CMT NewsAll the news from country music's most reliable source.Kenny Chesney and Friends Rock Nashville With Eight-Hour Homecoming Show- July 7, 2008 Just how much Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban contributed to global warming with the eight-hour concert they headlined Saturday (July 5) at Nashville's LP Field is open to dispute. But there's no doubt that the ice was melting faster than usual in the overphttp://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1590527/kenny-chesney-and-friends-rock-nashville-wit... HOT DISH: Brad Paisley Talks About New Video With Andy Griffith- July 7, 2008 "I'm having a ball," Brad Paisley exclaimed right off the bat via phone. I knew without asking what brought on his excitement. He'd just finished the video for his current chart-climbing single, "Waiting for a Woman," with his hero guest-starring in ithttp://www.cmt.com/news/hot-dish/1590440/hot-dish-brad-paisley-talks-about-new-video-with-... Montgomery Gentry Scores Top Song as Taylor Swift's CD Continues Reign- July 5, 2008 While Taylor Swift continues to sit atop the Billboard country albums chart this week, presumably texting friends and looking over her shoulder for some really serious competition, Montgomery Gentry leapfrogs Blake Shelton to seize the summit of thhttp://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1590446/montgomery-gentry-scores-top-song-as-taylor-... Songwriter Bob McDill Talks About His Many Hits- July 4, 2008 Looking like the tenured English professor he might have become, Bob McDill is a Nashville legend whose vivid, observational and relentlessly literate songs were the backbone of country music throughout the 1970s, '80s and early '90s. Among them are Alanhttp://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1590445/songwriter-bob-mcdill-talks-about-his-many-h... NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Sugarland's Next CD Worth the Wait- July 3, 2008 Sugarland's upcoming CD is a leading candidate for country album of the year. Love on the Inside, which releases on July 22 and July 29 in its two versions, comes in two models: regular and deluxe edition. The latter, for a few dollars more, includhttp://www.cmt.com/news/nashville-skyline/1590437/nashville-skyline-sugarlands-next-cd-wor... Dan Tyminski Steps Into Solo Spotlight on Wheels- July 2, 2008 Dan Tyminski is a reluctant lead singer, which is surprising for a few reasons. First of all, he consistently holds his own as a vocalist and guitarist in Alison Krauss & Union Station, which is one of the most formidable bands in any genre of music.http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1590331/dan-tyminski-steps-into-solo-spotlight-on-wh... Kathy Mattea Mines Home and Heritage for New Album- July 1, 2008 Kathy Mattea's Coal has the stark clarity and elegance of a black-and-white photograph. It is a concept album to be sure, but it involves more than just the exploration of a single theme. There is an overarching mood here as well -- a grim, ploddinhttp://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1590266/kathy-mattea-mines-home-and-heritage-for-new... Tim McGraw Says He Was Just Keeping the Peace- July 1, 2008 Tim McGraw downplayed the incident in which he helped eject an unruly fan from his concert. Out walking with wife Faith Hill and their daughters in Los Angeles, McGraw told photographers who approached him and asked about the melee that it was no big dealhttp://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1590256/tim-mcgraw-says-he-was-just-keeping-the-peac... |