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The innate chemistry among Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green, and Blake Shelton is one of the many strengths of NBC’s new singing competition show The Voice. The coaches are so close that three of them actually shared a few drinks together while shooting The Voice, much to the chagrin of the series’ [...]


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[caption id="attachment_54587" align="alignleft" width="401" caption=""Stagecoach: California's Country Musical Festival" logo courtesy Goldenvoice and The Messina Group."][/caption]
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson is the final performer to join the line-up for this year’s Stagecoach:California’s Country Musical Festival ; he’ll fill the slot originally held by country music legend Loretta Lynn.
Earlier this week, Lynn cancelled [...]


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[caption id="attachment_54577" align="alignleft" width="240" caption=""Steel Magnolia" Photo Credit: Jeff Davis (Courtesy of Big Machine Records)"][/caption]

Big Machine Records duo, Steel Magnolia, Chevrolet and CBS Radio helped gather over 800 cell phones for Chevrolet’s Cell Phones For Soldiers campaign.

The initiative raises funds to purchase pre-paid calling cards to send to soldiers serving abroad. [...]


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[caption id="attachment_54561" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Neal McCoy courtesy Blaster Records"][/caption]

Neal McCoy, referred to by fans & musical comrades as ‘The Entertainer’s Entertainer’, is bringing his multi-award winning, multi-platinum career to the roster of Blaster Records, as announced this week by label Chairman Tom Porter.

The consummate performer boasts a career track of three platinum [...]


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[caption id="attachment_54340" align="alignleft" width="297" caption="Sugarland's "Tonight" music video ©Mercury Records/Universal Music"][/caption]

The reigning CMA and ACM Vocal Duo of the Year Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush of Sugarland world premiered their smoldering new video for their just released single Tonight on iTunes yesterday.
AOL will begin streaming Tonight on April 21.

“We were [...]


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Since appearing on and winning American Idol in 2005, Carrie Underwood has gone from “the girl next door” to one of the most famous people in the world. Since Idol, Underwood has had hit albums, won five Grammys and numerous other awards. Underwood can add “actresss” to her list of accomplishments, now that she’s starring [...]


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[caption id="attachment_54191" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Teddy Gentry's 'Best New Nashville' album cover"][/caption]

Teddy Gentry has long been celebrated as a member of the country supergroup Alabama, and he is also the force and inspiration behind multiple other music successes in Nashville.

Now, Gentry, and Porter-Gentry Productions, are lending a guiding hand to a very [...]


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[caption id="attachment_54137" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="THE VOICE -- Pictured: Blake Shelton -- Photo by: Lewis Jacobs/NBC "][/caption]
Country Music sensation Blake Shelton is lending his expertise to the upcoming reality show The Voice right smack dab in the middle of planning his wedding to this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards winner, Miranda Lambert.

But to [...]


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[caption id="attachment_53996" align="alignleft" width="314" caption="Hazel Smith and Wynonna Judd on 'Southern Fried Flicks' "][/caption]

Wynonna Judd recently spent some time at host Hazel Smith’s kitchen to cook up some southern comfort food and discuss her latest projects, including the premiere of The Judds on OWN.

The two openly discussed Wynonna’s career as both a [...]


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[caption id="attachment_53900" align="alignleft" width="253" caption="Ashton Shepherd Where County Grows album"][/caption]

MCA Nashville singer/songwriter Ashton Shepherd will release her second album, Where Country Grows, on July 12.

Look It Up, the album’s debut single and the first song she recorded for this project, has become the fastest-rising hit of her career and currently sits [...]


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