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Just about a year after it was originally scheduled, Kelly Clarkson‘s new album looks like it’s finally heading for stores. ‘Stronger,’ her fifth full-length release, has a brand new October 25 release date — but fans won’t have to wait that long to hear new music from the original ‘American Idol’ winner. She’ll debut her new single, ‘Mr. Know It All,’ via a live broadcast from her website on Augu

Who’s the hottest new country act of the year? With one single to their name, a debut album still two weeks away from store shelves, and Miranda Lambert in the lineup, the answer just might be Pistol Annies. The red-hot trio — consisting of Lambert, Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe — recently sat down with Taste of Country to dish a little about their first album, ‘Hell on Heels,’ and discuss t

Five years after releasing his first ‘Duets’ collection, Tony Bennett is back for a sequel — and this time, some of his guests might surprise you. For the 17-track collection, due September 20, Bennett enlisted a few fellow legends, including Willie Nelson and Aretha Franklin, along with contemporary crooners such as Andrea Bocelli and Michael Bublé. But he also made sure to give ‘Duets II’ a cont

Trace Adkins named his new album ‘Proud to Be Here,’ and that sums up his career outlook pretty nicely. Adkins might be riding high on the charts now, with a string of bestselling records and hit singles to his credit, but he still remembers how he felt when he was just starting out — and, as he proved during a recent interview with Taste of Country, he knows how far he’s come.

It has to be a real adrenaline rush in every artist's career when they go gold on their first single or better yet, first album. Republic Nashville artist Eli Young Band’s “Crazy Girl” has been certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000, now get this in downloads. The track is the lead single from their forthcoming album Life At Best.

Our good friend Kevin Fowler hasn't had a new studio album out in quite some time but that's all about to change next month.  Can't wait!

YouTube the name Lee Greenwood and what pops up? Over 100 versions of  "God Bless The USA" by Lee Greenwood. So it comes as no surprise to me that Mr. Greenwood has just released a new project.

It's been said the the era between 1920's to the 1950's was know as the "Golden Age Of Fiction" because of all the great stories and books that were being written. Most all the books, stories and comics were released on paper that was thick and rough, it was called pulp stock, thus the phrase "pulp fiction." It also was, the era of great music too. Music like Jazz, Blues, Ragti

Larry Gatlin was recently on Fox and Friends and started discussing his addiction and later his getting help from former First Lady Betty Ford. Through a friend in common the doctor who assisted Ford in her recovery from her addiction helped Larry Gatlin with his addictions to all kinds of drugs and alcohol.

It’s been over two years since Martina McBride has delivered a full-length album of new material — and the wait just got a little longer for her fans. McBride’s upcoming release, which will be her eleventh studio set, was scheduled for August, but Universal Republic has pushed it back a few weeks — to October 18, to be exact. She addressed the change in a recent blog post, calling it “a decision t

Cross Canadian Ragweed is no longer but Cody Canada has moved on to a new group called The Departed.  They have a new song out called "Ballad of Rosalie" from the album This is Indian Land.

I get an email from one of my record reps last week asking if we would like to have Joe Ely stop by and visit.....ummmm...YEAH! So Wednesday Joe, that's what I call him, stops by and visits for few minutes, signs autographs and takes pics.