Fresh off his Academy of Country Music "Entertainer of the Year" award, Luke Bryan is the hottest ticket going in country music today! If you watched the ACM's a few weeks ago, you saw how blown away Luke was to receive the award and his speech was very emotional.
Faith Hill has been the voice that opens NBC's 'Sunday Night Football' for six years, but on Monday (April 15) the 'American Heart' singer announced that she will no longer be singing the opening song to the NFL broadcast.
As Sugarland takes a step back from music to give spunky Jennifer Nettles time to adjust to the demands of motherhood, everyone's wondering if the duo has plans of going their separate ways. Kristian Bush opened up on the details on their decision process, including what's next for the fan-favorite duo.
Two days after 'Set You Free' was released in January, Gary Allan began thinking about his next album. He tells Taste of Country that he was at an event with songwriter Hillary Lindsey -- whose credits include 'Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)' and 'Two Black Cadillacs' -- during release week, and he tried to corner her to write. She laughed and reminded him that his last project was just days old. "That means we have one year to get this done," he remembers telling her, semi-seriously.
Ultra-hot country duo Florida Georgia Line are seeing their career blow up all over the place right now, thanks in large part to the success of 'Cruise,' which reached No. 1 and has been certified Double Platinum. The pair were in Las Vegas this past weekend for the ACM Awards -- where they took home New Artist of the Year honors -- and they shared with Taste of Country their amazement at how the song has impacted their lives.
Budding superstar Luke Bryan couldn't have been more surprised when he won Entertainer of the Year at the 2013 ACM Awards on Sunday night (April 7). The stunned singer cried as he took to the podium to accept the honor. He says they were tears of both happiness and sorrow, as he was thinking of his late brother and sister.
Country star Darius Rucker is enjoying huge success with his latest single, "Wagon Wheel." As of today, the song is sitting at No. 10 on the Mediabase country charts.
A pacemaker won't slow Charlie Daniels down. The Charlie Daniels Band frontman says his fiddling or movements on stage won't be compromised with the device implanted in his chest. He underwent the procedure last month after being hospitalized with pneumonia. He returns to the stage Friday night (April 12) in Verona, N.Y.
In the space of just a few months, singer-songwriter and Mineola High School grad Kacey Musgraves has gone from being virtually unknown to being the Next Big Thing in country music. The 24-year-old performer released her debut single 'Merry Go Round' last year, and her first album 'Same Trailer, Different Park' recently debuted at No. 1 in the Billboard country charts in its first week of release.
Oklahoma native Blake Shelton is extremely committed to Miranda Lambert, and he wants her to know that he has eyes only for her. In fact, even in his music videos, Shelton wants his love life to be 'based on a true story,' and his story will always include his wife... and not a random actress, which is why he refuses to play the romantic lead in his videos.
Country music got a little bit closer to possibly seeing a country singer win this season of 'American Idol' on Thursday night (April 11), as both Kree Harrison and Janelle Arthur landed in the Top 5 for Season 12.
Country superstar Brad Paisley's latest LP "Wheelhouse," has stirred up some controversy. Why? Two words: "Accidental Racist!" "Accidental Racist" is a duet Brad recorded with rapper LL Cool J and it deals with, well, racism.
