Country Music News

Kelly Clarkson is looking forward to tying the knot... with Blake Shelton. No, the 'American Idol' winner isn't going to marry Shelton, but he is going to conduct her Texas-inspired wedding to Reba McEntire's stepson, Brandon Blackstock.

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Season 1 and Season 10 'American Idol' winners Kelly Clarkson and Scotty McCreery will perform on the stage where it all started once again. Thursday (April 11) is the results episode for the Top 6 of Season 12, and two of the show's biggest and most successful winners will teach the last half-dozen hopefuls how it's done.

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Brad Paisley's 'Wheelhouse' delivers a familiar mix of humor, life lessons and scorching guitar solos, but it does it in a way different from any of the other eight albums the 'Beat This Summer' singer has released. He took his old formula, balled it up, lit it on fire and tossed the ashes in the garbage. The result is a meaty and ambitious project that doesn't always click, but clears new ground when it does.

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Get ready to be broke by April 30. No fewer than three superstars are releasing new country music albums in April 2013, and that's before you get to projects from LeAnn Rimes and 'X Factor' winner Tate Stevens. The Band Perry, Brad Paisley, Eric Church, Willie Nelson and Kenny Chesney are just a few of the names releasing new music.

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Country icon Clay Walker attended the ACM Awards Sunday night (April 7) with his wife Jessica -- who was noticeably pregnant and beaming as the couple posed together on the red carpet.

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Trisha Yearwood, who stars in her own Food Network series 'Trisha's Southern Kitchen,' is quite a foodie -- obviously! When you work with food, especially delicious southern eats featuring a lot of fried, rich cuisine, you tend to taste test a lot of it... which can lead to a few extra unwanted pounds. Mrs. Garth Brooks has shed some excess weight, debuting a new, trimmer figure at the 2013 ACMs on Sunday (April 7).

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Mega superstars Garth Brooks and George Strait gave a once-in-a-lifetime performance at the 2013 ACMs on Sunday night (April 7), singing together for the first time ever in tribute to Dick Clark.

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The big 2013 ACM Awards winners in Las Vegas were Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan. Lambert took home three trophies, including Female Vocalist of the Year and Single and Song of the Year for 'Over You.' The singer couldn't help but become emotional as she accepted her fifth straight Female Vocalist trophy. 

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Country music legend Willie Nelson is always up for a collaboration, but this one takes the cake. The 79-year-old music icon recently ran into Dave Mustaine -- the frontman for the thrash metal band Megadeth -- at a restaurant in Texas, leading to the metal guitarist suggest a guest appearance for Nelson on the group's upcoming album.

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Country superstar Reba McEntire is one of the most successful female performers in country music history. Her long and varied career will be celebrated in an upcoming exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville titled 'Reba: All the Woman I Am.'

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“Brian & Todd’s 25th Anniversary Celebration” is Saturday night May 11th at the Sundance Steakhouse & Saloon featuring a special acoustical performance by Nashville artists Rachel Farley, Tyler Farr, Maggie Rose and Craig Campbell. Then, local favorites The Walker Williams band will take the stage.

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Sammy Kershaw's home in Lafayette, La. was damaged in a fire that broke out in the kitchen on Thursday (April 4). The property sustained heavy smoke damage, but thankfully, no one was injured in the blaze.

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