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Cover Story: Carrie Underwood’s Play On Tour

April 6th, 2010 · No Comments

Carrie Underwood just scored her 12th #1 single with “Temporary Home.” It seems like everything Carrie has touched in her young career has turned to gold.
So, we’re sitting down with our favorite American Idol (sorry Kelly!) and talking about her Play On Tour. Because, ya know, if Carrie’s involved, it’s gonna be awesome.
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Miranda Lambert Chats About Charts

April 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment

Do you know how many Top-10 singles Miranda Lambert has had? If you guessed “two,” then congratulations! You win a gold star!
Chart success for an artist depends on a lot of different factors. It usually comes down to how good a song is, what other songs are on the charts and, often most importantly, the team [...]

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Artist Profile — Alan Jackson

March 31st, 2010 · No Comments

Most Country superstars stay busy by jet-setting all over the world touring, making videos, doing photoshoots, etc. And Alan Jackson is no exception… with the exception that Alan usually jet-sets right back home after he’s done with a show.
You see, Alan’s not real big on all that stuff. According to him, he’s pretty boring and [...]

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Cover Story — Country SweetMakers

March 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Why is it that no matter how much you stuff your face with food, you can always be convinced to top it off with a little sweet treat?? Hey — we all have to give in to our sweet tooth every now and then. And some of your favorite Country HitMakers are no exception.
In this [...]

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Cover Story — CSI: HitMakers

March 25th, 2010 · No Comments

I’ll be honest — I don’t know much at all about any of the CSI shows. I know, I know, I’m just not that hip. Unfortunately, my knowledge of the show is limited to tired internet memes. But lucky for me, CSI is a big hit with a lot of your favorite Country hitmakers.
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Artist Profile: Gary Allan

March 24th, 2010 · No Comments

There’s a lot that goes into making hitmakers, well, hitmakers. Record labels have teams, committees and all kinds of behind-the-scenes people that deal with every facet of an artist’s career. How should this artist look? Hat or no hat? Okay, baseball hat or cowboy hat? Backwards baseball hat?? Seriously — people get paid good money [...]

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Katie Armiger makes up with MAC

March 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

I would imagine that every girl dreams of being sponsored by a makeup company. (Similarly, I would imagine that every guy dreams of being sponsored by a bacon company, but I digress!) Well, if that’s so, then Katie Armiger’s wish has come true! She’s sponsored by MAC cosmetics.
So what does that mean? Katie tells us [...]

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Cover Story: Proud of the House That Built Me

March 18th, 2010 · No Comments

When I first saw the title of Miranda Lambert’s new single, “The House That Built Me,” the first thing I thought of was Brooks & Dunn’s song, “Proud of the House We Built.” Were the two songs related? Was this some sort of cryptic message by the Texans?
As it turns out, they’re both just great [...]

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Artist Profile: Keith Urban

March 17th, 2010 · No Comments

While you would think that Nashville is always full of Country music superstars, the reality is that most of the time, those stars are not here in town all that much. They’re out & about touring, making music videos, attending awards shows, etc.
After the Grammys, Keith Urban realized that it had been a while since [...]

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Easton Corbin’s life on the farm

March 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Before he was storming up the charts with his debut single, “A Little More Country Than That,” Easton Corbin spent a lot of time on his grandparents’ cattle farm. The former FFA and 4-H member even used to show cattle at local livestock fairs. We recently caught up with Easton, who told us that he [...]

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