JOHN GEROME

AP Entertainment Writer
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Paisley, Underwood return as hosts of CMA Awards

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will return as co-hosts of the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville this fall.

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Sam & Ruby unlikely pairing a match made in music

Ruby Amanfu and Sam Brooker get a funny look sometimes when they step on stage.

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MJ's death reopens old memories for Elvis fans

In the days after Michael Jackson's death, Joann Smith couldn't turn off her TV. She felt she was reliving the pain of her own idol's death almost 32 years ago — Elvis Presley.

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Break up painful but inspiring for Charlie Robison

Country rocker Charlie Robison didn't have to retreat to a cabin in the hills or listen to old records to find inspiration for his new album, "Beautiful Day."

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Paisley: 'Hard to ignore' serious themes on new CD

As much as he enjoys singing about the double lives of computer geeks ("Online") and amorous country boys ("Ticks"), Brad Paisley says there's too much going on in the world to be too lighthearted on his new album, "American Saturday Night."

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Taylor Swift wins video of the year at CMT awards

Taylor Swift opened the Country Music Television awards with a skit about living out her dreams. The 19-year-old country and pop sensation went a long way toward doing just that by winning video of the year and female video of the year for "Love Story" and by performing with one of her favorite rock bands.

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Tanya Tucker reconnects with fans at CMA festival

The Country Music Association's annual festival is supposed to be all about the fans, but Tanya Tucker says the artists get quite a bit out of it, too.

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Little Big Town forges ahead despite adversity

Little Big Town's career has had more stops and starts than a bus ride uptown.

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Alan Jackson celebrates 20 years with free show

Country star Alan Jackson is celebrating two decades in the music business with a free concert.

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Country artists try to build their base abroad

Dierks Bentley and his band recently jetted to Australia to open six shows for Brooks & Dunn, playing to more than 10,000 people a night in the country's largest cities.

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Oak Ridge Boys tackle White Stripes on new album

The melody is dark, ominous and unmistakable to any rock fan: "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes.

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'80s and '90s bands a big part of summer tours

If you missed some of your favorite '80s and '90s bands the first time around, there's a good chance you can catch them on the reunion trail this summer.

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Kix Brooks to honor fallen soldier on Memorial Day

Kix Brooks of the hit duo Brooks & Dunn has visited the dusty military bases in Iraq and Kuwait, seen the armored vehicles and the big transport planes and talked with the men and women in uniform.

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Sugarland leads with 5 CMT award nominations

Sugarland leads all the nominees announced Tuesday for Country Music Television's awards show next month with five nominations.

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Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell join Hall of Fame

Barbara Mandrell, Roy Clark and Charlie McCoy were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday in an at times emotional ceremony that saluted them for their music as well as their contributions to bringing the genre to a mass audience through television.

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Urban tries to protect his daughter from cameras

Keith Urban understands that paparazzi come along with the fame, but he draws a line when it comes to his infant daughter.

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Chapman wins artist of the year at gospel awards

Veteran Christian artist Steven Curtis Chapman capped an emotional year in which he lost his 5-year-old daughter in a tragic accident by winning artist of the year during the Gospel Music Association's Dove Awards on Thursday.

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Faced with soft economy, artists offer deals

If you want to sit in the really good seats for a Keith Urban concert this summer, a pair of tickets will put you about back about $170. But in a nod to the tough economic times, the country superstar has also priced some tickets as low as $20 per seat, so fans won't stay home because they can't afford to go.

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Stars salute Strait as ACM's Artist of the Decade

George Strait couldn't help feeling a little like he was being led out to pasture when the Academy of Country Music saluted him as their Artist of the Decade with an all-star concert.

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Urban grateful for second chances with new CD

It's hard to imagine Keith Urban choosing a more appropriate title for his fifth studio album, "Defying Gravity."

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Pop, country singer Dan Seals dies of cancer

Dan Seals, who was England Dan in the pop duo England Dan and John Ford Coley and later had a successful country career, has died of complications from cancer. He was 61.

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