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2011 CMT Music Awards Nominees Announced

Jason Aldean received four nominations for the 2011 CMT Music Awards today, leading a star-studded field that also included multiple nods for Miranda Lambert, Kenny Chesney and many others.  The...

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2011 'American Idol' Tour Dates Announced

Scotty McCreery and the rest of the 'American Idol' finalists have announced when they will hit the road for the television show's annual nationwide tour. The country singer and his more pop-oriented...

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Kenny Chesney's Tour Outsells Lady Gaga's This Week

Kenny Chesney topped all comers, including headline-grabbing pop star Lady Gaga, when it came to selling concert tickets this week, according to a report from Billboard. The country star packed over...

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Martina McBride to Release New Album on August 23

Martina McBride will release her new album on August 23, 2011. The singer informed fans of the release date for her so-far untitled 11th studio effort during a special live streaming video chat on...

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Lady Antebellum, 'Just a Kiss'– Song Review

Lady Antebellum‘s new single ‘Just a Kiss,’ the first taste of their upcoming third studio album, finds the band playing it safe both romantically and musically. It follows the trio’s world-conquering...

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Taylor Swift Wins Billboard 200 Album Artist of the Year Award

To the surprise of absolutely nobody who can count, Taylor Swift won the ‘Billboard 200 Album Artist of the Year’ award tonight at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards. Also not surprising: she looked...

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Keith Urban Plays 'Long Hot Summer' at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards

Keith Urban gave one of the best, and least gimmicky, performances of the night at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards with a straight-ahead reading of his recent song ‘Long Hot Summer.’ Without guest...

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Sara Evans Performs 'A Little Bit Stronger' on 'Dancing with the Stars' Finale

Sara Evans returned to ‘Dancing with the Stars’ tonight and delivered a stirring performance of a very appropriate song, ‘A Little Bit Stronger,’ just before the season’s celebrity dancing winner was...

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Tim McGraw Joins Scotty McCreery to Sing 'Live Like You Were Dying' on...

Country legend Tim McGraw joined Scotty McCreery to sing an extremely strong duet version of McGraw's 2004 hit 'Live Like You Were Dying' on 'American Idol''s final episode tonight.

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Lauren Alaina Goes Toe-to-Toe With Carrie Underwood in 'American Idol' Duet...

Lauren Alaina more than held her own with returning 'American Idol' champion Carrie Underwood, during a duet of the latter's 2006 smash 'Before He Cheats.' 

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Scotty McCreery Wins 'American Idol' Season 10

Scotty McCreery received more votes than Lauren Alaina and was crowned the winner of Season 10 of 'American Idol.'  The young country singer remained impressively composed and humble after the...

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Josh Turner Ready for Basketball Rematch with Chris Young at WYRK's Taste of...

Josh Turner took a break from preparing to headline tonight's Taste of Country concert in Buffalo, N.Y. this afternoon to speak to WYRK's John LaMond about his plans for the evening (June 3), which he...

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Josh Thompson Brings a Custom-Made Walnut Guitar to Tonight's Taste of...

From the sound of his interview with WYRK DJ John LaMond, Josh Thompson is more than ready to share the stage with Josh Turner and the other country stars at the Buffalo, N.Y. station's Taste of...

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Chuck Wicks Tells WYRK About Bagging a 700-Pound Alligator

If you think Chuck Wicks is nervous about sharing the stage with Josh Turner and other country stars in front of 20,000 screaming music fans at Buffalo, N.Y.'s WYRK Taste of Country concert tonight,...

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Jeff Jenkins Lets 'Jesus Take the Wheel' in Emotional Performance on 'The Voice'

Country music’s teddy-bear sweetheart with ‘The Voice,’ Jeff Jenkins, delivered a typically emotional reading of Carrie Underwood‘s ‘Jesus Take the Wheel’ on tonight’s episode of the TV singing...

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Ween Producer Ben Vaughn Details the Making of '12 Golden Country Greats'

Of all the adventurous things the rock band known as Ween has done over their career, recording a straight-up country album with legendary Nashville session musicians was probably the most surprising....

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Taylor Swift 2011 Teen Choice Awards Pictures

Taylor Swift was about the only country star making the scene at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards, despite the fact that a number of her peers were also nominated for awards at Fox's nationally televised...

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Carrie Underwood Shows Off New Hair

Carrie Underwood showed off a brand-new haircut this weekend at the IHeartradio Music Festival, adding bangs and layers and apparently trimming a bit of length all around from her previous look. She...

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Taylor Swift Performs Rare 'Speak Now' Track 'Superman' in Concert

Taylor Swift performed ‘Superman,’ a rare track from the deluxe edition of her current album ‘Speak Now,’ for the very first time in concert last night (September 24) in Kansas City, Mo. during a...

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The Band Perry Gets Stolen Bicycle Replaced

When some unkind person or persons in Edmonton stole a bicycle from the Band Perry's Neil Perry earlier in the week, other city residents were quick to act, giving the youngest Perry a replacement bike...

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