Terri Clark is Ram Tough
Terri Clark has partnered up with the Dodge dealers of the Southwest region. She will star in TV, radio and print ads for the year-long campaign titled "Better In A Dodge." The campaign will run in seven southern Dodge markets -- Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and western Tennessee. Clark is currently promoting "The World Needs A Drink," the first single from her next album, "Honky Tonk Songs," scheduled for an April release.

Clint Black's Private Football Party
Clint Black is going to make Michael Savickas very happy on January 23. That's the date Clint will be in the Novi, Michigan resident's living room, performing a special concert for Savickas and 50 of his closest friends. The performance is the grand prize of the Prilosec OTC Tailgate sweepstakes and will take place during the NFL's AFC championship game on January 23rd. The party will be live on NFL Today (CBS 6:00 - 6:30 ET), when Black will appear with the lucky winner on air. "Now this is what I call an intimate evening with Clint Black," the artist joked. "We may be a small group, but I plan on having a very rowdy time with Michael and his pals."

What's Country Music is All About?
Trace Adkins latest single, "Songs About Me," is pretty much a calling card for what country music's all about. "A lot of people just dismiss country music," Adkins tells TheLedger.com. "It seems like they don't even give it a shot. And that's what this song's about." "It encapsulates really why we're going to New York City for the CMA Awards show this year," Adkins says. "We kind of want to put it in their face and go `Don't sell us short until you've seen and heard what we do.'" from CountryNation.com

Sara Evans to Tour With Alan Jackson
After starting the 2005 touring season with Brad Paisley, Sara Evans will be on the road with Alan Jackson later in the year. Jackson's tour will also feature the Wrights, a new duo consisting of husband and wife Adam and Shannon Wright. Adam is Jackson's nephew, and the couple contributed songs to the superstar's latest album, What I Do. Cities and dates for Jackson's What I Do tour have not been announced. Evans joins Paisley in Verona, N.Y., for Friday's (Jan. 14) kickoff of their Mud & Suds tour with Andy Griggs. The Mud & Suds tour continues through early March. ... In related news, Evans has been named to the American Red Cross' fourth annual national celebrity cabinet to promote the nonprofit organization. Other new cabinet members include boxer/entrepreneur George Foreman, film director Spike Lee and actress Julianne Moore.

What is the MuzikMafia?
Sold-out stadiums, screaming fans, artistic drama, physical pain, Harleys and manicures -- it's life on the road with the hottest artists of the year. Gretchen Wilson, Big & Rich and their band of musical brothers, the MuzikMafia, sweep the nation in an adventurous original series, MuzikMafia TV. Viewers can catch a ride with the diverse and eclectic musical posse as it travels coast to coast headlining its first stadium tour. The real-life adventure of MuzikMafia TV is peppered with musical performances and celebrity guests including Tim McGraw, Usher, Willie Nelson, Keith Urban, Heart, DMC, Kanye West and others. MuzikMafia TV goes into the seldom-seen backstage world, from load-out to encores to the glitz and glamour of awards shows, as the vulnerabilities of artistic personalities erupt. In addition to heavy hitters Wilson and Big & Rich, the MuzikMafia's cast of characters includes: Cowboy Troy, a cowboy rapper from Dallas; Two Foot Fred who leads the pack onstage; songwriters James Otto and Jon Nicholson; visual artist Rachel Kice whose rhythmic strokes on canvas salute the music; blues guitar wizard Dean Hall, son of country legend Tom T. Hall; and others. As Big & Rich's Big Kenny Alphin puts it, the tour is "music without prejudice," no holds barred. Big Kenny says the now famous artist alliance had a humble beginning. "It was just a way for us to help each other out and try to do our own thing and even though each of us was, and is, a little bit different, that's what makes it all great. And now what's so beautiful is, years later after starting this thing -- Musically Artistic Friends in Alliance (MAFIA) -- we're actually able to go out and tour together."

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