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Dierks Bentley Plays Backyards and Bars in Chicago CHICAGO -- Why is it that the bigger Dierks Bentley's career becomes, the smaller his venues get? Is it some kind of twisted irony? Or a deliberate move to bring the music closer to the fans?

Tim O'Brien Stands Alone on New Album, Chameleon Tim O'Brien wants you to get into something -- anything really, just "dirty those hands and get stuck in," he tells me as he sips his first pint of the day. We're at the Yazoo brewery in Nashville, a ploughman's lunch between us, talking about his new alb

HOT DISH: Media Should Leave Miley Cyrus Alone If I see another word about those photographs taken by Annie Leibovitz of Miley Cyrus, I think I will crawl up on the nude statues on the Music Row roundabout in Nashville and throw up. I have never in my almost four decades on Music Row heard of anything

At Last, James Otto Scores No. 1 Song Raise your glasses -- whether convivial or corrective -- to James Otto as he scores his first No. 1 Billboard single with "Just Got Started Lovin' You." It's been a long haul for the tall singer. He first visited the country chart in 2002 with "The

Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles Gives Credit to Eddie's Attic DECATUR, Ga. -- As one of the breakout country bands of the last few years, Sugarland can easily draw thousands of people to their high-energy concerts. But back in the day, Jennifer Nettles would finesse her singer-songwriter skills at a very laidback ba

NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Remembering Eddy Arnold As remarkable as the late Eddy Arnold's country music career was, his lasting legacy will be that he made the world safe for country pop music. His enormous success with a smooth brand of mellow songs won over pop and country audiences alike and took the

Country Music Hall of Fame Member Eddy Arnold Dies at Age 89 Country Music Hall of Fame member Eddy Arnold died early Thursday morning (May 8) at NHC Place, an assisted living facility near Nashville at age 89. His wife of 66 years, Sally Gayhart Arnold, died in March while he was recovering in a Nashville hospital

Book Excerpt: Willie Nelson: An Epic Life "When I came to Nashville, the people I hung out with were serious songwriters, none of whom were successful yet," said Kris Kristofferson. "Willie was the hero of the soulful set -- the people who were in the business because they loved the soul of count

ACM Honoring Brenda Lee, Oaks, Conway Twitty, Porter Wagoner With Pioneer Awards Brenda Lee, the Oak Ridge Boys and the late Conway Twitty and Porter Wagoner have been named as this year's recipients of the Academy of Country Music's Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award. Additionally, Dick Clark will receive the ACM's Jim Reeves International

James Otto Rattles the Charts With a No. 1 Single James Otto titled his new album Sunset Man, but he could have just as aptly dubbed it Persistent Man. The album has been nearly five years in the making, during which time Otto saw the careers of his buddies Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilso

   
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