(CMT Hot Dish is a weekly feature written by veteran columnist Hazel Smith. Author of the cookbook, Hazel’s Hot Dish: Cookin’ With Country Stars, she also hosts CMT’s Southern Fried Flicks With Hazel Smith and…
Let the London Olympians preen and strut with self-importance. Here on Music Row, we know that the only winners who truly matter this week are the Billboard country-charts champs, Zac Brown Band and Dierks Bentley.…
Nan Kelley Luke Bryan at the 2012 Country Thunder Festival in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. Photo by Julee Cobb. GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown headed to Twin Lakes, Wisconsin for VIP Access to Country Thunder, the…
Mindy Smith compares performing new music onstage to that of wearing stilettos. “Sometimes you just have to do it,” she told CMT.com during a recent interview, “even though you don’t want to.” For the past…
Photo courtesy of The Greenroom. Dierks Bentley is toasting the end of summer with a four-song EP. Country Cold Cans will be released to iTunes on August 21. Produced by Jaren Johnston, the EP was…
Nan Kelley Luke Bryan at the 2012 Country Thunder Festival in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. Photo by Julee Cobb. GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown heads to Twin Lakes, Wisconsin this week for VIP Access to Country…
Toby Keith photo courtesy of Show Dog-Universal Music. Toby Keith is known for sold-out shows and hit songs, but a lot of people may not know he’s also the writer of those hits. He recently…
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) When it comes to writing fresh songs, Taylor Swift is practically the only…
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) “We’re not a band on a crusade,” Rascal Flatts‘ Joe Don Rooney told…
Bee Gees star plans first performance on Grand Ole Opry. Bucky Covington gets strapped in for a Legends Car Race in Nashville. ABC schedules Nashville, Malibu Country. Lionel Richie plans an early morning Today concert.…