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Daily Roundup: Reba McEntire, Cutest Pets in Country Music + More
Reba McEntire achieved a major career accomplishment this week, and Joe Nichols continues to celebrate the birth of his new baby girl. New photos of the singer’s daughter are included in the Daily Roundup, a list of the top headlines in country music. Below, find our picks of the cutest pets in country music. You know, the furry faces that make you go, “Awww…” Just try and stop it!
Tim McGraw – Then and Now
You can still recognize Tim McGraw by his eyes and mustache, but much of the rest of his face is quite different in 2012. The singer is in much better shape than he was in this picture from 1993, for starters. There is something else that is different, and we can’t quite place it…
Before They Were Famous: Billy Currington
Billy Currington‘s fans know the country singer looks pretty good showing off his toned arms. While he’s spent some time in the gym, a job pouring cement certainly helped sculpt his bod. One of the jobs he had before hitting it big with ‘Walk a Little Straighter Daddy’ in 2003 was working 16 hours a day at a cement plant. He also worked at a paper mill after high school and a pawn shop before gett
Best Country Artist for President – Readers Poll
To date, no country stars have offered their names as candidates for the US presidency, but that won’t stop us from wondering what it would be like if stars like Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire and Hank Williams Jr. traded in their tour bus for a seat on Airforce One. Which country music superstar do you think would make the best president?
Tracy Lawrence’s Gear Stolen After Thieves Break Into Equipment Trailer
On Monday morning, thieves broke into the equipment trailer Tracy Lawrence had been towing around the country and stole several items important to the singer’s live show. All Access was the first to report the robbery, which occurred just after 4AM PT near Bakersfield, Calif.
Team Blake’s Chances on ‘The Voice’ – Readers Poll
After tonight, Blake Shelton‘s team on ‘The Voice’ will be down to just two members. Last night he said good-bye to rocker Jordis Unga. While the Minnesotan was heartbroken, she understood his logic. Forced to choose between four singers who’d all delivered brilliant performances during the live show, Shelton sent home the contestant who got the fewest fan votes two weeks ago.
Little Big Town, ‘Pontoon’ – Song Review
Any country artist that can invent a sound never before heard on country radio deserves a round of applause. In the age of repetition and imitation, Little Big Town releases ‘Pontoon,’ a song that has no siblings.
Keith Urban, Alan Jackson and a Dozen More Country Superstars Record ‘The Choice’ to Help Children in Need
Over a dozen of country music’s top performers participated in recording ‘The Choice,’ a song written by Billy Gilman to bring awareness to children in need of shoes across the world. Every download of the song will provide a pair of shoes to a child in need.
Blake Shelton Says Goodbye to Rocker Jordis Unga on ‘The Voice’
All four members of Team Blake were singing for their future on the show Monday night, after it was announced that one of the four would be sent home immediately after the night’s final performance. RaeLynn, Jordis Unga, Erin Willett and Jermaine Paul made Blake Shelton‘s decision very, very difficult.
Blake Shelton Performs the Eagles’ ‘Heartache Tonight’ With His ‘The Voice’ Team
Throughout the second season of ‘The Voice,’ Blake Shelton wondered why contestants from other teams needed exotic production behind performances of powerful or vulnerable songs. “What does (fill in the blank) have to do with (blank),” he asked on a number of occasions. So it was no surprise that when it was time for him to take the stage with the four remaining Team Blake members, it was all abou
Sugarland Never Resisted Delaying Indiana State Fair Concert, Jennifer Nettles Says
While it’s possible that Sugarland‘s tour manager resisted delaying the start of the tragic Indiana State Fair show on the band’s behalf last August, the conversation was never relayed to Jennifer Nettles. That’s the crux of a partial transcript of Nettles’s deposition obtained by the Indianapolis Star.
Carrie Underwood vs. Eric Church – The Showdown
Blake Shelton made a late charge, but his song ‘Drink on It’ fell a few votes short during last week’s Showdown. ‘Good Girl’ by Carrie Underwood is now a three-time winner, meaning she needs just one more win to have the song retired into the Taste of Country Showdown Hall of Fame.