CMT — Nothing says the CMA Awards are in town like pecan logs and apple butter. So the folks at Cracker Barrel are setting up a temporary store right in downtown Nashville from Nov. 7-12. It's really to celebrate the Alan Jackson Collection with more than ... more info

Live Daily — Wrapping up its 2009 tour, Montgomery Gentry [ tickets ] is looking back on a good year: its current album, "Back When I Knew It All," yielded a multi-week No. 1 hit, "Roll With Me"; a special Cracker Barrel exclusive CD, "For Our Heroes," supported ... more info

The Music Fix — News: Everyone's favourite folk starlet Alessi's Ark has announced details of a rather sublime Christmas show in London. Alessi's Christmas Cracker will take place at the Luminaire on the 10th December 2009. It will feature performances from Alessi... more info

CMT — When I picture Alan Jackson in a Cracker Barrel restaurant, I picture the waitress asking him how he liked his biscuit and him responding, "I'll be honest with you ma'am, it ain't like mama fixed it." It's just this thing I have with his music: There... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Acid Mothers Temple: 2004-06-05, San Francisco [mp3,ogg,flac] "Dark Star Blues" [mp3] Acid Mothers Temple: 2005-09-30, San Francisco [mp3,ogg,flac] "Anthem of the Space" [mp3] other Acid Mothers Temple posts at L... more info

Live Daily — The Zac Brown Band [ tickets ] will continue its biggest national headlining tour to date with the addition of a dozen new shows behind last fall's "The Foundation." The trek, which began in early September, continues Thursday (10/15) in Salisbury... more info

Live Daily — Kenny Rogers [ tickets ] has plotted a fall tour of the West Coast, as well as the 28th installment of his signature holiday trek. The veteran country star will hit the road beginning Oct. 1 in Snoqualmie, WA, visiting theaters and casinos through... more info

My Old Kentucky — ORANJE is tonight!Indianapolis emcee, Skittz (aka Big Skittz aka Skittles) has been a long-time friend of MOKB. In fact, our relationship pre-dates the blog and hip-hop aspirations. Skittz and I have played softball together for years, more than se... more info

Pop Candy — So last weekend Camper Van Beethoven played its 5th annual Campout music festival near Joshua Tree, Calif. (Also on the bill: David Lowery's other band, Cracker, Clem Snide, Dawes and more.) more info

Shania Twain will fill in as a guest judge at an upcoming American Idol audition. New releases for the week of August 18, 2009 include: Augie Meyers – Country Amazon | iTunes | MySpace Brady Seals – Play Time Amazon | iTunes | MySpace Davi... more info