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More GRAMMY Performers Announced

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George and Nancy Jones Hold Toy Drive Event

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Country Artists Make Sound Track

Tracy Lawrence Earns First Grammy Nomination For The Rock

Grammy Nomination for the Queen of Bluegrass!

All-Aboard the Santa Train with Wynonna and GAC

Lorrie Morgan Invites Fans to Skip Winter's Chill:  "Vacation with me in Belize!"

Country Thunder USA - 2010 Festival Rumbles with Blockbuster 4 Day Schedule

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Zona Jones joins Josh Beckett for Charity!

Zona Jones Featured on After Midnite with Blair Garner!

Matt Kennon To Make Opry Debut

Reunited And It Feels So Good - Burt Stein & Marty Schwartz Back Together

The Oak Ridge Boys Are Back For Christmas

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Wynonna Judd Appeared on "The Oprah Show" Tuesday November 24

Shriver/Nadler to Lead Country Crossing Records

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The Roys Race into… Rockingham

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Nashville Music Awards Nominate the Grascals 'Keep on Walkin'

David Nail Featured Artist at White Sox "Country Music Night", Celebrity Blogger for MBL.com & GAC October "Fan Focus"

Bucky Covington Releases New Single "Gotta Be Somebody" From Upcoming Sophomore Album

Stoney Creek Records' Ash Bowers New Video "Stuck" Debuting on CMT Pure

Bryan White New Album, Dustbowl Dreams, Digitally Released Today

A Moment in Time with Lorrie Morgan; Opry Star Set to Release Classics Collection

Fans Travel Over 800 Miles For Bucky Covington's First Hometown Concert

International Songwriting Competition (ISC)
Deadline ExTended until December 2, 2009

Taylor Swift will have the stage to herself next month
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Garth Brooks says he's coming out of retirement

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Senior Day @ The AZ Fair - October 29

Music Row Honked Loud and Clear for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle TN

Mobil Delvac to Sponsor The Grascals

Jack Ingram is "Seeing Stars" ThiS Fall with New Single Featuring Patty Griffin

Miranda Lambert Might Not Be The Gal You "Take Home To Mama" But at the Hallowed Ryman Auditorium She Brought the House Down!

Nashville Music Garden Grows

Superstar Trisha Yearwood Performs At Pittsburgh Spouses of World Leaders Summit

Lost Highway's Ryan Bingham Added To Farm Aid Line Up. More Fall Tour Dates

Alecia Nugent Enters TOP 12 On CMT PURE With New Music Video

Wy releases single, "When I Fall in Love"

Dean Markley Strings Up Newcomer Matt Gary

More Artists Added to Dierks Bentley's "Miles & Music for Kids"

Songbird Crystal Gayle to be Honored With Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Bucky Covington Shows That He Is Smarter Than A 5th Grader Winning $25,000 For The Arthritis Foundation

Merle Haggard Welcomes Alabama Guitarist Jeff Cook To Ryman Auditorium Stage

Big Tractor Music Signs Tunesmith Jason Matthews

Jason Aldean Follows Up Back-to-Back #1 Hits with "The Truth!"

Houser Is Not Horsing Around

Craig Wiseman Announces The First Annual Music Row Rally To Celebrate Stars For Second Harvest

Walmart Exclusive Colt Ford: "Country Is As Country Does"  DVD/CD In Stores October 6, 2009

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Little Nashville Opry destroyed in fire

Ron Elliott Inducted

Lady Antebellum's "I Run To You" in National Ad Campaign!

Rain or Shine the Oak Ridge Boys Deliver....Lunch

Bucky Covington Returns To Rockingham, NC To Give Back To His Hometown Community

Heartland Shares Sense of Humor With New Single & Video

George Jones on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon - Again!

