Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are hosting the 2008 CMA Awards airing on ABC on November 12th. It should be a power packed show with most of todays superstars scheduled to appear and/or to perform.

Jessica Simpson has released her first country CD and if she hadn’t been in the genre before, she should have been.

Trace Adkins has not written your typical autobiography, it’s not even a true autobiography, it’s a book that recounts things that have happened in his life with a touch of his views of the world thrown in for good measure. “A Personal Stand” is exactly that, his stand on things happening today.

If you are new to country or have just been living under a rock somewhere and haven’t heard of the super group Alabama, you are missing out. Though the group has officially retired and isn’t touring any longer, their music is still a wonderful thing to enjoy.

Pop singer Jessica Simpson is making the move to country music after a less than stellar career in pop.

Whether you know it or not a lot of the music you listen to has come to be because of the greats that have come out of Texas.