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Miss Molly comes to us by way of Memphis, TN, but was born deep in the heart of Texas. Always the organized and efficient one, she's a taskmaster and film extraordinaire who still finds time to write on the side.

Merle Haggard Home After Hospitalization

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Merle Haggard Returns Home After Hospitalized for Illness. Merle Haggard was hospitalized Tuesday, January 17th at a Georgia hospital to be treated for pneumonia. He was released after treatment and intended to head home on his tour bus after canceling a show in Macon, GA. However, he was then readmitted to be treated for other ailments including 3 stomach ulcers and 8 colon polyps. The country icon has now returned to his California home. Our thoughts and prayers are with Merle as he continues to recover. No news yet as to whether or not his illness will influence upcoming tour dates.

Chris Young Donates To MTSU

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Chris Young Donates Equipment to Alma Mater. Chris Young recently donated sound equipment to MTSU, the country singer’s alma mater! He and his crew had some equipment, including cables, soundboards, etc., that they simply weren’t using anymore. So, Young decided to recycle it by giving it to the department of production. “Our staff, which includes more than 100 students, will greatly benefit,” Craig Doman, MTSU Director of Production Services The equipment will be utilized for lighting, video and staging for both on and off campus events. It’s great to see a successful musician giving back and supporting his roots! Young was recently nominated for 2 ACM Awards, Single Record of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year. You can check out his “thank you” video below! Chris Young Says “thanks” for ACM Nominations! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJgFdQcjj9g]

Lauren Alaina and Jason Aldean Duet

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Lauren Alaina Sings “Don’t You Wanna Stay” With Jason Aldean. Lauren Alaina is currently on tour with Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan, and the young star has nabbed the opportunity to sing the duet role in Aldean’s “Don’t You Wanna Stay“. This particular performance choice clearly delights fans, and I have to agree, its a great choice. A fan recently caught their live performance on camera, and Alaina featured the video below on her homepage. The camera work is a little shaky, but Lauren’s obvious talent shines through anyway! Watch it and let us know what you think. Does she fill Clarkson’s shoes or not? Lauren Alaina and Jason Aldean Live Duet of “Don’t You Wanna Stay” [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zeo0ljViJz0]

New Music From Miley Cyrus?

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Miley Cyrus Releases Video for Cover of Bob Dylan Song. Well, it looks like Miley Cyrus might be making an effort to get back to those country roots of hers…even if it is by covering someone else’s music. The Hannah Montana star has released a video for her cover of Bob Dylan‘s “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go“, and it is currently featured on CMT (but you can watch it below!). This particular cover is featured on the second of a 4-disc tribute album titled Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International) from whose proceeds a portion will actually be donated to Amnesty International. Now Bob Dylan is definitely Americana, folkish, but not always necessarily country, certainly not the mainstream country Miley is connected to. However, Cyrus fills in plenty of twang and slow guitar in this to give it her own country feel. I have to say though, that while her efforts to be involved with Amnesty International are comendable, I’m not really buying the country angle from her right now. Do you we all remember what she subjected us to in 2010, “Can’t Be Tamed” (which CMT also featured)? Well, if you don’t remember, good for you because it was awful (If you’re curious though, you can watch it below). Miley experienced quite a few embarrassments awhile back (from this video to awkward Lindsey Lohan-esque party escapades), and I think she may just be using the country platform to claw her way back into the good graces of the American public. Or maybe she’s grown up, and it’s a genuine interest in exploring her country roots (grew up in TN…her dad is Billy Ray Cyrus…). Who knows? I guess we will just have to wait and see. In the meantime, watch the two videos and let us know what you think! Check out Miley’s New Video Below. Get More: You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, Miley Cyrus, Miley Cyrus Videos Miley’s “Can’t Be Tamed” from 2010. [youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjSG6z_13-Q]

