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It is no secret that George Jones impacted the life of many of today's country music artists, Sammy Kershaw being toward the very top of that list. So it should come as no surprise that Kershaw is now releasing "The Route That I Took" -- a new song in honor of the late singer who passed away in April.

Last night Darius Rucker was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry by Opry member and good friend Brad Paisley. In this From The Editor's Desk article we discuss why Darius Rucker deserves to be the latest star to join the Country Music Instutition. 

Carrie Underwood is riding the storm that is her huge new single "Blown Away" to see her album of the same name return to the #1 slot this week after over a month away from the slot. Read on to learn more about the whole week's chart news, including Dustin Lynch's placement, here!

In a night of great music and laughs, the 8th Annual Stars for Second Harvest was put on at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee with 100% of the proceeds benefitting the food bank. Vince Gill, Jake Owen, and Dallas Davidson

A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with Ricky Skaggs about his new album Country Hits Bluegrass Style. Over the course of our discussion, we also talked about many other topics, including his live show, a special guitar and more.&

We've collected 40 of the biggest hits of this summer and we're asking you - our loyal readers - to select the song you think deserves the title as "2011 Song of the Summer". Read on to find out how to choose your favorite song of 2011!

After taking a month or so off, Fresh Music Friday is back this week with "Somebody Like You" from California-based singer Erica Nicole.  The artist has been working with multi-platinum producer Michael Lloyd for her upcoming album.  Get the song mp3 here, for free.

After taking quite a bit of time off to recharge and just live her life, Sara Evans is back in the spotlight with this new single.  A lead-single from her upcoming - still untitled - album, does it have enough to remind radio of her considerable talent?

"Free," the last single from The Foundation, is #1 the very same week that this song is the Zac Brown Band's lead single from You Get What You Give.  This song is a true duet with Alan Jackson.  How does the song sound? Will it be the band