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<title>Dierks Bentley Scores No. 1 Song as &lt;I&gt;Hannah Montana&lt;/I&gt; CD Continues Reign</title>
<description><![CDATA[The <I>Hannah Montana: The Movie</I> soundtrack continues its No. 1 perch on <I>Billboard</I>'s country albums chart. But Dierks Bentley's "Sideways" topples his old buddy Kenny Chesney's "Out Last Night" from the top of this week's songs listing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2009-07-03T17:02:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Elvis, Hank, Michael: Killed by Fame</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hank Williams was lucky. That's a seemingly bizarre but logical argument that posits that his legacy was guaranteed by his early death while he was still at the top of his musical and songwriting powers. He was only 29 when he expired in the back seat of]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2009-07-02T14:32:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Ten Independent Albums You Might Have Missed</title>
<description><![CDATA[What better time to celebrate independent music than Independence Day? From the realms of bluegrass, alternative country, R&B and folk, here are 10 top-notch independent albums that have crossed my desk during the first half of 2009.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2009-07-01T17:56:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Brad Paisley: A Face Made for Videos</title>
<description><![CDATA[Brad Paisley's face is made for music videos. It is so good at registering shades of emotion (usually degrees of delight or incredulity) that it constitutes a show within a show.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2009-06-30T17:19:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Tanya Tucker Honors Her Father's Favorite Music on New Album</title>
<description><![CDATA[As a grade-schooler in Arizona, Tanya Tucker and her father, Beau Tucker, would convince touring country singers like Ernest Tubb and Little Jimmy Dickens to give her a moment in the spotlight, too. And by the time she was 13, Tucker was working her own s]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2009-06-29T17:03:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>HOT DISH: What's Going to Happen to All These Blondes?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Following up what I already wrote about the recent CMA Music Festival, I wonder if we should bless or curse all those blondes. Should they have a hit single, and will there be room for them on the chart? Can radio find a place for all the blondes? Do they]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2009-06-29T02:02:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Kenny Chesney and &lt;I&gt;Hannah Montana&lt;/I&gt; Still Top the Country Charts</title>
<description><![CDATA[The names are the same at the top of <I>Billboard</I>'s country albums and songs charts this week, where Kenny Chesney's "Out Last Night" and the soundtrack CD to <I>Hannah Montana: The Movie</I> continue to hold sway.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2009-06-27T18:02:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>&lt;I&gt;CMT Insider&lt;/I&gt; Interview: Miranda Lambert Talks About "Dead Flowers"</title>
<description><![CDATA[Miranda Lambert reunited with director Randee St. Nicholas to shoot the music video for "Dead Flowers." It's the first single from her third album, <I>Revolution</I>, scheduled for release in late September.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2009-06-26T14:45:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Scott H. Biram Mixes Roots Music, CB Radios and Punk Rock Attitude</title>
<description><![CDATA[The opening track of Scott H. Biram's <I>Something's Wrong/Lost Forever</I> is a whispered voice mail message he left on a friend's phone a short time after surviving a horrific wreck with a tractor-trailer in 2003: "They've got me held prisoner over here]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2009-06-26T12:55:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Brad Paisley, Here's Your 10-Year Gold Watch</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ten years on in his country music career, Brad Paisley is often overlooked as a major architect of the structure that is modern country music. There were very good reasons why he was awarded three major Buckle honors at the CMT Music Awards show on June 1]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2009-06-25T17:44:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Holly Williams Bares Her Soul on New Album, &lt;I&gt;Here With Me&lt;/I&gt;</title>
<description><![CDATA[At a time when artists seem to emerge from the woodwork to prove just how "country" they truly are, some are simply born that way. Take for example, Holly Williams.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2009-06-24T17:16:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Ten Prime Keith Urban Videos: The Saga of a Man and His Guitars</title>
<description><![CDATA[You can look at Keith Urban's music videos as a romantic series in which he falls more and more in love with his guitars. Sure, he likes the girls, the motorcycles and the convertibles with which he routinely co-stars. But for sheer euphoria, watch his fa]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2009-06-23T17:44:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>&lt;I&gt;CMT Insider&lt;/I&gt; Interview: Taylor Swift</title>
<description><![CDATA[After "Love Story" was named female video of the year and overall video of the year at the CMT Awards, Taylor Swift stopped backstage to talk to <I>CMT Insider</I>'s Katie Cook about two of her musical heroes and how her teenaged brother, Austin, reacts t]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2009-06-22T17:53:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>HOT DISH: Thanks, Fans, for Visiting Nashville and the CMA Music Festival</title>
<description><![CDATA[Did anybody in Nashville remember to thank the 56,000 guests who came from across the U.S. and around the world to attend the recent CMA Music Festival? Were there large white banners with red lettering that welcomed country music fans to our city? And we]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2009-06-22T06:02:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Kenny Chesney Has Top Song, &lt;I&gt;Hannah Montana&lt;/I&gt; Album Still Reigns</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tracy Lawrence, Darryl Worley, John Anderson and Justin Moore bring new albums to this week's <I>Billboard</I> chart, but the soundtrack to <I>Hannah Montana: The Movie</I> continues to hold the No. 1 niche, as it has for most of its eight-week run. Meanw]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2009-06-20T12:03:00-04:00</dc:date>
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