Jeff Giles
Martina McBride Reveals Track Listing for Upcoming Album, ‘Eleven’
Let’s say you’re a country superstar, and you’re about to release your 11th album. It contains eleven songs, and it’s coming out on October 11. What do you call it?
For Martina McBride, the answer was obvious.
Lady Antebellum Scheduled to Perform on ‘SNL’ in October
They cleaned up at the last Grammys, have sold more than three million copies of their latest record, and are gearing up to release one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year. What’s next for Lady Antebellum?
Performing on the next season of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ for starters.
Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery Announce Titles and Release Dates for Their Debut Albums
Earlier this week, Lauren Alaina beat her fellow ‘American Idol’ alum to the punch when she debuted her video for ‘Like My Mother Does’ a day before Scotty McCreery premiered his clip for ‘I Love You This Big.’
When it comes to the release dates for their debut albums, the budding stars will trade places.
Alan Jackson Tops CMT’s List of Country’s ’20 Greatest Men’
Trying to name the greatest man in country music seems like a pretty impossible task, but if you’re going to assemble the list, asking the folks at CMT to compile it seems like a pretty good place to start.
And with more than 25 chart-topping country hits (and more than 30 million albums sold in the US alone), it’s pretty hard to argue with Alan Jackson at number one.
Josh Kelley Reveals How He Ended Up on Miranda Lambert’s Song ‘Baggage Claim’
Between her upcoming solo album, ‘Four the Record,’ and her imminent debut with the Pistol Annies, it seems like Miranda Lambert is everywhere at once these days.
But Miranda isn’t the only one who’s working hard. In fact, Josh Kelley is another one of country’s busiest voices — and he joins her on her new single, ‘Baggage Claim.’
Craig Morgan Gives Up His Hair to Raise $1,200 for Charity
It’s been a few years since Craig Morgan fans were treated to a new album, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been busy — in fact, in between working on his next record, he’s been hard at work raising money for charity.
And now he’s got the shaved head to prove it.
Tracy Lawrence Charged After Post-Show Brawl
Over the course of his 20-year recording career, Tracy Lawrence has had his share of scrapes, scuffles, and tangles with the law, from his shooting during a 1991 mugging to his 1998 conviction for reckless endangerment and spousal abuse.
Now, thanks to an argument that turned violent after a show over the weekend, he can add a disorderly conduct charge to the list.
Longtime Opry Member Billy Grammer Passes Away at 85
Billy Grammer, the singer and guitarist best known for his million-selling 1959 hit ‘Gotta Travel On,’ passed away Wednesday after a long illness. He was 85.
A World War Two Army veteran, Grammer broke into country music only after losing his job as a toolmaker after the war. He scored big with his debut single, ‘Gotta Travel On,’ the first of four top 40 hits in a recording career that continued
Scotty McCreery’s ‘I Love You This Big’ Video Debuts [VIDEO]
One day after his fellow ‘American Idol’ alum Lauren Alaina debuted her first video, Scotty McCreery followed suit with the clip for his single, ‘I Love You This Big’ — and now you can see it for yourself.
In the grand ‘Idol’ tradition of romantic first singles, ‘I Love You This Big’ is a heartstring-tugging ballad, and fans have no doubt been waiting to see whose heart McCreery would melt in the
Pistol Annies Reveal How They Came Together to Create New Album, ‘Hell on Heels’
Who’s the hottest new country act of the year? With one single to their name, a debut album still two weeks away from store shelves, and Miranda Lambert in the lineup, the answer just might be Pistol Annies.
The red-hot trio — consisting of Lambert, Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe — recently sat down with Taste of Country to dish a little about their first album, ‘Hell on Heels,’ and discuss t
Kellie Pickler Is ‘Excited’ About Her New Album
It’s been almost three years since Kellie Pickler released her second album — but the wait for new music is almost over.
Pickler, who recently wrapped up recording on her next release, says fans can expect to hear her adopt a more traditional sound this time around.
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Building Mammoth Mansion on Private Island [VIDEO]
Between the two of them, the husband-and-wife duo Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have sold over 80 million albums and notched almost 30 number one singles on the country charts. What does that kind of success buy you?
How about your very own private island?