- 8 years ago Sticky: What is your favorite country song?
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The 2015 CMA Nominations Suggest Country Music Wants to Get Better
Whatever you think about country music, there’s no disputing it has taken its fair share of heat. But as much as we criticize, we only do it because we love it, and just don’t like seeing country music in its current state. Fortunately, the newly announced 2015 Country Music Association award nominees signal a trend that has been building for a long time: Country music wants to get better, to be taken seriously, and the powers that be are finally doing something to prove they’re ready to help it
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Brad Paisley: Divorces Will Lead to Good Country Music
Brad Paisley opened up about the “outbreak” of divorce and what he thought about his country pals splits. "Yeah, those are the songs you want to hear.”
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Fall Country Music Preview 2015: 25 Essential Albums and Events
No matter if you listen to country music at dive bars, tailgate parties or spin class, there's a little something for everyone among the new albums being released this fall.
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Dierks Bentley to Open Whiskey Row Restaurant in Las Vegas
Dierks Bentley has announced plans to open a Whiskey Row restaurant in Las Vegas, on the Strip. The eatery, which will open in July of 2016 on the Las Vegas Strip, is part of a new, bustling retail and dining district, the Park, that will span eight acres.
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Nashville's Cheatin' Heart: Why Country Music Has Been Obsessed With Adultery for the Last Century
Country music and cheating go together like whiskey and water. Flip on any radio station—classic country, pop-country, alt-country, “truck-driving country”—and mixed in with the love songs and the hoedown stomps and the patriotic ballads, you’re bound to hear some poor soul walking the floor over the loss of his woman. Or some desperate soul pleading a temptress not to take her man.
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Maddie & Tae: "People Forget How Great Country Music Is"
When you get a little taste of fame — or simply when the times and trends change — it’s easy to forget a lot of grounding truths and realities in life. For Maddie & Tae, there is one truth they won’t ever forget: Country music is great.
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Modern Country Music: Does It Have a Future or Will It Fail?
A beer-swilling man in a pickup truck invites a girl wearing cutoff jeans to swill beer with him at a riverside bathed in the moonlight. If this scenario sounds familiar, you may be living in a modern pop-country song, where such scenarios play out without any apparent end in sight.
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Women push for equality, and quality, in country music
Leslie Fram started seeing the problems that women were facing in country music when she came to Nashville four years ago to lead CMT’s music strategy division. A former rock radio programmer, she immersed herself in the songwriter community and was blown away when she heard Brandy Clark performing at the tiny Bluebird Cafe. Grammy-nominated Clark, an artist who has penned hits for Miranda Lambert and Kacey Musgraves, was not being played on country radio.
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Luke Bryan on Pushing the Boundaries of Country Music
Luke Bryan‘s role in this musical melting pot is more than complementary. The “Strip It Down” singer is both lauded and ridiculed as he climbs the charts with each new single (11 of his last 13 singles have hit No. 1) and takes home yet another Entertainer of the Year award. On Kill the Lights, his fifth studio album, Bryan dabbles in hip-hop, hard rock, R&B and Alabama‘s vintage, mid ’80s pop-country.
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Jake Owen and Wife Lacey Divorcing
Jake Owen and his wife Lacey are getting a divorce. The “Real Life” singer shared the news with his fans on Friday afternoon (August 7), calling it the hardest thing he’s ever done.
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Dierks Bentley Literally Comes a Little Closer at WE Fest
The evening crowd certainly got close to Dierks Bentley on Day 2 at WE Fest 2015. One lucky fan danced with the Riser singer, while another enjoyed shotgunning a beer onstage with the star. Others got high fives or even had the chance to touch his arm when Bentley ran out into the audience during Come a Little Closer.
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Garth Brooks Is Country Music's Top Tour Money-maker of 2015
Garth Brooks comes in at No. 2 on Pollstar's list of the top money-making tours in 2015, making the most of any country artist.
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Country Music Sensation Lynn Anderson Dies From Heart Attack At 67
The legendary singer died in Nashville at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, according to a statement made by her rep to Billboard. The spokeswoman also shared that Anderson had recently been suffering from pneumonia.
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"Red Dirt" Non-Live
"Red Dirt" Non-Live, a playlist on Spotify
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Miranda Lambert on Twitter
“Thank you Jesus for girlfriends and coffee. Oh and concealer! #wewokeuplikethis https://t.co/EOsM2Mnh5y”
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Eric Church Exhibit Coming to Country Music Hall of Fame
Visitors to Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will soon be able to walk through the life and career of Eric Church. The "Like a Wrecking Ball" singer has been tapped as the subject of the venue's next cameo exhibition, opening September 18th.
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Luke Bryan: CMA Music Fest Is "Ground Zero for Hardcore Country Music Fans"
Luke Bryan teased his upcoming performance for the CMA Music Festival, calling the annual event "ground zero for hardcore country music fans"
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Ashley Monroe’s Best Questions From #AskAshley
The first thing you should know is, there were little knife emojis everywhere. During CMT’s Twitter chat with Ashley Monroe she dished about her new album The Blade.
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Dierks Bentley Surprises Fans
“Take a ride with Dierks and @MaddieandTae surprising fans at #CountryThunder... #SoundsOfSummer https://t.co/wJPWhyT4Ns”
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Florida Georgia Line helped change country music. What do they say to people who wish they didn’t?
While it's pretty great to be one of the most successful acts in Nashville, it's also a contentious time thanks to the 'bro country' backlash.