Independent voices from the TWT Communities
When Holly Williams says she could have put on a cowboy hat, called up a record company and been on her way to making a living as a country musician, she's not bragging.
Grammy nominees Jack White, Carrie Underwood and the Lumineers will hit the Grammys stage next month.
Early nominees Maroon 5 and fun. had a prime-time platform to woo voters during the Grammy Awards nominations concert television special.
Jason Aldean leads the list of top country music stars set to perform on the American Country Awards.
Luke Bryan just keeps getting hotter.
Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson are among the first performers announced for this year's Country Music Association Awards.
Taylor Swift will go for her third entertainer of the year award at this year's Country Music Association Awards, but she'll have to share the spotlight.
No one was more surprised by Eric Church's leading five Country Music Awards nominations than the rising star from North Carolina. He didn't even know they were happening.

No one was more surprised by Eric Church's five Country Music Awards nominations than the rising star from North Carolina. He didn't even know they were happening.
John Mayer, Gregg Allman, Dierks Bentley and several other musicians are getting together to pay tribute to the late Levon Helm.
A few years ago Dierks Bentley went hard against country music convention by releasing a rockin' bluegrass-roots album. He's decided to break the rules again.
Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley and other country stars have signed up for the inaugural Watershed Music Festival outside Seattle.
It is impossible to overstate the importance of Earl Scruggs to American music. A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly recognizable and as intrinsically wrapped in the tapestry of the genre as Johnny Cash's baritone or Hank Williams' heartbreak.
It may be impossible to overstate the importance of bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs to American music. A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly recognizable and as intrinsically wrapped in the tapestry of the genre as Johnny Cash's baritone or Hank Williams' heartbreak.

It may be impossible to overstate the importance of bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs to American music. A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly recognizable and as intrinsically wrapped in the tapestry of the genre as Johnny Cash's baritone or Hank Williams' heartbreak.
Bentley said he's targeting the same kind of kids curious about country music like he was as a teenager growing up in Arizona.
"It's called `Country & Cold Cans,'" Bentley said with a laugh.