Did you vote for your favorites? Are you ready to vote again? Two and a half million votes were cast for this year’s CMT awards, and the finalists were announced by Lance Smith and Kellie Pickler yesterday morning. The awards show will be telecast on CMT at 7 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday, June 16. And [...]

Right now, everyone seems to be real involved in the auditioning process for American Idol. But there’s something else country bands can audition for. How about a nationwide competition to open for Little Big Town! I can’t even sing , and I definitely don’t have a band, but I want to go on tour with [...]

Last night CBS ran the Grammy nominations show – and of course, I watched. I’ll have to admit, I don’t know half of the people nominated (maybe even more than half). I’m just so strictly ‘country’, maybe I should wonder what I’m missing out on.   In the major categories, here’s our country performers nominated: [...]

A lot of you have probably already heard that Kenny Chesney is at the top of the leader board with seven CMA award nominations this year. But not too far behind him we have George Strait and Sugarland, each with five. Jennifer Nettles, who is also nominated as a songwiter for "Stay," actually has six [...]

If those of us in Northeast Tennessee want to catch Sugarland in concert this year, we’re going to have to venture over to Asheville, N.C., on Sept. 13. Advanced ticket sales have already begun, and you can get to online ticket sites through Sugarland’s website. This is Sugarland Month on GAC TV, and you can [...]