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05/31/2012

• NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Why the World Will Remember Doc Watson
• Jason Isbell, Gillian Welch Lead Nominations for Americana Music Honors and Awards
• OFFSTAGE: How Dierks Bentley Gets His Big Sound, Even Unplugged
• Toby Keith Leads Upcoming Now Country Compilation
• Kenny Rogers, Emmylou Harris Appearing at Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony
• OFFSTAGE: Kenny Chesney: Songs From Studio to Stage
• American Idol Alums Lauren Alaina, Casey James and Scotty McCreery to Perform During CMT Music Awards
• OFFSTAGE: Kelly Clarkson Turns 30, Loses 30

05/30/2012

• Steep Canyon Rangers Find "Long Shot" Success
• Elvis Presley's Former Crypt Being Auctioned
• Event Raises $664,000 for Children's Hospital
• OFFSTAGE: See Vintage Taylor Swift Pictures
• Easton Corbin Plans Free CMA Music Festival Show
• OFFSTAGE: Kenny Chesney's New Album Includes Song About Alzheimer's Disease
• CMT Blog: More About Dierks Bentley on CMT Unplugged
• OFFSTAGE: Radio Spins + Miranda Lambert Tweets = New Artist Love
• Around the Web: Tim McGraw Opts for a Scaled Down Operation

05/29/2012

• Doc Watson, Legendary Acoustic Guitarist and Singer, Dies at Age 89
• Taylor Swift Exhibit Planned for Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
• Leftover Salmon Return to Ancestral Waters
• Joe Walsh's CMT Crossroads Features Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Luke Bryan
• Randy Travis Files Response, Counterclaim in Former Manager's Lawsuit
• OFFSTAGE: Dolly Parton, Luke Bryan Inspire Kisses on The Bachelorette
• OFFSTAGE: Is a Band Perry, Sheryl Crow Collaboration Coming Soon?
• Around the Web: Kenny Chesney Dives Into the Fishbowl
• OFFSTAGE: Heat Fuels Martina McBride's Indy 500 Anthem

05/28/2012

• Carrie Underwood: CMT Insider Interview (Part Two)
• HOT DISH: Billy Bob Thornton, Kinky Friedman Collaborate on New Book
• Hamburger Casserole

05/26/2012

• Carrie Underwood Still Champion With Blown Away
• George Jones Released From Hospital

05/25/2012

• Carrie Underwood: CMT Insider Interview (First of Two Parts)
• Josh Abbott Band Get in "Touch" Beyond Texas
• Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts Highlight Concerts During Memorial Day Weekend
• Pistol Annies' Angaleena Presley Weds
• CMT Blog: Dierks Bentley Sings Adele in CMT Unplugged
• OFFSTAGE: Martina McBride's Starting Her Indy Engine
• OFFSTAGE: What Dancing With the Stars Did for Cowboy Troy

05/24/2012

• NASHVILLE SKYLINE: So What's All This About Jason Aldean?
• Tim McGraw Will Give 25 Free Homes to Veterans
• OFFSTAGE: Taylor Swift, Kristen Bell Make Maxim List
• Johnny Cash Music Festival Announces Lineup
• OFFSTAGE: Kenny Chesney Is Packed for His 19,458-Mile Road Trip
• Around the Web: Luke Bryan Plays Matchmaker
• OFFSTAGE: Tim McGraw to Sing 25 Soldiers Home

05/23/2012

• Luke Bryan Celebrates 1 Million Tailgates & Tanlines
• OFFSTAGE: Carrie Underwood: "Bull Rider on the Side"
• Dolly Parton, Patsy Montana Recordings Added to Library of Congress
• Joe Nichols Exits Show Dog-Universal Label
• CMT Blog: Fans Can Unlock Lady A With Tweets
• OFFSTAGE: What Hunter Hayes Will Be Wearing on Carrie Underwood Tour
• Around the Web: Kip Moore Caught More Than Waves in Hawaii
• OFFSTAGE: Miranda Lambert Thanks Taylor Swift in W

05/22/2012

• New Music: Kip Moore, Willie Nelson and More
• Hank Williams Jr. Records With Brad Paisley, Merle Haggard
• OFFSTAGE: Carrie Underwood Brings Periwinkle Glam to White Carpet
• CMA Music Festival Adds Acoustic Performances
• OFFSTAGE: 10 Best Comments From the Oh-So-Quotable Pistol Annies
• Gloriana's New Album Due July 31
• Around the Web: Jason Aldean's Secret Weapon
• CMT Blog: Tagged Photos Could Snag You a Seat
• OFFSTAGE: Martina McBride Tickled by Good Wine

