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Rumored for sometime, Brooks & Dunn announced today that they were going on a hiatus.  The shocking part of their announcement isn't the hiatus but the term of it, which is reporedly forever as the duo will sever their ties after 20 years with a tour in 2010.

The CMA announced their latest round of performers for the 43rd edition of the Country Music Assoication Awards.  Tim McGraw and Vince Gill were announced along with six other acts, including rock band Daughtry.  Should a rock band be allowed on a country show?

Like the show's bigger sister "American Idol," CMT's "Can You Duet" culminates with the winner's single being released to purchase and radio.  Unlike "Idol," Can You Duet's songs are usually something fans want to listen to.  Is Steel Magnolia's song worth listening to?

With "Twang" George Strait has returned with a first; an album featuring more than one song co-written by him.  How do these songs sound next to the old hits? Where does "Twang" land on the scale of classic George Strait albums?

After a whirlwind two months, CMT crowned Steel Magnolia the winners of Can You Duet's second season.  The duo, who beat out runner-up JB Rocket for the award, have just released their debut single "Keep On Loving You." 

This is a song hardly anybody expected to find its way to country radio, but damn if I'm not glad it has.  Intropsective pieces of music rarely come from the genres biggest stars and this one truely feels like it'sstraight from Kenny's heart, something that's good to see.

With "Love Lives On," MCA Records is trying to beat the 'glass-ceiling' at country radio with this 22-year-old newcomer.  Can this single, which tugs at the heart strings, break through when so many other female artists haven't been able to? Should it?

Poor Billy Ray Cyrus. Seventeen years after the fact, "Achy Breaky Heart" overshadows the rest of his career, and nothing he releases seems to totally eliminate that image of the goofy hillbilly with the big hair and even bigger muscles. Will he break free here?

In a short amount of time Sugarland has become one of the hottest acts in Country music.  Always a group to mix their influences from multiple sources into their music, the duo has released their first live set.  Is it any good?