April, 2011

 

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  • Dustin Stout
    04/28/2011

    Carter's Chord, Restless Heart and Montgomery Gentry are only a few of the country superstars appearing this weekend at the Opry...

  • 04/28/2011

    Few artists have built a more colorful or compelling legacy than Country Music Hall of Fame member Waylon Jennings...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/28/2011

    Jason Aldean's name was called the most Wednesday when CMT's Evan Farmer announced the nominations for the 2011 CMT Music Awards live on the "Today" show...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/28/2011

    One year after the Nashville flood that destroyed so much of Music City, the Grand Ole Opry honors a city that picked itself up from its bootstraps... 

  • Kersty Boll
    04/28/2011

    Rodney Atkins' newest single is one of the most added songs at country radio this week...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/27/2011

    Larry Gatlin will host Thursday's "Opry Country Classics" at the Ryman, featuring Daryle Singletary and more...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/27/2011

    Country newcomers Lee Brice, Aaron Lewis, Jerrod Niemann, The Band Perry and Thompson Square will battle it out for Breakthrough Video of the Year at the 2011 CMT Music Awards...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/26/2011

    Teddy Gentry has decided to release his latest album under Cracker Barrel's exclusive label...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/26/2011

    With a sell-out tour and 22 No. 1 singles, life is looking good for Kenny Chesney...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/26/2011

    Ronnie Dunn is making a name for himself as a solo artist on country music airwaves with his first single "Bleed Reed."...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/26/2011

    With the help of Chevrolet and CBS Radio, Steel Magnolia has helped to gather over 800 cell phones for Chevrolet’s “Cell Phones for Soldiers” campaign...

  • Jacob Ryan
    04/26/2011

    Big Kenny will be giving an exclusive, online-only performance for fifteen minutes on Wednesday, April 27...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/21/2011

    Martina McBride, Josh Turner, Jake Own and many more are set to perform this weekend at the Grand Ole Opry...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/21/2011

    After Sugarland received rave reviews on its Music City tour stop, the super duo debuted the music video for its brand-new 80s-inspired single...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/21/2011

    Gary Alan will make his first appearance at the CMA Music Festival since 2006 this summer, kicking off the event during the CMA Daily Concerts...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/21/2011

    The music festival will kick off Thursday, April 28, on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, N.C....

  • Valerie Wire
    04/21/2011

    The best-of-the-best female country artists will be coming together to honor Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Reba, The Judds, Loretta Lynn, Jennifer Nettles and Carrie Underwood...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/21/2011

    Jeff Bridges prepares to release his first album under his new label...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/21/2011

    As Lady Antebellum bids farewell to the Land Down Under, Joe Nichols prepares for his arrival...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/19/2011

    The annual City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge will bring together country stars in support of research, education and treatment for cancer and chronic illness patients...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/19/2011

    The Del McCoury Band is opening its studio doors to the public for the very first time...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/19/2011

    Music's biggest stars will celebrate the songs of legendary Christian artists Bill and Gloria Gaither Sunday, May 1, at Nashville's Schermerhorn Symphony Center... 

  • Kersty Boll
    04/19/2011

    Kelly Clarkson and Alan Jackson have been added to the CMA Music Festival performing bill...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/19/2011

    When Keith Urban kicked off his 2011 Get Closer tour in his home country of Australia, he probably didn't realize the intensified security efforts that would come along with it...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/19/2011

    Former "Celebrity Apprentice" star Trace Adkins described the experience as an "exercise in restraint," and current contestant John Rich is just now finding how what Adkins meant...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/19/2011

    Darius Rucker never thought his current song "This" would become a single, and he certainly didn't think it would become his fifth No. 1 single...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/19/2011

    Craig Morgan, Rodney Atkins and many more are slated to perform Tuesday on the Grand Ole Opry...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/18/2011

    Trace Adkins stood before Congress Thursday, April 14, to ask them to preserve Civil War battlefields... 

  • Kersty Boll
    04/18/2011

    Big name stars in country music will combine talents in order to preserve Johnny Cash's childhood home...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/18/2011

    Eric Church recently found out that fellow country music star Keith Urban is a big fan of his music...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/18/2011

    The VH1 Save the Music Foundation will be hosting a fundraising concert in Nashville, featuring The Band Perry at the Hard Rock Café....

  • Dustin Stout
    04/14/2011

    Target is offering six additional songs with the deluxe version of Alison Krauss & Union Station's first release in seven years...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/14/2011

    Even though the star has just finished touring, Reba is already anxious to get her next tour into gear... 

