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The 2013 CMT MUSIC AWARDS is turning up the volume as Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker, Florida Georgia Line, George Strait, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban and Lady Antebellum will perform during this read more

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Country Music Hall of Fame member George Strait became the first music artist in history, regardless of genre, to place 60 songs at the top of the charts when Mediabase named “Give It All W read more

Garth Brooks was voted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2012. As is to be expected, Brooks was humble in his acceptance. But what went unreported at the time is that Garth actually attempted to turn his induction down, feeling that there were others that were more worthy than him.

Radio.com recently talked with “True Believers” singer Darius Rucker about his new project, stereotypes and much more. Darius discussed that for him country music is about being able to tell a story saying, “It’s not the twang that makes it country, it’s the lyrics,”  Darius also talked about the stereotypes in country music. He hears [...]

The inaugural Faster Horses Festival, coming July 19-21 to Brooklyn, Mich., is adding to its second stage acts including Frankie Ballard, Kelleigh Bannen, The Cadillac Three, Gunnar & The Grizzly Boys, Will Hoge and Chris Stapleton. The second stage artists will join previously announced headliners Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley and Luke Bryan....

Little Big Town will host the "CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock" on Monday, Aug. 12 at 8 p.m. eastern on ABC. "It's an incredible honor to be hosting this year's CMA Fest," said Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town. "We could not be more excited about the party that's going to break out at LP Field every night."...

Filed under: Country News The four members of Little Big Town will collectively host ABC's 'CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock' broadcast when it airs later this summer. The group made the announcement via YouTube Thursday morning. They will take over after Luke Bryan and the Band Perry's Kimberly Perry co-hosted in 2012. Little Big Town has been a mainstay at the CMA Music Festival since 1999. It was called Fan Fair back then, and Kimberly Schlapman remembers playing one month after signing a record deal. They knew two songs and had one guitar. Each year they've come back, and so have their most loyal fans. Seeing old friends is part of what makes the annual celebration so special, they said.

Superstar Tim McGraw will be releasing live tracks from his Two Lanes of Freedom 2013 Tour, powered by Pennzoil, for the first time ever this summer as part of his new program “McGraw Overdrive Series Live.”  The first track, “Southern Girl,” will be available starting this Friday, May 24 exclusively at timmcgraw.com with four other live songs to [...]

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