Garth Brooks News

Growing up hunting and fishing on the weekend and listening to tunes by Garth Brooks and George Strait, Chris Cavanaugh always has been a little bit country.

Garth Brooks celebrated his 50th birthday on Tuesday by giving back to his longtime producer and renaming a music studio in his honor.

George Strait and Martina McBride , on a bill together on Saturday at Amway Center , are an old-school combination in a country landscape now populated by the Jason Aldean s and Miranda Lambert s. Yet McBride, whose career started in the midst of the Garth Brooks era of the 1990s, took steps this year to reinvent herself in a way that not too many ... (more)

Adele 's 21 has owned the albums charts since its late-February 2011 release and it continues to dominate, tallying 18 non-consecutive weeks at #1, more than any album since Garth Brooks' 1991 smash Ropin' the Wind and just a few weeks shy of tying the 20-week record set by "The Bodyguard" soundtrack and Elvis Presley's Blue Hawaii .

Country great GARTH BROOKS celebrated his 50th birthday YESTERDAY by surprising his longtime producer ALLEN REYNOLDS, at a gathering in NASHVILLE.

The Gretna Fire Department fish fry is from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Friday, at the Gretna American Legion.

Born on this day in history: Saint Thomas More , Charles Dickens , Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House series , Nobel Prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis , writer Gay Talese , actor James Spader , singer Garth Brooks , comedian Chris Rock , NBA All-Star Steve Nash .

Sonia Leigh is a friend of fellow Georgian Zac Brown. She's also one of the first artists signed to his Southern Ground label, which has taken their friendship to the professional level, too.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 05: Country singers Miranda Lambert and husband Blake Shelton perform ?America the Beautiful? before the start of Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 5, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Today's Birthdays: Author Gay Talese is 80. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., is 77. Actor Miguel Ferrer is 57.

Garth Brooks Age: 50 Occupation: Singer, Songwriter and Musician Known For: Changing the very face of modern country music with a huge crossover career that's included record-setting album sales, scads of awards, sold-out concert tours and chart-topping singles like 'Friends in Low Places' and 'The Thunder Rolls,' and his marriage to fellow country ... (more)

Author Gay Talese is 80. Country singer Garth Brooks is 50. Actor-comedian Chris Rock is 47.

After Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson was the most popular male country singer of the '90s. An heir to the new traditionalist movement of the '80s, Jackson's approach was rooted in classic honky tonk yet remained comfortably within the contemporary mainstream.

Singer Garth Brooks performs after being honored during the Songwriters Hall of Fame awards in New York June 16, 2011.

Our ode to No. 12-peaking songs continues in the country, with notable hits from Garth Brooks and Shania Twain .

Born February 7th, 1962 and raised in Yukon, Oklahoma, Garth Brooks became interested in music in university.

After Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson was the most popular male country singer of the '90s. An heir to the new traditionalist movement of the '80s, Jackson's approach was rooted in classic honky tonk yet remained comfortably within the contemporary mainstream.

Garth Brooks is a pivotal figure in the history of country music, no matter how much some country purists would like to deny it.

Toby Keith spent the '90s as a solid, workmanlike country star who met with considerable chart success, yet never quite broke free of the neo-traditionalist pack to become a household name like Garth Brooks or Alan Jackson.

Country singer and songwriter Jerrod Niemann has penned songs for Garth Brooks, Neal McCoy, Jamey Johnson, and Zona Jones, among others, and has built a strong fan base as a performer of his own material as well.