Reuters - May 29, 2009
Rising country star Miranda Lambert, who has sold millions of albums on the success of in-your-face songs Kerosene and Gunpowder & Lead, has gone cottony soft. Lambert, along with R&B star Jazmine Sullivan...
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Country star Miranda Lambert says she is shocked -- pleasantly so -- that her domestic-abuse tale Gunpowder & Lead has become her first top 10 entry on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. The...
More »AP - Jan 7, 2008
How about a sip of Kerosene? That s one of the wines being marketed by Miranda Lambert s family that are named for her songs. The 24-year-old country singer s latest single will be released Jan. 15....
More »E! Online - Sep 20, 2007
Is GirlFrenzy more like a GirlFizzle? The one-off daylong music festival, set to take place in October and feature an all-estrogen lineup of singers, has been indefinitely postponed, without so much...
More »AP - Aug 30, 2007
George Strait, who had his 55th No. 1 single this year and was recently inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame, was nominated Thursday for five Country Music Association Awards, including for entertainer...
More »AP - May 15, 2007
Winners announced at Tuesday s 42nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards: Entertainer: Kenny Chesney. Male Vocalist: Brad Paisley. Female Vocalist: Carrie Underwood. Vocal Group: Rascal Flatts...
More »E! Online - May 15, 2007
The Academy of Country Music was just giving it away to Carrie Underwood and George Strait tonight. A newcomer no longer, Carrie Underwood took home a leading three honors, including Top Female...
More »Reuters - May 7, 2007
It was craft versus showbiz at the inaugural Stagecoach festival, held Saturday and Sunday in Indio, Calif., the site of the Coachella rock extravaganza the weekend before. For the audience, the calculated...
More »AP - Apr 30, 2007
She torched a cheating lover s home in Kerosene and loaded up a shotgun for an abusive man in Gunpowder & Lead. She named the title track to her latest album Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, for Pete s sake....
More »AP - Mar 5, 2007
Following is the list of nominees for the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards announced Monday in Nashville. The awards will be presented May 15 in Las Vegas. Entertainer of the Year: Brooks...
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 - 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 »AP - May 26, 2006
Miranda Lambert is putting the finishing touches on her sophomore album and continues to write new music on the road. But her debut CD, Kerosene, continues to generate heat for the young singer-songwriter...
More »Reuters - May 19, 2006
Sony BMG is shuttering its Epic Records Nashville imprint, home of such acts as Gretchen Wilson and Miranda Lambert, and laying off about 20 employees. Future releases from relevant artists will bear...
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 »Reuters - Feb 4, 2006
The DualDisc marks its one-year anniversary of mass distribution this month, but the new hybrid CD/DVD once expected to become the physical successor to the CD may already be on life support. A year...
More »AP - Dec 5, 2005
Country singers Wynonna Judd and Cowboy Troy will host the fourth season of the USA Network s Nashville Star talent search series. The eight-week show, which combines elements of reality TV with a talent...
More »AP - Nov 15, 2005
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 have a country radio station...
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