2012 ACM Awards Nominations

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Check Out The Complete List of ACM Awards Nominations. This mornin’, the Academy of Country Music held a digital social media press conference to announce the nominations for the 47th Annual ACM Awards! You can check out the complete list below, and see if you’re favorite artists made the cut! Don’t see ’em? Tell us about it! The list below includes all categories al the on-camera nominations except the New Artists which will be announced in February! For the off-camera, industry awards click here. The 2012 ACM Awards will air LIVE out of Las Vegas on Sunday, April 1st at 8pm on CBS! The award event will be hosted by Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton! 47th Annual ACM Awards Nominations Entertainer of the Year Jason Aldean Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley Blake Shelton Taylor Swift Male Vocalist of the Year Jason Aldean Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley Blake Shelton Chris Young Female Vocalist of the Year Sara Evans Miranda Lambert Martina McBride Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood Vocal Duo of the Year Love and Theft Montgomery Gentry Steel Magnolia Sugarland Thompson Square Vocal Group of the Year The Band Perry Eli Young Band Lady Antebellum Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band Album of the Year (Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company) Chief – Eric Church (EMI-Nashville) Produced by: Arturo Buenahora, Jr., Jay Joyce Four The Record – Miranda Lambert (RCA) Produced by: Chuck Ainlay, Frank Liddell, Glenn Worf Hemingway’s Whiskey – Kenny Chesney (BNA) Produced by: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney My Kinda Party – Jason Aldean (Broken Bow Records) Produced by: Michael Knox Own The Night – Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville) Produced by: Lady Antebellum, Paul Worley Single Record of the Year (Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company) Crazy Girl – Eli Young Band (Republic Nashville) Produced by: Mike Wrucke Don’t You Wanna Stay – Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson (Broken Bow Records) Produced by: Michael Knox Red Solo Cup – Toby Keith (Show Dog-Universal Music) Produced by: Toby Keith Tomorrow – Chris Young (RCA) Produced by: James Stroud You And Tequila – Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter (BNA) Produced by: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney Song of the Year (Award to Composer(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)) Crazy Girl – Eli Young Band Composers: Lee Brice, Liz Rose Publishers: Cake Taker Music (BMI), Mike Curb Music (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Sweet Hysteria Music (BMI) Home – Dierks Bentley Composers: Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley, Dan Wilson Publishers: Big White Tracks (ASCAP), Chestnut Barn Music (BMI), Chrysalis Music/BMG Rights (ASCAP), Chrysalis One Songs (BMI) Just A Kiss – Lady Antebellum Composers: Dallas Davidson, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott Publishers: Dwhaywood Music (BMI), EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI), EMI Foray Music (SESAC), Hillary Dawn Songs (SESAC), Radiobulletspublishing (BMI), String Stretcher Music (BMI) Warner-Tamberlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) Threaten Me With Heaven – Vince Gill Composers: Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Dillon O’Brian, Will Owsley Publishers: Grant Girls Music (ASCAP), Vinny Mae Music (BMI), Willie-O Music (ASCAP) You And Tequila – Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter Composers: Matraca Berg, Deana Carter Publishers: Deanaling Music (ASCAP), Hannaberg Continue reading 2012 ACM Awards Nominations→

Garth Brooks Hospital Lawsuit

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Does Garth Brooks Deserve His $1 Million Settlement? The final ruling in the court case between Garth Brooks and an Oklahoma hospital came down, and Brooks was awarded a whopping $1 million! The first $500,000 accounts for the donation Brooks gave the hospital to fund the construction of a women’s wing which would bare the name of Brooks’ late mother. The hospital never made this wing, hence the court case. The other half of the million was awarded to Brooks for punitive damages. HaleighT is here to fill you in on whether or not she thinks Garth deserves such a large settlement. Check out what she has to say and tell us what YOU think! Watch the video and let us know what you think! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN62Fh6_dbU]

Lady Antebellum Live Chat Thursday

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Lady A Will Be Treating Fans To A Live Online Chat! Lady Antebellum will be kicking off their Own The Night 2012 World Tour, Friday, January 27th! In order to get this kick-off started right, they will be treating fans to an Online Live Chat on Thursday, January 26th, the night before their tour starts up. The chat will beginning streaming live at 6pm CT on the official Lady Antebellum website. Fans will have the opportunity to asks questions and get their answers on the spot! So, be sure to be thinking of what you’d like to ask and plan to tune in Thursday night. To get to the Live chat, click here!

Carrie Underwood’s New Single

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Carrie Underwood Releases New Single From Upcoming Album. Carrie Underwood will be releasing new music this spring, and fans will get the first taste of it at the end of February! Her new single, “Good Girl“, will impact country music radio on February 23rd! This single is coming off of her highly anticipated album release which should hit around the spring sometime! This album will be Underwood’s fourth release since 2005. Carrie has experienced an overwhelming amount of success including Grammy, CMA and ACM wins as well as producing 14 number 1 singles! I have no doubt that her upcoming album will keep this pattern going! Listen to Carrie tell you about herself in the video below! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR-sAoO8LzU]

2012 ACM Nominees Announcement Planned

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The 2012 ACM Awards Announcement Proceedings Planned and Ready To Go! Well, to announce the Grammy nominations they held an entire concert, but the ACM Awards are going to be keeping it a little more low key than that. Organizers have planned a digital press conference to take place via social media Thursday, January 26th starting at 6:30am (PT). All categories will be announced in real time to fans and the media at the same time (what a novel idea!). Reba McEntire (who is hosting the awards show alongside Blake Shelton) will be participating in events leading up to the conference. Additionally, nominee reaction videos will be posted throughout the day. You can check out the press conference via Facebook by clicking here or Twitter by clicking here. The 47th Annual ACM Awards will take place Sunday, April 1st, and will air live out of Las Vegas on CBS at 8pm (ET).

Keith Urban You Gonna Fly Video

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Check Out The Video for Keith Urban’s “You Gonna Fly”! Keith Urban has released a video for his single “You Gonna Fly“. The track is currently #7 on the Billboard/BDS chart and is the fourth single release off of his Get Closer. The footage for the video comes from his Get Closer 2011 World Tour which spanned the U.S., Canada and Australia. “We had cameras rolling every night on tour, which is a great way for us to capture all of those unpredictable things that seem to happen at our shows. In a way, the video is also a huge thank you to everyone that came out and made it so insanely fun night after night.” -Keith Urban It’s a really fun, energetic video that let’s the fans who didn’t get to him in concert, get a closer look at the live shows! You can check it out below. Watch “You Gonna Fly” Now! You Gonna Fly – Keith Urban – Keith Urban Videos