The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Let’s get one thing straight, country music today is not country music.  It’s pop music.  Just because you wear a cowboy hat and sing with a twang in your voice does not mean your music is country.  Carrie Underwood has more in common with Nor... more info

Guardian Music — The Stateside country behemoths were The King's Speech of last night's Grammys, winning six awards. But despite being No 1 across the world, their music barely bothers the British chartsCountry-pop trio Lady Antebellum were The King's Speech of last ... more info

Perez Hilton — Leading the pack this year in amount of Academy of Country Music Awards noms is Zac Brown, who is landing NINE of them (Five as a band, four on his lonesome)! The other top nominees seem to be Miranda Lambert, and the ever-delicious Kenny Chesney! Bu... more info

411 Mania — Miranda scores seven noms... more info

The 9513 Country Music — ACM Award nominees were announced. Miranda Lambert leads all other artists with seven nominations. She’s followed by Zac Brown Band and Kenny Chesney, who scored five each, and The Band Perry and Taylor Swift, with four apiece. Country music is in ... more info

ACountry — 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards nominations were announced live from theCountry Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville by Miranda Lambert and Ronnie Dunn nominations during CBS’ The Early Show .  Miranda Lambert leads with 7 nominations;... more info

Detroit Free Press — Miranda Lambert, joined by Ronnie Dunn this morning to announce the nominees at The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, received her first ACM entertainer of the year nomination and will defend her 2010 top female vocalist win, along with nods for... more info

The 9513 Country Music — On Feb. 5, the night before the Super Bowl, Faith Hill and The Pretenders will team up for a live episode of CMT Crossroads. The success of “Somewhere With You” earned Kenny Chesney his 21st No. 1 single. Preview “Mountain Home,” the title tr... more info

Mjsbigblog — “Don’t You Wanna Stay”, the duet with Kelly Clarkson and Jason Adlean, has the biggest spincrease on the Country chart this week. An astonishing 858 which is huge for this chart. The next highest spincrease was Kenny Chesney’s “Somewhere W... more info

411 Mania — Chesney back on the road... more info