Mjsbigblog — David Cook fans who attended a taping Thursday night in Los Angeles, for the Carrie Underwood holiday special, set to air on FOX December 7, brought back a few fun spoilers: David Cook performed “Lie” from his self titled album. Apparently, it�... more info

Live Daily — For the second time this month, season-seven "American Idol" winner David Cook [ tickets ] has tacked several new shows onto his upcoming fall run behind his self-titled debut. The next round of his excursion kicks off Nov. 3 in Phoenix and now co... more info

Mjsbigblog — Carrie Underwood: The Billboard Cover Story Though plans are still in the works, Fuller wants to expose Underwood’s music internationally. “We’ve got a shot at actually breaking out of America and having a run at a couple of other countries ar... more info

Starpulse — If the image of Dolly Parton was indeed to be carved in stone atop a great mountain in her native East Tennessee hills, it would be a worthy honor among the hundreds of honors[...] Read more! more info

Altsounds — Of all the wondrous things Dolly Parton has accumulated during her spectacular life in show business—seven Grammy awards, two Oscar nominations, a Tony nomination and her 1999 induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame, to name just a ... more info

MTV.com News — 'American Idol' winner returns to Fox on December 7 for 'An All-Star Holiday Special.' Carrie Underwood Photo: Ethan Miller/ Getty Images "American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood kick-started her career on Fox, so it's only fitting that she... more info

Mjsbigblog — We finally have some deets on the Carrie Underwood holiday special Nigel Lythgoe and Adam Shankman are producing for Fox television. And the news is awesome. David Cook will be one of her special guests!  Hooray! Brad Paisley and the fabulous ... more info

Esau Mwamwaya seems to ease into greatness. His songs and life sound charmed, inevitable even. The son of a civil servant in Malawi, he grew up listening to Dolly Parton and Lionel Ritchie. A month after he started singing for his first band, when he... more info

John Schneider, one-half of the Duke brothers, is returning to country music after a two decade hiatus and he’s attributing his return to a song titled “The Promise.” “Johnny [Cash] told me that one day, you’re gonna get back in th... more info

Birds are creepy, as anyone who’s seen a certain Hitchcock film knows. But from the great speckled bird to Dolly Parton’s little sparrow, these hollow-boned, beady-eyed creatures are something of a country music fixture. Let’s give a listen to ... more info