Amy Sciarretto

Country legend Willie Nelson was forced to cancel his planned performance at a fundraiser in Castle Pines Village in Colorado on Saturday, August 18. The tireless singer and pot proponent, 79, reportedly pulled out of his appearance due to health problems.

Miranda Lambert is a true crusader for animals and you’ve just gotta love her for her tireless dedication and passion to critters and creatures. In addition to adopting and caring for pets, she is using Twitter to help pets in desperate need find good homes.

Carrie Underwood salutes her “awesome” mother, who was also her school teacher, in this clip from last night’s (Aug. 17) ‘Teacher’s Rock’ special on CBS.

Keith Urban already has experience as a reality show judge, having served as a coach on the Australian version of ‘The Voice.’ Now, Urban may be lured to a competing show’s lair, since sources are indicating that ‘American Idol’ producers would like a country star on the revamped panel and that Urban their No. 1 choice to fill that genre-specific slot.

Taylor Swift was photographed kissing and holding hands while splashing around in the water with her reported boyfriend Conor Kennedy in Massachusetts, thus confirming the budding romance.

Wounded warriors that may have lost a limb or suffered an injury while serving our county can find a renewed purpose in life and engage in physical activity. The Heroes Project is making sure of that, as it works to help combat-injured vets overcome their individual circumstances by climbing the highest peaks in the world. That’s not only a “feel good” mission but an incredibly badass one as well

Carrie Underwood hit the ‘TODAY’ show stage Wednesday morning (Aug. 15) to perform a trio of hits. She made a bright and sunny New York City morning even brighter and sunnier with her smile and voice, tearing through both the title track and ‘Good Girl’ from her most recent No. 1 album ‘Blown Away,’ as well as her biggest hit, ‘Before He Cheats.’

Justin Moore is being sued by a Nashville songwriter over the singer’s 2009 single ‘Backwoods.’ Bobby Carmichael has filed a federal lawsuit against Moore, claiming that the country hitmaker stole the song from him.

‘Red.’ That’s the title of Taylor Swift‘s upcoming, 16-song 2012 new album, which will be released on October 22. She revealed the big news during her live YouTube web chat on Monday (Aug. 13). If you’re keeping track, that’s almost two years to the day since the release of ‘Speak Now,’ which dropped on Oct. 25 back in 2010.

It should come as no shock that the video for Jason Aldean‘s latest (and lyrically altered) single, ‘Take a Little Ride,’ features lots of big trucks, which are driven by young, good-looking people. The song is about hitting the road, and that’s just what they do in the clip, even if it’s for a little recreational fun with seemingly no destination point. They essentially commandeer the vehicles an

Miranda Lambert is the ‘Fastest Girl in Town’ — and the most interactive. The red-hot singer wants her fans to be able to go along for the ride and experience the action of her fast-paced new video, which is why she created an interactive version of the clip — along with a new app — to help foster that process and give her followers a rare experience.

Tim McGraw is one of Louisiana’s favorite exports — the state is incredible proud of the Delhi, La.-born country music icon. So when McGraw rolled into New Orleans for a gig on Friday, Aug. 3, his fellowsstatesmen decided to do a surprise induction for him into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.