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Ashton Shepherd Spends "Holidays" With GAC
Nov. 21, 2008 — Food is at the center of the coming season, and Ashton Shepherd takes viewers to her hometown of Leroy, Ala., to share in her family’s celebration on the GAC special, "Holidays At Home with Ashton Shepherd."
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Trisha Yearwood Joins Country Holiday Efforts
Nov. 21, 2008 — Trisha Yearwood is bringing The Sound Of Music to Christmas with a free download of "My Favorite Things," designed to bolster America’s support of its troops during the season.
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Zac Brown Band Makes Itself at Home
Nov. 21, 2008 — The Zac Brown Band’s celebration of Southern life, "Chicken Fried," comes directly from Zac growing up in Georgia, and the single has found a home in the Top 5 on the national country singles charts.
Zac had always hoped to get his songs on the radio, but first he set up residence at the Dixie Tavern in Marietta, where he started a songwriting partnership with Wyatt Durrette.
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Martina McBride Babies Brooks & Dunn
Nov. 21, 2008 — Early in her career, Martina McBride found herself with a prime opportunity: opening on tour for Brooks & Dunn. But the same day she got that gig, she also received the news that she was going to become a mom for the first time.
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Taylor Swift on Mom & Dad
Nov. 21, 2008 — Taylor Swift is creeping up on her 19th birthday with the No. 1 album in the land and a key to her parents’ house, which she still calls home.
Where many of her peers spent their teens in rebellion, Taylor devoted her time to building a career in country music. And she actually seems to listen to Mom and Dad.
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Julianne Hough "Dancing" No More
Nov. 21, 2008 — When Cody Linley got voted off "Dancing With The Stars" this week, it might have meant the end of the line for Julianne Hough as well on the ABC series.
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Kevin Costner Leads Actor/Country Crossover
Nov. 21, 2008 — Kevin Costner & Modern West took Kevin off the screen and put him in the record bins with the release last week of the album Untold Truths. Actors and country singers have been known to covet the others’ jobs through the years, and Kevin’s just one current example of a celebrity in one of those fields crossing over from the area in which they came to prominence to explore the other art.
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Trace Adkins Checks In on "Top 20"
Nov. 21, 2008 — Trace Adkins has a new album on the way on Tuesday, and this weekend he’ll join host Nan Kelley this weekend on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown.
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Pam Tillis Leads Charitable Efforts
Nov. 20, 2008 — Country artists are noted for their work in the community, and there are several examples of that currently in evidence, starting with Pam Tillis’ trip on Wednesday to visit wounded soldiers.
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Randy Houser "Goes" Public
Nov. 20, 2008 — Randy Houser released his debut album on Tuesday, and he titled the project after his current single, "Anything Goes."
That song is shrouded in loneliness and regret, but it’s just one of the numerous emotions Randy tried to convey on the album, perhaps better than he does in his personal life.
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Martina McBride’s Poetic Choice
Nov. 20, 2008 — Martina McBride’s topical songs — including "Independence Day" and "Love’s The Only House" — have inspired millions of country fans. But who inspires Martina?
For one, poet Maya Angelou, who Martina honors in the pages of <em>Reader’s Digest</em>.
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Josh Turner Turns the Calendar
Nov. 20, 2008 — Josh Turner celebrates his 31st birthday Thursday, though it’s a safe bet his cake will be topped by traditional candles and not a "Firecracker."
Josh wrote that song, as well as his current single "Everything Is Fine," but not all of his hits have his name in the writing credits.
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The Dirt on the Zac Brown Band
Nov. 20, 2008 — The Zac Brown Band has taken country music by storm, rising to No. 2 on the Country Aircheck chart with "Chicken Fried," a stunning achievement for a band that was mostly unknown just four or five months ago.
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James Taylor Lauds George Jones
Nov. 20, 2008 — Rolling Stone has developed a list just dying for debates: "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time." And country music has plenty of names on the roster, including George Jones, who placed at No. 43.
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Reba McEntire Considers Broadway
Nov. 20, 2008 — Reba McEntire won an Outer Circle Critics Award in 2001 after conquering the New York theater district with her role in Annie Get Your Gun and tackled South Pacific in a three-night run during 2007 at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl.
Now it appears she may be headed back to Broadway for a revival of the Cole Porter musical <em>Anything Goes</em>.
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No Surprise: Taylor Swift Debuts No. 1
Nov. 20, 2008 — In its first week of release, Taylor Swift’s Fearless album sold more than 592,000 copies, easily vaulting her to the top of the country album chart and the all-genre Billboard 200. It marks the biggest debut sales week by an album that charted country since the Eagles’ Long Road Out Of Eden moved 711,000 copies last November.
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Sarah Buxton Contemplates a Legend
Nov. 19, 2008 — Sarah Buxton got a huge amount of attention for writing the Keith Urban hit "Stupid Boy," and she’s got another major artist in her sights as she works on her sophomore album.
She ran across former Alabama vocalist Randy Owen last week, and she’s hoping they’ll be able to collaborate on the project.
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Bellamy Brothers in the "Flow" in Britain
Nov. 19, 2008 — Everything old is new again. That’s true, at least, for the Bellamy Brothers whose first hit, "Let Your Love Flow," is at No. 25 in the United Kingdom 32 years after its original release.
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Kristy Lee Cook on the Move?
Nov. 19, 2008 — Kristy Lee Cook came to prominence this year as a contestant on "American Idol," and her rejuvenated career as a country artist presents a bit of a travel problem.
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Taylor Swift Adjusts to the Spotlight
Nov. 19, 2008 — Like a lot of teenagers, Taylor Swift had to learn the hard way that following the crowd doesn’t necessarily bring rewards.
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