Detroit Lakes’ WE Fest Announces ’10 Lineup

Detroit Lakes’ WE Fest Announces ’10 Lineup DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP) ¯ Promoters have announced the lineup for this year’s WE Fest, the three-day country music festival at a campground near Detroit Lakes. The headliners for this year’s events are country superstars Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney, and rocker Kid Rock. The festival kicks off [...]

Charlie Daniels Suffers Minor Stroke

Charlie Daniels Suffers Minor Stroke Posted: Wed., Jan. 20, 2010 11:36:59 AM MST DURANGO, Colo. (AP) -— A statement on musician Charlie Daniels’ website says the fiddler-guitarist is recovering from a mild stroke he suffered while snowmobiling in Colorado. The statement says the 73-year-old Daniels suffered the stroke Friday and was treated at a hospital [...]

CMT Award Winners And List Of Winners Taylor Swift

CMT Award Winners And List Of Winners NASHVILLE, TN (AP) — Taylor Swift opened Tuesday’s Country Music Television awards with a skit about living out her dreams. The 19-year-old country and pop sensation went a long way toward doing just that by winning video of the year and female video of the year for “Love [...]

Brad Paisley Grabs Three Wins at CMT Music Awards

With three wins, Brad Paisley emerged on top at the 2009 CMT Music Awards, although it’s likely that Taylor Swift‘s three performances are what country music fans will be talking about in the days to come. She also won two awards — including video of the year for “Love Story” — during Tuesday night’s (June [...]

Country Artists Try To Build Their Base Abroad

Country Artists Try To Build Their Base Abroad NASHVILLE, TN (AP) — Dierks Bentley and his band recently jetted to Australia to open six shows for Brooks & Dunn, playing to more than 10,000 people a night in the country’s largest cities. And yet Bentley, a headlining act in the U.S. with a half dozen [...]

Delfest

The Spirit Of Delfest Shines Through In Spite Of Storm NASHVILLE, TN (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Sam Bush was tearing up the main stage with some blazing bluegrass on a sunny Saturday afternoon, when a few raindrops at the Allegany County Fairgrounds in Cumberland, Maryland, site of Delfest, suddenly turned into a storm that no one [...]

Montgomery Gentry Invited To Join Grand Ole Opry

Montgomery Gentry (AP) Montgomery Gentry Invited To Join Grand Ole Opry NASHVILLE, TN (AP) — Montgomery Gentry is set to become the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry. Opry member Charlie Daniels surprised the duo on stage Tuesday by asking them to join. They will be formally inducted on June 23. Since their 1999 [...]

2009 CMT Award Nominations

Sugarland Sugarland Leads With 5 CMT Award Nominations NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Sugarland leads all the nominees announced Tuesday for Country Music Television’s awards show next month with five nominations. Brad Paisley and Taylor Swift are next with four each, followed by Rascal Flatts and newcomers Lady Antebellum with three fan-voted nominations apiece. Kelly Pickler [...]

Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell and Charlie McCoy in the Hall of Fame

Country music stars, from left, Charlie McCoy, Barbara Mandrell and Roy Clark, pose before being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell Join Hall Of Fame NASHVILLE, TN (AP) — Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell and Charlie McCoy were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on [...]

Tim McGraw Signs With Red Light Management

Tim McGraw Signs With Red Light Management Posted: Wed., Apr. 29, 2009 07:27:02 AM MST CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (VIP-NEWS) — Coran Capshaw has signed country star Tim McGraw to his Red Light Management artist roster. McGraw will be joining Dave Matthews Band and Phish as Capshaw’s primary focus. The Curb recording artist had been managed by [...]