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A record 50,000 enthusiastic country music fans turned out over three days to attend the 3rd Annual Taste of Country Music Festival, held June 12-14, 2015 at Hunter Mountain Resort in the Catskills of New York State. The star-packed lineup for this year’s festival was headlined by Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, and Toby Keith; and included Billy Currington, Eli Young Band, Jerrod Niemann, Sara Evans, Easton Corbin, Chase Bryant, Colt Ford, Josh Abbott Band, Tracy Lawrence, LOCASH, Logan Mize, Katie Armiger, Western Underground, Amanda Watkins, Rachel Lipsky, Sasha McVeigh, Nikki Briar, Jandee Lee Porter and Jackson Michelson. Here's what one attendee, Brianna, had to say: "This was my first year going to ToC Fest and I can honestly say it was the best weekend of my life! I did not see a single person that looked unhappy while at the festival. Everyone was dressed in "country outfits." Lots of cowboy hats and boots, flannels, and of course camo and American...

The Sinclair hosted a packed house for Country 102.5's "Chicks with Picks and One Dude" on February 4th to benefit the Floating Hospital for Children at Tuft's Medical Center. The event featured premiere Nashville talent including Easton Corbin, the cook dude, and the chicks, Massachusetts' own Lori McKenna, Kelsea Bellerini, and Maddie  & Tae.  The show was set up as a Nashville style songwriter's night with each artist taking time to explain the reason for writing their hits and then playing them for a a packed house. The highlights for me was definitely hearing Lori McKenna's the story and song behind " Girl Crush " by Little Big Town.  McKenna revealed the hit, written along her songwriting partners, Liz Rose and Hillary Lindsey group, was not a hit for everyone at first but that once they started working on it, it came pretty easily.  Later the same day, Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman came to hear w...

Easton Corbin played a packed Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun on Friday night.  Fans quickly filled the venue and many more stood along the edge.  The diverse crowd showed the range of Corbin’s popularity with fans from 21 to a couple in their 80's square dancing throughout the show.  Corbin’s smooth voice is one of the purest true country sounds out there today.  Corbin’s vocal range is able to shift from ballads to party anthems.  The packed set list included Corbin’s #1 hits “ A Little More Country Than That ” and “Roll With It” as well as “ Lovin’ You Is Fun ” and “ All Over The Road ”.  Corbin also played new releases “ Clockwork ” and “ Baby Be My Love Song ” off his upcoming album It’s About to Get Real which will be released in early 2015.  Corbin can flow seamlessly from his own hits to fun covers like Blake Shelton’s “All About Tonight”, Alan Jackson’s “Where I Come From”, and George Strait’s “Check Yes or No”.  Whether it’s the fun individ...