Multi-Platinum and Award-Winning International Superstar Anne Murray Releases Revealing Autobiography

The 17th Annual Billboard World Song Contest Officially Open to Submissions

Talladega Superspeedway Teaming Up With BamaJam Productions for HALLOW-DEGA Presented by Captain Morgan Concerts

Trisha Yearwood Partners with Campbell Soup & The Grammy Foundation to Help Children Rediscover Music in Schools

ICMDAY - Gail Davies and Jeff Walker 2009 International Country Music Ambassadors

Toby Keith voted songwriter/artist of the decade

Mindy Smith To Headline Women Rock For The Cure Signature Event

Wyonna Judd Returns to Her Roots on the 67th Annual Santa Train

New Trio, Houston County, Releases Debut Single

Nashville Music Garden to be Dedicated in Star-Studded Public Celebration

Jason Aldean Parks at #1 for 4 Weeks and Makes Ringscan History 

Herrick Ready To “Cry Memphis”

Hank Williams Jr. on Monday Night Football for 21st Season

Barbara Mandrell Becomes First Woman Inducted Into Steel Guitar Hall of Fame

Charlie Daniels and Friends Celebrate the Holidays with Christmas for Kids Concert Set for November 23rd

Wynonna Gets Schooled: At Belmont University

Bryan White Releases "The Little Things"

Cracker Barrel to Offer Exclusive Webkinz™ Pet

Look Who's Cookin' Now - Cracker Barrel & Zac Brown!

George Jones To Do Some Serious Networking

Bill Miller Returns with Spirt Wind North

Montgomery Gentry, Lee Ann Womack, and Phil Vassar To Headline American Freedom Festival Set for November 7th in Fairfax, Virginia

Sugarland to Release Their First Ever Holiday Album "Gold and Green" October 6

Rhonda Towns in Denver Colorado!

Saguaro Road Records Hosts Tanya Tucker Look-Alike Contest

Music Celebs to Judge 2009 international songwriting competition (ISC)

Alan Jackson's "I Still Like Bologna" Video Debuts This Week

Spotlight On Reba McEntire and Keep On Loving You

Jack Ingram's TV Schedule Gets "Barefoot & Crazy!"

Dierks Bentley Gears Up for Nashville "Miles & Music For Kids"

Country Recording Artist Tracy Lawrence Hospitalized

Sugarland Tops Both the Country & Top 200 Sales Charts with Fan-Driven Live on the Inside CD/DVD Debut

MCA Records Announces the Release of New Music from Multi-Platinum Recording Artist Josh Turner

The "First" of George Hamilton IV

Music Man, Steve Pope, Ignites Blue Steel Records

Disney Music Publishing Re-signs Hit Songwriter Jessi Alexander

Texan Jeff Griffith Shows His "Joie de Vivre" At 22nd Country Rendez-Vous Festival In Craponne-sur-Arzon, France

BamaJam Garners High Praise from Down Home

Tim McGraw Performed at Halfway to Hazard’s 2nd Annual Charity Trail Ride in Eastern Kentucky, August 22-23

Lorrie Morgan Tapped for Broadway Musical "Pure Country"

Tracy Lawrence Extends Personal Words Of Comfort To Camrose, Alberta Canada Residents And Big Valley Jamboree Country Music Fans

MCA recording artist MALLARY HOPE releases LOVE LIVES ON - 3-song-EP on August 4

George Strait Advance Music

The Oak Ridge Boys to host fan rally at Gaylord Opryland

Mark Wayne Glasmire Makes Timely Statement With Debut Country Single, "Everything Is Gonna Be Alright"

George Strait trade photo From Craven Country Jamboree

Johnny Rodriguez "Ridin His Own Thumb to Mexico"

The Boys are Back... on TV!

George Strait doesn't Tweet but he does Twang! Plus, new Reba and more!

George Jones Album Available August 31st Exclusively At Cracker Barrel Stores

Veronica Ballestrini Chosen For The GAP's Born To Fit Series

Country Weekly Features Chris Hanners in “Listen Up”

Craig Wiseman Hosts The 5th Annual Stars For Second Harvest Benefit To Close Out Hunger Action Month

Neal McCoy Inducted into Texas Country Music Hall of Fame

Lucinda Williams Announces 30th Anniversary Tour

Wynonna is a Winner on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire"

20,000 Alan Jackson fans wait 9 hours in the rain in Norway!

