Garth Brooks won the breach of contract lawsuit, which he had filed against an Oklahoma hospital,  when the hospital failed to build a women’s health center that was to honor his mother. Coleen Brooks died of cancer in 1999. The jury ruled that Integris Canadian Valley Regional Hospital in Yukon, Okla., has to pay Garth [...]

Country Music Superstar Randy Travis is emphasizing the ‘new’ in the New Year unfolding. Under a just announced new management team, the career reins of the multi-platinum awarded Randy Travis, who ranks as one of country music’s top-selling artists of all time, are being guided by Ken Levitan, of Vector Management, and Jeff Davis, of [...]

A snowboarding accident in Colorado resulted in a broken collarbone for Jake Owen. Jake sent a lot of tweets about his accident, all the way  up until this morning when he wrote: “Seriously feel blessed and so thankful for kind well wishes for me in surgery today. I’m headed in now. Love you guys.” When [...]

Kelly Clarkson will be opening the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, by singing the national anthem. But before she steps behind the microphone, we’ll all get to hear Blake Shelton and his wife, Miranda Lambert, singing America the Beautiful.  Madonna will be the main attraction for the halftime show. The 53 year old [...]

Ronnie Dunn’s roaring vocal performance of the Brooks & Dunn classic “Ain’t Nothin’ ‘Bout You” was interrupted Saturday night at the Franklin Theatre benefit concert when the venue’s fire alarms began to sound much to the audience’s dismay, but judging from the crowd’s motionless reaction, it didn’t make a difference – they weren’t going anywhere. [...]

Lee Brice celebrated the New Year by popping the big question to long-time girlfriend, Sara Reeveley, the mother of the couple’s three year-old son, Takoda.  The couple was on vacation in Key West Florida when Brice proposed on January 2, 2012. A date has not yet been set. Reeveley, 29, an Ohio native, and Brice, [...]

I have always been a Trace Adkins fan. Until recently, I preferred his older stuff – “Every Light in the House,” “A Bad Way of Saying Goodbye", ”No Thinkin’ Thing.” But one of my favorite Trace songs is actually very recent, It’s “Just Fishin’.” I also think his new single, “Million Dollar View,” is great. [...]

Everything is bigger in Texas, and Chris Young’s blow out New Year’s Eve sold out show at Billy Bob’s Ft. Worth is no exception.  With close to 6,000 tickets sold, it marks Young’s biggest headlining show to date. “Chris Young’s high energy performance in front of a sold out crowd was among the best New [...]

Looks like we’ve got more ‘congratulations’ to offer. Another holiday engagement has been announced by Danny Gokey. I think everyone remembers Danny from his American Idol days. Danny was a finalist in season 8 of the show. And we all remember his story about his first wife, Sophia, who died following what was to have [...]

I had the opportunity to meet Wynonna twice, when we rode on the Santa Train in 2009 and 2010. The second year, mom Naomi was also onboard the train. It was definitely an honor to meet this Grammy Award winning artist, and best-selling author. She has a career I’ve been following since her debut as [...]