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Awesome Weather!

by Josh Roberts, posted Mar 10 2010 2:30PM

Sunshine and 65, I'm loving it. Hope you all get to go outside and enjoy some of this great spring weather!!

Starting today, Alan Jackson fans can purchase a track from his upcoming release, Freight Train, exclusively through I-Tunes. One song per week will be released until the March 30th street date. On Tuesdays, Billboard.com will offer a 60-second preview of the song that will be available on Wednesdays. This week's tune is "Hard Hat and a Hammer," followed by "Every Now and Then" and "Where I Belong." The purchase of single-song downloads will count toward the purchase of the final album on I-Tunes upon its release.

Dierks Bentley has finally recorded a bluegrass C-D, Up on the Ridge. He says, "This album won't come as a surprise to my hardcore fans. They've asked me, 'When are you going to make a bluegrass record?' And I was just waiting for the right time."

Up on the Ridge will be released this summer. It features guest spots from Del McCoury, Alison Krauss, Miranda Lambert, Sam Bush and Chris Thile.

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Taylor Swift on the cover of Elle!

by Josh Roberts, posted Mar 8 2010 2:16PM

Hope everybody had a great weekend. I'm loving these warmer temps!!

Brad Paisley took a fall over the weekend on his final "American Saturday Night" tour stop. Click here to see the video.

Taylor Swift knows she has to be careful about every move she makes. She tells Elle magazine, "If I go to a bar, even if I'm not drinking, who's to say that a source isn't going to say that I was doing something I shouldn't have been doing? So it's not only about your own moral compass, but the moral compasses of other people that you don't know."Some other revelations:

She thinks Taylor Lautner is hot -- no surprise there.
She worries about making bad decisions.

The issue, which will be on newsstands on March 19th, also includes some high-fashion black-and-white shots of Taylor.

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Dierks Bentley talks about his new album and more!

by Josh Roberts, posted Mar 5 2010 2:25PM

Loving this weather! Temps in the 50's over the weekend. I'll finally get a chance to wash the car! Have a great weekend everyone! Oh and look for me between 7pm and 8pm tomorrow night on WMBD TV for the Easter Seals Tele-thon.

Dierks Bentley is going for a different sound on his new album. Click here to see what he as to say about it. It's our video of the day!

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Lady Antebellum message to the fans!

by Josh Roberts, posted Mar 4 2010 1:00PM

ACM AWARDS: Artists React!

Montgomery Gentry will accept the A-C-M Home Depot Humanitarian Award during next month's A-C-M Awards in Las Vegas. The duo was chosen for the prestigious honor because of their charitable efforts in their community and across the country. In a statement, Eddie Montgomery said, "We just want to make sure we do our part in making the world a little better."

Lee Ann Womack's A-C-M Female Vocalist nomination is her 11th A-C-M nod, but it's as special as the first. She says, "...it sure is nice to know that my peers respect this music I've been making and they see the value in what I do."

Lady Antebellum extended their thanks for seven A-C-M nominations on YouTube and also encouraged folks to come out and see their show! Charles tells the fans, "We know without you guys none of this would be happening."

Keith Urban got in front of the camera at Jimmy Kimmel Live to thank everyone for his A-C-M nominations in the Entertainer and Male Vocalist categories. On his website's video he says, "Thank you so much for these nominations. They mean so much to me. I love making music...I love touring more than anything musically. To get out and play live and be a part of it with all of you out there is the ultimate for me."

Website: KeithUrban.net

Billy Currington got the news of his A-C-M Single and Song nominations just yesterday. He tells us, "I woke up this morning, I had a text that said, 'Congrats on your two nominations,' from someone at the label. But that was pretty cool to get a little surprise." He's hoping that he wins so the "People Are Crazy" writers, Bobby Braddock and Troy Jones, can get a trophy.

Lady Antebellum have a message for the fans. Check it out, it's our video of the day. Click here

Rascal Flatts play themselves on tonight's episode of C-S-I. In the show, titled "Unshockable," somebody is out to kill Jay DeMarcus. He tells us, "It happens during one of our live shows and the story continues from there. We don't know who's done it." The airs on C-B-S at 9 p-m [ET]. Click here for a preview.

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ACM Nominees!

by Josh Roberts, posted Mar 2 2010 10:30AM

ACM Nominees are in!!

