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Trey Songz Giving Away Turkeys for Thanksgiving

Songbook Entertainment/Atlantic recording artist Trey Songz will celebrate the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday by giving turkeys to families in his home state of Virginia.

The Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter's philanthropic "Songz For Peace Foundation" – in partnership with Richmond's 106.5 The Beat! – will give Thanksgiving turkeys to 500 families on Tuesday, November 24th in Petersburg, Virginia, beginning at 10:30 am.

The 500 turkeys will be given to the families of children attending the 9 different schools in Trey's hometown of Petersburg, Virginia. 50 children will be selected from each school, with 100 children being selected from the singer's alma mater. - more on this story

For Lovers Series Continues With Volumes From Isaac Hayes And Ray Charles

Concord Music Group's For Lovers series will continue on December 22, 2009 with CDs from both Ray Charles and Isaac Hayes, featuring each artist's greatest love songs. Previously, Concord has issued For Lovers albums by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Tony Bennett, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Bill Evans, Sarah Vaughan, Dave Brubeck, Rosemary Clooney, Wes Montgomery and Mel Tormé on such labels as Concord, Concord Jazz, Prestige and Riverside.

Ray Charles' Sings for Lovers on Concord Records leads with "I Can't Stop Loving You," originally from Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, which spent five weeks at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100, album chart, plus the R&B and adult contemporary charts. It is joined by George Gershwin's "How Long Has This Been Going On?," "You Are My Sunshine," "Til There Was You," "Baby It's Cold Outside," "You Don't Know Me," "Love Is Here to Stay," "How Deep Is the Ocean," "Here We Go Again," "Stella By Starlight," "Gee, Baby Ain't I Good to You," "Ruby," "Come Live with Me," "Something," "A Song for You" and "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye."

Isaac Hayes' Sings for Lovers on Stax Records features two duets with long-time songwriting partner David Porter ("Baby I'm-A Want You" and "Ain't That Loving You [For More Reasons Than One]," from Hayes' 1972 Wonderful album) along with "The Look of Love," "Wonderful," [They Long to Be] Close to You," "Someone Made You For Me," "Joy [Part 1]," "Make a Little Love to Me," "I Can Turn Around," "We've Got a Whole Lot of Love" and "Let's Don't Ever Blow Our Thing." - more on this story

Wynonna Doing Oprah

Wynonna Judd will perform on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" this Tuesday, November 24 (check local listings). Oprah teamed up with People magazine and together they held a private celebration on the Ft. Bragg military base to welcome home the 82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team returning from Iraq.

As part of an action-packed hour of celebration, Wynonna and the Palmetto State Quartet gave a surprise welcome home performance, saluting the well-deserving troops and their families.

Wynonna's appearance on Oprah comes in advance of her 3rd annual A Classic Christmas concert tour. The 15-city holiday spectacular starts November 28th in Hershey, PA and runs through December 20th, closing with two performances at the Las Vegas Hilton. - more on this story

God-Des & She Tell Us What's Killing Music

God-Des & She are like strict parents. Or coaches. They only hurt your feelings because they love you. On their new single "Radio Up" they take the radio down a peg, but only because they care about it so much.

Over a grinding beat provided by Baltimore's Reina Williams, emcee God-Des spits fire about the downfall of the radio and the record industry as we once knew it.

"The music business is dying / cuz music is not providing/ emotion / it's missing/ lip synching... music is no longer human/ overproducing... Music Television doesn't play any music / auto-tune is tuning everything that we're doing / and we wonder why people don't buy music anymore / cuz we don't care who the song's by." - more on this story

Jason Boesel Streaming New Songs Featuring Members of Band of Horses, Tom Petty, and Mystic Valley Band

Jason Boesel has unveiled two new cuts from his forthcoming solo debut, 'Hustler's Son', out 1/12/2010 on Team Love Records: "French Kissing" and "Miracles." Both songs are available for streaming on MySpace.l

Though "French Kissing" and "Miracles" are two wildly different songs, each showcases Boesel's talents as a writer/performer of potent choruses and goosebump-inducing bridges, and as a producer of lush and cinematic arrangements.

"French Kissing" features Blake Mills (Band of Horses, Julian Casablancas) on guitar, Nik Freitas (Mystic Valley Band) contributing keys and supporting vocals, and 'Hustler's Son' co-producer Jonathan Wilson on bass.

"Miracles" features guest Benmont Tench (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) on piano, Blake Mills on guitar, and Jonathan Wilson adding bass and supporting vocals. Boesel sings and plays drums and guitar on both songs. - Check em out here

Lorrie Morgan's Intimate Evening With Eddie Stubbs

For the month of November, WSM radio's Eddie Stubbs will be welcoming legendary singer and songwriter Lorrie Morgan. An "Intimate Evening With Eddie Stubbs" live show takes place on Monday, November 23rd at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The broadcaster will chat with Morgan about her life and career.

Morgan recently released A Moment In Time (Country Crossing Records), a collection of evergreen classics including "If You've Got Leavin' On Your Mind," a personal favorite of Lorrie's that she calls "the ultimate Country ballad." The sultry songstress is joined by an outstanding cast of musicians and guests on A Moment In Time, which includes duets with Tracy Lawrence and Raul Malo. The album captures Lorrie's crystalline vocals on timeless classics like "Are You Lonesome Tonight," and "Cry," all of which Morgan delivers with heartfelt and heartbreaking honesty.

Lorrie was just 13 when she made her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, singing with her dad, country star George Morgan. In 1984, she made history as the youngest member ever inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. She's charted with more than 30 charted Billboard singles, 14 top ten hits. Seven of her twelve albums have gone gold and platinum. - more on this story

The Oak Ridge Boys Are Back For Christmas

The Oak Ridge Boys will be back for Christmas this year. Their 20th Annual Christmas tour, The Boys Are Back for Christmas, will take the group to 14 states in 34 days, beginning early November and running through December 22.

The group opens their two-hour show each year with everybody's favorites, like Elvira, Bobbie Sue, and Thank God For Kids. This year they are adding new music from their acclaimed new CD, The Boys Are Back, which includes the Jamey Johnson penned, new single, Mama's Table.

The seasonal portion of the show features songs from the Oaks' five bestselling Christmas CDs, a mixture of traditional and contemporary songs—including religious, romantic, and fun holiday tunes. During the show, an appearance by Santa will delight kids of all ages. The full production extravaganza, with its beautiful sets, falling snow, and Christmas trees will take you back to your favorite holiday memories and remind you of the reason for the season. - more on this story

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