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Her recording career spans 15 years and eight albums, but Terri Clark might just now be hitting her stride. Clark’s latest album ‘Roots and Wings’ finds her tapping into her own experiences for a largely self-written batch of original tunes — and earning some of the best reviews of her career along the way. According to Clark, who enjoyed a string of platinum success in the 90s, recent turmoil in

It’s arriving a year too late to commemorate the true anniversary of the occasion, but a new double-disc collection has brought together some of country and rock’s biggest names to honor Mark Twain 100 years after his death. The set, titled ‘Mark Twain: Words & Music,’ features contributions from Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Brad Paisley, Sheryl Crow, Ricky Skaggs, Joe Diffie, Clint Eastwood, a

David Nail’s career took plenty of twists and turns before he finally found his audience — including a busted deal at Mercury Nashville and a stint as a baseball coach. But when he finally released his debut album in 2009, its title ‘I’m About to Come Alive,’ proved prophetic. Now, Nail is one of country’s hottest freshman acts, and he’s looking to build on that success with the release of his sec

It has been a busy year for LeAnn Rimes. She's made numerous appearances around the world, appeared on America's Got Talent, filmed a movie for CMT and now has a new album in stores. I was blessed to be able to chat with LeAnn for a few minutes over the phone to talk about the new album, her experiences with the homeless youth of Chicago and her possible Twitter addiction.

Losing a band member is almost always difficult and it’s got to be particularly tough to learn your bandmate is leaving via Twitter, as the members of Gloriana discovered a couple of months ago, when vocalist and mandolin player Cheyenne Kimball announced she was quitting. They took the news in stride, however, and regrouped as a trio, getting down to work on their upcoming sophomore release, ‘A T

Jason Aldean‘s latest album, the double-platinum ‘My Kinda Party,’ isn’t even a year old yet, but he isn’t wasting any time getting started on his next release. In fact, he’s planning on heading into the studio next month to start laying down tracks. When Aldean’s crew convenes for the sessions for his fifth album, they’ll have no shortage of songs to choose from. In fact, it sounds like it’ll be

  19 Entertainment Scotty McCreery has just two weeks to go until he releases his debut album, ‘Clear as Day,’ so you can hardly blame the reigning ‘American Idol’ champ if he’s excited to talk about it. Taste of Country caught up with McCreery to do just that recently, and he shared the inside scoop on the stories behind the album’s 12 tracks, which he promises will give listeners an honest pictu

It’s been more than four years since Big & Rich released their last album, and the years since have seen both Big Kenny and John Rich start successful solo careers — but from all the fun they’ve been having on this year’s reunion tour, it’s obvious they missed making music together. Seeing Big & Rich back on stage raises the natural question of whether or not they’ll return to the studio f

19 Entertainment With a little less than a month to go until Scotty McCreery‘s ‘Clear as Day’ reaches stores, the countdown to the ‘American Idol’ winner’s debut is officially under way. That’s a long time to make do with Scotty’s first two singles, ‘I Love You This Big’ and ‘The Trouble With Girls.’ Thankfully, you can also pass the time by perusing the album’s recently revealed track listing. Re

She scored a number one duet with Brad Paisley this year, but it’s been a little while since Carrie Underwood released any new music on her ow. After all, her last album, ‘Play On,’ came out way back in 2009. Her fans shouldn’t have to wait too much longer to hear more from her, though. She revealed during a call to Ryan Seacrest’s radio show on Thursday that she’s hard at work on her next record.

  19 Entertainment With a little over a month to go before she releases her first album, ‘American Idol’ runner-up Lauren Alaina sounds like she’s bursting at the seams with excitement, eager for the world to hear the fruits of her labor in the studio. She can’t share the music with everyone just yet, but she did give her fans a glimpse of the album. In an email that went out this week, Alaina rev

Lady Antebellum have been busy this year. Their summer tour has come to an end and now it is time to go on the whirlwind promotion tour for their upcoming album Own The Night - in stores 9/13.