The Country Music Association's 2007 festival drew a record attendance of 191,154 people over four days.
The music festival, which began Thursday and ended Sunday,...
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The first of Dierks Bentley's two big outdoor shows this month is a gimme.
He'll play for thousands of adoring country fans this week at the CMA Music Festival in...
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"I'm just an old chunk of coal/but
I'm going to be a diamond someday," Jack Ingram sings in an
expansive rehearsal studio on New York's West Side.
The song, in...
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Ticketmaster's purchase of a
majority stake in echomusic, a Nashville-based Web
entertainment marketing company, gives the ticketing giant an
important new presence in...
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Here's the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles:
Album Of The Year
Taking the Long Way,...
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The underdog status that Dierks Bentley used to wear as his badge of honor in country music is slowly slipping away — and he can only blame himself.
After all, it's...
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Dierks Bentley, "Long Trip Alone" (Capitol)
Dierks Bentley spent his first two albums stamping his freewheeling personality onto a variety of country music styles, from...
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Brooks & Dunn and Brad Paisley were both nominated for six Country Music Association Awards, but Ronnie Dunn emerged as the leader with seven nominations, including one for...
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Nominees for the 40th annual Country Music Association Awards, to be held Nov. 6 in Nashville, Tenn:
Entertainer of the year: Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley,...
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Stick a fork in the CMA Award nominations--they're Dunn.
Brooks & Dunn and solo crooner Brad Paisley racked up six
nominations apiece for the Country Music Association...
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Some of the biggest names in country
music have signed on for a tribute album to country legend
Barbara Mandrell, who stepped away from the business in 1997.
Dubbed "She...
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Six years ago, Dierks Bentley more or less got asked not to hang out so much at the Grand Ole Opry.
He was a relative newcomer to Nashville and was honing his craft as a...
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Country superstar Kenny Chesney will perform at football and soccer stadiums in several U.S. cities this year, including a July 8 show at Nashville's Coliseum.
"The last...
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CMT voters gotta have Faith. And Carrie. And, uh, Reese?
Faith Hill nabbed a leading four nominations for the 2006 CMT
Awards, the country music video kudosfest voted on...
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Brad Paisley would like to thank the Academy. The other one.
The Time Well Wasted singer received a leading six
nominations for the Academy of Country Music Awards,...
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This just might be the role actor John Corbett was born to play.
Known for playing the handsome non-Greek boyfriend in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," the philosophical radio...
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It's late morning and the guys from Cross Canadian Ragweed are beat.
Cody Canada drifts into the coffee shop a few minutes late and plops down beside bandmates Grady Cross...
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Lee Ann Womack may not hate herself this morning.
The
country songbird picked up a trio of trophies at the CMA Awards Tuesday
night, including Album of the Year for...
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Although the CMA Awards' first soiree in New York will be peppered with cameos by Elton John, Billy Joel, Donald Trump, James Gandolfini and Bon Jovi, don't expect...
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The Country Music Association awards will be handed out tonight, but not in Nashville.
They'll be presented at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which doesn't even...
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In their home base of Texas,
country rockers Cross Canadian Ragweed are superstars.
With a hectic touring schedule consisting of more than 250
dates annually, it's just a...
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A tip of the ten-gallon hat to Brad Paisley and Lee Ann Womack.
The country crooners wrangled themselves six nominations
apiece to lead this year's contenders for the...
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A two-hour special featuring highlights from this year's Country Music Association festival will air on prime-time TV this week, with performances by Alan Jackson, Rascal...
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He sure wasn't thinkin' 'bout an invitation to the Grand Ole Opry. Country singer Dierks Bentley was in the middle of a show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles when he got...
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The nominees for the 2005 CMT Music Awards, which will be broadcast live 8 p.m. Eastern time April 11:
Male video: Keith Urban, "Days Go By"; Kenny Chesney, "I Go Back";...
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Last summer, country music's hottest act, the Dixie Chicks , was in a meltdown. Country CD sales were sliding and record executives were praying for a spate of holiday...
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List of key nominations announced Wednesday for the 39th annual Academy of Country Music Awards:
1. Entertainer of the Year: Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney , Alan Jackson ,...
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Alan Jackson , who received a leading eight Academy of Country Music nominations Wednesday, can justify celebrating as early as he wants because — as the title of his...
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Dierks Bentley is celebrating the success of his debut single, "What Was I Thinkin'," which climbs to Number One on both the Billboard and R&R country singles charts this...
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Dierks Bentley's self-titled debut album entered the Billboard Top Country Albums chart at Number Four. The newcomer sold more than 39,000 copies of his album the first...
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Dierks Bentley is as prepared for the long road to superstardom as anyone could be. The singer/songwriter first moved to Nashville at the age 19 and has worked in and around...
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