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Nashville, Tenn., -- Prolific songwriter and Country Music Hall of Fame® member Bill Anderson will be honored on December 12 as part of the Museum's quarterly programming series Poets and Prophets: Legendary Country Songwriters. The 1:30 p.m. program, which will be held in the Museum's Ford Theater, is included with Museum admission and free to Museum members. The program will also be streamed live...

Hurricane Bells - Tonight Is The Ghost Hurricane Bells is the new solo project from Longwave singer/guitarist Steve Schlitz. And you weren't supposed to be hearing it yet. Schlitz originally envisioned it as something he'd release on his own. But then his song 'Monsters' got included on the surprisingly stellar lineup for The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack and, well, plans change. His...Source : Page 300 (subscribe)Explore : Cinema, Movies, Music, Music Blogs, New Moon

Philadelphia-based singer LEIANA has uploaded the song 'Suffer', featuring guest appearances by Rob Caggiano (ANTHRAX) and John Tempesta (THE CULT, WHITE ZOMBIE).

Country crooner Dierks Bentley tells Vernell Hackett of The Boot that he plans to record a bluegrass album during 2010. Bentley has a long history of including bluegrass music on his chart-topping releases, and has collaborated several times with The Grascals and other Nashville grassers. He was a fixture on the bluegrass scene in Music City [...]Source : The Bluegrass Blog (subscribe)Explore : Music

And no...we're not talking about her boyfriend Russell Brand . Katy Perry ' s secret weapon to warming up her voice? Greasy potato chips. Singer Nathaniel Motte collaborated with Perry and said: 'The only thing that Katy asked for in return for featuring on our single was a massive portion of greasy chips. Apparently the grease is her secret trick for opening up the...Source : Splash News Online (subscribe)Explore : Actors and Actresses, Celebrity, Russell Brand

Michael Jackson 's family tried for years to stage interventions that would break the singer's downward spiral of drug use, but the King of Pop couldn't see he needed help, his sister Janet has revealed.

There will be a Faces reunion tour in 2010, but Rod Stewart won't be part of it, according to a Billboard report. Says keyboardist Ian McLagan, 'If we don't do it very soon, one of us is gonna check out. We've been waiting and waiting for Rod to say yes; now he's finally said no. So we're gonna do it.' While Stewart tours in support of his latest solo album, McLagan, guitarist Ronnie Wood and drummer Kenney Jones will tour as Faces with an as-yet-unnamed vocalist. If Faces happen to tour in the UK in April, they'll find themselves in good company: Bad Company. That band's surviving original members (Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke and Mick Ralphs) will play a handful of UK shows, according to Classic Rock magazine (who should know, since they are sponsoring the eight-city tour.) Bad Company played a gig in Florida in 2008, but it was more legal exercise than reunion. The mini-tour will come a couple of months after the release of a live CD/DVD set in February. Paul Rodgers photo by

Taylor Swift was named Entertainer of the Year at the 2009 CMA Awards, becoming the youngest artist ever to win the award. “I’ll never forget this moment because in this moment everything that I have ever wanted has just happened to me,” Swift said. “Every single person in that category let me open up for them this year. Thank you all so much. I love you.” Buy Taylor Swift tickets and see for yourself why Taylor Swift is country music’s entertainer of the year! read more...

Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with former ANTHRAX singer Dan Nelson.

ALISON RUBLE ENDS THE YEAR WITH THREE SPECIAL SHOWS IN THE MIDWEST! Appearances at Acorn Theater in Three Oaks, Michigan, Trio's Restaurant and Jazz Club in South Bend and Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago. COME JOIN ON OF CHICAGO'S RISING STARS AT THESE INTIMATE DATES. Alison will appear as special guest at the Acorn Theater in Three Oaks, Michigan on Friday, December 18th, 2009, as part of the launch of Rick Kogan's new book with photographer Charles Osgood. 'Sidewalks II: Reflections of Chicago'. Admission is free. RSVP's are suggested. 1- 269-756-3879 for more information...