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Trace Adkins is scheduled to make a return to Celebrity Apprentice as a special guest on Sunday.
Blame it on the economy: The inaugural Camp Nashville has been postponed until 2010.
In honor of Mother’s Day, Country Universe’s Dan Milliken put together a special quiz about Mama songs.
When you score an interview with Barry Mazor about his [...]

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Drew L. Wilson is a writer, photographer and documentary filmmaker who’s work has appeared in Stream Side, Water World, PBS and over 20 other environmental and engineering magazines. He is currently working on a documentary about Bob Wills to premier at Tulsa’s Historic Circle Cinema, as well as a screenplay with Merle Haggard on Bob [...]

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Brad Paisley won ACM Awards in two categories that were announced early: video of the year and vocal event of the year. Paisley won the video category for his video featuring Andy Griffith in “Waitin’ on a Woman” and the vocal event was awarded to Paisley and Keith Urban for their duet on “Start a [...]

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Even those of us who love Western Swing are forced to acknowledge that for that form, Bob Wills, much like Bob Marley for Reggae and Bill Monroe for Bluegrass, is the colossus against whom all other artists are compared. While others may occasionally break out of the shadow of the colossus, still the colossus remains.
In [...]

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Miranda Lambert launched her own line of jewelry. Each piece is personally designed and handcrafted by Miranda herself, making them one-of-a-kind. If you’re looking to score a piece — good luck. Due to high demand everything is almost sold out. She’s not the only one with a new jewelry line, though. Big Kenny’s wife, Christiev [...]

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Willie Nelson, George Strait and Lyle Lovett are recognized as three of the 30 most stylish Texans of all time by Texas Monthly.
Legend has it that when [George Strait] showed up for his first Texas Monthly cover shoot, in 1988, he honored the photographer’s request that he bring a couple different outfits by packing two [...]

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The “Legends & Lyrics” public television series is taping two shows per day for the next several days at the Grand Masonic Lodge in Nashville. Among the singer-songwriters performing are Guy Clark, Dwight Yoakam, Darryl Worley and Billy Joe Shaver. The tapings are open to the public at no charge if you print out an [...]

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Canadian singer-songwriter Corb Lund singed a deal with New West Records and plans to release a new album this fall.
A tribute to steel-guitarist Don Helms will be held in Nashville on March 8 and will feature performances from Ray Price and Bobby Bare. (via Country Weekly)
Dailey & Vincent scored six awards at the 35th Annual [...]

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When the nominations for the ACM Awards were announced on Wednesday, several readers keenly noted that the album of the year nominees were missing from the list. It was reported that those nominations would be announced in March after a re-vote. Country Universe has the reasoning behind the re-vote via Peter Cooper’s article in The [...]

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Anticipation was high among those standing in the line that stretched around the block to find out who the “VERY special guest” to perform with Asleep at the Wheel would be on Saturday (2/7) evening at Antone’s. Word had leaked that a collaborator on the group’s recent album, Willie and the Wheel, would show up [...]

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