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Where I Come From - Alan Jackson

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.

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Related Topix: Alan Jackson, Country, Newnan, GA, Pop/Rock, The Rolling Stones

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Las Vegas Sun

Las Vegas to go country with Garth Brooks, Trace Adkins and Randy Travis

Trace Adkins at the Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 5, 2009.

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, Country, Trace Adkins, Randy Travis

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Country Weekly

Peanuts Look-A-Like FinalistsJoin the fun and pick your favorites.

The first-ever Peanuts 60th Anniversary Look-A-Like Contest with the selection of 30 finalists, as chosen by a panel of celebrity judges including Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood and Jill Schulz, the daughter of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz.

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Related Topix: Country, Trisha Yearwood, Charitable Organizations

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Cinema Blend News

George Strait Returns To Filmmaking

Country music right now in many ways doesn't resemble at all what it was in the early 90s, when Garth Brooks became a giant crossover success but Shania Twain had yet to make it a full-fledged pop genre.

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Related Topix: Pure Country, Drama Movies, Music!, George Strait, Country, Shania Twain

Sat Nov 14, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Expect country awards show to get a Swift kick

M odern country music - and, for that matter, tonight's 43rd annual Country Music Association Awards - is all about safety, sales and the status quo.

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Related Topix: Kenny Chesney, George Strait, Country, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Music, Entertainment

Thu Nov 12, 2009

BOB 94.9

Chattahoochee - Alan Jackson

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.

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Related Topix: Alan Jackson, Country, Newnan, GA

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Daily Gazette

CMAs to showcase musica s hottest genre

Taylor Swift has sold more albums than anyone in 2009. Kenny Chesney had the year's biggest concert tour.

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Related Topix: Taylor Swift, Country, Kenny Chesney, Game Show, American Idol, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Carrie Underwood, Shania Twain

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Alabama Live

All eyes will be on Taylor Swift at the Country Music Awards

Kenny Chesney has made the very hard work of dominating country music look easy.

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Related Topix: Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, Country, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson

Sun Nov 08, 2009

WHER-FM Hattiesburg

From A Jack ... - Ricky Van Shel...

Ricky Van Shelton was one of country music's biggest male stars during the late '80s and early '90s, prior to the emergence of crossover sensations like Garth Brooks.

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Related Topix: Ricky Van Shelton, Country, Danville, VA, Danville Metro

New Music

Southern Voice / Tim McGraw

"Hank Williams sang it, Number 3 drove it, Chuck Berry twanged it, Will Faulkner wrote it." So begins the title song on the album the critics are calling Tim McGraw's "rockiest album ever." The top-selling Contemporary Country artist, who replaced Garth Brooks as Country's number one top male singer, has enjoyed a string of hit albums from 1994's ...

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Related Topix: Hank Williams, Country

Fri Nov 06, 2009

WMAR

Yearwood plans another cookbook

Singer Trisha Yearwood arrives at the 2007 MusiCares Person of the Year honoring Don Henley at the Los Angeles Convention Center on February 9, 2007 in Los Angeles, California.

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Related Topix: Trisha Yearwood, Country, Los Angeles Metro, Entertainment

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Las Vegas Sun

George Strait and Reba McEntire to perform in Las Vegas

Garth Brooks, left, presents George Strait with the Artist of the Decade award at the ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Concert on Monday, April 6, 2009, in Las Vegas.

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Country, Billboard Music Awards, Music!

Tue Nov 03, 2009

98.1 KVET

Breaks My H... - Casey Donahew B...

Quick to mention the Rolling Stones, Rob Thomas, and Garth Brooks as influences, Casey Donahew started out as a favorite on the Texas bar circuit, but those years of steady gigging paid off on a national level in 2009 when one of his self-released albums cracked the country Top 30 album chart in ~Billboard magazine.

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Related Topix: Country

Sun Nov 01, 2009

CMT.com

Carrie Underwood Chooses Garth Brooks in Her CMT Minute

You know that game "Would You Rather"? Imagine being able to play that with country stars.

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Related Topix: Country, Carrie Underwood

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Keizertimes.com

Madness hopefully awaits singer

A Keizer man needs help to advance in the CMT Music City Madness contest. One of 64 amateur singer-songwriters chosen, there's big stakes for Jay Mast if he wins - a trip to Nashville, Tenn.

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Related Topix: Keizer, OR, Alan Jackson, Country

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Froggy999.com

American Soldier - Toby Keith

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.

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Related Topix: Toby Keith, Country, Alan Jackson, Merle Haggard

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Florida Times-Union

In the celebrity world, retirement's an empty promise

The most annoying stunts pulled by celebrities are retirement announcements. Same goes for your bogus "farewell tours," Barbra Streisand and Cher! Talk about the idlest of idle threats, or hollowest of hollow promises, depending on your level of appreciation for the star in question.

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Related Topix: Country, Entertainment, Drama, Television, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Comedy, Opinion

KLAS-TV Las Vegas

Wynn Warns Garth Brooks Ticket Scalpers

Garth Brooks show tickets at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas sold out in less than five hours.

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Related Topix: Country, Las Vegas, NV, Gaming

Mon Oct 26, 2009

The Paramus Post

Banjo Big-Hit Bela Fleck & the Flecktones

Bring a Surprising Mix of Jazz, Bluegrass, Bebop and More to the stage at bergenPAC - Saturday November 21st - 8:00 PM With a total of 11 Grammy wins and a whopping 27 nominations, banjo big-hit Bla Fleck and the Flecktones bring their multifaceted and seemingly unrivaled sound to the stage at bergenPAC on November 21st, at 8 p.m. Since the ...

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Related Topix: Jazz, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Country, The Chieftains, Celtic

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Garth's still got it: Brooks' Vegas shows sell out

Garth Brooks mused that the public may have moved on when he announced he was coming out of retirement.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Country, The Weekend, Pop/Rock, Thursday, Hey

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