05/21/2012

• Tim McGraw Unveils "My Next Big Career Move"
• Toby Keith, Kristen Bell Will Host CMT Music Awards
• George Jones Hospitalized for Respiratory Infection
• Tim McGraw Signs to Big Machine Records
• OFFSTAGE: Luke Bryan Is Pulling for Phillip Phillips on American Idol
• Jason Aldean Wins Two Billboard Music Awards
• OFFSTAGE: Miranda Lambert on Hamburger Steak and the Weather Channel
• Around the Web: Jennifer Nettles Says Talent Shows Are the Real Deal
• OFFSTAGE: Washing Kenny Chesney's Road Dust Off
• HOT DISH: T Bone Burnett Works With Lisa Marie Presley on New Album
• Baked Chicken

05/20/2012

• Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, Co-Writer of "Islands in the Stream," Dead at Age 62

05/19/2012

• Carrie Underwood Spends a Second Week at No. 1 With Blown Away

05/18/2012

• 12 New Albums Coming in Early Summer 2012
• Scotty McCreery Returning to American Idol
• OFFSTAGE: Carrie Underwood: "Now I'm Carrie and Mike"
• Glen Campbell to Be Grand Marshal at CMA Music Festival Parade
• OFFSTAGE: Kenny Chesney's Body's a Temple
• OFFSTAGE: Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher Disagree During Oprah Interview
• Around the Web: Miranda Lambert Shied Away From Nashville

05/17/2012

• NASHVILLE SKYLINE: How Elvis Presley and Other Superstars Became Zombies
• Disco Queen Donna Summer Dies at 63
• Lady Antebellum's Prom Event Raises $285,000
• Taylor Swift Pledges $4 Million to Country Music Hall of Fame
• OFFSTAGE: Why Carrie Underwood Is a Keith Urban Fan
• OFFSTAGE: Taylor Swift's Latest Co-Writer
• OFFSTAGE: Zac Brown's Camp Southern Ground's "No Hurry" Vibe
• Doug Dillard, Influential Banjo Player, Dies at Age 75

05/16/2012

• Lee Brice Joins Songwriters to Salute Success of "A Woman Like You"
• Taylor Swift Named Most Influential by Forbes
• OFFSTAGE: Miranda Lambert's Not Sorry
• Country Throwdown Tour Begins Friday
• Music Seen: Casey James Performs in Nashville
• OFFSTAGE: Nine Minutes With Jason Aldean
• IBMA Awards Show Will Move to Raleigh, N.C.
• OFFSTAGE: Tim McGraw: "By God, That's Country"
• Around the Web: Lady Antebellum Go "Dancing Away" to Prom

05/15/2012

• Pat Green Takes It Easy on New Album
• OFFSTAGE: The Best Gift for Miranda Lambert's Anniversary
• Willie Nelson's Heroes Leads New Releases
• Around the Web: Carrie Underwood Invites Oprah Over
• Rascal Flatts' Changed Certified Gold
• OFFSTAGE: Open the Show at Canada's Capital Hoedown
• OFFSTAGE: Is Kip Moore the Hillbilly Bruce Springsteen?

05/14/2012

• CMT Music Awards Reveals Performers
• Kenny Chesney Unveils New Single, "Come Over"
• OFFSTAGE: Carrie Underwood on the Bible Belt-ness of Country
• ABC Orders Malibu Country, Nashville
• OFFSTAGE: Rascal Flatts Choose a Winner in Guitar Design Contest
• John Rich Hosting St. Jude Fundraiser Featuring Kellie Pickler, Darius Rucker
• OFFSTAGE: Jake Owen's Peanuts-in-Coke Recipe
• Around the Web: Kip Moore Puts the Pedal to the Metal
• HOT DISH: Where's Taylor Swift?
• Baked Orange Roughy

05/13/2012

• Justin Moore's Tour Bus Involved in Fatal Accident

05/12/2012

• Carrie Underwood Blows Into No. 1 Album Spot with Blown Away

05/11/2012

• 12 Country Classics: A Wailing Wall of Songs About Mother
• Kenny Rogers Enchants Audience at Final Hall of Fame Show
• Chris Young, Scotty McCreery Will Sign Autographs at CMA Music Festival
• CMT's My Big Redneck Vacation Returns June 6
• OFFSTAGE: Carrie Underwood's My-Bad Moment in "Before You Freak"
• David Nail, Jana Kramer Plan Hall of Fame Shows
• OFFSTAGE: Zooey Deschanel to Play Loretta Lynn in New Version of Coal Miner's Daughter
• OFFSTAGE: Tim McGraw Sings an Unlikely Mother's Day Song
• Around the Web: Justin Moore Delivers the Details

