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Carrie Underwood was in Singapore last week visiting with Asian media, performing and promoting her upcoming album release, PLAY ON . Photo Credit: ION, Richard Kang, October 16, 2009

Country music has expanded its mission in recent years to include conquering international fans. Usually, that means potential music buyers in the United Kingdom, continental Europe and Australia. But several country acts — Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood and Carrie Underwood — have put Asia on their personal calendars of late.

Last week, Carrie visited Singapore to spend time with Asian media in advance of her forthcoming album, Play On. While there, she played at the opening of the ION Orchard shopping mall, a sheltered, open-air venue.

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Trace Adkins photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.

September brings the stretch run for Major League Baseball and the official start of football in the NFL and the NCAA, which means plenty of national anthems will be performed around the country.

Trace Adkins, Diamond Rio and Rick Trevino are all on tap to do the honors in the coming days, though football’s not in the mix. Instead, the settings are a baseball game, a NASCAR event and a memorial ceremony eight years after the shock of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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Tammy Wynette photo courtesy of tammywynette.com.

Eleven years after her death, Tammy Wynette — whose “Stand By Your Man” ranks among the best-known country songs in history — will finally enter the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame during a ceremony Oct. 18 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel.

Tammy will be inducted alongside two full-time songwriters who wrote their own iconic pieces: Kye Fleming was responsible for Barbara Mandrell’s theme song, “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool”; and Mark D. Sanders authored Lee Ann Womack’s mega-hit “I Hope You Dance.” Continue Reading