Miranda Lambert photo by Randee St. Nicholas, courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Singer songwriter Miranda Lambert announced today on Good Morning America that her new album, Four The Record, will be released November 1 (11.1.11) on Columbia Nashville. Miranda’s fourth album will be the follow up to her platinum certified, CMA and ACM Album of the Year, Revolution, which yielded the No. 1 singles, “White Liar,” “The House That Built Me,” and “Heart Like Mine,” and the Top 10 “Only Prettier.”

“‘Four The Record’ has so many meanings,” says Miranda. ”I love the play on words and my records always have a little crime in them and this is the fourth record of my career. This album pushes the limits for me in many ways and I collaborate with friends and heroes. It builds on my previous albums with a whole new flair. ‘For The Records’ sake, don’t forget 11/1/11.”

Also this morning on GMA, Pistol Annies, the trio featuring Miranda and singer songwriters Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley performed their song “Hell On Heels” on the show’s Summer Concert Series. “Hell On Heels” is the title track to their 10-song album, which will be released Continue Reading

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Country music stars sure love Twitter! Here at GAC, we follow them too. This week, artists prepped for Saturday’s impending Rapture (Anyone found Charles Kelley yet?), Frankie Ballard, Brad Paisley and Carter’s Chord celebrated album releases and Chris Young let his followers know one of his pet peeves when it comes to the opposite sex. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/SaraEvansMusic.

Sara Evans – SaraEvansMusic: BMI threw me a #1 party! Here we are celebrating! Thank you fans!

Carter’s Chord – CartersChord: Our EP “Wild Together” is out in stores and itunes TODAY!!!! Tell your mom, tell your friends, tell strangers…we are pumped!

Frankie Ballard – FrankieBallard: Dear God, if Jesus is supposed to come back tomorrow…u think u could stall him until after my album comes out on Tuesday??

Chris Young – ChrisYoungMusic: Body glitter needs to die… Seriously ladies. No.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/BrettEldredge.

Brett Eldredge – BrettEldredge: Spent days at sea, Caught some fish, Grew a beard, drank a little rum & said a few cuss words..Ima sailor Continue Reading

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Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert on the cover of Us Weekly. Photo courtesy of Us Weekly.

The new issue of Us Weekly, on stands now, is all about country’s royal wedding. Newlyweds Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton grace the cover – Blake in a handsome coat, tie and jeans and Miranda in her mother Bev’s simple-but-classic ivory wedding dress. (To see the full length of the photo above, click HERE.)

“My parents have been married for 33 years, so this dress is already a good-luck charm,” the bride told the magazine. Under the dress, Miranda fittingly wore a pair of custom-made Casadei cowboy boots. Her bridesmaids wore Old Gringo boots and custom-made gowns by Priscilla of Boston’s Mark Bower.

As the wedding party took their places, Blake sang a song he’d written for the wedding, called “Let’s Grow Old Together.”

Miranda walked down the aisle as bridesmaid Ashley Monroe sang “Makin’ Plans” — a 2009 song Miranda wrote for Blake. As Ashley sang “I know you like the back of my hand, you’ve got a heart of gold and a piece of land” — the bride fought back tears. “I was thinking about not crying, then when I got close, I didn’t think of anyone else,” she tells Us. “It was just me and Blake.”

Even Blake tried not to cry as Miranda’s dad, Rick, gave her away. Continue Reading

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Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/Miranda_Lambert.

Congratulations to country’s “Royal Couple,” Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, who tied the knot in a Texas ceremony today! Us Weekly reported that the wedding took place at the Don Strange Ranch.

The 27-year-old beautiful bride wore her mother’s wedding dress as she walked down the aisle in front of 550 family members and friends. The couple’s famous friends attending included Reba McEntire, Cee Lo Green, MartinaMcBride , Dierks Bentley, Lady Antebellum‘s Charles Kelly and the Bellamy Brothers.

After the ceremony, Miranda told Us, “I’m married to my best friend! Looking forward to a lifetime of laughter.”

Blake, 34, added “I wanted to be married to Miranda the day I proposed. Finally, it’s official!”

Browse photos from some of Blake and Miranda’s most memorable moments »

The night of the wedding, tweets came in from many of the “royal couple”‘s well-known pals: Continue Reading

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Country music stars sure love Twitter! Here at GAC, we follow them too. This week the stars were tweeting about the glamour of the Royal Wedding and the sadness of the devastating tornadoes that ripped through the south. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week. If you’d like to donate money to help those affected by the tornadoes, click HERE to make a donation to the American Red Cross.

