AP - Nov 20, 2009
A Nashville judge has dismissed assault and harassment charges against country music singer John Rich. Rich and other witnesses testified Friday before Judge John Aaron Holt that he did not punch aspiring...
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A former Nashville Star contestant who filed assault and harassment charges against country star John Rich is now suing the singer. In a lawsuit filed Monday in Circuit Court, Jared...
More »Reuters - Mar 23, 2009
The medical needs of his primary musical partner gave country music star John Rich an opening to record his second solo album. Rich told Billboard.com that in late 2007, Big Kenny Alphin, his partner...
More »AP - Mar 23, 2009
John Rich plops into a chair, asks for two bottles of water and downs them both. I m trying to recover from a trip I just made to Los Angeles that was insanity, 36 hours of absolute insanity, he says...
More »AP - Mar 11, 2009
Sam Roberts and John Rich have found inspiration in all kinds of places during their years writing and performing music. Recently the Canadian rocker and the country star happened across the same muse...
More »AP - Jul 31, 2008
Country music star John Rich wants like-minded voters to join him in Raising McCain. The other half of the Nashville duo Big and Rich, the singer-songwriter has penned lyrics for a rock-infused anthem...
More »Reuters - Jan 27, 2008
John Rich, of genre-bending duo Big & Rich, will release a solo album later this year on Warner Bros. There's no official word on a release date for the album. The first single is tentatively scheduled...
More »Reuters - Apr 8, 2007
After a 30-year career on the fringe of Music Row, singer/songwriter John Anderson is gearing up for an improbable third run at mainstream success. Easy Money (Warner Bros.), his 27th album, counting...
More »Reuters - Dec 11, 2006
Media consolidation doesn t play well here in Music City, USA as a roomful of singers and songwriters, from the famous to the unknown, gathered Monday to criticize government policy easing the rules that...
More »AP - Nov 4, 2006
When country music acts started noticing more Hispanic fans at their concerts, it didn t take long for Music Row to start dreaming of its Next Big Audience. After all, many Hispanics in the U.S. ...
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 - Jul 8, 2006
Last year Big & Rich found themselves crouching by a hole they had dug in Vietnam, drinking shots of Crown Royal, then throwing the shot glasses on top of a pair of bloody combat boots already nestled...
More »AP - Jan 19, 2006
No danger of Kix Brooks running out of material when he takes over as host of ABC Radio s American Country Countdown this week. As half of the hit country music duo Brooks & Dunn, he sees a lot more...
More »Reuters - Jan 2, 2006
You read it here first. These 10 faces to watch represent Billboard s picks for 2006. They either have a highly anticipated debut album ready to come out in the first quarter or have been under-the-radar...
More »AP - Dec 2, 2005
Rose Bowl fans, Big & Rich are comin to your city. The country duo will perform during halftime of the Bowl Championship Series title game on Jan. 4, Big Kenny Alphin told The Associated Press. Alphin...
More »AP - Dec 2, 2005
Rose Bowl fans, Big & Rich are Comin to Your City. The hick-hop country duo, who recorded a special version of their song Comin to Your City for ESPN s College Gameday, will perform during halftime...
More »AP - Nov 16, 2005
For Big & Rich, the CMAs in New York was more than unusual it was out of this world. John Rich brought three dates with him each with purple hair, raccoon made-up eyes, silver bathing...
More »AP - Nov 11, 2005
Big & Rich, Comin to Your City (Warner Bros. Nashville) Country music s court jesters return for round two on the followup to their 3 million-selling Horse of a Different Color, the audacious debut...
More »Reuters - Nov 6, 2005
A year-and-a-half after shaking up the country music industry with their debut album, Horse of a Different Color, Big & Rich are at it again. On the pair s sophomore album, Comin to Your City, the Warner...
More »Reuters - Oct 18, 2005
ASCAP honored its top country songwriters and publishers at its annual awards gala Monday night at Nashville s famed Ryman Auditorium. Kenny Chesney, Craig Wiseman, John Rich and EMI Music Publishing...
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