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Pale Is the New Tan for Miranda Lambert

Country Music Television - Found Jun. 24, 2009
And I have the scars to prove it. So I am so happy to hear that Miranda Lambert is smart enough to keep SPF 85 on her face.

Posted on June 24, 2009, 5:20 am

LiveDaily Interview: Miranda Lambert

LiveDaily - Found Jun. 20, 2009
Miranda Lambert [ tickets ], the daughter of guitarist/songwriter Rick Lambert, made her country music bow in 2003 as a third-place finisher on

Posted on June 20, 2009, 8:48 am

Miranda Lambert Schedules New Album,

Country Music Television - Found Jun. 10, 2009
Miranda Lambert has set a Sept. 29 release date for her new album, Revolution, which will feature her latest single, 'Dead Flowers.' Lambert ...

Posted on June 10, 2009, 4:04 am

Kenny Chesney, Sugarland, Montgomery Gentry, Miranda Lambert, and ...

Louisville.com - Found May. 29, 2009
... including Louisville's Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on May 30 along with Sugarland, Montgomery Gentry, Miranda Lambert, and Lady Antebellum.

Posted on May 29, 2009, 11:12 am

David Nail, Singer of "Red Light," Releasing New Album on Aug. 18

Country Music Television - Found Jul. 2, 2009
... his current single, 'Red Light,' as well as a cover of Train's 'I'm About to Come Alive.' Miranda Lambert is featured on 'Strangers on a Train...

Posted on July 2, 2009, 3:22 am

Top 5 country music tours not to miss in 2009

Examiner.com - Found Jun. 29, 2009
Opening acts this year include Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum, Montgomery Gentry and Sugarland.

Posted on June 29, 2009, 7:06 am

NEWS Game Releases from May 31 to J...

Nintendo World Report - Found Jun. 28, 2009
Moving to Seattle' by The Material* 'Girls Who Play Guitars' by Maximo Park 'Gunpowder & Lead' by Miranda Lambert 'Down at the Whisky' by...
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Posted on June 28, 2009, 3:13 am

Who's performing and where, in and around the city this week

Philadelphia Daily News - Found Jun. 28, 2009
Tomorrow's festival-length hoedown also features Montgomery Gentry, Miranda Lambert, Sugarland and Lady Antebellum.

Posted on June 28, 2009, 3:49 am

Chesney caps five country acts

Philly.com - Found Jun. 29, 2009
Rising country star Miranda Lambert's choice of quality covers, on the other hand, shored up her 40-minute set nicely.

Posted on June 29, 2009, 2:11 am

Keith Urban, Counting Crows Playing Summerfest Together

Country Music Television - Found Jun. 27, 2009
... will conclude July 5. Other Summerfest performers this year include Kenny Chesney, Kid Rock, Miranda Lambert, Willie Nelson, Blake Shelton and...
Musical odd couple hit it off - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Posted on June 27, 2009, 5:51 am

Miranda Lambert Biography

Miranda Lambert
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Miranda Lambert

Background information
Born November 10, 1983 (1983-11-10) (age 25)
Origin Lindale, Texas, USA
Genre(s) Country
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, saxophone 1
Years active 2001–present
Label(s) Epic, Columbia Nashville
Associated acts Blake Shelton
Website MirandaLambert.com

Miranda Lambert (born November 10, 1983)2 is an American country music artist who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of Nashville Star, where she finished in third place and later signed to Epic Records. Lambert made her debut with the release of "Me and Charlie Talking", the first single from her 2005 debut album Kerosene. This album, which was certified Platinum in the United States, also produced the singles "Bring Me Down", "Kerosene", and "New Strings". All four singles were Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

After the closure of Epic's Nashville division, Lambert was transferred to Columbia Records Nashville for her second album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, which was released in early 2007. Although the title track failed to make top 40, the next three singles ("Famous in a Small Town", "Gunpowder & Lead", and "More Like Her") were all Top 20 hits, with "Gunpowder & Lead" becoming her first Top 10 country hit in July 2008.

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Biography

Miranda Lambert was born and raised in Lindale, Texas. Her father, Richard Lee "Rick" Lambert, is a retired police officer who in later life became a private investigator in partnership with her mother, Beverly June Lambert(nee Hughes). Miranda was taught about guns by her father at an early age and later became an avid deer hunter. Her parents took her to a Garth Brooks concert when she was nine and this started her interest in country music. Her father wrote and performed country music and she soon began singing in talent contests under his tutelage.

At age sixteen, Lambert began appearing on the Johnny High Country Music Review3 in Arlington, Texas, the same show that helped launch the career of LeAnn Rimes. Lambert quickly landed a recording session in Nashville, but left the studio after she became frustrated with the "pop" sound of music.citation needed She then went back to Texas and asked her dad to teach her how to play guitar so she could write her own songs.4

While still in high school, Lambert made her professional singing debut. She fronted the house band at the Reo Palm Isle Ballroom5 in Longview, Texas, a long-running venue that has showcased Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson.

Music career

2003-2006 Kerosene

In 2003, Lambert auditioned for the talent competition Nashville Star, eventually becoming a third-place finisher on the show. On September 15, 2003, she signed with Epic Records.6 Her debut single, "Me and Charlie Talking" (co-written by her father and Heather Little), was released in summer of 2004 as the lead-off single to her debut album. Titled Kerosene, Lambert's first album comprised twelve songs, eleven of which she co-wrote. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts,7 and eventually gained a Platinum certification by the RIAA for shipments of over one million copies,8 selling more than 930,000 copies up to July 2008.9 Overall, the album produced four Top 40 singles on the Billboard country charts, including the title track which was a Top 20 hit. Lambert also toured with Keith Urban10 and George Strait11 in early 2006. In 2007, she toured with Dierks Bentley and Toby Keith.12

2007-2008 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Lambert's second album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend was released on May 1, 2007. She wrote eight of the album's eleven tracks,13 including its four singles. Much of the track "Gunpowder & Lead," the album's third single and her highest-charting single, was written while she was taking a concealed handgun class in her home town.14

In 2005, at the 40th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, Lambert won the Cover Girl Fresh Face of Country Music Award. She was also nominated for the Country Music Association's Horizon Award in 2005; in 2007, Lambert also received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her single "Kerosene". She also won the Top New Female Vocalist award at the 2007 ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards. At the 2008 ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend won Album of the Year.

