January 9, 2012 2009 - Valory releases Justin Moore's "Small Town USA" to radio. The song references Hank Williams Jr., David Allan Coe and "Sweet Home Alabama".
December 23, 2011 2006 - Sugarland collects a #1 country single in Billboard with "Want To".
November 28, 2011 2006 - Little Big Town's Kimberly Roads marries Stephen Schlapman on a Caribbean island. Witnessing the moment are her bandmates: Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook--who married each other six months earlier--and Phillip Sweet
November 9, 2011 2010 - Big Machine releases Taylor Swift's "Back To December" to radio.
November 8, 2011 2010 - The movie "Country Strong," starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw, premieres at Nashville's Green Hills 16 theaters, drawing Luke Bryan, Sara Evans, Dierks Bentley, Mark Collie, Jerrod Niemann and Little Big Town.
Country legend Willie Nelson has been forced to postpone back-to-back shows this week due to an unspecified illness. A statement on his website only explained Thursday night’s postponement in Washington D.C., saying, “The show tonight at 9:30 Club has been postponed due to illness. All tickets will be honored for the new date once it is rescheduled. Check back soon for more details.”
November 3, 2011 2009 - Arista releases Carrie Underwood's album "Play On".
Willie Nelson is one of the first country stars to comment on the Occupy Wall Street protests, and the legend is giving the demonstrations a big thumbs up. Nelson wrote a poem that could be titled ‘We’re the Ones With the 99,’ and along with his wife, recites it in the video below.
October 21, 2011 2009 - Brad Paisley performs at New York's prestigious Madison Square Garden for the first time. Joining him on the bill: Dierks Bentley and Jimmy Wayne.
October 4, 2011 2008 - Dierks and Cassidy Bentley have a daughter, Evalyn Day Bentley, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville.
Even as rescue workers continue to battle the wildfires that have raged through Texas throughout September, organizers are putting together a benefit to help pay for some of the more than $250 million worth of damage the fires have left behind.
Scheduled for October 17, ‘Fire Relief: The Concert for Central Texas’ has lined up an impressive array of artists and bands with roots in the Lone Star State, including the Dixie Chicks, Willie Nelson, and Lyle Lovett.
September 21, 2011 2007 - Trisha Yearwood and Babyface lock voices as a new episode of "CMT Crossroads" debuts.
