AP - Jun 17, 2009
Here is a list of the winners at the Country Music Television awards, presented Tuesday: • Video of the year: Taylor Swift, Love Story. • Male video: Brad Paisley, Waitin on a Woman. ...
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Dierks Bentley and his band recently jetted to Australia to open six shows for Brooks & Dunn, playing to more than 10,000 people a night in the country s largest cities. And yet Bentley, a headlining...
More »AP - May 11, 2009
Country artists Brooks & Dunn and Dierks Bentley have been honored by the Country Music Association for promoting the genre overseas. Brooks & Dunn (Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn) and Bentley won the CMA...
More »AP - Feb 17, 2009
When Dierks Bentley turned over his finished album to his label after two years of hard work, he didn t quite get the response he was looking for. Capitol Records Nashville President Mike Dungan listened...
More »Reuters - Jan 16, 2009
Following is a preview of noteworthy releases for the first two months of the year. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WORKING ON A DREAM (COLUMBIA, JAN. 27) Reinvigorated by the rich pop that fueled 2006's Magic...
More »Reuters - Jan 9, 2009
After disappointing sales for his last album, country singer Dierks Bentley is hoping to recapture some heat with his February 3 release Feel That Fire. The Capitol Records Nashville album offers fun...
More »AP - Jun 12, 2007
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, featured dozens of artists including...
More »AP - Jun 6, 2007
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 Nashville. The second gig is tricker...
More »Reuters - May 4, 2007
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 many ways, is a perfect fit...
More »Reuters - Mar 26, 2007
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 the critical direct-to-fan space...
More »E! Online - Dec 7, 2006
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, Dixie ChicksSt. Elsewhere, Gnarls...
More »AP - Nov 2, 2006
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 Bentley s growing appeal and...
More »AP - Oct 18, 2006
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 traditional honky tonk to spirited...
More »AP - Aug 31, 2006
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 the group s inspirational song...
More »AP - Aug 30, 2006
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, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban....
More »E! Online - Aug 30, 2006
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 Awards, with Ronnie Dunn besting...
More »Reuters - May 15, 2006
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 Was Country When Country Wasn...
More »AP - Mar 16, 2006
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 time I played this stadium was...
More »E! Online - Mar 16, 2006
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 entirely by fans. Country...
More »E! Online - Mar 8, 2006
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, including nods for Single, Song...
More »AP - Feb 24, 2006
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 DJ on Northern Exposure and Carrie...
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