Author: Cindy Watts, Nashville Tennessean

Sports Illustrated’s JessicaSmetana criticizes Carrie Underwood’s ‘Game On.’ Underwood fired back.

The Journey Home Project donated $50,000 to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville.

“It’s what you do for friends,” said the Oak Ridge Boys’ Duane Allen, whose group made a promise to the late president long before his death that they would perform at his Texas funeral.

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Kid Rock, Gretchen Wilson, Tanya Tucker and more co-star in the new video for Bill Anderson’s ‘Waffle House Christmas.’

“Dolly & Friends: Making of a Soundtrack” will premiere Nov. 29 on CMT. The soundtrack will be available Nov. 30.

Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol will have its world premiere at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, Minn., this weekend.

Keith Urban won his second Entertainer of the Year Award on Wednesday night at the 52nd CMA Awards, 13 years after he picked up his first trophy in the show’s most prestigious category.

Kane Brown’s a new album, “Experiment,” is out Friday, and his road to success was his dream true — and his ticket out.

Eric Church, Garth Brooks, Kane Brown, Josh Turner, Pistol Annies and more country music artists will release new collections before Christmas.