Taste of Country

Shania Twain may be smiling right now, as her new Oprah Winfrey Network series 'Why Not? With Shania Twain' is set to premiere this Sunday, May 9 at 11PM ET, but it was a long, arduous, difficult road to happiness, as this five-minute preview of the series' debut episode reveals.

When we spoke with Bradley Gaskin, he'd just heard his debut single, 'Mr. Bartender,' on the radio for the first time only days before. But that morning, he heard it three times. At 2-years-old, the Alabama newcomer was belting out his big voice for his family. Now, at 30, he's the center of his own 2-year-old's world -- but his young daughter may never know that her dad once put up drywall for a

Alabama frontman Randy Owen brings us a new tune, 'In Honor of (Those Serving Us)' -- a tribute to the good men and women of law enforcement and fire departments, following a monumental weekend in American history that has been 10 years coming.

Colt Ford’s highly-anticipated new album, ‘Every Chance I Get,’ hits stores today (May 3), and like his previous two releases, it's packed full of southern-style rap tunes. The country rapper from Georgia had no problem compiling the 13-track album, complete with guest vocals from many of his famous friends in music.

Dierks Bentley has a new album in the works, and his latest update is that it "probably won't come out until late summer, early fall," according to an interview with Soundspike. He recorded the majority of the new songs in an impressive five days, but explains there's "still lots to do. We did the majority of the tracking. We just need to add a fiddle here and there, change some thi

On May 2, Taylor Swift was one of the many starlets to grace the red carpet at the 2011 Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. This year's gala, with the theme 'Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty,' was set up to honor the memory of late designer Alexander McQueen, whose design house most recently constructed Kate Middleton's royal wedding gown.

It's been over four decades since the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band hit the music scene and started making music, but that doesn't mean their popularity or sales have showed any signs of slowing down in recent years. The band's No. 1 hit song, 'Fishin' in the Dark,' remains one of the top-selling classic country songs of its time and continues to be one of the most popular cover songs performed in clubs

Sara Evans is riding high this week as her latest hit, 'A Little Bit Stronger,' sits at the No. 1 slot on the country singles chart. The tune has become an anthem for many woman and helped them seek courage while struggling through life. The lyrics, written by Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey and Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott, stemmed from a real-life experience from Scott, who had just gone through

Here's some good news for Craig Campbell fans to sink their fangs into: The singer's autobiographical new single, the heart-wrenching, ripped from the fabric of real life ballad 'Family Man,' is scheduled to make a prominent TV appearance. The song will be used in the July 3 episode of HBO's massively popular vampire series 'True Blood.'

Taylor Swift has joined the stellar lineup of country superstars set to take the stage during the 2011 CMA Music Festival, which takes place June 9-12 at LP Field in Nashville. Swift will have the honor of closing out the four-day event with her Sunday night set.