Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood Return as CMA Awards Hosts

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will be returning to host “Country Music’s Biggest Night™” for a fifth time in 2012. “The 46th Annual CMA Awards” airs live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Thursday, Nov. 1 (8-11 PM/ET) on ABC. “I think I can speak for both of us when I say that we [...] Read More

CMA Donates $10 Million to Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum

The Country Music Association has pledged $10 million to Working on a Building: Country Music Lives Here, the capital campaign designated to finance the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s expansion. The donation is the largest philanthropic gift in the organization’s history. In 1961, the CMA Board of Directors approved the establishment of the [...] Read More

Kenny Chesney to Play CMA Songwriters Series in Boston

Kenny Chesney will take part in the popular CMA Songwriters Series when it makes its debut in Boston on August 25. Kenny will appear with songwriters Matraca Berg (“You and Tequila,” “Strawberry Wine”), Brett James (“Jesus Take The Wheel,” “When The Sun Goes Down”), Wendell Mobley (“I Melt,” “There Goes My Life”), Craig Wiseman (“Live [...] Read More

Kix Brooks, CMA Donate $2.9 Million to Nashville

High-school sophomore Duncan McPherson had a tough gig on Wednesday. He played an intricate Spanish guitar piece with TV cameras rolling before an exclusive Nashville audience that included the mayor of his hometown and three country artists — Kix Brooks, Luke Bryan and Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild — all watching from the front row. Despite the pressure, Duncan played the piece quite nicely, demonstrating the volume of creative potential in the current class of students, if they’re simply given a chance. “I don’t think any of those chords are in ‘Red Dirt Road,’” Kix quipped. Read More