Luke Bryan & Miranda Lambert Win Big at the ACM Awards

The winners have been revealed for the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards! Fans named Luke Bryan Entertainer of the Year with a record breaking 1.1 million fans casting their votes in the Entertainer of the Year and New Artist of the Year categories combined. Luke co-hosted the ACM Awards along with Blake Shelton [...] Read More

Grand Ole Opry to Host Virtual Easter Egg Hunt March 29

For the second straight year, the Grand Ole Opry is teaming up with country stars, radio stations, attractions and other partners from across the country for a digital Easter Egg Hunt via Twitter on Friday, March 29. Prize eggs will be hidden around Nashville as well as in mystery cities across the U.S. Fans will [...] Read More

New Artist Spotlight: Kacey Musgraves

By Bob Doerschuk © 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. One strength of country music is its ability to mirror real life. Rarer is the artist whose stories come to us not washed in neon but raised from a deeper, dreamier place. Kacey Musgraves is one such anomaly. Born in [...] Read More

Jason Aldean, Guy Clark, Blake Shelton & More Announced as ACM Awards Off-Camera Winners

Today, the Academy of Country Music is announcing the winners of awards that will not be televised during the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, due to time constraints. The ceremony will be telecast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 8 p.m. live ET/delayed [...] Read More

Willie Nelson to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Berklee

Willie Nelson, Carole King and Annie Lennox will be presented with honorary doctor of music degrees by Berklee College of Music president Roger Brown at Berklee’s commencement ceremony, Saturday, May 11. Annie Lennox will speak at the ceremony, addressing more than 900 Berklee graduates, their parents and invited guests. The honorary doctorate recipients are being [...] Read More