Author: Dave Paulson, Nashville Tennessean

Sheryl Crow believes Johnny Cash wanted to cover her song “as a retort” to the Iraq War.

Little Big Town’s new single “The Daughters” includes opening lyrics from Karen Fairchild that helped captivate the crowd at the ACM Awards Sunday.

See who won big at this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards.

“Do you know it snowed in Las Vegas just a few weeks ago?” Reba McEntire asked the audience.”It was so cold, it froze us women out of Entertainer of the Year.”

The “Achy Breaky Heart” singer has joined Lil Nas X on an official “Old Town Road” remix, which was released Friday. Last month, the original track was deemed not country enough for the Billboard country charts.

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“Here’s a story about people doing good that’s worth sharing,” former President Barack Obama tweeted Thursday, praising country singer Brad Paisley and his wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley.

There were tons of highlights at the concert, from Jack White to George Strait, the debut of the Highwomen and the country legend herself.

At 25, Molly Tuttle is already a world-renowned master of “flatpicking,” a blindingly fast guitar technique that fuels bluegrass and country music.

On the 30th anniversary of his death, Keith Whitley will be celebrated in Nashville by a cast of friends, family and fellow country greats.

The show’s dozen-plus performers included Vince Gill, Dwight Yoakam, Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Kathy Mattea and Ricky Skaggs.