Mel McDaniel Benefit

Paul Revere and The Raiders Start a Revolt

People Magazine Raves About David Nail's August 18 Debut, Plus Release Week Highlights

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The Roys join Mel Tillis, David Frizzell, Buddy Jewell and Ricky Skaggs for Mel McDaniel Benefit

Bucky Covington Heads To The Classroom To Tape "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader"

Billy Currington's "People Are Crazy" Marks Fourth #1 Hit

Randy Houser and James Otto Co-Headline The 12th Annual Buds -n- Suds Benefit Concert--August 26th

Hank Williams Jr. Joined Carrie Underwood, Jake Owen, and John Rich to Support the Troops

Summer and the Music's Out There with Kathy Mattea!

Rhonda Towns A Big Hit In The Big Apple With "Slow Rain"

Craven Country Jamboree

Billy Currington Statement

Billy Currington Surprises Roanoke Fans with "People Get Crazy" Post-Concert Party & Visits GAC's Top 20

MusicCityNetworks 2009 Fan Club Concert Series An Unparalleled Success

Mark Chesnutt Comes Forward to Help Youth in Life Battle

Colbie Caillat and Timeless Teen Icon Archie Andrews 'Fallin' Together in True Comic Book Style

Broken Bow Records' Dean Brody Receives Four CCMA Nominations

Aaron and Thea Tippin Acknolwedged as Nominiees For 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards

Alan Jackson Draws Over 4,000 Boats and 35,000 Fans to Aquapalooza on Lake Martin, Alabama

2009 Toast of Music City readers' choice awards winners

Country Star Aaron Tippin Recognized for American Ideals and Patriotism

Shelby Lynne to Appear on Lifetime Network's Hit Drama Series Army Wives

Disney Music Publishing and Stage Three Music Toast Multi-week No. 1 Hit "The Climb" Sky High

Billy Currington Tapped for "Late Show With David Letterman" Performance

Ryan Daniel Air Force Base Tour

HBO’S True Blood Spice Things Up With Sammy Kershaw's 'Louisiana Hot Sauce'

Mustang Sally Band

The Judds Mania Continues...

O'SHEA Visits NSAI and Leaves Judges "Crying" On Can You Duet

New Break Out Record From Newcomer Phillip Thomas!

Dierks Bentley Follows Up Two #1 Hits With Smoldering Ballad

Superstar Keith Urban Takes Opening Acts

Lady Antebellum Scores First No. 1 Hit This Week with "I Run To You"

Blackberry Smoke Rises on the Music Scene

Disney Music Publishing Celebrates No. 1 Smash with "The Climb"

Sugarland's Worldwide Movie Premiere August 6th

Jason Aldean Releases Live DVD & Plans MySpace Premiere

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s GODS & GUNS Advance Copies Available!

Album review: Michelle Turley - Dance With Me Tonight

Kathy Mattea and Hot Rize to Host 20th International Bluegrass Music Awards

Spotlight on George Jones at the Celebrity Theatre 
in Phoenix, AZ

Aaron Tippin Celebrates 51st Birthday in Healthy Style!

George Strait's TWANG In Stores August 11

Kenny Chesney to Headline 3rd Annual Verizon Wireless BamaJam Music & Arts Festival , June 3-5, 2010 

Tanya Tucker Hits the "Big Apple" to Promote New Album

Larry Gatlin And The Gatlin Brothers Go All In With The Pilgrimage

Lee Greenwood Set For CBS Early Show & Fox News Channel's Huckabee on July 4th

"Great American Salute with LONESTAR" Airs July 4th on GAC!

