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Lake District: Winter's snow and ice in these mountains has scoured spring's rockclimbs as sweet as a nut Picking their way along mountain trods - like sheep returning to the fell after lambing in the pea-green fields below - climbers make for the high crags.

By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer They battle it out weekly on the Billboard charts, and now they're competing at the Billboard Music Awards.

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How did violinist Jason Mowery go from fiddling in small town shows in Indiana to performing nightly in Las Vegas with Shania Twain, one of the top-selling female country artists of all time? Before the former Fort Wayne resident performed for thousands in 18 countries on five continents, before playing the Grand Ole Opry, and even before the ... (more)

Today's biggest stars - from Taylor Swift to fun. to Maroon 5 - are the key finalists at Sunday's awards show, airing live from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on ABC.

Across the vast, combative realms of pop music, country is the genre where women are delivering today's most compelling tunes.

Sure, there's a division between church and state, and prayers are no longer said in schools - but Paul Brandt wants to know who took the gospel out of country? Sure, there's a division between church and state, and prayers are no longer said in schools - but Paul Brandt wants to know who took the gospel out of country? There was a time when ... (more)

"I'm from a map dot," Tim McGraw sang shortly after taking the stage at the Susquehanna Bank Center on Friday night, "a stop sign on a blacktop." But McGraw, who took the stage to the decidedly un-countryish sounds of Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive," is defined as much by big-tent showmanship as small-town sentiment, sometimes to the latter's ... (more)

Editor's Note: Since I actually did get two e-mails asking about this even though it's not exactly local, well, here you go.

Some of music's biggest names will be spotlighted Saturday night on a special edition of ABC's 20/20. Called Rock 'n Royalty: Billboard's All-Stars , the show will be anchored by Barbara Walters , and feature the best and most memorable moments from ABC interviews conducted throughout the years with a variety of pop and country superstars.

However, the No. 1 position next week will likely be owned by Vampire Weekend's "Modern Vampires of the City," with perhaps 130,000 copies sold.

Star-studded collaborations are on tap for Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards, airing live on ABC from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Candice Glover, an R&B dynamo from St. Helena Island, S.C., was crowned the Season 12 winner of "American Idol" Thursday night.

Jo Dee Messina is postponing her Canadian tour. Later this month the country star was planning to head north of the border, and spend two-and-a-half weeks performing across the country.

Randy Travis, the wiry, multi-platinum-selling country crooner with a golden voice that carries enough bass to rattle your silverware , had a tough 2012.

Tim McGraw 's all-star TV special airs this weekend. He's leading the lineup for "ACM Presents: Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night," which is set to run on CBS on Sunday.

Nettles says Friday in a news release that she is working with Rick Rubin and will release the album in the fall.

Country star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent two state agencies from releasing a patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas.

The multi-artist Alabama tribute album Alabama & Friends will hit stores later this year, and a slew of big-name country stars are hitting the studio with the band for the project.

Taylor Swift Fan Arrested For Swimming To Her Beach House Posted by Joseph Lee on 05.15.2013 Some fans will do anything to meet her... TMZ reports that a Taylor Swift fan was arrested for trespassing near her beach home in Rhode Island early this morning after swimming to the location.