Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - Carrie Underwood has rushed out the first single from her new album to YouTube, a day after an unfinished version of "Cowboy Casanova" leaked online. more info

If this were 1992, and the release of this song came on the boot scootin’ heals of the “Achy Breaky Heart” line dance craze, it would be an understandable entry from a new country act trying to score some face-time on TNN’s ... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Carrie Underwood, Beck, Jay-Z • The Joy of Stephen Colbert: The New Issue • DJ AM Had OxyContin in System: Report • Keith Richards on Recording With Jack White • Whitney Houston on GMA: “I Never Left” • Crooked Vultures... more info

Rolling Stone — The first single from Carrie Underwood’s November 3rd album Play On has hit the Web. Check out the sassy “Cowboy Casanova” — which adds some poppy synths to Underwood’s twangy sound — above. As Associated Content notes, the new album feat... more info

Crazed Hits — Check out the new Carrie Underwood single, Cowboy Casanova, back to back with unpublished Crazed Hits artist, Brittany McDonald’s song, Bang. Last December Brittany met with one of the co-writers of the Carrie Underwood single, who heard Bang and ... more info

Perez Hilton — Listen to her latest single, Cowboy Casanova, above. Thoughts???? more info

MTV.com News — Gokey, who signed with RCA Nasville, was the last of this year's top four to land a deal.By Gil Kaufman Danny Gokey Photo: FOX Danny Gokey went from being the early favorite to third-place finisher on this year's "American Idol." And, as r... more info

Chicago Tribune — Sometimes, when bad things happen to good singers, the concert takes a turn for the better. more info

VH1 News — Are five "American Idol" alumni albums dropping in November? Carrie Underwood, Kris Allen and Jason Castro are confirmed for November, while Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta are possibilities. more info

Carrie Underwood’s Nov. 3rd album will be called Play On. The Chicago Sun-Time’s Bobby Reed reviews the first of two Carrie Underwood sets at Ravina in Higland Park, IL: The back-to-back performances of “I Told You So” (originally a hit for... more info