May 10, 2013, 10:00 am The perfect country song, according to David Allan Coe’s hilarious classic “You Never Even Called Me By My Name,” requires that you refer to trains, trucks, prison, gettin’ drunk and – of course – mama. By those standards, none of these songs are perfect, but they’re all at least very good at paying homage to [...] Read More
October 13, 2011, 4:39 pm The second annual American Country Awards will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Monday, Dec. 5, 8-10 p.m. ET live/PT tape-delayed, on FOX. Jason Aldean and Zac Brown Band lead the nominees with eight nominations each; Thompson Square earned seven nods; and The Band Perry and Taylor Swift each garnered [...] Read More
December 26, 2010, 5:20 am Carrie Underwood’s mix of stunning vocal power and well-conceived production made her concert tour one of the best of 2010. Added to her history as an “American Idol” winner and a consistent hitmaker, it’s little wonder that country music’s all-American girl is also one of the genre’s most-intriguing personalities off the stage, too. Thus, her marriage this summer to hockey player Mike Fisher was one of the most-celebrated nuptials of the entire year, coming in at No. 6 on the GAC countdown of the one dozen top stories in country during 2010. Read More
September 24, 2010, 11:13 am Newlywed Carrie Underwood‘s latest single, “Mama’s Song,” contains a line about a woman telling her mother she’s found the right man: “He treats your little girl like a real man should,” Carrie sings. When it was time to shoot the video, who else would she get to play her mom, but…her mom, Carole? And, though you can only see [...] Read More
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