In November, Justin Moore and his wife Kate welcomed their second daughter, Kennedy Faye, to the world. Kennedy joined big sister Ella Kole, who turned 2-years-old over the weekend (Feb. 11).
Dierks Bentley‘s got a generous heart and a pointed interest in supporting our troops and their families, especially those in need. The country singer gifted a military family who needed a little help with a $50,000 donation on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ on Wednesday, and he was met with a hug from a uniformed officer and his wife, who shed tears of joy over Bentley’s financial contribution on their behalf.
One of the hottest books of the year is becoming one of the hottest movies of the year, featuring one of the hottest soundtracks of the year. Taylor Swift and Miranda Lambert‘s inclusion on ‘The Hunger Games’ soundtrack is just one of the big stories in today’s Taste of Country Daily Roundup. Kenny Rogers is also making waves, and over a dozen artists shared their most memorable Valentine’s Day stories.
Perhaps as much as any country artist, Kellie Pickler shares the details of her oft-tortured personal life with her fans and critics. On previous albums, she sang about her mother (‘I Wonder’) and an ex-boyfriend (‘Best Days of Your Life’). Unlike, say Taylor Swift, Pickler isn’t afraid to name names, but for the most part that’s because the “names” are related to her.
Josh Thompson, Rodney Atkins, Justin Moore and Trace Adkins are just a few of the big-name artists who have lent their songs to the new release from the NRA, ‘This Is NRA Country Vol. 1.’ The 12-track CD features several gun-friendly tunes, including Thompson’s ‘Way Out Here,’ Atkins’ ‘Cleaning This Gun,’ Moore’s ‘This Is NRA Country’ and Adkins’ ‘More of Us.’
Kenny Rogers filed a federal lawsuit Monday (Feb. 13) against his label Capitol Records, claiming the label owes him money for digital music sales. He’s also claiming he is owed $400,000 from Capitol that he has yet to receive because of a number of accounting errors. According to the suit, the second part of the claim has been an ongoing battle since 2007.
Wynonna Judd got engaged to sweetheart and band member Cactus Moser on Christmas Eve, and the singer just revealed some details about her upcoming fall wedding. While you might expect the country star to go for something shimmering and glitzy, Judd says that’s not in the cards for her in this, her third, wedding. In fact, this time around she tells People that the theme will be “barefoot and just fun.”
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‘CBS This Morning‘ shared the below clips of Jason Aldean‘s recent interview with Ben Tracy, where Aldean took Tracy backstage on his sold-out tour and also opened up about his rapid rise to country stardom. Despite the fact that Aldean didn’t win at the Grammys, he had the top-selling country album of the year as well as the fifth bestselling album in all of music. The singer is currently on his My Kinda Party Tour, where Tracy caught up with him before a show in Orlando.
February 14, 2012 I always cringe a bit when I watch red carpet interviews. They are usually an awkward experiment in butt kissing.
As country stars like Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum bask in their Grammy glory, it’s back to work for artists like Lee Brice, Jason Aldean and Ronnie Dunn. All three are included in the Taste of Country Daily Roundup, as is LeAnn Rimes — who is far from over the news of Whitney Houston’s passing — and Rascal Flatts, who’ve just announced a concert to benefit a few good causes.
It was a pretty epic weekend of golf at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, with Phil Mickelson destroying Tiger Woods on the final day to take the $1,152,000 first prize.
But the big star at Pebble Beach was Bill Murray, like he always is.
