Music partly a product of racial interactions The Western Star
ATLANTA — Although most black country musicians have worked in the margins, African-Americans have a long history of making and influencing country music.
Country music thrives despite bumps Houston Chronicle
As he prepared to release country music's first-ever box set of all-new music, Vince Gill pondered a climate in which three major cities had lost their top country stations and one of the largest music retail chains was shutting its doors.
Black singers missing from country music scene Daytona Beach News-Journal
ATLANTA -- When the Country Music Awards are handed out tonight, performers from the ever-widening spectrum of country music will gather in Nashville. Beach bums like Kenny Chesney will be there, as will pop-style divas like Faith Hill and old-fashioned honkey-tonkers like Alan Jackson.
Famous country singer still gets star-struck The Palm Beach Post
It takes a lot to rattle music veteran Kristian Bush, but when Paul McCartney tapped him on the shoulder before last year's Grammy Awards and said, "I dug your sound-check," the gregarious Bush was speechless.
Official NZ Music Chart & Chartbitz Nov. 8 2006 Scoop.co.nz
Another Idol #1 A week after being named the third NZ Idol, 21-year-old Levin garage builder Matt Saunoa has the brand new #1 single in New Zealand.
Few blacks drawn to country stage The Columbus Dispatch
ATLANTA — Last night’s Country Music Association Awards featured beach bum Kenny Chesney, pop-style diva Faith Hill and old-fashioned honky-tonker Alan Jackson.
Hannah Montana Soundtrack Is #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart for Second Consecutive Week Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
BURBANK, Calif.----In its chart-busting second week, the soundtrack to the hit Disney Channel original series Hannah Montana remains firmly at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, scanning over 203,000 units for the week ending November 5 .
Show biz still baffles former pipe fitter Adkins Press & Sun-Bulletin
Louisiana native Trace Adkins, who headlines tonight's CMT on Tour at the Arena, is a country music success story.
LANTANA -- First Female Group to Hit Texas Music Chart Top 10 in Years; Trio Draws National Attention PR Web
BGM Recording trio LANTANA is the first female group to break the Texas Music chart Top 10 since the Dixie Chicks did so years ago. This week, their single, "Country As A City Girl Can Be," landed at #9, and made its Music Row chart debut as well. LANTANA (Biz Haddock, Karol Ann DeLong and Dalene Richelle) is hitting its stride -- and the ladies are earning a name for themselves -- despite the
Brooks & Dunn own the CMAs USA Today
The 40th annual Country Music Association Awards Monday night were a Brooks & Dunn extravaganza. They hosted the show, the first telecast on ABC and a return to Nashville after the 2005 edition aired from New York. Their performance of Building Bridges, with Vince Gill and Sheryl Crow, opened the festivities.

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