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James Taylor Covers Country on Upcoming Album
James Taylor's new album may have some treats for some country fans. The dulcet-toned crooner recorded new versions of songs made popular by George Jones, John Anderson, Glen Campbell and ...Read More
Melissa Lawson Latest 'Nashville Star'
Melissa Lawson was named winner of Nashville Star on Monday night's (Aug. 4) season six finale on NBC. The 32-year-old working mother of five hails from Arlington, Texas. ...Read More
Brooks and Dunn Get Hollywood Star
Brooks & Dunn are now part of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with a star near the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn were in Hollywood on Monday ...Read More
Alison Krauss Joins Ralph Stanley in Ryman Show
Ralph Stanley enjoyed a special guest during his performance at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on Thursday night (July 31). Alison Krauss entered the stage early in Stanley's set ...Read More
Dixie Chick Divorce Finalized
Emily Robison of the Dixie Chicks and her husband Charlie Robison have divorced, citing a "conflict of personalities". The divorce was made final on Wednesday ...Read More
Americana Music Festival Lineup Announced
More than 50 acts have been announced for the 2008 Americana Music Festival happening Sept. 17-20 in Nashville. Cross Canadian Ragweed, James McMurtry and ...Read More
John Rich Supports McCain's White House Run with New Song
John Rich is getting vocal about politics this summer, as the songwriter on Friday (Aug. 1) appeared at the Country First concert in Panama City, Fla. to meet with McCain and perform his new song "Raisin' McCain." ...Read More
Keith Urban to Perform in NFL Kickoff Concert
Keith Urban is set to perform in the NFL's kickoff party, taking place in New York City's Columbus Circle. Other artists are expected to perform in the Sept. 4 concert that takes place on the same day that the NFL ...Read More
Nominees Announced for Canadian Country Music Awards
The nominees have been announced for the 2008 Canadian Country Music Awards, as announced last Wednesday (July 30) by the CCMA's board of directors. Among the nominees, ...Read More
Police Investigate Mark Chesnutt Bus Crash
Texas police are conducting an ongoing investigation to determine the cause of last week's traffic accident involving Mark Chesnutt's tour bus. Chesnutt was not on board the vehicle at the time ...Read More
Black Crowes Accuse Gretchen Wilson of Copyright Infringement
Attorneys representing the Black Crowes are claiming that a new song from Gretchen Wilson sounds unusually similar to their client's 1991 hit "Jealous Again." ...Read More
Toby Keith Hits Road to Promote New Film
Toby Keith is in the Big Apple this week to promote his second major feature film, Beer for My Horses. In anticipation of the film's Aug. 8 premiere, Keith is making various visits with media outlets ...Read More
Kenny Chesney to Play Farm Aid
Event organizers announced Monday (July 28) that Kenny Chesney has been added to the lineup at this year's Farm Aid concert, set to take place Sept. 20 in Mansfield, Mass., ...Read More
More Football Fever for Faith Hill
Are you ready for some football? Faith Hill will again sing the opening theme for NBC's Sunday Night Football. Her performance of "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night" will debut on Sept. 7 ...Read More
Dixie Chick Welcomes New Daughter
Dixie Chick Martie Maguire and husband Gareth have welcomed another daughter into their family. Harper Rosie Maguire was born Friday morning in Austin, Texas, weighing 7 pounds and 10 ounces ...Read More
Kid Rock Pleads No Contest to Battery Charge
Kid Rock was fined $1,000 and sentenced to a year of probation after pleading no contest to a single charge of simple battery after a fight in a Decatur, Ga. Waffle House restaurant. ...Read More
Dixie Chicks, Toby Keith Partnership Cooling on Warming Ad
The San Jose Mercury News has reported that the Dixie Chicks and Toby Keith have canceled plans to appear together in a television ad speaking out against global warming. ...Read More
Dr. Phil Reaches Out to Mindy McCready
TMZ reported that Mindy McCready had a dramatic episode late last week after getting dumped by her boyfriend. She apparently then downed a bottle of vodka and pills and collapsed while ...Read More
Taylor Swift Acknowledges Rascal Flatts for Jumpstart
Taylor Swift's star has been rising higher and higher this year as she continues to dominate the charts. However, she hasn't forgotten who helped give her a headstart in the music biz. The young starlet ...Read More
Big & Rich Take Break from Touring
Though Big & Rich have made their presence felt on the concert circuit this year, the duo will not be playing any more shows for the rest of 2008. The group announced earlier this year ...Read More
