George Strait News

Patty Griffin bookends her seventh album "American Kid" with two songs about the death of her father, opening with the wistful, spiritually open-hearted :Go Wherever You Wanna Go." The song features a series of poetic images conveying to a loved one that it's OK to let go and pass to the other side.

As we approach Memorial Day Weekend, Eric Church won't just be focusing on picnics and outdoor activities.

Back by popular demand! The Golden Pond Planetarium in Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area will once again feature Laser Light Music Nights beginning May 24th, 2013.

Indie rock band Vampire Weekend on Wednesday grabbed the top spot on the weekly Billboard 200 album chart, besting new albums from country legend George Strait and pop singer Demi Lovato.

George Strait has scored his 25th #1 on Billboard 's Country Albums chart with Love Is Everything , extending George's reign as the artist with the most chart-toppers on that tally.

Last week, country stalwart George Strait set a new milestone: 60 songs certified by Billboard as No.

The CMT Awards are coming up rapidly, and country music fans will definitely want to tune in when hearing the latest round of artists scheduled to perform at the show.

The George Strait "60 For 60" campaign was a success, and gives the singer an unprecedented musical milestone.

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George Strait turned 61 Saturday. Today, he gets a belated birthday present: His single 'Give It All We Got Tonight' hits the top of USA TODAY's country airplay chart, the 60th No.

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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.

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson is 67. Country singer George Strait is 61.

The massive kid from Fife High School in Fife, Washington is commonly known as "Big Country". What else do you call a kid who is 6'8.5" and 270 lbs? The fact he sports a Cowboy Hat and has George Strait or Allen Jackson blaring out of his truck has little to do with it.

Trace Adkins works with five different producers on his 11th album, suggesting the country music veteran and reality TV star is searching for an infusion of fresh energy.

George Strait 's 40th album, Love Is Everything , is now in stores and online, and George is calling it "my best release in a while." He says, "It's always fun putting together songs for a new record.

Dismissed by some as one of the least-famous judges on one of the least-popular singing shows , Demi Lovato , 20, pleads a big case that with her new album, "Demi," she should be taken as seriously as arena-filling pop stars like P!nk and Katy Perry.

George Strait 's 40th album, Love Is Everything , is in stores and online this week, and George admits the sounds on this new project are much more polished than the tracks on his 1981 debut album, Strait Country .

George Strait is amid a two-year tour before retiring from the road, but new album "Love Is Everything" proves he still has plenty of great new country music in him.

Country singer and songwriter Jon Wolfe favors traditional country with just enough contemporary kick to sound both timeless and current, not unlike George Strait or Alan Jackson, and, at his best, he makes it all seem easy and natural.