2009 August

• Carrie Underwood’s Third Disc Gets a Title

  Drum roll, please. I shared news with you a few weeks ago that country megastar Carrie Underwood will be releasing her third album on Nov. 3, and the anticipation has been building ever sense. No doubt the anticipation will continue for…

  31 Aug 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• September 7, 2009

  

  Trace Adkins: Bares His Soul

  Country Weekly gave our readers the chance to pose some questions to Trace Adkins, and nearly 1,000 of them poured in! In this Fan Exclusive cover story, Trace answers several of the questions that you asked. One…

  31 Aug 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Carrie Underwood Continues to Play On

  When you’ve sold 10 million albums in a really, really short amount of time, you’d never dream of retiring. You’d play on. And on. And on. How perfect, then, that Carrie Underwood has named her third album Play On. It doesn’t…

  31 Aug 09 / Category: Shows

   

• Taylor Swift Sings "Tonight" With a Twist

  I’m a sucker for a good ol’ lyrical rearrangement. And in this promotional spot for MTV’s VMA show on Sept. 13, Taylor Swift has taken “Tonight” from West Side Story and turned it into her own funny-but-true thing. Like when she sings, “Tonight,…

  31 Aug 09 / Category: Shows

   

• Steve Wariner Honors Chet Atkins at Hall of Fame

  

  Steve Wariner has a new album coming that salutes his mentor and friend Chet Atkins, and he shared some of it during a Saturday afternoon (Aug. 29) performance at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Wariner led his set with…

  31 Aug 09 / Category: Shows

   

• CMT’s All Jacked Up: Snakeman and a Big Bike

  Snakeman

  Today CMT’s All Jacked Up is taking a drive about an hour outside of Dallas to meet Jackie Bibby, also known as “The Texas Snakeman.” As I arrive at the location, a group of handlers are beginning to build a wooden-sided pit…

  31 Aug 09 / Category: Shows

   

• Trace Adkins Gets Lifted as a Talent Judge

  First, he got a taste of the TV bug on Celebrity Apprentice. Then he had a part in last year’s An American Carol. And now the multi-faceted Trace Adkins is going full-on silver screen. He’s joined the cast of this cool…

  31 Aug 09 / Category: Shows

   

• Top 10 Tracks I’m Digging Right Now

  I was at a Carrie Underwood concert last night (Aug. 30) and got into a deep conversation with the guy sitting behind me all about which artists are truly country. His point was that today’s country is really pop. I completely…

  31 Aug 09 / Category: Shows

   

• Twitter Tweets about Country Music as of August 31, 2009

  AList2009: Country Universe – A Country Music Blog » Shania Twain Starter Kit http://bit.ly/17tAum

  2009-08-31 08:19:15 · Reply · View

  BisforBrittanyy: Listening to country music. =) early bedtime tonight. School in the morning.

  2009-08-31 08:16:45 · Reply · View

  livefortv: ‘CMA Music Festival’ is a Monday…

  31 Aug 09 / Category: Buzz!

   

• Twitter Tweets about Country Music as of August 30, 2009

  EZF_TopPolitics: RT @barbaran61: How many albums has grammy Award-winning American country music singer George Strait sold http://bit.ly/LZfX1

  2009-08-30 08:25:03 · Reply · View

  beatmakerpro: ABC airs ‘CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock’ on Monday … http://tinyurl.com/leq77w

  2009-08-30 08:23:20 · Reply · View

  carinatuppier: ABC airs…

  30 Aug 09 / Category: Buzz!