Taste of Country

It's a brand-new month, and that means a new list of songs on the radio to enjoy in June 2011! If April showers bring May flowers, then May flowers come packing with new country tunes.

Naturally, celebrities are always the focus of the public eye, be it because of their relationships, their clothing, or their weight. But some recent accusations that LeAnn Rimes is anorexic or bulimic, or simply just too skinny, have got the country star fired up.

Convincing Alabama to play on Brad Paisley's song 'Old Alabama' was the easy part. Writing the eventual chart topper proved to be much more difficult. Paisley tells Taste of Country the song began to take shape long before he invited the country legends to join him. "We were not really writing it the right way at the time," he says of the initial lyric-writing efforts. "When we turn

Kristin Chenoweth is well on her way to having her own career in the country music industry, as she's gearing up to release her first album. Some of country music's fans, however, were just introduced to the actress through CMT's reality singing competition 'Next Superstar' when she appeared on the first episode as the guest celebrity judge.

Boys will be boys. Blake Shelton and Brad Paisley toured together when both were struggling young artists, and the would-be country superstars had no idea that years later, they'd be touring together again. However, Shelton is planning retaliation pranks to get back at Paisley, a notorious prankster, from a literally "foul" joke he played on him.

Producers of the CMT Music Awards proved they aren't afraid to add a splash of MTV to the telecast, despite Wynonna's insistance otherwise at the beginning of Wednesday night's broadcast. Jason Aldean closed the show with two songs, one featuring fellow Georgian Ludacris on Aldean's current hit song 'Dirt Road Anthem.' It made for great television, but it's doubtful country fans will be sending th

Danny Gokey, the 'American Idol' Season 8 contestant who is now fully pursuing his post-'Idol' career as a country singer, has a firm opinion on the outcome of Season 10. Gokey, 31 -- who placed third during his season -- he disagrees with America's choice of Scotty McCreery as the new 'American Idol.'

Country music's favorite redhead, Reba McEntire, will embark on a 31-city tour this fall, with the Band Perry, Steel Magnolia and Edens Edge in tow. Reba offered a preview of her impending tour during the CMA Music Festival on Friday, June 10, at LP Field in Nashville.

For every person that has, is, and will fight for our freedom....thank you from the deepest part of me. — Miranda Lambert (@Miranda_Lambert) May 27, 2012

The past year has been quite the whirlwind for newcomer Brantley Gilbert who has gone from having hit singles as a songwriter to having a new hit single as an artist. In 2010, Jason Aldean recorded two of Gilbert's songs -- 'My Kinda Party' and his current single, 'Dirt Road Anthem' -- for his 'My Kinda Party' album. The title track hit No. 2 on Billboard's country singles chart, and 'Dirt Road An