Live Daily — Miranda Lambert [ tickets ], the daughter of guitarist/songwriter Rick Lambert, made her country music bow in 2003 as a third-place finisher on "American Idol's" twangy cousin, "Nashville Star." Thanks to her appearance on the television show, Lamber... more info

All About Jazz — Barry Beckett, 66, a keyboard player and record producer who had important roles in recordings by Bob Dylan, Percy Sledge, Hank Williams Jr. and Kenny Chesney, died June 10 at his home in Henderson, Tenn. He had been in failing health for several ... more info

Chicago Tribune — It took about an hour. Then, after about 10 songs, it all became perfectly clear. Kenny Chesney can sing. more info

ACountry — Kenny Chesney’s Out Last Night video was directed by Shaun Silva. The video features Chesney and a party crowd around a campfire. “Out Last Night” reminsces about a party that the night before, including “girls from Argentina and Arkansas,... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The Black Eyed Peas led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a 10th week on Thursday, while Kings of Leon and Kenny Chesney soared up the rankings. more info

MTV.com News — Eminem's Relapse holds tight at #2, while 311 and Chickenfoot make strong debuts.By Gil Kaufman Dave Matthews Photo: MTV News The Dave Matthews Band lead the charge in a week of change at the top of the Billboard 200 chart. The venerable j... more info

Ah, there’s the George Strait push that I was expecting last week. Twenty-six people in The 9513 group decided to give King George a listen, making him the top artist of the week by a pretty large margin. Johnny Cash and Dwight Yoakam were the clos... more info

Live Daily — Now three months into their US tour behind last summer's "Back When I Knew It All," country duo Montgomery Gentry [ tickets ] has tacked on more dates, filling out their summer and fall road trip. The headlining trek, which began in late March, co... more info

Chicago Tribune — Chesney connecting with fans -- but the party's far from over COLUMBUS, Ohio -- What music defines Middle America? On a summerlike May evening, all roads led ... more info

Live Daily — Eminem's "Relapse," which blasted to the top of the US album chart last week, remains in the No. 1 slot after spending its second week in stores. With sales of about 211,000 copies--down significantly from its first-week tally of 608,000--"Relapse" e... more info