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Kevin Fowler Signs With Lyric Street

Roughstock has learned today that Texas music star Kevin Fowler (the songwriter of "Beer Bait & Ammo," "Long Line of Losers,") who formerly had a national record deal with Clint Black's Equity Records, has signed a deal with Nashville's Lyric Street Records.
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Josh Kelley - Backwoods

Sometimes an album can be a surprising experience and Josh Kelley's newest project, the digital release "Backwoods" is one of those. It's surprising because it showcases him at his roots, the way he started his career. It's a completely acoustic album with memorable melodie&
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Keith Urban - "'Til Summer Comes Around"

Keith Urban has scored three huge hits from Defying Gravity yet not one of them has featured lyrical content that went beyond whimsy.  With his fourth single off the record, did the Aussie superstar manage to release a meaty lyric and melody?
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Singer/Songwriter Josh Kelley signs Nashville Record Deal

It looks as if Brad Paisley, Bryan White and Keith Urban have company at the "country singers married to hollywood stars table" as Singer/Songwriter Josh Kelley, who is married to Katherine Heigl, has signed a record deal with UMG Nashville.
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Taylor Swift Sues Small Idaho Bar?

It has been reported today that Taylor Swift has joined BMI in a lawsuit against a small little Idaho sports bar called The Sports Cellar.  The lawsuit claims that the bar hasn't payed BMI for the right to play their songwriter's songs over their speakers. Can you believe this?
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Lee Ann Womack Joins George Strait & Reba's 2010 Tour

Yesterday afternoon it was announced by George Strait and Lee Ann Womack that Lee Ann would be joining his tour with superstar Reba McEntire. The tour, which starts in January 2010 at Baltimore's "First Mariner Center ends in April with a date in Des Moines, IA.
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Rodney Atkins - "Chaing Girls"

Even though "It's America" went #1 on the charts and the follow-up single "Fifteen Minutes" scored a Top 15 hit for Rodney, he seemed to be losing his charming homespun likeability.  That has changed as this single returns him to exactly what made him a star, relatability.
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Lady Antebellum & Others Experience CMA Awards Sales Boost

With their unexpected Single of the Year victory for "I Run To You" and displacing Rascal Flatts as the Vocal Group of the Year, Lady Antebellum leads this week's chart rundown as the trio leads country music's Hot 200 Albums chart dominance