  • Kersty Boll
    04/14/2011

    Ashton Shepherd is gearing up for the release of "Where Country Grows," her first since her debut in 2008...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/14/2011

    Julie Roberts recently took to her blog to inform fans one of the main reasons for her five-year hiatus from music -- she's battling Multiple Sclerosis... 

  • Valerie Wire
    04/14/2011

    The 21-year-old songstress has no intention of dressing as provocatively has her young celebrity counterparts...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/13/2011

    Vince Gill, Rebecca Lynn Howard and The Grascals are just some of country's biggest names slated to perform this weekend at the Grand Ole Opry...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/13/2011

    Legends in country music will come together Thursday for "Opry Country Classics."...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/13/2011

    Darius Rucker made a few lasting friendships during his performance with the ACM Lifting Lives music campers at Sunday night’s ACM Awards...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/12/2011

    Legendary artist Steve Earl has a new novel and new single hitting stores soon...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/12/2011

    Country queen Carrie Underwood's first film raked in more than $11 million over the weekend, proving she's also queen of the box office...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/12/2011

    Tickets for the CMA Music Festival nightly concerts at LP Field will go on sale Friday, April 16...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/12/2011

    Country music star Chris Young will make his second trip overseas to provide entertainment to troops serving in the Middle East... 

  • Dustin Stout
    04/11/2011

    Two leading men in country music will appear with other Opry favorites Tuesday on the historic country stage...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/11/2011

    George Strait didn't buy "ocean front property in Arizona," but he did recently buy a golf course near his home in Texas...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/11/2011

    After donning a sparkly diamond ring recently at the Academy of Country Music Awards, the lady of Lady Antebellum is denying rumors she is engaged...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/11/2011

    Nashville's historic 650 AM WSM radio station has set a new ratings record...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/11/2011

    Lady Antebellum's smash hit “Need You Now” has been showered with music's top awards, and now it's earned the distinction of country's all-time most downloaded song...

  • Jacob Ryan
    04/11/2011

    Steve Azar is hosting a sweepstakes that will take two grand-prize winners to Nashville for June's 2011 CMA Music Festival...

  • Jacob Ryan
    04/11/2011

    One of music's most prominent label groups is making an effort to help those effected by the devastating earthquakes in Japan...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/08/2011

    Trace Adkins and newcomers Edens Edge will appear with many other country stars this weekend on the Grand Ole Opry...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/07/2011

    Country singer Chely Wright, who came out as a lesbian less than one year ago, announced Wednesday that she will wed Lauren Blitzer in August...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/07/2011

    Country music’s most loved mother-daughter duo, The Judds, are back with the release of their new album “I Will Stand By You: The Essential Collection.”...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/07/2011

    The Zac Brown Band recently earned their seventh consecutive No. 1 hit with their latest song, “Colder Weather.”...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/06/2011

     Charlie Daniels Band will be the featured artist Thursday on "Opry Country Classics."...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/06/2011

    The Academy of Country Music Awards revealed a royal flush Sunday with a slew of superstar performances, and country's finest cashed in big...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/05/2011

    Alison Krauss & Union Station are joining forces again to release new music and schedule a North American summer tour, which will also feature Jerry Douglas...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/05/2011

    People magazine named Keith Urban "Country's Hottest Guy" in their latest country special on stands now...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/05/2011

    Alan Jackson recently found a new label to call home under Capitol/EMI Records...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/05/2011

    Blake Shelton performed his new single "Honey Bee" Sunday on the ACM Awards, and it's already topping the iTunes charts... 

  • Jacob Ryan
    04/05/2011

    Seven new artists will join the exclusive club on April 7...

  • Jacob Ryan
    04/05/2011

    Big & Rich took to the ACM red carpet to announce their plans to release new music and return to the stage in May...

  • Dustin Stout
    04/04/2011

    Restless Heart and Bucky Covington are just two of the acts slated to perform Tuesday on the Grand Ole Opry...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/04/2011

    Rascal Flatts’ Gary LeVox helped his team capture the first place spot at Saturday's NRA/ACM Celebrity Shoot, which was held at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas...

  • Kersty Boll
    04/04/2011

    "The Judds,” a new series depicting the private lives of country music mother-daughter duo Wynonna and Naomi Judd, will premiere on OWN on April 10...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/04/2011

    In preparation for the festivities at the Academy of Country Music Awards, Dierks Bentley threw a pre-award show beach party Saturday on Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Beach...

  • Valerie Wire
    04/04/2011

    Kenny Chesney’s  2011 “Goin’ Coastal” tour launched a mere seven shows ago, and he is already receiving some of the biggest accolades of his career...