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Josh Turner photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

“I never had so many people open for me!” Josh Turner exclaimed Wednesday at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. “Wow!”

Indeed, 14 artists preceded him in that legendary venue, though another three sang after him as well as the Universal Music Group Nashville showcased its talent for Country Radio Seminar registrants in a unique format that provided a microcosm of the wide net that contemporary country represents.

Sugarland, David Nail, Jamey Johnson and Vince Gill were particular standouts as the acts performed just one song apiece. Collectively, the music ranged from bluegrass influences to blue-eyed soul; the acts stretched from brand new artists who haven’t yet released a single to one member of the Country Music Hall of Fame; and their backgrounds ran the gamut from Broadway to TV performer to Texas troubadours.

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Sugarland photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

All those Olympic athletes at the Winter Games in Vancouver are working their butts off going for the gold. Sugarland has already done its Olympic duty, contributing a new song called “Wide Open” to the AT&T Team USA Soundtrack, but the duo hasn’t gone to Canada to be part of the big event. Instead, Jennifer Nettles has spent gobs of time on her mother’s couch “with a bag of kettle corn,” she told The Wall Street Journal.

Have no doubt: Sugarland was completely immersed in the drama of the Games when she and Kristian Bush wrote “Wide Open.”

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Miranda Lambert photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Christmas time’s a-comin’, to quote a song made famous by the late Bill Monroe. In fact, the big day is almost here. And just as country fans will be celebrating the holidays, so will the genre’s most familiar artists, including Miranda Lambert, Sugarland, Alan Jackson, Montgomery Gentry and Brad Paisley.

Whether it’s decorating trees, hiding presents, singing carols or watching ‘A Christmas Story,’ the stars’ plans for December — and their memories of holidays past — are probably a lot like yours.

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Sugarland photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

In this just released interview clip with Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, find out what makes the holiday season such a special time of year for the superstar duo.  Learn the secret behind Kristian’s budget-friendly Christmas gifts, the meaning of Jennifer’s “unconventional” holiday tradition and the reason that one particular gift has really “paid off” for the pair.  Plus, listen as they discuss their new Christmas release, Gold and Green, and why they decided to record their first ever holiday album together this year.

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Sugarland photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

Sugarland, the Country Music Association’s Vocal Duo of the Year, is helping Oprah Winfrey do a two-fer Christmas edition of her show, one of several acts performing live for the first time with another artist.

Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush appear Monday on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” with Jennifer Hudson. Mary J. Blige duets with Andrea Bocelli, and Tim McGraw shares the stage with Alicia Keys for a version of John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).”

It’s the second time this year that Sugarland has been featured on the daytime queen’s show.

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Sugarland photo by Kate Powers, courtesy of UMG Nashville.

It’s a pretty good thing to be a member of Sugarland these days. Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush have won the Country Music Association’s Vocal Duo of the Year honor two times in a row, picked up a Grammy award and last week had their Twice The Speed Of Life album certified triple platinum.

Despite all those obvious indicators of their success, it was something that tied back to Kristian’s childhood that convinced him they’d turned a corner with their music careers.

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Sugarland's 2009 CD, Gold And Green. Photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

If you’re already feeling the Christmas spirit — and you know who you are, you with the Christmas tree already up before Halloween — you can listen to Sugarland’s new holiday CD, Gold And Green, right now, this very second. Continue Reading

Sugarland photo by Kate Powers, courtesy of UMG Nashville.

Oct. 5, 2009 — Sugarland’s current Live On The Inside album features remakes of songs by Pearl Jam, Beyonce and Kings Of Leon, but they covered another great band during a tour in the spring.

“We went to Abbey Road [studios],” Kristian Bush told The Toledo Blade. “Jennifer [Nettles] and I sat in there and re-recorded ‘Come Together’ to mark the 40th anniversary of the [Abbey Road] album. We were doing it in the same studio on the same mikes as the Beatles. I was just like, ‘Wow.’”

The duo’s recordings of its own songs have helped Sugarland become one of the top acts in the country music business since the release of its first single, “Baby Girl,” five years ago. Sugarland sessions have yielded a bunch of hits — “Everyday America,” “All I Want To Do” and “Stay,” among them — but the moments on stage are still the ones that mean the most.

“We love playing,” Kristian said. “For us, it’s a shared art. Continue Reading