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Keith Urban took the words right out of my mouth. After Anton Bushner auditioned on Wednesday night’s (Jan. 14) American Idol, Urban got a little choked up. Then told him, “You deserve to be out in Hollywood.” Bushner had done a damn-near-perfect cover of Urban’s “Tonight I Wanna Cry.” Even countrier than the original. It… Read more »

Glen Campbell has capped his recording career with an Oscar nomination for “I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” a 2014 single that received the nod on Thursday morning (Jan. 15) for best original song in a film. The recording comes from a documentary titled Glen Campbell … I’ll Be Me, which chronicles his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s… Read more »

In case you were wondering how much country cred Jamie Lynn Spears has, she can apparently break up a fistfight just fine. The aspiring country singer and Brittney Spears’ little sis has been caught on camera doing just that — by pulling out a butcher knife and waving it menacingly at a bunch of brawling… Read more »

Maybe Keith Urban was inspired by his fellow American Idol judge — celebrated jazz vocalist, pianist and New Orleans native Harry Connick Jr. — when he decided to join the lineup for the 2015 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. And while you might be thinking, “Wait … what’s Keith doing at a jazz festival,”… Read more »

Scotty McCreery took to Facebook Wednesday (Jan. 14) to remember his grandfather, who passed away on Sunday (Jan. 11). William James “Bill” McCreery, 86, died at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, North Carolina, after a brief illness. Writing on Facebook, McCreery said: Post by Scotty McCreery. A private graveside service will be held Thursday… Read more »

This is the epitome of my love/hate relationship with Twitter. And Nashville. And Miranda Lambert. Love, because how thoroughly cool is it that Lambert took to Twitter and Instagram to announce that in a few hours, she’d play a free show at Nashville’s Exit/In? Been at rehearsals all week in Nashville for the #CertifiedPlatinum tour…. Read more »

At the end of FOX’s New Girl on Tuesday night (Jan. 13), our very own Shania Twain made an appearance. Of sorts. Her 20-year-old song “Any Man of Mine” played a crucial role in helping the hit sitcom’s Coach to confront his biggest fear: country music line dancing. Twain wrote the song with her then-husband… Read more »

The big moment has arrived for singer-songwriter RaeLynn with the release of her five-song EP titled simply Me. The collection is up for grabs on iTunes and, yes, I grabbed it because I personally just adore this gal. As I’ve said before, interviews with her are the most welcoming breath of fresh air. Any topic… Read more »

The antithesis of the tailgate musings of today’s mainstream country, Justin Townes Earle continues to go deep as a lyricist on his just-released album, Absent Fathers. The 10-song collection was recorded at the same time he was in the studio working on Single Mothers. Originally intended as a double album, Earle felt as though each… Read more »