
There were two big winners in country music during the past week, and their names are John Rich and Scotty McCreery.
Brad Paisley shoulders aside last week's champ -- Miranda Lambert's "Heart Like Mine" -- to plant his flag on the summit of the Billboard country songs chart with "Old Alabama."
When summer rolls around, you almost never see the country stars hanging out in Nashville. That's because they're out working.
I'm already seeing some evidence of a media backlash against country music, stemming from resentment of John Rich's victory on Celebrity Apprentice, from suspicious wonderment at Blake Shelton's unexpected success as a mentor ...
Taylor Swift isn't the only songwriter who can turn a heartache into a hit.

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