05/10/2012

• NASHVILLE SKYLINE: RIP Goober: Goodbye to All That
• Groundbreaking for OK Kids Korral Coincides With Toby Keith & Friends Golf Classic
• Kenny Rogers Signs With Warner Bros. Records
• OFFSTAGE: Top 10 Blake Shelton Quotes From The Voice
• Wade Bowen Raises $150,000 for Hometown Charity
• OFFSTAGE: Carrie Underwood on Private Planes and Paparazzi
• OFFSTAGE: Martina McBride Adds a Pinch of Multi-Tasking to Tart
• Around the Web: Carrie Underwood Gets Her Game On

05/09/2012

• Dustin Lynch Rides High With "Cowboys and Angels"
• Luke Bryan, Mavericks Play Grammy Block Party
• Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan Will Shoot in Charity Event for Tug McGraw Foundation
• "Don't You Wanna Stay" Certified Double Platinum
• OFFSTAGE: Taylor Swift: "Being Single Is What I Do"
• OFFSTAGE: Blake Shelton and Tim McGraw's Favorite Country Songs
• OFFSTAGE: Get Wrapped Up in Chris Young Songs
• Around the Web: Blake Shelton Mentors a New Voice to Victory

05/08/2012

• Lady Antebellum Talk Touring, Writing and Helping a Hard-Hit Town
• OFFSTAGE: Carrie Underwood on Her "Loves Gone Wrong"
• Lionel Richie's Tuskegee Reaches Platinum
• OFFSTAGE: Miranda Lambert's Fascinating Fascinator
• Pat Green Leads Independent Releases
• Around the Web: Vote for The Voice
• OFFSTAGE: Keith Urban's Two Cover Girls on Australian Harper's Bazaar
• Patsy Cline Exhibit Planned at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

05/07/2012

• Jake Owen Gets Married in Vero Beach, Fla.
• Eric Church Plays Sold-Out Nashville Show
• OFFSTAGE: Jake Owen's Wedding Weekend Schedule
• CMT, Steve Austin Team for Redneck Island
• Lady Antebellum Will Sing on The Voice
• OFFSTAGE: Miranda Lambert Buries the Hatchet With Ashton Kutcher
• Carrie Underwood Adds Four Australian Concerts
• OFFSTAGE: CMT Listen Up: Casey James
• Around the Web: Carrie Underwood Sings the Praises of Her Husband
• HOT DISH: Get Well, George Jones
• Good Casserole

05/06/2012

• George "Goober" Lindsey Dies at Age 83
• OFFSTAGE: Jake Owen "Truly Sorry" for Weekend Incident in His Hometown

05/05/2012

• Rascal Flatts' "Banjo" Rings as Week's Top Song

05/04/2012

• Lady Antebellum's Tour Hits New York City
• Eric Church, Miranda Lambert Join Illinois State Fair Lineup
• Brad Paisley Adds Three Newcomers to Tour
• OFFSTAGE: Tim McGraw on Kenny Chesney: "He's a Really Good Songwriter"
• OFFSTAGE: Carrie Underwood Feels Nerve-Wracking Emotions Again
• Around the Web: Trace Adkins Gives WWII Vets Wings
• OFFSTAGE: Ping Pong Truths With Blake Shelton

05/03/2012

• NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Big Summer Sounds Coming From Alan Jackson
• Miranda Lambert Joins CMA Music Festival Lineup
• Jewel Will Portray June Carter Cash in TV Movie
• Vince Gill Plans Bluegrass Tour in June
• OFFSTAGE: Glee Time for Taylor Swift
• OFFSTAGE: Carrie Underwood Goes Glam for Glamour
• OFFSTAGE: Tim McGraw's Favorite Tim McGraw Songs
• Around the Web: Aaron Lewis Outgrew His Hard Rock Past

05/02/2012

• 12 Country Tours for Summer 2012
• OFFSTAGE: Eric Church on the "Roughest Path"
• Alan Jackson, Ricky Skaggs Plan Special Opry Shows
• OFFSTAGE: Little Big Town's "Pontoon" Moving More Than Five MPH
• Eric Church Resumes Tour After Canceled Show
• Around the Web: Brad Paisley Sees Through Carrie Underwood

05/01/2012

• Carrie Underwood Marks Life's Little Moments With Blown Away
• OFFSTAGE: Eric Church vs. Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton
• Carrie Underwood Reveals Tour Dates
• ASCAP Honors Writers of George Strait's "Love's Gonna Make It Alright"
• Around the Web: Lee Brice Isn't So Hard 2 Love
• OFFSTAGE: Surprise! You're Opening for Brad Paisley
• OFFSTAGE: More About Carrie Underwood's PS22 Visit