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When Tim McGraw debuted in the early '90s, few would have predicted that he would eventually take over Garth Brooks' position as the most popular male singer in country music.

The Florida State University is one of the nation's most prolific research institutions in the arts, according to rankings recently released by Science Watch that place Florida State third among the universities with the most published papers in the field of performing arts between 2003 and 2007.

Tracy Pitcox, president of Heart of Texas Records, said the 83-year-old was admitted to the critical care unit of Summit Medical Center in Hermitage on Thursday.

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One of the most popular female singers of the new traditionalist movement, Patty Loveless rose to stardom thanks to her blend of honky tonk and country-rock, not to mention a plaintive, emotional ballad style.

Country stars are taking some time out to celebrate the Fourth of July this weekend and remember the troops insuring our freedom overseas.

One of the biggest female country stars of the '90s and 2000s, Faith Hill also took advantage of the inroads Shania Twain made into pop territory, becoming an enormous crossover success by the end of the millennium.

"I am looking forward to the Fourth of July show at the stadium. It's a dream come true for me as I spent every football season since I was a little kid in Pawnee city listening to games coming from that field." Larry the Cable Guy will be releasing his first 4th Of July special called Tailgate Party, digitally on the holiday.

In this May 29, 2009 file photo, Brad Paisley is shown in Nashville, Tenn. - AP NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Gary Allan hit the honky tonk circuit in his native Southern California at the seasoned age of 12.

For the first time in the Rio Grande Valley, Super Duo SUGARLAND makes their way to perform for KTEX fans! Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush affectionately known as Sugarland, bring their talents to the Dodge Arena for a benefit show for the South Texas Academic Rising Scholars' annual concert.

A talented and showy fiddler, Charlie Daniels and his band fuse hardcore country with a hard-edged Southern rock boogie and blues.

Acting police commissioner Tim Williams on Wednesday told incredulous MPs he was not aware of any police stations where telephones were out of order.

Maximo Park's frontman Paul Smith has said it is a phenomenal feeling to sell out tours in a recession.

After Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson was the most popular male country singer of the '90s. An heir to the new traditionalist movement of the '80s, Jackson's approach was rooted in classic honky tonk yet remained comfortably within the contemporary mainstream.

For five years, immigrant day laborer Leo Chamale wired money twice a month from New Jersey to his family in Guatemala.

Anyone could tell you that revered singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson is a musical icon, but BMI is going ahead and making it official.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A spokesman for country music great Ray Price says the singer is home in Texas recuperating after surgery to remove polyps from his colon.

Ray Stevens recently turned 70. It's an age when many people start slowing down, thinking about retirement.

There is nobody who can marry the road to the studio like DIERKS BENTLEY. Watch Dierks perform new songs from Long Trip Alone, and a rockin' cover of Waylon Jennings...... Dierks Bentley - Play All Biography Growing up in a nonmusical family in Phoenix, AZ, country singer Dierks Bentley got his country music education on his own, listening to ...