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Taylor Swift did not need to be present to win. She picked up three honors Thursday night at the Nashville Music Awards, held at the Cannery Ballroom.

Taylor grabbed Artist and Songwriter/Artist of the Year, while Fearless earned Country Album of the Year.

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Kenny Rogers photo courtesy of Capitol Records.

Kenny Rogers remains one of country music’s most identifiable personalities, and he’ll make an appearance this fall on an episode of CBS-TV’s “How I Met Your Mother.”

Kenny’s slated to sing on the Oct. 19 episode of the sitcom, according to The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Titled “Dual Citizenship,” the installment has him performing a song called “Goodbye, Sparky” in the midst of a plotline that’s drawing comparisons to the canine-themed movie Marley & Me. Continue Reading

GAC's Bill Cody (r) chats with Randy Travis and Carrie Underwood on the red carpet at the second annual ACM Honors. Photo by Keri Braswell, GAC staff.

Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center was crawling with star power Tuesday night as the Academy of Country Music celebrated Randy Travis, Hank Williams Jr., Merle Haggard and Dolly Parton among others in its second annual ACM Honors.

Hosted by Lee Ann Womack, the event recognized a horde of winners of lifetime awards and musicians trophies with performances by Jamey Johnson, Joe Nichols, Blake Shelton and Steve Wariner, among others.  Carrie Underwood sang Randy’s “I Told You So,” Continue Reading

Jimmy Wayne photo courtesy of the Valory Music Co.

Celebrity deaths, it’s been said, come in threes, and that was certainly true this week with the passing of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon.

They were not country figures, but each of them had a small level of influence on the genre. And in the middle of their much-covered deaths, the loss of songwriter Tim Krekel — who authored a pair of hits — was overshadowed. Continue Reading

Whitney Duncan photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Nashville. Photo credit: Jeff Lipsky.

By Bob Doerschuk

© 2009 CMA Close Up® News Service; Country Music Association®, Inc.

When Whitney Duncan left her hometown of Scotts Hill, Tenn., she took little with her other than a soulful voice, equal parts rawhide and honey, and a determination to seek her musical fortune. It took her a while to find it in the form of Mark Bright, who was so impressed with her that he shared the news with his friend John Shanks. Just like that, the two Music Row veterans were onboard to advise, write with and produce their discovery.

Duncan was just 18 at the time, though she had begun chasing her dream years before. After singing at her kindergarten graduation, she never looked back Continue Reading

Carrie Underwood with her awards for Entertainer of the Year and Top Female Vocalist backstage at the 44th Annual ACM Awards on April 5, 2009. Photo © Sara de Boer / Retna Ltd.

For the first time in eight years, a woman is now the Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year.

Carrie Underwood took the final honor of the evening during Sunday’s telecast of the “44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards” from Las Vegas, ending Kenny Chesney’s four-year command of the prestigious category. Kenny was gracious in the process. He gave Carrie, who previously toured as his opening act, a kiss on the cheek on her way up to the podium to make her second acceptance speech of the night. Continue Reading