âAFI has been on an upward trajectory since its inception in 1991. Full Article at Miami New Times

Scarlett Johansson frequents the movie screen as a leading lady against strong male actors, so it seems natural that she would appear on an duet album called Break Up playing against Pete Yorn. Full Article at Prefix

The Nobelity Project, currently releasing the feature documentary One Peace at a Time, is drawing on the film's success to build Mahiga Hope High School in rural Kenya. Full Article at MMD Newswire

The flaxen-haired Berks County native whose country songs filled with fairy-tale-love lyrics have reached millions in the past three years wrote her own happy ending Wednesday. Full Article at The Morning Call

I don’t particularly like Taylor Swift, but I can’t deny how much she has done recently for country music. The girl is everywhere! And a younger audience is opening up to country music because of her. Full Article at Entertainment Weekly

If fans have their way, Taylor Swift could walk away with as many as three wins in the categories of Entertainer, Female Vocalist, and Album of the Year at the "The 43rd Annual CMA Awards", according to CMT's fourth annual poll. Full Article at AndresonVision

Anything that lets him wear pajama bottoms on a more frequent basis. Did you forget that in “Profit” he was nekked? Give him some green contacts, scruff up his hair and maybe he can be Alcide Herveaux on True Blood? Full Article at Entertainment Weekly

BMNN wrote: on Oct. 31, 2009: Bagpipes and bluegrass might seem unlikely musical bedfellows, but for the brilliant Scottish piper Fred Morrison, one of Celtic music's most profoundly skilled and audaciously inventive exponents, they form a wholly... Full Article at Cybergrass

Buddy & Julie Miller Grammy nominated Nashville-based husband-and-wife roots-rockers/songwriters Buddy & Julie Miller whipped up some magic to relish this year. Full Article at Huffington Post

Remember in the late 90s, there was an estrogen answer to music fests like Lollapalooza called Lilith Fair, launched by Canadian songstress Sarah McLachlan? Full Article at Digital City

Michael Jackson's swan song This is It is filling theaters worldwide, offering a final look at the late King of Pop in action. Full Article at TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times

It's been four years since Robert Earl Keen released his last studio album, What I Really Mean. With dwindling shelf space for CDs and slumping record sales, the Americana mainstay says he was unsure of how to approach a new project. Full Article at CMT - Country Music News

Scott is the kind of artist who can make a player jealous. He's written big country music hits (among them, the Dixie Chicks' "Long Time Gone"). He plays guitar brilliantly and piano beautifully, and can get great sounds out of plenty more instruments. Full Article at Roanoke.com

The difference was that the Dixie Chicks were being held responsible for things they actually said. Rush's opponents were relying on fake quotes. The Chicks were criticized for statements they actually made. Full Article at Wizbang

The songs of Jim Lauderdale have been recorded by George Strait, Lee Ann Womack, Gary Allan, Blake Shelton, Patty Loveless, George Jones, the Dixie Chicks, Mark Chesnutt, Kathy Mattea, Vince Gill, British talents Dave Edmunds and John Mayall and... Full Article at 2TheAdvocate.com