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Taylor Swift Hosts ‘SNL’; Dolly Parton & Jessica Simpson Have Big Breasts; Kristofferson Receives Inaugural Stephen Bruton Award
Watch the promo for this week’s Saturday Night Live, hosted by Taylor Swift.
Country California’s C.M. Wilcox reviewed the new album from Derek Hoke, Goodbye Rock N Roll, and maintained that Hoke has released one of the finest country debuts of 2009. (MySpace)
His gentle, unpretentious brand of throwback country often seems just a hiccup away from [...] -
First Round of Nominees Announced for 2009 CMT Music Awards
Nominees for the first round of the 2009 CMT Music Awards have been announced. Voting is underway and will last until May 11.
George Strait’s 58-year-old brother, John “Buddy” Strait, Jr., was found dead in a hotel room on Friday.
Billy Bob Thorton’s band The Boxmasters canceled the last two dates of its Canadian tour with Willie [...]Continue reading "First Round of Nominees Announced for 2009 CMT Music Awards"
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ACM Awards Received a 78 Percent Bump Over Previous Year
With an average of 14.8 million viewers, the ACM Awards saw a 78 percent increase over last year.
The audio and video recordings of Trace Adkins performing “Till the Last Shot’s Fired” live at the ACM Awards are available for download on iTunes. (via My Kind of Country)
RJ Eskow commented on the new John Rich single [...]Continue reading "ACM Awards Received a 78 Percent Bump Over Previous Year"
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Mailbag: Who Did Kenny Chesney Take to the Grammys?
Who sings “That’s what brothers are for?”
Nashville-via-Canada Broken Bow recording artist Dean Brody, but only after one too many Moosehead Lagers. – CM
Who plays guitar for Chuck Wicks?
A player who, having chosen consistent employment over artistic satisfaction, consoles himself nightly with the fact that at least he’s not One Night Rodeo’s guitar player. – Ben
How [...]Continue reading "Mailbag: Who Did Kenny Chesney Take to the Grammys?"
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Faith Hill Lip-Synched Her Way Through Super Bowl Performance
Faith Hill lip-synched her performance of “America the Beautiful” at the Super Bowl on Sunday, but if you want to blame somebody, blame Garth Brooks.
According to “The Making of the Super Bowl: The Inside Story of the World’s Greatest Sporting Event” by former league executive director Don Weiss, the NFL has required performers to have [...]Continue reading "Faith Hill Lip-Synched Her Way Through Super Bowl Performance"
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Jessica Simpson – “Pray Out Loud”
Though gossip mongers and tabloids of late have been focusing on Jessica Simpson’s alleged weight gain, there is another, more important issue which needs to be brought into the public eye, and that’s the sheer lameness of her latest single, “Pray Out Loud.”
First things first, it seems that Simpson—who began her musical career as [...] -
The Year In Review: Top 20 Country Music News Stories Of 2008
20. Joey + Rory Rising: A Talent Competition Actually Finds Talent
Outside of American Idol winner Carrie Underwood and Nashville Star castoff Miranda Lambert, the spate of talent competitions that we’ve endured since the advent of reality TV has produced few artists who could be said to possess a level of talent that aligns them with [...]Continue reading "The Year In Review: Top 20 Country Music News Stories Of 2008"
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Ten Most Disappointing Albums of 2008
Don’t confuse disappointing with worst, as that list would most likely be dominated by obscure indie knockoff bands along with a couple of mainstream releases. There has to be a modicum of expectation that’s dashed upon the release of an album for it to qualify for the year’s most disappointing. Hopefully all of the acts [...]
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The Bobby Bares Are Collaborating on Tribute To Shel Silverstein
Bobby Bare Jr. says Shel Silverstein critiqued every song he wrote until he died and says he was his father’s best friend. In that respect, it’s only fitting that Bare Sr. and Jr. are collaborating on a tribute album to the late children’s author, artist, poet and songwriter. Scheduled for release sometime next year, the [...]
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Paisley, Underwood Among Winners at American Music Awards
Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood hauled in awards in the country category at the American Music Awards on Sunday.
Jerry Jeff Walker warmed the crowd for George Jones on Saturday night in Grand Prairie, TX and 30 minutes away, a frail Loretta Lynn fought off the fatigue and overheating to turn in [...]Continue reading "Paisley, Underwood Among Winners at American Music Awards"
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