E! Online — UPDATE: Country music legend Toby Keith will receive the Country Icon Award at the 2023 People's Choice Country Awards with a heartfelt tribute by fellow Oklahoman Blake Shelton, NBC and Peacock... more info

Topix — Randy Scruggs, a Grammy-winning musician who carved out a successful Nashville career separate from that of his father, banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, died Tuesday after a brief illness, according to The Tennessean . He was 64. After launching his caree... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Toby Keith had something other than music on his mind when he called the other day for a chat ahead of his headlining performance at Sunday’s Coastal Country Jam in Huntington Beach. “I’m just out here watching these little studs ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Toby Keith had something other than music on his mind when he called the other day for a chat ahead of his headlining performance at Sunday’s Coastal Country Jam in Huntington Beach. “I’m just out here watching these little studs ... more info

Stereogum — Justin Timberlake is insisting that we don't call his new album "a country album," yet he's certainly doing a pretty good job at imitating country music's back-bending hypocrisy. As Pitchfork points out, several advance reviews Man Of The Woods note ... more info

Chorus.fm — Associated Press: The opening concert featuring Toby Keith and Three Doors Down was broadly similar to concerts put on for Obama in 2009 and Bush in 2005 — except for the cost and size. Bush’s inaugural committee spent $2.5 million on its concert... more info

Stereogum — American country singer Toby Keith held a concert in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on the sidelines of President Donald Trump's first overseas visit. … more info

USA Today Music — The country singer is playing for the president's first overseas visit.             more info

Stereogum — Almost a year ago to the day, Maureen Dowd published a column headlined “Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk” in the New York Times, becoming the most prominent exponent of a deeply misguided idea circulating during the presidential campaign: that ... more info

Stereogum — Last night, on the one-year anniversary of Merle Haggard's death, a ton of artists gathered together at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville for Sing Me Back Home, a tribute concert for the late musician. Keith Richards, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Joh... more info