Read more country music stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6595/country-music.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:18:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74595/taylor-swift-jacko-rule-clumsy-jlo-steals-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTaylor Swift unexpectedly captured artist of the year honors at tonight's American Music Awards, preventing a sweep by Michael Jackson. The 19-year-old country-pop crossover sensation called being included in the same category as the King of Pop an "unimaginable honor." She won five awards; Jermaine Jackson accepted two of his...http://www.newser.com/story/74595/taylor-swift-jacko-rule-clumsy-jlo-steals-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 4:44:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73877/taylor-swift-snags-4-cmas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTaylor Swift was the biggest winner at last night’s Country Music Awards, winning all four categories she was nominated in. Swift’s entertainer of the year award made her the youngest-ever winner of country music’s top honor, and the first solo female to win since 1999, the AP reports. Swift also...http://www.newser.com/story/73877/taylor-swift-snags-4-cmas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 6:47:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72799/coyotes-kill-canadian-singer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA rising star of the Canadian folk music scene was killed in a savage coyote attack while hiking alone in Nova Scotia. Singer-songwriter Taylor Mitchell, 19, suffered multiple bite wounds and massive blood loss after a pair of coyotes pounced on her. She died a day later in a local...http://www.newser.com/story/72799/coyotes-kill-canadian-singer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 3:03:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72492/brooks-vegas-gigs-sell-out-in-5-hours.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCountry music superstar Garth Brooks can still pack 'em in, selling out 30,000 tickets in five hours yesterday for a series of 20 small-scale Vegas shows that will end his retirement for the time being. The Oklahoma cowboy will put on four shows a weekend for five weekends in...http://www.newser.com/story/72492/brooks-vegas-gigs-sell-out-in-5-hours.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Oct 2009 6:30:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72281/stars-demand-bush-music-torture-files.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA coalition of celebrity musicians is demanding the release of Bush administration documents revealing how music was used to torture Guantanamo Bay inmates. Songs from Metallica, The Real Slim Shady , and the Star Spangled Banner , among many others, were blasted all day for days on end to rattle prisoners, inmates...http://www.newser.com/story/72281/stars-demand-bush-music-torture-files.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 2:55:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71883/taylor-swift-finally-a-feel-good-teen-idol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNine-year-old girls can get thong underwear at Wal-Mart, and the hypersexualized antics of Miley et al. rule the headlines. So Hans Eisenbeis was understandably concerned when his ultrasheltered 11-year-old took a shine to Taylor Swift. “Is she too grown up for Phoebe?” he writes for DoubleX. “Is Swift teaching my...http://www.newser.com/story/71883/taylor-swift-finally-a-feel-good-teen-idol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 12:37:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71802/garth-brooks-unretires.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGarth Brooks is officially out of retirement—whatever that means. The 47-year-old singer announced his return to great fanfare at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry today. “It’s a proud day for me and my family,” Brooks declared. But coming out of retirement doesn’t mean Brooks will be recording a new album,...http://www.newser.com/story/71802/garth-brooks-unretires.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 14:23:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66584/brooks-dunn-will-bow-out-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCountry music megastars Brooks & Dunn will split up in 2010 after 18 years atop the charts, CMT reports. "We have agreed as a duo that it's time call it a day," Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who make up the best-selling duo in country music history, said in a...http://www.newser.com/story/66584/brooks-dunn-will-bow-out-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 21:40:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66154/jessica-after-split-id-still-love-tony.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJessica Simpson waxed prescient in an interview with Glamour just days before the demise of her relationship with Tony Romo: “I don’t know what the future holds, but I hope that my life, as it is now, doesn’t change,” she says. “If this article comes out and we’re not together,...http://www.newser.com/story/66154/jessica-after-split-id-still-love-tony.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 9:05:54 CDT