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Country Thunder USA Festival July 15-18 to be Showcased on Great American Country Television

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Grand Ole Opry News Invites - Montgomery Gentry

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Charlie Allen Wants to Meet You at CMA Fest!

Tracy Lawrence to Celebrate CD Release at Exclusive Military Gathering

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Montgomery Gentry: For Our Heroes

President Barack H. Obama Gives the Arizona State University Commencement Address

Tracy Lawrence Announces Date for Final Hometown Charity Concert

Rhonda Vincent  - Fairy Tale Performance For The Queen

Win a trip to the 2009 CMA Fest with LoCash!

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The Oak Ridge Boys "A Gospel Journey" DVD debuts at #2 on Billboard Music Video Charts

Justin Moore Breaks into the Top 30!

Neal McCoy Launches East Texas Angel Network Singing Star Contest!

Jack Greene & Jeannie Seely at The Opry

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International Songwriting Competition (ISC) Announces 2008 Winners

Chuck Wicks, Jessica Harp and GAC's Suzanne Alexander Set To Host Country Weekly's 3rd Annual Fashion Show

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Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 Introduces... LoCash Cowboys

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Zona Jones - BLUER THAN BLUE hits Radio this week!

2009 City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge

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Pickler Coming Back to Idol

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Dennis Wilson Joins Notable Celebrities for Mission to Iraq

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Emerson Drive Returns From Trip to El Salvador With Compassion International

Oklahoma Country Rocker, Shawna Russell, releases new single - "Fire In The Desert"

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Great News From CMA; Jean Shepard and Others to be
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Alabama's Jeff Cook Fires Up His "Allstar Goodtime Band"
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River County Launches Line Dance for Honky-Tonk Anthem

Emerson Drive Appears on GAC's Headline Country Tonight!

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Keith Urban to perform at the Daytona 500

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Rascal Flatts wants YOU to design their CD cover

Carrie Underwood wins big at the 2009 People's Choice Awards

Keith Urban announces 58 city tour

Big country stars join the Jonas Brothers on stage

Dierks Bentley on ITunes Live From Soho Series

Lady Antebellum To Open For Kenny Chesney Tour

Kurt Warner To Receive Muhammad Ali Sports Leadership Award

Set Your TIVO!  Webster & Associates Stars Hit the TV Screen This Holiday Season!

Michael Phelps To Be Honored At Celebrity Fight Night

Barbra Streisand got an awkward kiss on the cheek from the president, and yes, she gave him a smooch back.

LoCash Cowboys Will Rock Millions into 2009 During FOX New Year's Eve Bash in Times Square

New Grammy Museum

Spotlight on Country Thunder USA
Florence, AZ

Grammy's Place for Christmas - "COAL" Gets Grammy Nod

Elvis and Martina McBride spend a Blue Christmas together

Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Lasso Cowboys National Anthem This Sunday

John Berry Plans a 'Classic Christmas Tour'

Clay Walker Presents $100,000 Donation to National Pediatric MS Center

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Aaron Tippin Returns Home From Spending Yet Another Thanksgiving in What He Calls "The Sandbox"

CMA Awards Winners

Stagecoach Presale starts 11/13

Lee Greenwood accepts Presidential Appointment to National Arts Council

Songwriters Guild of America Bring Pam Tillis, Fellow Singer-Songwriters to Walter Reed Army Medical Center

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This Soul Man is the Real Deal; Sam Moore Inducted into Vocal Group Hall of Fame

Pam and Mel Tillis Announce "A Tillis Family Christmas"

Doctors remove tumor from Merle Haggard's lung

Southeast Texas Artist Sings for Food

A Conversation With Toby Keith

Vince Gill Brings A Little Heaven to Mesa, Arizona

Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert

Mr. Ray Price Entertains at the Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino Event Center October 26, 2008

Spotlight on Dolly Parton

WeFest 2008 with hundreds of photos

Dress Like Dolly - Halloween Contest 2008

Dolly Mafia Kick Off Backwoods Barbie Tour (Final Leg)

2008 American Music Awards - Vote for Garth

Clay Walker presents check for $25,000 for Vanderbilt MS Center

Dolly Records Releases "Shinola" for Digital Delivery to Radio

2008 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) Extends Deadline Until Dec 1, 2008

Stagecoach Alumni Play Newest Southern California Arena

Collin Raye Comes Face to Face With America's Most Wanted

Country Music Association Awards Information

Stagecoach Festival 2009

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The Better Life Foundation Presents 3 Doors Down & Friends

Lady Antebellum October eNews

Kid Rock Rocked the Dodge Theatre in
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2nd Annual Brad Mates/E-Drive Charity Golf Tournament Raises Over $100,000 For Parkinson's Research

Jason Meadows featured in New Chrysler Campaign

Lady Antebellum September eNews

Charlie Daniels Announces 2008 Christmas 4 Kids Lineup!

Dolly Parton to Make National TV Appearances
for Backwoods Barbie

Lady Antebellum Performance in Arizona

George Jones to Receive 2008 Kennedy Center Honors

Blood Money: The Story of Coal

Emerson Drive Receives CMA Nomination for "Vocal Group of the Year"

DigitalRodeo.com And Taylor Swift Launch Online "Pink Ticket" Sweepstakes

Travis Tritt & Marty Stuart return to Los Angeles!

Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum among CMA nominees

Bo Dice Performs at 2008 Hero Awards

Blackhawk, Little Texas, & Restless Heart Join forces to Raise Money for Cancer Research

Willie Nelson, Vince Gill, Cher, Hannah Teter & The Dave Matthews Band To Lend Their Support to Merle Haggard and the Green Train to Spread Global Awareness in the Spring of 2009

Stagecoach 2009 California's Country Music Festival

Marty Stuart To Debut The Marty Stuart Show On RFD-TV In November

George Jones University Announces Music Industry Speakers for Upcoming Seminar

Los Angeles and Kansas City concerts at GarthBrooks.com

Hank Williams, Jr. on Monday Night Football for 20th Season

Lightning in a Bottle - Ronnie McDowell Strikes Again with "Hey, Mr. Oilman"

COAL rolls on.....

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Copley and Wrangler are Tough Enough to Wear Pink

Clay Walker Announces Launch of Band Against MS Bike Team

BABY ALERT!

Jeff Cook Day Promises Good Music and Family Fun

Friends for Life Animal Sanctuary

Clay Walker Announces Launch Of Band Against Ms Bike Team

Bo Bice to host 5th Annual Armed Forces
 Poker Run on August 2nd

George Jones University Sets Fall Seminar Sept 25-27

The Inaugural Clay Walker Charity Classic Proves to be a Hole-in-One!

Kitty Wells-Queen of Country Music

The Road Hammers on FOX Tennessee Mornings

Happy Hour Starts Early With Stephen Cochran on His New Video Game Website

The Grascals' New Album Debuts #1 On Billboard

IFCO Latest News for July 2008

Kathy Mattea Embraces Her Roots

Kathy Mattea - Opens Shenandoah Valley Music Festival on Friday, July 18

51st GRAMMY Awards

ThanksUSA Announces Washington Concert to Benefit Military Families

George Jones: Burn Your Playhouse Down: the unreleased duets; Released August 19

Lonestar Performs with The Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve at the 25th Annual Independence Day Celebration!

Cracker Barrel and Ricky Skaggs Hit The High Notes Together

Jamber Records & Sharp Objects Announce Amber Rhodes Songwriting Contest Winners

Villa One Records-Nashville Delivers the Party Song of the Summer

Tracy Byrd & Tracy Lawrence Team up to Win 4th & Goal Classic

Turn On Your TV and Tune In To The Grascals

Kathy Mattea Hosts "Mountain Top Removal" Screening

Rhonda Vincent Wins The Challenge!

Clay Walker's Band Against Ms Foundation Awards Scholarship To University Of Texas At Houston Medical Student

River County Set To Rock The Country!

Kathy Mattea newsletter

George Jones To Reunite With Old Friend From The Past

Kenny Chesney, Gretchen Wilson, Lonestar, Martina Mcbride, Sugarland, Merle Haggard And More Lend Music To Patriotic Country  

Bamajam Music & Arts Festival--A Big Success!

Little Big Town Raises $35,000 For The T.J. Martell Foundation's Ride For A Cure

George Jones Helps Raise Funds For Hopehouse International

Tracy Stefans "Country Rock Star" on Mark Trail Music Compilation Disc

Vin Lamar Releases Forever

Music Icons To Judge 2008 International Songwriting Competition (ISC)

Stella Parton at 2008 CMA Music Fest

Andy Griggs Performs at 2008 CMA Music Fest

41st Annual IFCO Fun Fest Show Full of Surprises

25th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards

Little Big Town Rides for a Cure

IFCO eNews Update - May 2008

Mel Tillis to Receive IFCO's Tex Ritter Award

Crystal Gayle off to Asia to Perform at Flower Power Peace Festival!

2nd annual Country Weekly Fashion Show presented by Wrangler set for June 4th

CMA Music Fest 2008 - LONESTAR & FRIENDS STRIKE OUT FOR THE KIDS” BOWLING BASH SOLD OUT!!!

Gloria Gaynor Celebrates 30 years of "I Will Survive" at the Apollo Theater with Ray Chew and the Crew

Bo Bice, Stella Parton, Mel McDanial, Barbara Fairchild, Ray Pillow, Darryl Singletary, Trent Tomlinson and more to Perform at Nashville Palace's Breakfast with the Stars

Mark Chesnutt Introduces New CD  -  Rollin' With The Flow

GAC's "Master Series" named the official media sponsor for Ronnie Milsap's 2008 Tour

Crystal Gayle to Headline The 2008 Red Skeleton Gala Benefiting the Red Skeleton Museum at Vincennes University

Dawn Records Introduces Dobie Gray's "Slow Rain" from Rhonda Towns

Sad News Continues To Cloud The Music Industry - Country music publisher Al Gallico dies in L.A.

Spotlight on 15th Annual Country Thunder USA

Country superstar Eddy Arnold dies at 89

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John Berry at CMA Music Festival

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Celebrity Fight Night XIV Throws A Knockout Punch
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Lonestar & Friends “Strike Out for the Kids" Bowling Bash

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Mark Chesnutt-Rolls With The Flow Despite Airline Chaos

BamaJam Music & Arts Festival to Feature Broad Spectrum of Bluegrass Music!

Eddie Montgomery Breaks Ground On Restaurant And Commercial Development

Country Is His Rock at Tin Pan South 2008

Country Music Star Troy Gentry Partners with National Non-Profit Patient Advocate Foundation to Spread the Message about Challenges to Healthcare Access for Insured and Uninsured Americans

Copley Instruments Partners with George Jones University for Spring Seminar

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