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Jason Aldean Responds to TMZ Photos
Jason Aldean photo courtesy of Broken Bow Records. After TMZ.com posted photos this morning of Jason Aldean and Season 11 American Idol contestant Brittany Kerr in the Los Angeles bar The Den hugging...
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Brittany Kerr Apologizes for “Lapse In Judgment” with Jason Aldean
Brittany Kerr photo courtesy of NBA.com/bobcats. The Daily News reports (via TMZ.com) that Brittany Kerr, a cheerleader for the Charlotte Bobcats NBA team (and former Season 11 American Idol...
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Lisa King from Farm Kings Answers Fan Questions
Lisa King GAC recently hosted a Facebook chat with Lisa King, matriarch of the King family from the hit series Farm Kings. From the first episode of Season 1, which introduced Lisa and her family, fans...
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GAC’s Top 50 Videos of 2012
Blake Shelton photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Nashville. Each year we ask fans to help us choose the best of the best country music videos released during the prior 12 months for our year-end Top 50...
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Who Will Be Blake Shelton’s ACM Awards Co-Host?
Blake Shelton photo courtesy of the Academy of Country Music. Who’s joining Blake Shelton as co-host for the @ACMawards? Reach 25,000 tweets at www.acmcountry.com to reveal the co-host and date for...
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Nominees Announced for ACM Newcomer Awards
The Academy of Country Music and Great American Country (GAC) announced today that for the fifth consecutive year, the newcomer categories for the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards — New...
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Blake Shelton Explains His Controversial Comments
Blake Shelton photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Nashville. Blake Shelton has been getting heat for some comments he made during GAC’s updated Backstory: Blake Shelton. In the special, Blake discussed his...
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Ashley Monroe Finds Her Own Way
Ashley Monroe’s 2013 CD, Like A Rose. By Erin Duvall © 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. Though Ashley Monroe is hardly a newcomer to country music, many fans will hear...
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Billy Currington Indicted for Making Threats Against Boat Captain
Billy Currington photo by Kate Powers, courtesy of UMG Nashville. The Tennessean reports Billy Currington was indicted by the Chatham County Grand Jury in Georgia Wednesday for making “terroristic...
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The LoCash Cowboys Stay Focused for the Long Haul
LoCash Cowboys By LORIE HOLLABAUGH © 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. The LoCash Cowboys have been down on their luck more than a few times during their 10-year...
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Darius Rucker Does It All
Darius Rucker photo by Jim Wright courtesy of Essential Broadcast Media. By Kip Kirby © 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. Darius Rucker wasn’t expecting interruptions...
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Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley & More Help GAC Get Fired Up for Summer!
Kenny Chesney photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville. Regardless of your plans this summer, GAC has a show for you! We’re unveiling new series, documentaries and concert specials — plus, you’ll meet an...
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New Artist Spotlight: Angie Johnson
Angie Johnson’s 2013 EP, Sing For You. Photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville. By Bob Doerschuk © 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. Apparently, it’s not enough for...
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Craig Campbell Wins His First Annual Celebrity Cornhole Challenge
Craig Campbell attends the Craig Campbell 2013 Celebrity Cornhole Challenge at Public Square on June 4, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images) Story by Lauren Krivos...
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Thompson Square Downplays Duets on Just Feels Good
Thompson Square photo by Joseph Anthony Baker, courtesy of Dashboard Media. By Sarah Skates © 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. Keifer and Shawna Thompson explore new...
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New Artist Spotlight: JJ Lawhorn
JJ Lawhorn photo by Bill Konway, courtesy of the CMA. By Bob Doerschuk © 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. Many artists draw from their background, but the music of...
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New Artist Spotlight: Breelan Angel
Breelan Angel photo by Melinda Norris, courtesy of the CMA. NEW ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Breelan Angel By Bob Doerschuk © 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. You’re a strong...
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A Q&A with Little Big Town, Hosts of ABC’s “CMA Music Festival: Country’s...
Little Big Town photo by Kristin Barlowe, courtesy of the CMA. By Bob Doerschuk © 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. CMA’s reigning Vocal Group of the Year, Little Big...
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New Artist Spotlight: Charlie Worsham
Charlie Worsham photo courtesy of Warner Music Nashville. By Bob Doerschuk © 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. Born in Mississippi, Charlie Worsham learned enough banjo...
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CMA Close Up: The Subversive Country Artistry of Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves photo courtesy of Mercury Nashville. By Bob Doerschuk © 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. It was one of those nights at the Grand Ole Opry that promised...
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