Tanya Tucker Releases Much Anticipated New Album, My Turn

O'SHEA Rocked The House Last Night At Nashville's Blue Bar

Alan Jackson's Aquapalooza Lake Show Will Feature Promising Newcomers As Opening Acts

Neal McCoy Appears to be at Two Places at Once on the 4th of July!

Dennis Wilson Releases New Single, Announces Promotion

Shawn Mayer Kicks Off Summer Tour In Music City

David Nail Album Slated For 8/18 / "Red Light" Cracks Top 30 & Becomes A Video

Josh Turner Announces the Birth of His New Baby

KAJA's Says "OLE!" To Stoney Creek Records' Megan Mullins

Alan Jackson Will Headline World's Largest Boating Concert

Bellamy Brothers, Bacon Brothers "Guilty of the Crime"

Stoney Creek Records Announces the Signing of Ash Bowers

Ronnie Milsap Reveals Personal Journey On 'Then Sings My Soul: 24 Favorite Hymns Gospel Songs,' Two CD Set

Rhonda Towns Makes The Rounds Visiting Arizona Stations

Ride for a Cure and Little Big Town Raise Money for the T.J. Martell Foundation

Jason Aldean Certified GOLD in Record-Breaking 10 Weeks!

Jimmy Fallon & Hank Williams Jr. Related?  No, It Is Just A "Family Tradition!"

The 3rd Annual Alex LeVasseur Memorial Skate & Music Festival

Jeff Griffith's "Dip Me In Beer" Resonates At Radio; Track Is Fast-Becoming Summer Party Anthem

Sugarland Takes ABC "LIVE on the inside"

Richie Fields' Rocks Radio Today With "When You Love Someone That Much"

Country Legend Ray Price hospitalized for surgery

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

Loretta Lynn Brings Music and Memories to the
Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, AZ

Wynonna Judd to Headline the 25th Annual "Music City July 4th: Let Freedom Sing!" Spectacular on NowPlayingNashville.com's Riverfront Stage

The Jackson 5 Sing "Elvira" - William Lee Golden Sings "Happy Birthday" to Michael

Rhonda Towns Makes The Rounds Visiting Arizona Stations

Chris Hanners New Single, "It's My Lie (Let Me Live It)" Hits Radio Stations Nationwide

Kathy Mattea's Fan Club Supports Safe Haven During CMA Fest

'Firecracker' sparks love of books - Woman helps Parton foster kids' literacy

Taylor Swift wins video of the year at CMT awards

Spotlight on 2009 CMA Music Festival

Lonestar - Wild Horse Pass Casino, June 6, 2009

Jonathan Singleton Invites Fans to Co-Direct Videos Next Week!

Jypsi Fest Friday, June 12th from 6-8 PM at Limelight

Due West announces GeoQuest Challenge game in downtown Nashville

Halfway to Hazard at CMA Music Fest!

Dierks Bentley and CMT Take "Miles & Music" On The Road!

Neal McCoy Rocks The Boat On The 12th Annual KIIM-FM Country Cruise

Richard Jaymes To Perform At Cadillac Ranch, Tuesday, June 9!

Phil Vassar Celebrates CMA Music Festival

Heidi Newfield Launches Her First Official Fan Club During CMA Music Festival

Modern Day Drifters Showcase-Tue June 9th

Williams Riley Band Makes CMA Music Festival Debut

Katie Armiger Breaks In The Top 20 At Country Radio

Digital Rodeo Presents First Annual 'Andy Griggs Celebrity Poker Tournament' June 11

Alan Jackson European Tour

Montgomery Gentry CD Debuts at #5

Gloriana's Self-Titled Debut CD Set For Release August 4th

Megan Mullins New Music Video for "Long Past Gone" Added to CMT and GAC

Tanya Tucker Inks a Deal With Saguara Road Records

Welcome to Nashville and CMA Music Festival Week!!!

Bob Dylan & His Band * John Mellencamp * Willie Nelson - August 11, 2009

Alan Jackson 20th Anniversary Event!