Steel Magnolia:  @steelmagnolia11    Yes, I am one of the 2.6 billion people who stayed up to watch the royal wedding! And Josh is snoozing..lol! Xo Meg

Miranda Lambert:  @Miranda_Lambert    Starting the countdown to the royal wedding! And even tho I have a show, I WILL be up at 5 am to watch every second of it!  [And then, hours later Miranda tweeted]  Aahhhhhhhhhhhh. So beautiful!  Ok I admit it….I bawled

Crystal Hoyt:  @Crystal_Hoyt    Ok, I would like to suggest that we Americans bring back wearing HATS to church! I LOVE that the British still do that!

Danielle Peck:  @daniellepeck    Waiting in restlessness ….. She is about to walk down the isle ……. I’m holding my breath until I see the dress!!!!

Josh Thompson:  @TheJoshThompson    Royal wedding? I’d rather have a royal ass whoopin but I’ll settle for a Crown Royal instead. Continue Reading

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Jennifer Nettles, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood and The Judds perform during the Girls' Night Out: Superstar Women Of Country concert. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

If you were in Las Vegas last Monday night and were lucky enough to attend the Academy of Country Music’s Girls’ Night Out: Superstar Women Of Country taping, you saw many once-in-a-lifetime performances. Each part of the show – which spotlighted honorees Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, The Judds, Sugarland‘s Jennifer Nettles and Martina McBride – featured a musical collaboration as well as a video tribute and performance salute. Click HERE to see photos from the taping!

Country Aircheck reports that Miranda’s fiancé Blake Shelton sang “Famous In A Small Town” for her. Miranda also debuted her new group Pistol Annie with Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley to perform “Hell On Heels.” Vince Gill sang “Jesus Take The Wheel” for Carrie, who then joined Vince on “How Great Thou Art.” Rascal Flatts performed “Why Haven’t I Heard From You” for Reba, who sang “The Heart Won’t Lie” with the Flatts. John Fogerty performed “Rockin’ With The Rhythm Of The Rain” for the Judds. Wynonna and Fogerty then performed “Proud Mary,” while Naomi Judd observed. Sugarland partner Kristian Bush hosted a video tribute for Nettles, who joined Ronnie Dunn on “Let Him Fly.” Dunn also performed Sugarland’s “Stay.” Little Big Town and McBride sang Linda Ronstadt’s “When Will I Be Loved.” Honoree Loretta Lynn couldn’t attend the taping because of recent knee surgery, but she spoke via a satellite video feed. Continue Reading

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Hank Williams photo courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum.

The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will present a special program honoring Hank Williams on April 16. Titled “I Saw the Light: Songwriters Salute Hank,” the program will feature Rodney Crowell, Ashley Monroe, The Secret Sisters and Steve Young. I Saw the Light, which is presented in conjunction with the Museum’s exhibition Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy, Presented by SunTrust, will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Museum’s Ford Theater; it is included with Museum admission and is free to Museum members.

During the program, which will be hosted by Family Tradition co-curator Michael McCall, each artist will perform one or more of Hank’s classic songs, as well as some of their own compositions that were influenced or inspired by Williams. They will also discuss how Hank influenced their work. Continue Reading

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Jason Aldean photo courtesy of Broken Bow Records; Ashley Monroe photo courtesy of myspace.com/ashleymonroe.

In the space of four days, “The Truth” provided some rather incredible symmetry for singer-songwriter Ashley Monroe. On Friday, Ashley was invited to sing the song during Miranda Lambert’s set in Knoxville at Thompson-Boling Arena — the same venue where Ashley once sat in the nosebleed seats to watch Shania Twain. On Monday, she was the belle of the ball at a Music Row party as Jason Aldean and others toasted her for the song’s recent ascent to No. 1.

The truth about “The Truth” is that the road from conception to the top of the charts was a four-year run. Now 23, Ashley co-wrote the song at age 19 with songwriter Brett James. The two set up a creative office on the living-room floor while his wife was in the kitchen and his kids were goofing around under the coffee table.

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Brad Paisley photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Brad Paisley is a happy man with Wednesday’s unveiling of the finalists for “The 43rd Annual CMA Awards”. Announced on Sept. 9 — 9/9/09 — Brad showed up 7 times on the list. His haul included his fifth straight nomination for Entertainer of the Year and his ninth in 10 years for Male Vocalist.

Set to co-host the awards on ABC with Carrie Underwood on Nov. 11, Brad also secured a spot in the finalists for Single and Song with his ballad, “Then”; earned an Album nomination with American Saturday Night; and shared a Vocal Event slot with Keith Urban for “Start A Band.”

Brad might be at the head of the class, but he was hardly the only one to receive good grades. Continue Reading

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