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Big Honor For Little Big Town

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Little Big Town (Kimberly Roads, Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild and Phillip Sweet) photo by Kristin Barlowe, courtesy of Equity Music Group


December 20, 2006 — Billboard magazine has named Little Big Town the Independent Artist of the Year for 2006, and the band's near-platinum CD The Road To Here the Independent Album of the Year. The group tops the list of artists and albums in all genres, as reported in the year-end issue of the magazine.

"This is an extraordinary accomplishment for Little Big Town," says Mike Kraski, president of the band's label, Equity Music Group. "To receive such recognition certainly validates what we have felt about this act from the beginning. Their music knows no boundaries. It's quite a big deal for a country act to accomplish this feat."

Little Big Town has toured with some top acts this year, including Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney and John Mellencamp, who was so pleased with the band's turn as his opening act that he asked them to perform on his new CD, set for release in early 2007. Little Big Town's vocal work can be heard on Mellencamp's song "Our Country," currently featured in Chevrolet's national advertising campaign. The group also performed the song with Mellencamp at Game Two of the World Series in Detroit.

The band will begin work on their new CD for Equity in early 2007, with a release date set for the fall.

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