This Week’s Top 20 Chart
Top 20 Country Countdown welcomed Dierks Bentley to the set this week to talk about his new album, Home, out February 7th with host Nan Kelley. Dierks also shared the stories behind writing and recording some of his favorite tracks from his new album. If you missed the Friday night premiere, check the schedulefor re-airs [...]
Top 10 Country Tweets of the Week
Country music stars sure love Twitter! This week, Reba pokes fun at a hoax claiming she’d died in Austria, Sarah Buxton comes up with a clever invention, Jake Owen deals with a tired pup, Little Big Town teases their whereabouts, and proud dad Rhett Akins hears his son, Thomas Rhett, on the radio for the [...]
Reba’s New Sitcom Picked Up by ABC
Fans were devastated when Reba’s sitcom, Reba, was canceled after six seasons in 2007, but it looks like the Country Music Hall of Famer is making her way back to network television. According to The Hollywood Reporter (via the Huffington Post), ABC has ordered Malibu Country, a sitcom pilot written by and starring Reba. If [...]
Kellie Pickler Helps Launch Road to the Ram Jam Series
Ram Truck wants to bring you up close and personal with some of your favorite country stars. The ‘Road to the Ram Jam’ series will feature five of today’s best country artists leading up to an invitation-only 2012 Ram Jam concert on December 29 in Nashville where all the artists will perform. Kellie Pickler is [...]
Craig Morgan Is February’s NRA Country Artist of the Month
Craig Morgan is the NRA Country Artist of the Month for February. Having served 10 years in the U.S. Army before launching his music career, Craig is one of several country stars joining the This Is NRA Country movement in support of our U.S. military, appreciation for the outdoors, and love of family. “As someone [...]
Hank Williams Jr., Jamey Johnson Part of SirusXM Celebrating Waylon Jennings Tribute Album
Hank Williams Jr., Jessi Colter, Shooter Jennings, Jamey Johnson, and Josh Thompson will all be a part of radio special set to air on SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country (Channel 60). Filmed in front of a live audience at the SiriusXM Music City Theatre in Nashville, the special features music from WAYLON: The Music Inside, a three-volume collection dedicated to Waylon Jenning’s music. Read [...]
Exile & Trace Adkins to Perform at The Stars Go Blue Benefit Concert
Exile will perform at the 4th annual The Stars Go Blue benefit concert on March 6 at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Trace Adkins will also make a special appearance during the show. All proceeds from the event benefit the Blue Note Fund, a Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA) program designed to provide [...]
David Nail Hits the Road with Gavin DeGraw
David Nail recently celebrated his first No. 1 with “Let It Rain” and his brand of slow burn soul country has been getting attention from places as different as the Sundance Film Festival and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. His music also caught the ear of pop singer/songwriter Gavin DeGraw who liked what he [...]
Dierks Bentley Brings ‘Home’ to Top 20
You aren’t the only one who wants to watch GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown tonight! Dierks Bentley is in the studio this week to talk with host Nan Kelley about his new album, Home, in stores February 7. Dierks also shared some of the stories behind the writing and recording of his favorite tracks from [...]
Carrie Underwood to Release New Album May 1
Last week Carrie Underwood announced she’ll release her new single, “Good Girl,” later this month. With today comes the news that her new CD will be released on Tuesday, May 1. Produced by Mark Bright, the forthcoming album was featured in Entertainment Weekly’s recent “10 albums we can’t wait for.” This will be the fourth studio album on 19 [...]
