Nashville Gears Up For Country Radio Seminar 2014

The world’s largest Country radio event, Country Radio Seminar 2014, will kick off Feb. 19 at the Nashville Convention Center in downtown Nashville, Tenn.

The three-day event is packed full of great performances, educational seminars, intriguing panels and networking opportunties. CRS 2014 is bringing back many of the staple CRS events including luncheons, Acoustic Alley, the Badge Bar and the Wednesday night Opry show; along with new, exciting additions such as the Muscle Shoals movie viewing and the New Faces after party, hosted by TNT and the stars of the anticipated new reality series, Private Lives of Nashville Wives.

This year, CRS will host many discussions centered around social media and its role in today’s radio industry, with panels such as “The Do’s and Don't’s of Social Media” and “Rhapsody, Beats, YouTube, and iHeart: It’s Their Country, Too.” This year’s seminar will also feature the CRS Research Presentation; a research panel conducted and presented by Edison Research, which will focus on the increased popularity country music is seeing with the 12-34 year-old age group.

For the fourth consecutive year, the Country Radio Hall of Fame Dinner and Awards and the New Faces of Country Music Show are sold out.

Taylor Swift Joins Florida Georgia Line Onstage for ‘Cruise’

Taste Of Country's Amy Sciarretto reports:

At the CRS New Faces of Country Music Show Friday night (March 1), Florida Georgia Line performed, closing out their set with their No. 1 hit ‘Cruise.’ That’s nothing out of the ordinary, right? Wrong! While it was an expected and high octane way for Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard to end the set, the performance got a major dose of star power when Taylor Swift “cruised” onto the stage to join the band for an impromptu duet.

With no loud and proud intro, no fanfare and no warning, Swift showed up for the second verse.

Wearing a simple and tight black mini dress and knee high boots, Swift looked sexy and she certainly enjoyed herself, performing with the band, sashaying across the stage and rocking out.

It was beyond fun to see Swift perform the band’s smash hit, letting her hair down a little and interacting with Kelley and Hubbard as they played their instruments.

The ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’ singer stayed on the stage for the rest of the song. She gave the group a shout-out as the song wound down and hugged the boys before she made her graceful exit.