Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood + More to Be Highlighted on ‘All Access Nashville’
Katie Couric will get up close and personal with country music's leading ladies this Friday in a special 'All Access Nashville' episode of '20/20.'
Katie Couric will get up close and personal with country music's leading ladies this Friday in a special 'All Access Nashville' episode of '20/20.'
Jason Aldean's new year will consist of his first-ever stadium tour. The 2013 Night Train Tour will feature a new set of opening acts scattered dates -- including Miranda Lambert, Jake Owen, Kelly Clarkson, Luke Bryan and Thomas Rhett -- and will pick up where his My Kinda Party Tour left off.
New music, new tours and a new country music scandal marked a week ending Oct. 19. Jason Aldean and Scotty McCreery led the way with the studio albums, but it might have been Little Jimmy Dickens who stole the headlines with a strange story of identity theft. Darius Rucker also had some Opry-related news, and a country music legend is fighting for his life after a bladder infection puts him in the hospital.
Jason Aldean tried his hand at rapping in country songs and found great success. Colt Ford has made a country career out of it. But they're not the only ones in the genre with the chops to spit rhymes. At a concert in Maryland recently, Jake Owen showed off his skills by rapping the entire 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' theme song.
Thomas Rhett's powerful 'Beer With Jesus' lyrics and the song's moving message have been getting the singer some positive reviews. Thomas Rhett penned the tune along with Lance Miller and Rick Huckaby, and credits the song as the reason he is now signed to Big Machine's Valory Music Co.
Kelly Clarkson is celebrating the major milestone of 10 successful years as a recording artist with the release of 'Greatest Hits - Chapter 1,' the first hits compilation package from the very first winner of 'American Idol.' The album, which features the first radio single, 'Catch My Breath,' will be available in stores and at all digital retailers just in time for the holiday shopping season.
Jason Aldean says "everything's good" with his family 10 days after photos of him kissing and embracing one-time 'American Idol' contestant Brittany Kerr were revealed on TMZ.
Nominations for the 40th annual American Music Awards were announced this morning, congrats to all our country music nominees!
Like with many of their tunes, Zac Brown Band's 'Goodbye in Her Eyes' lyrics were birthed with help from Wyatt Durrette. The songwriter began to write the tune over a decade ago, before taking the song to Brown to finish.
There were some wild country music headlines this week, but all news wasn't bad news for the format's biggest stars. Keith Urban was caught in the middle of an expletive-filled feud between his 'American Idol' judging partners. Taylor Swift was caught in the middle of mean-spirited pranksters and a school for the deaf. At least one of these stories had a happy ending.