Alan Jackson Sells 50 Millionth Album
Alan Jackson has achieved a major milestone in his career, as it was announced yesterday that he had surpassed the 50-million mark for album sales. His debut album, Here in the Real World, was ...Read More
Keith Urban to Play Fashion Rocks Show
Keith Urban will appear at the all-star Fashion Rocks concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall on Sept. 5. The show will air on CBS on Sept. 9. Other stars scheduled to perform include ...Read More
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Nominated for UK Mercury Prize
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' critically acclaimed Raising Sand is one of 12 albums that has been nominated for the Mercury Prize. The annual award is determined ...Read More
Sugarland Keeping Busy
Sugarland had a super tuesday all their own, as they performed on Good Morning America and The View earlier today (July 22). A deluxe version of their third album ...Read More
Folk Musician Artie Traum Dead at 65
Folksinger/guitarist Artie Traum succumbed to cancer at age 65 on Sunday afternoon (July 20) at his home in Woodstock, NY. Along with his brother Happy, Traum recorded ...Read More
ABC to Air CMA Awards Nov. 12
This year's CMA Awards will take place at the Sommet Center in downtown Nashville on Nov. 12 and will be broadcast live on ABC. Last year's program was the third-highest rated awards show ...Read More
Hank Cochran Undergoes Cancer Surgery
Hank Cochran, the legendary singer and songwriter whose credits include Eddy Arnold's "Make the World Go Away" and Ronnie Milsap's "Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me," is recovering at a Nashville hospital ...Read More
Julianne Hough Up For an Emmy
Julianne Hough has been nominated for an Emmy for outstanding choreography after her successful turn on Dancing With the Stars. The nominees for the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced ...Read More
CMA Music Festival Special Coming to ABC
ABC will air a two-hour special titled CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock on Sept. 8. The special will be filmed in Nashville and hosted by Taylor Swift, Kellie Pickler and Julianne Hough ...Read More
Jack Ingram to Have Say on Next Country Star
You might instead call him Jack-of-all-trades. Jack Ingram, who is already well known for being an outstanding singer, songwriter, and winner of the 2008 Academy of Country Music Top New Male Vocalist award ...Read More
Levon Helm, Joan Baez to Appear at Americana Festival
Levon Helm and Joan Baez are scheduled to appear at the Americana Festival and Conference in Nashville this September. Helm will perform a full concert at the Ryman Auditorium ...Read More
Kenny Chesney Makes White House Visit
Kenny Chesney visited with President George W. Bush and Baseball Hall of Fame member Frank Robinson on Wednesday afternoon (July 16), during the first-ever White House Tee Ball All-Star Game ...Read More
Jeff Bridges to Star in New CMT Film
CMT Films will co-produce a new film starring Jeff Bridges as a downtrodden, alcoholic country singer. Crazy Heart, which is written and directed by Scott Cooper, will also feature ...Read More
Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman Reject Baby Pic Offers
Parents Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban have reportedly turned down several multi-million dollar offers from publications for pictures of newborn daughter Sunday Rose. ...Read More
Jessica Simpson Gets Country Assist from Dolly Parton
Jessica Simpson's first country album, entitled Do You Know?, will be released on September 9th on Columbia Nashville. The album was recorded with producers ...Read More
Shania Twain Finds Comfort in Son, Music
Since her split from hubby Mutt Lang two months ago, Shania Twain has found strength in the two things that mean the most to her: her 6-year-old son, Eja D'Angelo, and her music. ...Read More
Kellie Pickler Uplifts Women on New Single
Kellie Pickler's latest single offers an affirmative message to women. "Your worth ain't on a price tag/It comes from within." These lyrics, from her song, "Don't You Know You're Beautiful," address ...Read More
Larry the Cable Guy Gets Christmas Special
Larry the Cable Guy will star in an upcoming holiday special for CMT, while comedian Tom Arnold will host a second season of CMT's My Big Redneck Wedding. ...Read More
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman Plan Baptism
Keith Urban and wife Nicole Kidman will have their infant daughter, Sunday Rose, baptized during a Catholic christening ceremony in Sydney, Australia, reports The Daily Telegraph in Sydney. ...Read More
Stolen George Jones Guitar Returned
