Well-wishers in Nashville packed ASCAP s lobby wall-to-wall Tuesday (Nov. 11) to see Darius Rucker and Clay Mills honored for their recent No. 1 song, "Don t Think I Don t Think About It."

Hank Williams Jr. moved one step closer to his father s exalted status Tuesday (Nov. 11) when BMI, the performance rights organization, presented him its Icon award for extraordinary musical achievement. The presentation, which capped BMI s 56th annual co

"I had a rock tied to my leg in a thousand feet of water." That s how John Michael Montgomery says he felt during the period between 2000 and 2005 when he was beset by career-derailing afflictions from which he is still recovering.

Hillary Scott, the lone lady in the trio Lady Antebellum, claimed SESAC s songwriter of the year award Monday night (Nov. 10) at ceremonies held inside a mammoth, brightly decorated banquet tent at the performance rights organization s Nashville headquart

Reigning CMA entertainer of the year Kenny Chesney lived up to his title Monday night (Nov. 10) as he played to a jam-packed crowd at Tootsie s Orchid Lounge in Nashville. Only two days prior to Wednesday s (Nov. 12) CMA Awards, this year s seven-time CMA

Getting a straight answer from Blake Shelton isn t always easy -- and neither is keeping a straight face during a conversation with him. His easy-going demeanor and amusing antics are often met by bursts of laughter from those around him. In fact, during

In the last few years, Taylor Swift has made the leap from being a teenage girl who writes songs about breakups to ... a very famous teenage girl who writes songs about break-ups. (Sometimes it all works out, though, as in her newest single, "Love Story."

BIMINGHAM, Ala. -- Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson brought out an impressive number of people to the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex on Friday night (Nov. 14), despite the struggling economy and the fact that both artists are in between albums ri

Until she giggles like a teenybopper or squeals, "Awesome," one would think they were speaking with an adult on the phone and not with 18-year-old Taylor Swift. You just cannot believe that the voice on the other end of the line belongs to the tall, slend

Will wonders never cease?! Hank Williams Jr. says he will run for the U.S. Senate as a Republican candidate during the next primary election. It is my understanding that Hank has already talked with Sen. Lamar Alexander and former Sen. Bill Frist -- both

Toby Keith boots out the competition this week to plop his new collection -- That Don t Make Me a Bad Guy -- atop Billboard s country albums chart. His fellow Oklahoman, the most unfellow-like Carrie Underwood, remains at No. 1 on the songs

Fleet-fingered Brad Paisley tops this week s Billboard country albums chart with his mostly-instrumental extravaganza, Play. Simultaneously, Taylor Swift s "Love Story" asserts its dominion on the country singles chart after a rapid nine-wee

Listening to Toby Keith talk, it s clear that there s little danger of him "going Hollywood," although his involvement in the film industry has heightened his profile among the movers and shakers on the West Coast. Even if they don t know much about count

Brad Paisley has spent most of 2008 in front of country fans, but after Wednesday s (Nov. 12) CMA Awards, Carrie Underwood has certainly seen more of him than most people ever will.

Barack Obama s unlikely run for the U.S. presidency was successful for a number of factors, but a key was the day-to-day campaign strategy plotted out by his two campaign chiefs. In essence, a presidential campaign is nothing but one very long tour with a

Hard to pin it down, but there s been something nagging at me about this year s CMA Awards show. It was a nice show, mind you, reminiscent of last year s which I thought was very solid. Nice song after nice song, earnest artist platitude after earnest art

Kenny Chesney has just a few words for next year s CMA nominees for entertainer of the year: "Come get me."

When Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott is asked how he discovered country music, he answers immediately, "Just the same way as everybody else, but from a lot farther away." Even as one of the most recognizable voices in rock history, with classic albums

The Country Music Association rewarded Kenny Chesney with his fourth entertainer of the year trophy at Wednesday night s (Nov. 12) awards show in Nashville. Along the way, George Strait, Brad Paisley and Sugarland s Jennifer Nettles received two awards ea

Every marriage is a partnership, but Martina McBride s is something more.