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What I'm Thankful for as a Country Fan
Tomorrow (Nov. 26) will be all about counting your blessings. The obvious ones, like your family, health and God willing, your financial security. And the not-so-obvious ones, like how the Halloween candy is finally gone or that you recently discovered the Boob Tube . But if we were all holding ...
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A Taylor Swift Review From Across the Pond
It's always hard to know if someone who is popular in one country will be that popular in another country. But as you can imagine, Taylor Swift had no problem finding her way into the hearts of London. In a review of her recent show at Wembley Arena on Monday night (Nov. 23) for 12,500 fans, ...
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Carter Twins' "Let It Snow" Warms Up the Holidays
Several country artists are spreading holiday joy this winter season and also helping out the Special Olympics on a new album, A Very Special Christmas 7 . This compilation features a younger generation of artists including Miley Cyrus , Carrie Underwood , Kellie Pickler and Gloriana . Below is ...
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Christie's Offers Classic Country Items on Auction
The day after Thanksgiving is typically the day when smart shoppers start their holiday shopping. But if you have any country fans on your list (like, say, yourself), you may want to wait until Dec. 3. That's the day that Christie's is starting their country music sale, which they describe as ...
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Jamey Johnson Softens Colt Ford's "Cold Beer"
Is it bad if the only part of this song I really truly like is the chorus? "Cold Beer" is mostly a Colt Ford song, and he has this whole country hip-hop fusion thing going on. I'm sure there are people out there who love that, I'm just not one of them. But, I do agree with the general spirit of ...
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Alan Jackson Shares a Brand New Heartache
I remember the first time I ate at Cracker Barrel . It was Thanksgiving 1994, about three months after moving to Nashville to attend Belmont University. One of my friends invited me to join her and I ordered your typical Thanksgiving dinner -- and I remember calling home, saying it was one of ...
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Lee Ann Womack Gives Thanks to Returning Troops
Though she said "Aloha" to Oahu last week, Lee Ann Womack 's trip to Hawaii wasn't for vacationing or sightseeing. Instead, the Grammy-winning performer welcomed home 3,500 troops who've been serving in Iraq for over the past year. Partnered with the USO , Womack greeted the men and women and ...
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Gloriana Couldn't Have Won Without Taylor Swift
Gloriana Couldn't Have Won Without Taylor Swift
blog.cmt.com — A Taylor Swift concert is good for a lot of people. Especially her opening acts. That's why... Gloriana 's Cheyenne Kimball is so grateful to Swift. I talked with Kimball after the country group won the breakthrough artist award at Sunday night's (Nov. ... Gloriana Couldn't Have Won Without Taylor Swift
Artists Help Create a Very Special Christmas
Since being launched in 1987, the A Very Special Christmas series of compilation albums has raised more than $100 million for the Special Olympics . The newest addition, A Very Special Christmas Volume 7 , was released this week with tracks from Carrie Underwood , Kellie Pickler , Gloriana , ...
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Dolly Parton's Store Knows Shirts From Shinola
She may consider herself a "Backwoods Barbie," but today (Nov. 24), Dolly Parton is a bona fide city girl with the opening of her Dolly Parton's Trinkets & Treasures store right in downtown Nashville. It's in an old storefront on 2nd Avenue, right next door to the Wildhorse Saloon . Her ...
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Lorrie Morgan Keeps Patsy Cline on Her Mind
blog.cmt.com — The holidays always seem like a time for familiar things, but those things don't always have to... be cheery. How about Patsy Cline 's classic "Leavin' on Your Mind"? Sure, it's a heartbreaker, but it always reminds me of home. Or at least, packing up ... Lorrie Morgan Keeps Patsy Cline on Her Mind
Let Adam Lambert's Antics Serve as a Warning
Let this be a warning to any singer considering how provocative to go with an awards show number: If you're a man and you make out with a man on live television, you may lose a few gigs . Good Morning America just canceled Adam Lambert 's appearance because of his controversial American Music ...
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Josh Kelley's "Gone Like That" in Just 30 Seconds
I feel like I already know this Josh Kelley . Mostly that's because he's the brother of Lady Antebellum 's frontman Charles Kelley, which means a signature soulful sound is in his blood. Plus he was already making some pretty cool pop-rock-folk type music before. And now he's told Entertainment ...
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Elvis Presley Shows Tender Side in New DVD
If you don't think of Elvis Presley as a romantic guy, then your mind will be quickly changed by an enlightening new DVD, Love Me Tender ... The Love Songs of Elvis Presley . If you were around during Elvis' prime, you already know he possessed one of the most charismatic personalities in ...
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Keith Urban Says Sunday Rose Is Musical, Too
Keith Urban admitted that his baby girl, Sunday Rose, has got some really solid vocals and knows her way around a piano. "She's got some pipes. They're loud, you know! I think she sounds quite musical. Sit her at the piano and play and we mash the keys together," he said backstage after ...
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Alan Jackson Shares a Sweet Holiday Recipe
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and for me, that means two of my favorite things: football and food. I'll be spending the holiday at home with my family in Indiana with a huge plate of mashed potatoes, turkey, stuffing and the rest of the traditional dishes. If you're stuck on what to ...
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New Music Videos: Joe Nichols Chases the Girl, Jimmy Wayne Revisits Hall & Oates
blog.cmt.com — Joe Nichols , Jimmy Wayne and Gloriana lead the way in new videos that were screened by... the CMT New Music Video Evaluation Team. Nichols goes for a good-time song. Wayne resurrects the old Hall & Oates 1976 pop hit, "Sara Smile." Gloriana get in ... New Music Videos: Joe Nichols Chases the Girl, Jimmy ...
Jimmy Wayne Chats and Sings for Sara Smile
Good ol' Jimmy Wayne . He is giving us two very solid reasons to love Mondays, at least for today. One, his new album, Sara Smile , is out today. And two, he's doing a live video chat and sing (I just made that name up) at 7 p.m. CT to showcase some of the new music. You can catch it on his ...
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Gloriana Wish You a Very Special "Silent Night"
Get in the holiday spirit with the American Music Awards ' breakthrough artist of the year, Gloriana . This quartet sings "Silent Night," which is featured on A Very Special Christmas 7 and supports the Special Olympics . After watching this acoustic performance, it makes me want to curl up by ...
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John Fogerty Revives CCR Hits at Ryman Show
So many of John Fogerty 's songs are like time machines. By the time the first three notes ring out, my mind has already pulled up some long-forgotten memory. And since I was one of the younger people in the crowd at Sunday night's (Nov. 22) show at the Ryman Auditorium , I can only imagine ...
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