More Artists to Perform at Loretta Johnson Memorial Concert "For the Love of IFCO" on June 9

Wynonna to Appear With The Wannabeatles to Celebrate Sgt. Pepper Anniversary to Benefit W.O. Smith School

R.O.P.E. Super Spectacular - Thursday, June 11, 2009

Veronica Ballestrini's Single Is "Amazing" By The Numbers

Wynonna to Headline 25th Anniversary Music City July 4th Spectacular

Richie Fields Gives Fans Another  Emotionally-Charged Single With "When You Love Someone That Much"

Grand Ole Opry News Invites - Montgomery Gentry

Shawna Russell is Booking CMA Fest Interviews Now!

Charlie Allen Wants to Meet You at CMA Fest!

Tracy Lawrence to Celebrate CD Release at Exclusive Military Gathering

Martina McBride, Jamey Johnson, Jamie O'Neal, Jason Michael Carroll Set to Perform at Little Big Town Ride for a Cure

CMA Music Fest - Megan Munroe & Richie Fields Events & Performances

Top Artists Announced to Rock BamaJam Music & Arts Festival

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!

John Michael Montgomery Partners with TIME LIFE for COUNTRY MUSIC EXPLOSION

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

VzW BamaJam Music & Arts Festival Brings "More Fun" To Alabama

River County Brings Honky-Tonk Show to Froggy Fest 2009

Rhonda Towns Introduces "Slow Rain" Remix

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

Pheromone Recording Artist Greg Hanna Signs Distribution Deal with Rock Label MEGAFORCE and Sony RED for the Country Format

Tracy Lawrence Remains Solid With -- THE ROCK

Wynonna & Kenny offer "Divas NashVegas" UltimateFAN VIP Experience at CMTAuctions.com

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

'The Boys Are Back' the latest release from The Oak Ridge Boys

Wynonna & Hallmark = Musical Memories for Mother's Day

Destinations: Life & Live 2009 for Rhonda & The Rage!

Singer-Songwriter-Humorist, Kacey Jones New Single

Zona Jones - BLUER THAN BLUE hits Radio this week!

2009 City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge

Country singer Vern Gosdin dies at age 74

Spotlight On Country Thunder USA 2009 in Florence, Arizona.

Vote "Darius" for CMT Male Video of the Year!

Spring's Sprung with Kathy Mattea

Trisha Nominated for CMT Music Award, Hangs Out in Elvis' Crib, and She Wants to Hear From You

Big Kenny & Co. Form Save-the-Mountains Initiative

Country Fans Pick Carrie as ACM Entertainer of the Year

Rich To Grant a Personal Mentoring Experience

Trace Adkins Recalls Fight-Filled Days of Yore

Pickler Coming Back to Idol

Loretta Johnson, Founding Member of IFCO, Passes

Feed the Children's "Americans Feeding Americans" to Feature the Oak Ridge Boys

Cracker Barrel's Backwoods Barbie Collector's Edition Debuts at #9 on the Billboard Country Chart!

Dennis Wilson Joins Notable Celebrities for Mission to Iraq

2008 Colgate Country Showdown Winners Nash Street Blow Into the Windy City For Live Performance on WGN Superstation

BamJam Teams Up With Talledega in Cross Promotion

Collin Raye Partners with Operation Kids to Offer Free Download of New Song "She's With Me" to Raise Money for Children Facing Extraordinary Medical Expenses

Christmas For Kids, Inc. is the First Organizational Recipient of the Order of the Horse Award .

Emerson Drive Returns From Trip to El Salvador With Compassion International

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

Pam Tillis Prepares to Cross 'The Pond' for Ireland, United Kingdom Tour Run

Date Set for 15th Annual Tracy Lawrence Foundation Golf Classic

John Anderson Partners With James Stroud For New Studio Album

Aaron Tippin, Cobra, Barjan and Petro Launch Cobra Coast to Coast With Aaron Tippin Contest

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