Nashville Flooding (2010)

Music Rising is expanding its reach again to provide instruments and other aid to musicians in the Northeast whose livelihoods have been disrupted by Superstorm Sandy, much like the organization did for those affected by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf...

The last few years have been very good to Victoria Banks. She has written chart-topping hits for recording artists Sara Evans, Jessica Simpson and Terri Clark. She has shared the stage with Reba McEntire, Randy Travis and Lonestar. Her music has been...

Johnstown Area Heritage Association is dedicating the Peoples Natural Gas Park on June 16 with a day-long celebration that will include concerts by Black Coffee, Eilen Jewell, Los Straitjackets and Tab Benoit. Tickets to the event,  sponsored by Peoples...

Since flooding started, emergency crews have been working long and hard keeping people safe.The New Cumberland River Rescue Team  is one crew that has been busy getting people out of the water.   “ Very little sleep, manning the boats, people going...

After Zac Brown chose to sing "Martin," a love song to his guitar, everyone on stage with him Tuesday night at Club Nokia for this year's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum benefit concert quickly fell in line and served up songs inspired by their...

John Hiatt and the Combo With Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Sat. Sept. 24, 8 p.m. $45-$90, Fairfield Theatre Company, Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport, (203) 259-1036, fairfieldtheatre.org   John Hiatt released 19 albums...

If any country music star could successfully run for mayor of Nashville, it would probably be Vince Gill. Though he's an Oklahoma native, the prolific musician has lived in Music City since 1983 and has made his mark on the town like no other. In addition...

150 people from across our area, both young & old, are back at home, after spending several days in Nashville, Tennessee. Their main mission was to help clean up debris from recent flooding in the state. They also worked at a food bank and helped with...

Keith Urban's new album, "Get Closer," had an inauspicious start. The guitars he had long used — some for 20 years — and that he counted as a key component of each recording session, as vital as some of his musicians, were all under water....

Both women had a big night at the recent Academy of Country Music Awards, and they may be about to share another. At the April ceremony, Miranda Lambert took three of the top honors -- album ("Revolution"), video ("White Liar") and female vocalist of the...

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will release four different DVD/fragrance sets next month exclusively at Wal-mart. Faith’s latest fragrance is called True and she promises it will keep you smelling good for a long time “It’s a floral scent but...

Garth Brooks has donated one of his signature denim shirts to a CharityBuzz auction that benefits the Los Angeles Liberty Hill Foundation. The shirt is one Garth actually wore during one of his many flood-relief concerts in Nashville last year. Tim McGraw...