores
Mrs. Tim McGraw, better known simply as Faith Hill, is burning up the radio airwaves with her hot new single, the autobiographical "Mississippi Girl." The song was co-written by John Rich of Big & Rich after Rich practically stalked Hill for a few weeks on the road to get to know the beautiful songbird. Well, the stalking has paid off for both Rich and Hill as the first single from Hill's long-awaited new album is rapidly approaching the top of the country charts. Hill's brand new CD, Fireflies, will land on store shelves on August 2, her first album since her 2002 Cry disc. This, her sixth disc, is the first offering the songstress acted as full-fledged co-producer along with longtime producers Byron Gallimore and Dann Huff.
Hill is busy these days gearing up for the release of her new disc. Just last month, she performed her new songs live at the Ford Theater inside Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum for a one-hour radio special marking the release. This month, on August 15 and 16, Hill will take to the stage at Los Angeles' Pantages Theatre for a special concert to be filmed for an NBC-Television special to air on Thanksgiving Eve, November 23.
Cash & Carter Cash Remembered
The late Johnny and June Carter Cash are getting quite a bit of well-deserved recognition these days. The long-awaited biopic of Cash's life, titled Walk the Line, which stars Joaquin Phoenix as Cash and Reese Witherspoon as Carter Cash, will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. The critically-acclaimed film will be released nationally within the states on November 18.