Yahoo! Music — Reuters - The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will celebrate its 40th anniversary this spring with a star-studded lineup featuring Aretha Franklin, Dave Matthews Band, Wilco, James Taylor, Wynton Marsalis, Kings Of Leon, Tony Bennett, the Nevill... more info

JamBase — 40th ANNIVERSARY JAZZ FEST ANNOUNCED! Wynton Marsalis, Aretha Franklin, Dave Matthews Band, James Taylor, Sugarland Joe Cocker, Ben Harper, Tony Bennett, Earth, Wind & Fire, Kings of Leon Neville Brothers, Wilco, Bonnie Raitt, Allen Toussaint, The O... more info

ACountry — CMT will re-broadcast the 42nd Annual CMA Awards on Saturday, November 29 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.  Hosted by reigning Male and Female Vocalists of the Year Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwoo, the show included performances by Trace Adkins, Jason Aldea... more info

MTV.com News — MC reprised his VMA performance with Rock on 'All Summer Long,' but inexplicably doesn't rap.By Shaheem Reid Lil Wayne and Kid Rock perform at the 2008 CMAs in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday Photo: Doug Pensinger/ Getty Images The best ... more info

ReutersKenny Chesney wins country music entertainer awardReuters - 4 hours agoBy Vernell Hackett NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Kenny Chesney captured country music's top prize -- entertainer of the year -- for the fourth time in five years on Wedn... more info

ContactMusic — Country music veteran GEORGE STRAIT has picked up the first prize at this year's (08) CMA Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. Strait claimed Single of The Year for I Saw ... more info

VH1 Blog — Def Leppard More CMT Music More CMT Music Videos CMT’s Crossroads is known for building unexpected bridges between a variety of artists. Bon Jovi & Sugarland, Maroon 5 & Sara Evans - there’s been some sweet match-ups. Tonight’s premiere of Ta... more info

Idolator — This week's No. 1 album is Kenny Chesney's bummed-out Lucky Old Sun, which sold 176,000 copies in its first week on shelves—not a bad number by current standards, although slightly off from his 387,000-copy first week total of last fall's Just Who ... more info

Topix — Other musical headliners at the State Fair this week: Sugarland , 7:30 p.m. Friday; $25 Mitchel Musso , 6 p.m. Saturday; $15 Josh Turner , 7:30 p.m. Wednesday; $25 tobyMac , 7:30 p.m. Oct. more info

ACountry — Sugarland’s Jennifer and Nettles and Kristian Bush were featured on CNN Headline News on October 3, 2008.  “We have people come up to as all the time and say, ‘I don’t like country music - but I like what you do.’ And we say, “Welcom... more info