Country Music

Photo Credit: Randi Radcliff/Courtesy of ACM Lifting Lives   Sweetwater Rain recently stopped by Curb Records to present ACM Lifting Lives®, the charitable arm of the Academy, with a $10,000 donation.  ACM Lifting Lives board members, President Bill Mayne and Vice President Lori Badgett, were on hand to accept the generous contribution.   Sweetwater Rain’s [...]

Love Is Everything, the new album from MCA Nashville recording artist George Strait, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart this week, selling 119,843 units in its first week. That also earned Strait the No. 2 position on the Billboard Top 200. The album contains the hit single “Give It All [...]

  Jared Ashley will appear in front of a national TV audience TODAY on “AXS LIVE” at 11:00pm ET/8:00pm PT.  Fans can catch up with Jared and host Ashley Eicher from Zumi Restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee where the singer and songwriter recounts discovering his musical passions at a country bar in Japan while serving in the [...]

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."...