Taste of Country

'If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away' has been a career song for Justin Moore. The tune became his fastest rising single to date just weeks after its release, and now it has topped the country singles chart. Penned by Rob Hatch, Brett Jones and Peach Picker, Dallas Davidson, the song was a piece out of each of their own lives.

'Denim' may have been a more appropriate name for Chris Young's new album, as the 10 songs fit him like a great pair of blue jeans. They're comfortable, and Young is as confident as he's ever been on 'Neon,' in stores July 12. They allow him plenty of room to move around -- Young climbs up and down a scale like Keith Urban slides up and down a fretboard -- and even the silliest of the bunch is som

Happy anniversary to Carrie Underwood and her hockey hubby, Mike Fisher. The duo celebrated their one-year anniversary this weekend by spending time at Blackberry Farm, according to a tweet posted by Fisher. We're going to venture a guess that it was quite the romantic excursion for these two love birds.

Over the weekend, WGNA held its annual Countryfest concert in Albany, N.Y. This year's event, headlined by Miranda Lambert, brought in thousands of country fans. The full lineup included Joanna Smith, Sunny Sweeney, Brett Eldredge, John Michael Montgomery and Randy Houser, followed by Lambert's closing set.

'American Idol' Season 10 winner Scotty McCreery is hard at work on his very first album as his single 'I Love You This Big' soars. In honor of this much anticipated release, Taste of Country has singled out five facts we already know about McCreery's debut, based on things the teen country star has said during his post-win press push. If you can't get enough ...

Jimmy Wayne is taking his heart of gold and continuing to do amazing things for at-risk teens who age out of the foster care system, resulting in them becoming homeless like he once was. In 2010, Wayne spent the first seven months of the year walking through the snow, sleet, rain and heat on his 1,700-mile trek, Meet Me Halfway.

It's been nearly a week since jurors decided that the evidence was not enough to convict Casey Anthony, the mother of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony, who was found murdered and buried in a shallow grave in 2008. But thanks to the country music community, little Caylee Anthony will not be forgotten.

In 2006, Heidi Newfield made the bittersweet announcement that after 10 years of fronting one of country music's first trios, Trick Pony, she would be stepping down to pursue a solo career.

Poor Lauren Alaina! Based on her tweets from last night, it seems the 'American Idol' runner-up has suffered an ankle injury while out on tour with Scotty McCreery and the rest of the gang.

Many of Jim Lauderdale's songwriting credits belong to the one and only George Strait, including 'Twang,' 'The King of Broken Hearts,' 'Where the Sidewalk Ends,' 'I Gotta Get to You,' and his 1998 Top 5 hit, 'We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This.'