Chrissie goes country (USA Today)

The Pretenders are getting in touch with their roots. After nearly 30 years as a rock band, Chrissie Hynde & Co. are preparing to release a country record, Break Up the Concrete, on Oct. 7. Though reports said the group...

'Music for Life' raises cancer-fighting funds with country, gospel, bluegrass (Lancaster Online)

J.R. Wehner has been playing country music for more than 40 years. But he's never taken to this new-fangled country, where the guys look like lightweights in their cowboy hats and everyone sounds slick. I like Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Sr., Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Wehner says. Wh...

Jessica Simpson on Tabloids, Critics and Going a Little Bit Country (Teen Music)

Jessica Simpson can't get a break. Indeed, with a high-profile romance (Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo) and a new country record on the way, the 28-year-old singer is a bigger tabloid target than ever.

Country Star Charms (The Buchtelite)

With a charismatic personality and looks to suit, country singer Luke Bryan rocked the Huron County Fair Aug. 11. Bryan, 32, lit up the stage playing a 18 song set that included nine songs off of his debut album I'll Stay Me. He chose to open the show with "Pray about Everything" which was shortly followed by what appeared to be the lady's favorite "You Make Me Want To.