Top Vocal Group of the Year

Lady Antebellum

Little Big Town

Randy Rogers Band

Rascal Flatts

Zac Brown Band

Top Vocal Duo of the Year

Brooks and Dunn

Joey and Rory

Montgomery Gentry

Steel Magnolia

Sugarland

Vocal Event of the Year

Honky Tonk Stomp - Brooks and Dunn f/Billy Gibbons

I Told You So - Carrie Underwood f/Randy Travis

I'm Alive - Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews

Seeing Stars - Jack Ingram f/Patty Griffin

Hillbilly Bone - Blake Shelton f/Trace Adkins

Female Vocal of the Year

Miranda Lambert

Taylor Swift

Carrie Underwood

Lee Ann Womack

Reba McEntire

Male Vocalist of the Year

Kenny Chesney

Brad Paisley

Darius Rucker

George Strait

Keith Urban

Song of the Year

Cowboy Casanova (Carrie Underwood)

Need You Now (Lady Antebellum)

People Are Crazy (Billy Currington)

White Liar (Miranda Lambert)

You Belong With Me (Taylor Swift)

Album of the Year

Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night

Lady Antebellum

Carrie Underwood - Play On

Miranda Lambert - Revolution

Zac Brown Band - The Foundation

Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney

Toby Keith

George Strait

Keith Urban

Zac Brown Band

Taylor Swift

Carrie Underwood

Brad Paisley

Home Depot Humanitarian Award
Montgomery Gentry

Single of the Year
"Need You Now" -- Lady Antebellum
"People Are Crazy" -- Billy Currington
"Red Light" -- David Nail
"Toes" -- Zac Brown Band
"White Liar" -- Miranda Lambert

Video of the Year
"Boots On" -- Randy Houser
"Need You Now" -- Lady Antebellum
"Welcome to the Future" -- Brad Paisley
"White Liar" -- Miranda Lambert
"You Belong to Me" -- Taylor Swift

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED NOMINATIONS:
Top New Solo Vocalist
Luke Bryan
Jamey Johnson
Chris Young

Top New Vocal Duo
Bomshel
Joey and Rory
Steel Magnolia

Top New Vocal Group
Eli Young Band
Gloriana
The Lost Trailers

Dancing With The Stars cast revealed!

The new cast of Dancing With the Stars was announced last night -- and it includes a reality mom, a pop star, an astronaut, a football player, an Olympian and a Bachelor.

Here are the so-called "stars" who'll hoof it for our pleasure beginning March 22nd:

Kate Gosselin (formerly of Jon and Kate Plus Eight)

Pamela Anderson (former Baywatch babe)

Shannen Doherty (former bad-girl star of Beverly Hills 9-0-2-1-0)

Erin Andrews (E-S-P-N reporter and peeping-Tom victim)

Jake Pavelka (star of this past season's The Bachelor)

Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls singer)

Evan Lysacek (the gold medalist in figure skating in the 2010 Winter Olympics)

Niecy Nash (star of Reno 9-1-1!)

Chad Ochocinco (Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver)

Aiden Turner (All My Children actor)

Buzz Aldrin (80-year-old former astronaut, and second man to step foot on the Moon)

Host Tom Bergeron and former contestant Melissa Rycroft announced the cast last night during The Bachelor.

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Back from Nashville!

by Josh Roberts, posted Mar 1 2010 2:10PM

Hey everyone it's great to be back from the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville. Ready to get back to it today. If you want to see pics and videos from my trip you can click here and become my friend on Facebook.

The latest news!

A guitar autographed by Taylor Swift fetched more than 16-thousand dollars in an auction to benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame on Friday. The guitar, embellished with Taylor's lucky number 13 in rhinestones, is the same one she played at the All For the Hall Benefit Concert last October.

ACM Voting Underway!

Now through March 12th, log onto VoteACM.com to cast your A-C-M Awards vote for Top New Solo Artist, Top New Vocal Duo and Top New Vocal Group. In mid-March, one winner from each category will be announced to compete for overall Top New Artist, and voting for that will start April 1st. The winner will then be announced during the A-C-M Awards on April 18th.

New Vocal Duo nominees Joey and Rory are so excited they wrote a song for their MySpacepage. Joey tells us, "We're super, super honored and we know what a thrill and a privilege it is to have our name in a category with all the others. You know, once you get a nomination, no one can take that from you."

Top New Solo Artist
Luke Bryan
Jamey Johnson
Chris Young

Top New Vocal Duo
Bomshel
Joey and Rory
Steel Magnolia

Top New Vocal Group
Eli Young Band
Gloriana
The Lost Trailers

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