Josh Kelley Follows in Brother’s Country Footsteps
Most diehard Lady Antebellum fans know that Hillary Scott’s mother is singer Linda Davis. But Lady A’s Charles Kelley comes from a musical family too. His brother Josh had a debut pop hit in 2003 with “Amazing” and another Top 10  in 2005 with “Only You.” Now Josh is coming over to the country. Record label UMG — home to [...]

Joe Nichols Has Respect, Will Travel
Joe Nichols spent a week this summer singing for American troops in the Middle East, and the good vibes from that trip are getting double coverage on GAC, in the special Joe Nichols: My Military Diary and in a slot on this weekend’s Top 20 Country Countdown, hosted by Nan Kelley. Joe made some new friends on his overseas visit, and he was particularly impressed by the dedication the service men and women demonstrate on a daily basis. Their lives are on the line every hour, and they’re forced to be away from home for months at a time during their tour of duty.

Tim McGraw: Blind Side Matches Home Side
The much-talked-about movie The Blind Side, in which Tim McGraw plays the husband of Sandra Bullock, finally hits theaters on Friday. Tim was at first reticent to get involved in a film that would have him play the father of a high school football player. That is, he reasoned, the same kind of role he had in the picture Friday Night Lights. But when Tim read the script and realized how powerful the movie could become, he changed his mind. It certainly helped that he felt a kinship to his character, whose wife has the same kind of strength that Tim’s wife, Faith Hill, exerts in his real-life family.

A Country Fan’s Guide to the American Music Awards
The dust has barely settled here in Nashville from last week’s 43rd Annual CMA Awards Show and here we go again, sort of… The 2009 American Music Awards will air this Sunday, November 22 at 8 p.m. CT on ABC LIVE from the NOKIA Theatre in L.A.  The AMA’s honor artists in the categories of Pop/Rock, [...]

John Mayer Recommends Therapy for Taylor Swift
It looks like John Mayer’s brand new album Battle Studies, released this past Tuesday, is on the fast track to top the Billboard Top 200 chart.   This would be the second time John will have an album take the top spot week of release.   Of special interest to all you country fans will be the [...]

Lee Ann Womack Joins George Strait & Reba McEntire On Tour
The King of Country Music George Strait has added award-wining and platinum recording artist Lee Ann Womack to his previously announced arena tour with Entertainment Superstar Reba McEntire.  The tour kicks off in early 2010 and continues through late Spring. “’Does Ft Worth Ever Cross Your Mind’? ‘Whoever’s In New England’? ‘The Fireman’? ‘Little Rock’? ‘Wrapped’? [...]

Kenny Chesney Hints at Summer in Late-Fall Trailer
“It wouldn’t be summer without you!” So Kenny Chesney yells at the end of his 69-second trailer for Kenny Chesney: Summer In 3D, which appeared Wednesday on Moviefone, AOL Music and The Boot. Kenny will nonetheless spend much of summer without his fans next year as he plans to spend the hottest part of the year without mounting a tour for the first time in eight years or more. With the exception of a comparatively small number of dates, Summer In 3D will have to do for the fans.

Miranda Lambert: Zen Country Star
“Life,” according to the teaching of Buddha, “is suffering.” “Life,” wrote The Road Less Traveled author M. Scott Peck, “is difficult.” The characters in Miranda Lambert’s best-known songs — “Kerosene,” “Gunpowder & Lead” and the current “White Liar” — know suffering and difficulty well. Domestic violence, dishonesty and cheating are all some of the least savory characteristics of human beings, but they are human traits and behaviors nonetheless. Miranda understands, and it’s part of the reason she sings the kinds of songs she does.

The Hottest Women In Country Music…
When the GACTV.com staff heard that the popular men’s magazine Maxim decided to put out a list of the “Hottest Women of Country Music,”  I reluctantly stepped forward to do some research.  It’s a tough job but somebody has to do it.  So off I went to Maxim.com to review the list, presented in the [...]

Bucky Covington Praises His Hometown
Bucky Covington can go home again — and did, for his new EP, Live From Rockingham. The American Idol star-turned country hit maker recently went back to his hometown of Rockingham, N.C. to film a concert special that will air on GAC in early 2010.  A five-song EP is in stores today, featuring Bucky’s first [...]