Brantley Gilbert

Allentown Fair chose country music’s best before the Country Music Association did. The CMA on Wednesday announced its list of nominees for the 46th annual CMA Awards, to be given away 8 p.m. Nov. 1 on ABC-TV, and two of......

Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week 1. DAUGHTRY The first two albums by Daughtry, the eponymously named band of “American Idol” finalist Chris Daughtry, sold a combined 5 million copies with eight Top 5 adult chart hits, including the......

One of my all-time favorite Musikfest discoveries remains the Austin-based soul/funk/R&B band Mingo Fishtrap, which is set to take over Americaplatz at 7 p.m. On top of being tight and groovy as hell, Mingo Fishtrap creates a classic, Stax Records-era.......

Berks County native Taylor Swift again was the obvious Lehigh Valley connection when nominations for the 45th annual Country Music Association Awards were announced last week. Swift topped all nominees with five, including Entertainer of the Year, and...

When he calls in from the road while on tour, on the drive back to his tiny hometown of Jefferson, Ga., country singer-songwriter Brantley Gilbert is busy trying to avoid his wedding planner. He knows it's not right, and he knows that, eventually, she...

Tim McGraw brought together some of his favorite artists to spotlight the hottest music of the summer, during the ACM Presents: Tim McGraw’s Superstar Summer Night. The two-hour concert event features many collaborations and Tim can name a few...

Tim McGraw is 45 years old, has produced 33 No. 1 country singles and for more than a decade has branched into acting and performing with other musicians, including Nelly and Tony Bennett. Yet despite having gone down more avenues than most country...

When your opening song is "Green Grass Grows" and the closer is "Live Like You We're Dying," you can sandwich whatever else in the middle and still have one of those (special) nights.   For Tim McGraw, that stuff in the middle was mostly quality, and...

For those hard-to-buy-for mothers, consider picking up tickets to one of the big concerts going on sale this weekend. Virginia Beach shows by Lil Wayne, Tim McGraw or Bob Dylan and Wilco could solve your Mother's Day problem. The July 27 show by Tim...

Mike Trout heard someone had fetched the ball he hit for his first career grand slam. Saturday's game had been over for half an hour, but Trout had neither the ball in his possession or any urgency to find it. "I didn't really think anything of it,"...

Keith Urban is taking a break from the Idol set, to return to Nashville for the fourth annual We’re All for the Hall benefit concert. The event will support the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and Keith will be joined by Hall of Fame member...

The Brown County Fair has done it again by snagging one of the best upcoming artists in country music.  Brantley Gilbert will perform Aug. 16 at the fair in Aberdeen. Last weekend, the Academy of Country Music Awards named Gilbert as its new male...