Zac Brown Band Announces Lineup for Southern Ground Music & Food Festival in Nashville

Zac Brown Band’s Southern Ground Music & Food Festival will return to Nashville’s Riverfront Park on September 27-28 with an all-star lineup. ZBB will perform along with special sit-in performances by Kenny Chesney, John Fogerty, Jason Mraz and more. Also on the lineup are Willie Nelson & The Family Band, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, [...] Read More

Taylor Swift Named Favorite Country Artist at People’s Choice Awards

The people have spoken and they have named Taylor Swift as their Favorite Country Artist at the People’s Choice Awards. Olivia Munn, who earlier joked that Taylor’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” was written about her, held on to the trophy a little too tightly, reminding the audience of Kanye West’s interruption at [...] Read More

Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift & More Nominated for Tonight’s People’s Choice Awards

Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood are the most-nominated country artists at tonight’s People’s Choice Awards with three nominations each. The two country powerhouses are up for Favorite Female Artist alongside Adele, Katy Perry and P!nk. They are also up for Favorite Country Artist with Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean and Tim McGraw. Carrie’s Blown Away album [...] Read More

GAC’s Top 10 Country Albums of 2012

Every year, music reviewers pull from the year’s releases to create Top 10 lists. 2012 was a fantastic year for country music, offering album after album of quality titles to choose from while overall sales for the genre rose 3.2% compared to this point last year. By the very nature of a ‘Top 10′ list, [...] Read More

GAC Album Review: Zac Brown Band’s Uncaged

A self-described “country-Southern rock-bluegrass-reggae-jam record,” as Zac Brown told the Associated Press earlier this year, ZBB’s third major label album ventures into excitingly unchartered territory as the band takes its rightful place as one of the genre’s most unique and daring mainstream acts. Uncaged, due in stores July 10, was produced once again with Keith [...] Read More