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• Oprah To Interview Carrie Underwood This Sunday This weekend, Oprah Winfrey travels to Nashville to talk with country sensation Carrie Underwood and her NHL husband Mike Fisher, for their first television interview together. Carrie and Mike invite Oprah inside their cabin retreat for the...
• Ten Things About George Strait, Who Turned 60 Today The reigning king of country music, George Strait, turns 60 today (May 18). He's had a long career and an interesting life, much of it spent outside the glitter and glare of Nashville. Here's a few things that you may or may not know about...
• Nashville Hotline: Taylor Swift Donates $4 Million To Open "Taylor Swift Education Center" The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is about to get a new education center, which evidently, doesn't come cheap. Taylor Swift has pledged $4 million towards the new center, which will be named after her. The Taylor Swift Education Center...
• BREAKING: Kerry Wood To Retire (WSCR) Veteran Cubs right-hander Kerry Wood will announce his retirement from baseball today. CLICK HERE TO SEE KERRY WOOD THROUGH THE YEARS The Cubs signed Wood to a one-year contract for 2012 worth $3 million. Over 14 season, 12 with the...
• Martina McBride Finds Her New Focus On Songwriting 'Really Liberating' [Interview] For the last several years (and her past three albums), vocal superstar Martina McBride has been working more on writing the songs she sings. It's a process that didn't come easily at first, but one she now finds "really liberating," as she tells...
• Donna Summer Remembered By Country Musicians And Other Artists Following the news today of Donna Summer's passing, celebrities from all genres and generations took to Twitter to share their feelings with their fans and the world. Country artists are among those who chimed in: I can't believe we've lost...
• Lady A Raises Over $250,000 For Henryville It started as just a simple idea Lady Antebellum had while in the studio one day: let's play a high school prom! But in the end, the idea helped raise $258,000 to help rebuild the small town of Henryville, Indiana. Last night (May 16), Henryville...
• Disco Queen Donna Summer Dead At 63 In Florida MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Singer Donna Summer, whose songs defined the music of the Disco 70′s has died after a battle with cancer, according to her family. There were few details available. Her family released a statement after her death was...
• Nashville Hotline: Rascal Flatts's "Changed" Goes Gold! Vince Gill Disappointed With New Country Congratulations to Rascal Flatts whose latest album Changed has sold over 500,000 copies! Lead singer Gary LeVox tells us how much they're enjoying where they're at as a band in their career. But we think they might have some competition soon:...
• Miss Willie Brown Stops By The US99.5 Studios To Perform! A&M/Octone recording artist Miss WIllie Brown stopped by the US99.5 studios to perform for the staff, playing their latest hit as well, as a couple of other songs you may start hearing soon. You might recognize the name, as Miss Willie Brown...
• Taylor Swift Gives Back To Country Music Hall Of Fame It's no secret that Taylor Swift has money. After all, she landed at #11 on Forbes' Most Powerful Celebrity list for her earnings of $57 million last year. What do you do when you have that kind of cash laying around? You give back to the community...
• Willie Nelson Talks New Album 'Heroes' And Performs With Son On 'Jimmy Fallon' The legendary Willie Nelson stopped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night (May 14) for a chat and to play some music. During the conversation, the 79-year-old country music legend discussed his new album Heroes,, his recent collaboration...