Carrie Underwood

By Jim Malec 20. Joey + Rory Rising: A Talent Competition Actually Finds Talent Outside of American Idol winner Carrie Underwood and Nashville Star castoff Miranda Lambert, the spate of talent competitions that we’ve endured since the advent of reality TV has produced few artists who could be said t...

By Karlie Justus It takes a charismatic vocalist to pull off a song consisting of only two stanzas and which is sparsely backed by piano and snare drum. Elvis pulled it off in 1957 on his Christmas Album, and Underwood helps make it work here as well. Listen: Elvis Presley and Carrie Underwood - “I’ll Be Home Fo...

By Brody Vercher It’s been ten years since Elvis Presley appeared on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, but he logged his second entry in two weeks with the No. 43 debut of Martina McBride’s duet on “Blue Christmas.” That follows last week’s No. 60 bow of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” with Carrie Underwood. It...

By Brody Vercher Lady Antebellum, James Otto, Kellie Pickler, Chuck Wicks and The Zac Brown Band have been announced as the performers for the CRS-40 New Faces of Country Music Show on Friday, March 6, 2009. Country Radio Seminar (CRS) is an annual industry convention aimed at radio programmers, persona...

By Ben Cisneros Only in a strange world where Carrie Underwood’s rock-opera howling would win her the CMA’s Female Vocalist of the Year award, where Brad Paisley’s tinny tone and pre-fab vocal interpretation would qualify him as country music’s finest male vocalist, and where Kenny Chesney’s pseudo...

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By Brody Vercher Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley are expecting their second child. If the American Music Awards remind us of anything, it’s that the CMAs and ACMs could always be worse. Here’s the 2008 AMA nominees in the country category: Favorite Male Artist Garth Brooks Kenny Chesney Brad P...

By Brody Vercher Aside from their planned performances for the 42nd Annul CMA Awards, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will be responsible for hosting duties. Good choice, or not? Sound off in the comments. (via Country Aircheck newsletter) Disney launched a new Nashville-based sister imprint to Lyri...