BMI will honor Kris Kristofferson as a music icon during its awards show in November. New releases for the week of June 30, 2009 include: Brad Paisley – American Saturday Night Amazon | iTunes [Bonus: "Then (Single Edit)"] | MySpace Brandon R... more info

Live Daily — Plus: Moby [ tickets ], Levon Helm [ tickets ], more * * * Rob Thomas [ tickets ] "Cradlesong" (Atlantic) The pop/rock star, who came to fame as the frontman for Matchbox Twenty, is finally ready to unveil his second solo record. The first si... more info

Radney Foster’s new album, Revival, is available for pre-order and the first 1,000 fans to do so will receive a free five-song EP. The new CD will be released on Sept. 1 and includes collaborations with Dierks Bentley and Darius Rucker. Congrats to... more info

Live Daily — For the second consecutive year, Taylor Swift [ tickets ] wept the Video of the Year and Female Video of Year categories at the annual CMT Music Awards [ tickets ], taking home a couple of belt-buckle-shaped trophies for "Love Story." "I wore a co... more info

ACountry — The 2009 CMT MUSIC AWARDS includes performances by Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, Kellie Pickler, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban and British rockers Def Le... more info

USA TODAY is teaming up with country singer Dierks Bentley, who is Twittering about his CMA Music Festival experience for our ... more info

USA Today Music — USA TODAY is teaming up with country singer Dierks Bentley, who is Twittering about his CMA Music Festival experience for our ... more info

Associated Press — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Dierks Bentley and his band recently jetted to Australia to open six shows for Brooks & Dunn, playing to more than 10,000 people a night in the country's largest cities.... more info

JamBase — "NO SERVICE FEE WEDNESDAYS" ONE DAY ONLY, JUNE 3RD - 5 MILLION TICKETS - ONLY AT LIVENATION.COM Today (Wednesday, June 3), Live Nation has dropped service fees on more than five million lawn tickets and hundreds of concerts, helping add value and ... more info

Live Daily — Brad Paisley's break from the road will soon be over, and the hard-touring country artist will be back at it full throttle when he launches his "American Saturday Night Tour" later this week. Paisley is due to return to the stage Friday (6/5) in Char... more info