Personalities

Miranda Lambert has country music’s back
[Apr. 4, 2008] She was sitting by the door one night with a gun, waiting for her abusive man to come home from jail. She once stalked an ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend and confronted them in a pool hall. It wasn’t pretty.

Toby Keith
[Apr. 3, 2008] Toby Keith spent the '90s as a solid, workmanlike country star who met with considerable chart success, yet never quite broke free of the neo-traditionalist pack to become a household name like Garth Brooks or Alan Jackson. That all changed in 2002 when he recorded "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)," a response to September 11

The King of Country Music's 37th Album Featuring the Hit Single "I Saw God Today" is Released April 1st
[Mar. 28, 2008] George Strait, widely known as the "King of Country Music," continues to raise the standard and follows up his CMA Album of the Year, It Just Comes Natural, with Troubadour, Strait's 37th album to be released April 1st. From a numerical view, the album's first single, "I Saw God Today," already set a personal mark when it debuted at No. 19 on the country radio charts--higher than any other song he's released in his career. Currently it sits at #4 on R&R/Billboard. By Kathy Best. FrontPage Publicity

Bakersfield celebrates it's unique sound with (Homer) Joy!
[Mar. 26, 2008] Homer Joy is determined to prove that the Bakersfield sound is alive and well in 2008 and not some relic from the history of Country music. He's on stage in Bakersfield this weekend to prove his point. By John Lewis

DeAnne Moore: Texan home truths from a single mom with an extra Grandma!
[Mar. 25, 2008] WE started talking about God; SHE ended up talking about her kids, hopes, dreams and failure. In between, we talked about divorce, age, children, loud drums, music, acting, nerves and so much more. By John Lewis

Royal Wade Kimes IS the last of a dyin' breed!
[Mar. 21, 2008] Royal Wade Kimes' new album is a must have CD for any true Country music fan, anyone who loves the old west, and anyone cares about our Cowboy heritage! By John Lewis

Unbridled enthusiasm
[Mar. 20, 2008] Country diva Martina racks up first writing credits on new disc

Rodeo Redux
[Mar. 14, 2008] at York and Monty “Hawkeye” Henderson got to music through a winding — and bucking - route. Both men worked the professional rodeo circuit, York as a marketing man for Resistol Hats and Dodge Rodeo promotions, and Henderson as a saddle-bronc rider on the professional circuit. Henderson picked and strummed as a social outlet, and York has played harmonica and guitar since childhood.

Country singer hopes to bring back live music back
[Mar. 12, 2008] Singer Eddie Montgomery of the country music duo Montgomery Gentry is building a restaurant, entertainment and shopping complex on about 40 acres along the U.S. 127 bypass in Mercer County, just south of Harrodsburg.

XM Radio to Launch George Strait Channel
[Mar. 12, 2008] George Strait says he still gets a thrill hearing his songs on the radio, and now he'll have a whole channel of his music to get excited about. "Strait Country" will launch April 1 on XM Radio channel 17 to coincide with the release of the country star's 37th album, "Troubadour," the satellite radio company announced Wednesday.

Country Radio Loves George Jones -- in Person
[Mar. 10, 2008] Country radio programmers and disc jockeys packed a large conference room at the Nashville Convention Center Friday (March 7) to witness a conversation between George Jones and producer-songwriter Norro Wilson. They seemed indifferent to the irony that most country stations won't play the 79-year-old singer's music these days because it lies outside their younger target demographic.

George Strait
[Mar. 10, 2008] Out of all the new country singers to emerge in the early '80s, George Strait stayed the closest to traditional country. Drawing from both the honky tonk and Western swing traditions, Strait didn't refashion the genres; instead, he revitalized them for a new decade. In the process, he became one of the most popular and influential singers of the decade, sparking a wave of neo-traditionalist singers from Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam to Clint Black, Garth Brooks, and Alan Jackson.

JAKKS Pacific(R) Signs Top Country Star Taylor Swift for Toy License
[Mar. 10, 2008] JAKKS Pacific, Inc.
(Nasdaq: JAKK) announced today that it has signed a worldwide licensing
agreement through Creative Artists Agency, the entertainment and sports
agency, to develop and market toys and related products based on the
award-winning and double-platinum American country music singer-songwriter,
Taylor Swift.

Charlie Daniels' Littlest Achievement
[Mar. 8, 2008] It honors the artists who have made "a significant contribution to the development and promotion of country music and radio." And he has certainly done that ...