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Droves of the top country music artists are out on the concert trail — or soon will be. Even in these dicey economic times, there appears to be an insatiable appetite for live music and the sensation of being close to one’s idols.
There’s usually a thematic thread running through the lyrics of country artists’ hits. Some are fairly obvious in songs about the country life, patriotism and getting rowdy and/or hanging out with friends at the beach, the bar or elsewhere.
Did you hear that Gwyneth Paltrow, who’s co-starring with Tim McGraw in the much talked-about movie, Country Strong, has also recorded the title track as a single for RCA Records? Co-written by Jennifer Hanson, Tony Martin and Mark Nesler, the song
As anticipated, Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now has bobbed back to the top of Billboard‘s country albums chart after having been dethroned last week by Jerrod Niemann’s Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury. Niemann drops to No. 3.
NEW YORK — Unless you’ve been spending your summer sequestered in a cave, beyond the reach of all media, you’ve got at least a passing familiarity with the particulars of Carrie Underwood’s July 10 wedding to Canadian hockey star Mike Fisher, seemingly t
Rascal Flatts have signed a new deal with Big Machine Records, the Nashville-based label home to Taylor Swift.
Hank Cochran’s influence as a master country songwriter stretches from Patsy Cline to Willie Nelson to George Strait to Jamey Johnson.
Looking back at the last two decades in country music, quite a few country superstars launched their career with a massive debut single. For example, artists like Brooks & Dunn, Faith Hill and Toby Keith all peaked at No. 1 in Billboard on thei
“I really had to concentrate on not making it a Waylon Jennings tribute album,” says Mark Chesnutt, speaking of his new package of country classics, Outlaw. “To me, Waylon is the ultimate Outlaw.”
Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow is releasing a single, “Country Strong,” to country radio. The song shares its name with an upcoming movie, which stars Paltrow as Kelly Canter, a faded country star looking for a comeback. The film is scheduled to op
About 10 years ago, Evan and Jaron — the Georgia-born twins from the Lowenstein family — played a gig at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville club in Key West, Fla., which led to a touring gig with Buffett. That led to a record deal for the identical pair. Af
Jerrod Niemann’s Judge Jerrod and the Hung Jury roars into the No. 1 berth on Billboard‘s country albums chart to dislodge Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now, which has held that position for the last 24 weeks.
“You can define it however you want to define it — bluegrass, country. I don’t care,” Dierks Bentley says about his acoustic album, Up on the Ridge.
Only a few years ago, Michael Sarver was working on an oil rig in Texas. But with a lot of determination and a little bit of luck from the eighth season of American Idol, the singer-songwriter has come to a turning point in his career. His first si
I think a majority of songwriters — working in country or anywhere else — would agree that Jimmy Webb is one of the greatest songwriters in popular music in recent decades. If not possibly and arguably the greatest songwriter. Eight Grammys his first ye