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Kenny Chesney's No Shoes Radio Takes A Bite of the Apple; Now iTunes Streamable
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For Immediate Release
October 30, 2009
Nashville: Days after USA Today recognized Kenny Chesney's Sun City Carnival Tour as the year's biggest concert tour, the Corona Extra sponsored rolling event of the summer - that hit a dozen NFL stadiums as well as the nation's best arenas and a handful of amphitheaters - also launched what is quickly turning out to be Internet Radio's most popular destinations: No Shoes Radio. Culled from the Luttrell, Tennessean's own iPod, live shows, acoustic jams and surprise appearance by his myriad musical friends, the eclectic No Shoes Radio is now available beyond www.noshoesradio.com, but through iTunes Radio Stations.
“When the people at iTunes told us they were into what we're doing,” laughs Chesney, “I was pretty blown away - because in a lot of ways, this station is all about the way my iPod rolls around from reggae to rock and roll, old George Jones and some obscure Jackson Browne track. If there's one thing about the music you hear backstage at our shows… it's all over the place, and you can't find that anywhere anymore, that diversity.”
Chesney first dipped his toes in the water last summer when he created a radio station for XM. Not only did it whet the taste for putting interesting combinations of music together for friends to savor and perhaps expand their musical taste, but it got the 4-time and current Country Music Association and 4-consecutive Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year thinking about what all might be possible.
“I think most of the people coming out to our shows probably own albums by Dave Matthews and Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen and AC/DC, not to mention Bob Marley,” Chesney explains. “I'm always trying to bring my fans further and further into the experience of where and how this music comes alive, so not only were we able to spend the summer broadcasting live from our tailgate parties at the stadium shows… but trying to take them into the Vibe Room, into production, anywhere people were helping bring the music to life - and when we realized going straight through the internet gave us the most freedom, we were sold. No rules radio is almost more like it!”
Anyone wishing to listen to the one of the widest ranging music mixes out there - one that reflects the singer/songwriter's laidback lifestyle - needs only to click on Radio in the their iTunes menu, scroll down to the Reggae/Island options and select Kenny Chesney's No Shoes Radio. One double click, a little buffering and then you're streaming the choicest mix of Chesney songs and favorites, unguarded moments, fan shout-outs, live performances in high quality 128 kbps sound.
And for fans of more conventional teresterial radio, the making your peace with the abundance of life even in the difficult places “I'm Alive,” Chesney's duet with friend Dave Matthews from his chart-topping Greatest Hits II, is making its way through the Top 10. Look for an intimate performance of that song on the CMA Awards, broadcast live Nov. 11 on ABC.
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