Artist: Gary Allan Video: "Every Storm Runs Out of Rain" (Lyric Video) Why We Dig It: The country star uses gorgeous landscapes to highlight the uplifting lyrics of the first single from his upcoming album, Set You Free. (The title of the album, by the way, comes from a line in "Every Storm Runs Out of Rain...

Gary Allan is getting ready to release his latest album, Set You Free, early next year, and has remained mostly out of the spotlight as he worked on the new tunes for the project. While he's certainly at home on the concert stage, Gary became increasingly more in need of his privacy, especially after the suicide of his wife, Angela, in 2004...

Music is in Gary Allan's genes. The California native, who started playing music before he could drive a car, credits his late father, Harley, with teaching him the most valuable lessons of his career. "I played bars with my dad since I was 12, three to five nights a week with my brother," the 44-year-old recalls...

Blake Shelton and Keith Urban are both spending their fall working on TV talent competitions ("The Voice" and "American Idol," respectively), but chances are fellow country star Gary Allan won't be following suit. "I think they serve their purpose," the singer notes of the shows...

Gary Allan purposefully spent a long time working on his upcoming album, Set You Free. The California native, whose last CD, Get Off on the Pain, was released in early 2010, says he was biding his time until things settled into place at his record company, MCA Nashville...

After what may have seemed like a long wait for Gary Allan fans, the singer-songwriter is getting ready to release a new set of tunes. His upcoming album, Set You Free, will hit shelves early next year, Gary announced last week. The California native produced several of the album's tracks on his own, and put veteran producers Mark Wright and Jay Joyce at the helm on other songs...

The third annual Country Throwdown Tour Fired Up by Kingsford® landed in Nashville for its final day of the six-week extravaganza on Sunday (July 8). The talent-filled trek was met with a slew of fireworks and a little rain during the stop at The Woods Amphitheater at Fontanel.

Making music is a creative exercise, right? True, but when you're doing it professionally you have to take business into account, as well. Gary Allan, who has made eight albums over the course of his illustrious, 16-year career, may have seen it all, but he's still learning as he goes...

Gary Allan is ready for fans to hear new music. The singer, who released his last album, Get Off On the Pain, in 2010, has been in the studio this spring working on his latest project. While the record is still untitled and doesn't yet have a release date, Gary reveals the first track on the album...

"It ain't hip to sing about tractors, trucks, little towns and mama / Yeah, that might be true / But this is country music ... and we do." If you stop and listen to the words of to the title track of Brad Paisley's 2011 album, This Is Country Music, you'll find that the singer-songwriter isn't coming down on one side or the other of what sound defines our beloved genre...