T.G. Sheppard is back in the hospital just weeks after being released from a Nashville-area facility. According to a Facebook post from his wife, singer-songwriter Kelly Lang, the veteran entertainer is suffering from a "severe" blood infection.
Scotty McCreery is in a good spot right now. The 19-year-old fast-rising country star's debut album 'Clear as Day' went platinum, no doubt bolstered by the burst of publicity he received after winning 'American Idol' in 2011. In the last year, he has finished high school, started college, and toured all over the country, and he recently released his first Christmas album, the aptly-titled 'Christmas With Scotty McCreery.'
Scotty McCreery is a busy young man these days. The 'American Idol' winner is not only attending college, but he's also touring to promote his platinum debut album, 'Clear as Day,' pushing his new Christmas record, and getting together the songs for his follow-up album.
Garth Brooks is one of the all-time bestselling performers in music history, and his career success virtually single-handedly revived the country music genre before he retired in 2001. After a decade of only sporadic activity, the superstar entertainer has revealed that he is mulling a return to the spotlight.
With its crazy travel schedules, hotels, planes and so on, touring can be an unpredictable endeavor for any musician, as country star Bill Anderson well knows. The singer-songwriter and television personality ran into something unexpected (literally) while out on the road with his acoustic trio recently, when his tour bus struck a moose near Sandpoint, Idaho.
Martina McBride fans, get ready to party! The country star has revealed that she's in the early stages of a book that will share her tips on entertaining, but it's not a book about her career in music. Instead, the star will dish out advice on planning dinner parties.
Reba McEntire is returning to television, but that doesn't mean the country favorite is leaving behind her music career. The singer says her new show 'Malibu Country' will feature all-new music for her fans to enjoy.
Country music stars and fans are mourning the death of 13-year-old Lane Goodwin, whose battle with cancer gained national attention when a Facebook campaign to show support for him went viral.
Country superstar Brad Paisley is about to have a cow -- in Kenya, that is. The charitable singer recently agreed to donate a cow for a Masai village in Tanzania.
Country spitfire Miranda Lambert wrapped her On Fire Tour over the weekend in Pelham, Alabama, finishing a crazy year of road work, during which she performed to more than a million people. To help commemorate a successful tour, fellow country star Patty Loveless joined Lambert on stage Friday night (Oct. 5) in Atlanta.
Country's transplant superstar Keith Urban will receive the 2012 Harmony Award at the upcoming 28th annual Symphony Ball in Nashville. The award is bestowed each year to "an individual who exemplifies the harmonious spirit of Nashville's thriving music community."
Hollywood has a long and sorry history of getting Nashville -- and country music -- wrong. From deliberately corny shows like 'Hee Haw,' to unintentional comedies like 'Country Strong,' Music City has always come off in movies and television as some sort of backwater town full of ignorant, cowboy-hat-wearing hayseeds, instead of a cosmopolitan cultural center that serves as home to the largest collective of top-quality musicians, engineers, producers and songwriters that has ever existed.