The Chicks featured on Barack Obama's summer playlist

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Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesThe Chicks are part of former President Barack Obama‘s esteemed summer playlist.  Obama selected “Gaslighter,” the title track to the Grammy-winning country trio’s latest album, as one of his favorite songs of the summer. The Chicks are among

'In Pieces': Garth Brooks scores another diamond-certified album

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Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for The Recording AcademyGarth Brooks continues to collect diamonds.  The legendary star learned the news earlier this week that his 1993 album, In Pieces, has been Diamond certified by the RIAA, signifying sales of more than 10

Country star trivia

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Comstock/ThinkstockOn this day in 1977, the singer known as the King of Rock and Roll was laid to rest at his famed home of Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, two days after his death. Chet Atkins and Sammy Davis Jr. were among

Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan hilariously roast each other over their music

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Trae Patton/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty ImagesIt was The Voice versus American Idol on Monday when Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan became tangled up in a brief but hilarious war of words about their music.   Shelton cast the first stone when he doctored a news

Nashville notes

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Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockCarrie Underwood virtually surprised Dutch country artist Ilse DeLange with the 2020 CMA Jeff Walker Global Country Artist Award last week during Ilse’s appearance on German TV show Volle Kanne.  Southern rock group the Allman Brothers Band are releasing a two-disc live concert CD from their