George Jones was recenlty reacquainted with a long lost old friend. Just last month, a guitar was returned to him that was stolen over 40 years ago. However, a wrist injury that prevented ...Read More
Joe Nichols Keeps Grand Ole Opry in Forefront
Joe Nichols made his debut in 2002 with "The Impossible," and has since accomplished a great deal, although nothing yet that makes him feel as though he's truly ...Read More
Reca McEntire Calls Upon Former REBA Friends for Video
Reba McEntire enlisted the help of friends Joanna Garcia and Steve Howey to act in her latest music video for "Every Other Weekend," which began airing this week. ...Read More
Rare Elvis Special Comes to CMT, Wal-Mart
CMT will air Elvis: Viva Las Vegas, a new, two-hour TV special on Aug. 11. Additionally, the DVD and Blu-ray disc of the special will be available for purchase exclusively at ...Read More
Oak Ridge Boys Join Harmony Elite
During their unique career, the Oak Ridge Boys have won Grammy Awards and performed for world leaders and even scored at the top of the pop charts. ...Read More
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Purchase Malibu Home
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are now neighbors to such names as Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker. The country couple, whose primary residence is in Oklahoma ...Read More
Eddie Montgomery Recalls Upbringing
Eddie Montgomery of Montgomery Gentry is feeling nostalgic as the duo releases its latest album, Back When I Knew It All. ...Read More
Chesney Fans Old Flame
Kenny Chesney is reportedly giving love another chance with a former girlfriend. And while the country star said that he is considering settling down in the near future, any rumored marriage plans were definitely premature. ...Read More
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban Welcome a Baby Girl
Nicole Kidman and her husband, Keith Urban, have welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, born Monday morning in Nashville, PEOPLE has confirmed. ...Read More
Carrie Underwood on American Experience
For all of Carrie Underwood's success, much of it must be attributed to the red, white & blue. After all, she found fame on the show "American Idol," and she also scored a major ...Read More
Kenny Chesney Gets XM Channel
Kenny Chesney will be getting his own channel on XM Satellite Radio from July 26 through Oct. 25. Featured on the station, called No Shoes Radio, will be Chesney's music, as well as ...Read More
Craig Morgan on American Pride
During his 10 years of active duty in the Army, Craig Morgan engaged in Operation Just Cause, and descended with his compatriots on Panama when U.S. troops landed there ...Read More
Toby Keith, Trace Adkins and Jack Ingram Reflect on America
Though the Fourth of July is a time for Americans of all stripes to celebrate their patriotism and love of the red, white and blue, some of country music's biggest names are concerned that ...Read More
Home Video Spurs Sugarland's Latest Hit
Customarily, the video is shot after a song gets recorded and released, but in Sugarland's latest hit, "All I Want To Do," the opposite has been the case. The song was written and centered around ...Read More
Inductees to Musicians Hall of Fame Announced
The second class of inductees to the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum were announced on Tuesday morning (July 1) in Nashville. Booker T. and the MGs, the Memphis Horns ...Read More
Fans Can Find Platinum Tickets in New Sugarland Album
No, this isn't Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, but Sugarland is adding platinum tickets to five copies of the deluxe fan edition of their new album, Love on the Inside. ...Read More
Waylon Jennings' Former Band Step Out On Their Own
The former members of Waylon Jennings' touring band have formed a tribute band called Waymore's Outlaws, with singer Tommy Townsend, bass player/tour manager ...Read More
Ejected Tim McGraw Fan Holds No Grudge
Even after Tim McGraw decided to play security guard at a show last week at a Auburn, Wash. concert, the ejected fan, a union glazer named Marcus Nirschl, still says he'll continue to support ...Read More
Dierks Bentley Delivers to Fans
Not too long ago, Dierks Bentley spent most of his time in the audience rather than on the stage. Even though things have changed, he still remembers what it was like getting amped up ...Read More
Idol Alum Kristy Lee Cook Gets Contract
Kristy Lee Cook, better known as a finalist from American Idol's seventh season, has inked a deal with 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville, a label within the Sony BMG Nashville ...Read More
Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley Cyrus Sing at Memorial Festival
Billy Ray and daughter Miley Cyrus treated fans to a performance at a Nashville-area skate festival on Sunday (June 29) to honor Alex LaVasseur, the late son of ...Read More
