Country Music Artists Flocking to Vegas for ACM Awards
LAS VEGAS -- Country music artists, their managers, record label executives and ... well ... just about the entire industry are flocking to Las Vegas in advance of the 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards taking place Sunday (May 18) at the MGM Gra
NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?
"Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" is a great George Jones song from a few years ago, but I never really gave the subject a lot of serious thought. In fact, I have to confess that on more than one occasion at a late-night party I sang it as "Who's Gonna Shine
Shania Twain, Mutt Lange Separating After 14 Years
Shania Twain and Robert John "Mutt" Lange are separating, according to a spokesman from her record label. Twain and Lange were married on Dec. 28, 1993, and worked together extensively throughout her career.
Eddy Arnold Service Honors a Man Who Changed Country Music
Eddy Arnold went to his eternal reward Wednesday (May 14) with a simple but elegant funeral service before a respectful audience of fans, friends and music business colleagues at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. A private family burial followed at Woodlawn M
Taylor Swift Has Her "Prom" With Aplomb
"Since I didn't get to go to my prom this year, I'm going to create one," Taylor Swift told reporters Monday (May 12), just before the launch of a party to celebrate her recording successes and impending high school graduation. It may have been the first
Dierks Bentley Plays Backyards and Bars in Chicago
CHICAGO -- Why is it that the bigger Dierks Bentley's career becomes, the smaller his venues get? Is it some kind of twisted irony? Or a deliberate move to bring the music closer to the fans?
Tim O'Brien Stands Alone on New Album, Chameleon
Tim O'Brien wants you to get into something -- anything really, just "dirty those hands and get stuck in," he tells me as he sips his first pint of the day. We're at the Yazoo brewery in Nashville, a ploughman's lunch between us, talking about his new alb
HOT DISH: Media Should Leave Miley Cyrus Alone
If I see another word about those photographs taken by Annie Leibovitz of Miley Cyrus, I think I will crawl up on the nude statues on the Music Row roundabout in Nashville and throw up. I have never in my almost four decades on Music Row heard of anything
At Last, James Otto Scores No. 1 Song
Raise your glasses -- whether convivial or corrective -- to James Otto as he scores his first No. 1 Billboard single with "Just Got Started Lovin' You." It's been a long haul for the tall singer. He first visited the country chart in 2002 with "The
Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles Gives Credit to Eddie's Attic
DECATUR, Ga. -- As one of the breakout country bands of the last few years, Sugarland can easily draw thousands of people to their high-energy concerts. But back in the day, Jennifer Nettles would finesse her singer-songwriter skills at a very laidback ba
NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Remembering Eddy Arnold
As remarkable as the late Eddy Arnold's country music career was, his lasting legacy will be that he made the world safe for country pop music. His enormous success with a smooth brand of mellow songs won over pop and country audiences alike and took the
Country Music Hall of Fame Member Eddy Arnold Dies at Age 89
Country Music Hall of Fame member Eddy Arnold died early Thursday morning (May 8) at NHC Place, an assisted living facility near Nashville at age 89. His wife of 66 years, Sally Gayhart Arnold, died in March while he was recovering in a Nashville hospital
Book Excerpt: Willie Nelson: An Epic Life
"When I came to Nashville, the people I hung out with were serious songwriters, none of whom were successful yet," said Kris Kristofferson. "Willie was the hero of the soulful set -- the people who were in the business because they loved the soul of count
ACM Honoring Brenda Lee, Oaks, Conway Twitty, Porter Wagoner With Pioneer Awards
Brenda Lee, the Oak Ridge Boys and the late Conway Twitty and Porter Wagoner have been named as this year's recipients of the Academy of Country Music's Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award. Additionally, Dick Clark will receive the ACM's Jim Reeves International