Lambert was ranked #90 on the 100 Greatest Women (of Country Music) by Country Universe in 2008.15

2009-Present Revolution

As of February 2009, Miranda Lambert has been in the studio recording her third studio album, "Revolution", which will be released on September 29th.

Lambert debuted her new single, "Dead Flowers", at the 44th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 5, 2009.16 It was released to country radio on May 4, 2009.17

In 2009, Lambert (along with two other singers), became the new face of Cotton Inc.’s revived “The Touch, The Feel of Cotton” campaign.18 She has appeared in ads to promote cotton, and the website features a free download of the full version of her song, "Fabric of My Life."19

Personal life

In 2006, Lambert began dating fellow country singer Blake Shelton.20 Lambert also sang background vocals on Shelton's 2008 single "Home",21 and recorded a duet with Shelton, "Bare Skin Rug", for his studio album Startin' Fires released later in 2008.

Discography

Albums

Awards

Year Organization Award
2005 Country Music Association Horizon Award (nominated)
2006 CMT Music Awards Female Video of the Year — "Kerosene" (nominated)22
Breakthrough Video of the Year — "Kerosene" (nominated)
Country Music Association Horizon Award (nominated)
2007 Grammy Awards Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Kerosene" (nominated)
Academy of Country Music Top New Female Vocalist (Won)23
Female Vocalist of the Year (nominated)
Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year (nominated)
2008 Grammy Awards Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Famous in a Small Town" (nominated)24
CMT Music Awards Female Video of the Year — "Famous in a Small Town" (nominated)
Academy of Country Music Top Female Vocalist (nominated)
Album of the Year — Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Won)25
Single Record of the Year — "Famous in a Small Town" (nominated)
Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year (nominated)26
Single of the Year — "Gunpowder & Lead" (nominated)
2009 Academy of Country Music Top Female Vocalist (nominated)27
Single Record of the Year — "Gunpowder & Lead" (nominated)
CMT Music Awards Female Video of the Year — "More Like Her" (nominated)28

Touring

Lambert's road band and crew consists of the following:29

Band

Touring personnel

  • Pete Link — backline tech
  • Jason Macalick — front of house engineer, backup bus driver
  • Chris Newsom — monitor engineer, production manager, stage manager
  • Chad Pavlovich — backline tech
  • Jordan Powell — tour manager
  • Jose Raices — merchandise manager
  • Sean Semler — lighting director
  • Charlie Sherman — bus driver
  • David Sherman — bus driver

References

  1. ^ Miranda dusts off her sax[1]
  2. ^ Miranda Lambert: Biography, MSN.com, retrieved 2008-12-11
  3. ^ http://www.tripwiser.com/trip_thing_to_do-Johnnie_Highs_Country_Music_Revue_Arlington_Texas_USA?itiNodeId=402880820e2159f8010e24ce70b877c1&eType=activity tripwiser.com
  4. ^ Texas Wrangler, Page 3, Washington Post 15 May, 2007
  5. ^ http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/RR/xdr3.html tshaonline.org
  6. ^ Fabian, Shelly. "'Nashville Star' Gave Buddy Jewell and Miranda Lambert Big Career Boosts". About.com.
  7. ^ Whitmire, Margo. "50 Squeaks Out Another Week At No. 1". Billboard. March 23, 2005.
  8. ^ Draper, Jimmy. "Miranda Lambert's one tough country singer on 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'". San Francisco Chronicle. August 26, 2007.
  9. ^ Tucker, Ken. "Miranda Lambert's revenge tale shoots up chart". Reuters. July 19, 2008.
  10. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "Billboard Bits: Foos, Montgomery Gentry, Lambert". Billboard. May 24, 2005.
  11. ^ Fabian, Shelly. "On the Road with George Strait - Well, Kinda...". About.com.
  12. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "Toby Keith Pencils New Album, Tour In For June". Billboard. April 10, 2007.
  13. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "Miranda Lambert Not Withholding On Second CD". Billboard. January 19, 2007.
  14. ^ Texas Wrangler, Page 1, Washington Post 15 May, 2007
  15. ^ Country Universe - 100 Greatest Women, #90 Miranda Lambert
  16. ^ [2]
  17. ^ [3]
  18. ^ Miranda Lambert Cozies Up with Cotton
  19. ^ Cotton: The Fabric of My Life
  20. ^ Blake Shelton talks about divorce and new girl Miranda Lambert
  21. ^ Blake Shelton Gets The Hint
  22. ^ "2006 CMT Music Awards Nominees". Billboard. March 17, 2006.
  23. ^ Tucker, Ken. "Underwood, Brooks & Dunn, Strait Big Winners At ACMs". Billboard. May 16, 2007.
  24. ^ Fabian, Shelly. "Miranda Lambert - 2008 Grammy Nominee Profile". About.com.
  25. ^ Tucker, Ken. "Chesney Wins Again, Lambert Surprises At ACM Awards". Billboard. May 19, 2008.
  26. ^ "The 42nd Annual CMA Awards Nominations"
  27. ^ 2009 Nominees
  28. ^ [4]
  29. ^ Band and Crew gallery

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