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Comstock/ThinkstockHappy birthday to the Red Headed Stranger -- this outlaw country legend turns 88 today. He is among the genre's most prolific artists, putting out his 71st solo studio album -- a tr...

Courtesy of CMTThe CMT Music Awards will take place in Nashville this summer. The show just announced that it will air on Wednesday, June 9 at 8 p.m. ET on CMT. The timing is a change from last year's...

Big MachineOne of country's biggest and best-loved bands, Rascal Flatts may be nearing the homestretch for now, as their current hit, "How They Remember You," nears the end of its climb toward number ...

Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockCharlie Black, hit songwriter for Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson and more, has died, USA Today reports. He was 71 years old. His songwriting credits include a number of...

UMG NashvillePriscilla Block is dropping her self-titled, major-label debut EP on Friday, and she's celebrating the occasion with a busy calendar of events. The rising star, whose single "Just About O...

ABCEric Church's Heart album has launched the singer to new chart heights in the days since its April 16 release. The first of a three-part album, Heart & Soul, Heart landed at number-one on Billboard...

ABCLong-time collaborators and Texans Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram and Jon Randall are currently readying The Marfa Tapes, a stripped-down collection of songs they wrote in Marfa, Texas. Ahead of the ...

ABCMaren Morris is one of the artists booked as a headliner for the all-genre, two-day Pilgrimage Fest, which is taking place September 25-26 in Franklin, Tennessee. Other leading acts scheduled to ap...

Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for The Recording AcademyGarth Brooks is headed to Utah this July. On Wednesday, the country superstar shared plans for a show at Salt Lake City's Rice-Eccles Stadium, s...

Comstock/Thinkstock On this day in 2000, this trio known for hits including "Bless the Broken Road" and "Life is a Highway" made their debut on the Grand Ole Opry. Can you name them? ANSWER: Rascal Fl...