Dixie Chick Natalie Maines will sing at Howard Stern's upcoming — and still top secret — wedding. Wanna be Miley Cyrus' date on the red carpet? Bidding is underway to benefit a new charity named in honor of her grandfather. Of all her singles, Miranda Lambert is surprised by the one that's shooting up the country chart [...]...

Some sound research out of France has determined that turning up music makes people finish their beers about three minutes more quickly. The average time it took to drink a beer fell to about 11 minutes when the music was cranked. Their theory is that when the music is too loud to talk, people just [...]...

  When I was at Telluride, I posed this question to my friend and fellow festivarian: "If you could book your own festival, who would you get?" Almost instantly, she decided on a '80s country music theme, and I was immediately interested. Since we were just sitting around waiting for a band to start, we decided [...]...

I love break-up songs. Even pop ones. But coming from a 15-year-old? I'm not so sure. MTV calls Miley Cyrus' new single, "7 Things," one of hook-ups and heartbreak. Does Billy Ray, the good Christian that he is, know about this? I thought he wasn't going to let her date just yet. Yet now she's [...]...

Many people who regularly attend the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in upstate New York plan their entire year around getting onsite early and pitching their tents - it's easy to see why. Having just got back from two days there, The Greencards are still buzzing from a contact high. A good festival experience feels like [...]...