L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Coachella event hits high points all along country music's route. Two faces of contemporary country music stood in striking relief at the third edition of Stagecoach, the country ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — College-crowd favorites Brad Paisley and Kenny Chesney were there, with Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum for the boomer classic-rock canon. And as for the barbecue ... ... more info

Songwriters: Kenny Chesney and Brett James. I once had a journalism professor who said the hardest assignment for a writer was to take an ordinary person–the mechanics, the truck drivers and the waitresses of the world–and craft stories about the... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) "American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood [ tickets ] became the seventh female to win the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year award Sunday (4/5), ending Kenny Chesney's four-year reign.... continued more info

All About Jazz — The 44th Academy of Country Music Awards swung political, personal, playful and patriotic on Sunday> Ultimately opted for popular in bestowing its top honor on "American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood, naming her entertainer of the year over vetera... more info

MTV.com News — Taylor Swift takes Album of the Year; Underwood is Entertainer of the Year.By Gil Kaufman Carrie Underwood at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday Photo: Jon Kopaloff/ FilmMagic In what could signal a generational shift in the cou... more info

PopSugar — The big bright stars of country music came together in Las Vegas last night for the Academy of Country Music Awards. Nicole Kidman stood out on the red carpet, laughing with Keith Urban in her daring dress, while the young ladies in the circuit like ... more info

All About Jazz — ACM Awards: Scorecard Nominees and winners at the 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards, held April 5 in Las Vegas. Winners are in bold italics. Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley George Strait Carrie Underwood Keith Urban Top... more info

Here we are, three and a half hours until showtime and ready to find out whether Carrie Underwood will dethrone Kenny Chesney as Entertainer of the Year. If the number of links to our staff predictions posted this morning from Carrie fan sites are an... more info

Mercury News, California — Bickhardt, who spent 24 years in Nashville writing hits for others, proves a fine interpreter of his own material. Schuyler offers an intimate, mostly acoustic set that's nothing like the radio-driven fare of, say, Kenny Chesney or Lonestar, two acts... more info