Beville Dunkerley

Blake Shelton can't take credit for the smart pairing of he and Luke Bryan as co-hosts of this Sunday's ACM Awards. As soon as Reba announced she was unable to continue as the broadcast's hostess, the "Boys 'Round Here" singer just assumed they'd hire another female artist to take her place...

As soon as Jana Kramer and Brantley Gilbert came out of the closet as a couple last year, all eyes were on the next country power pair. But now that they're engaged, they're headed back into the closet ... all in the name of fashion.

Jeff Kravitz, FilmMagic The Boot rounds up today's country music news from around the web. Hunter Hayes will premiere his new single, "I Want Crazy" on the ACM Awards this Sunday, April 7 on CBS. It's the first taste of the country sensation's upcoming deluxe album, Hunter Hayes (Encore), due in stores June 18...

She's already nominated three times at next month's ACM Awards, all for her debut single "Merry Go Round," and come this fall during the height of awards season, expect to hear Kacey Musgraves' name called for several Album of the Year honors, as well...

Warner Music Nashville Charlie Worsham doesn't mind being called a "country newbie," even though he's been writing and performing music since he was a little kid. The Mississippi native played the Grand Ole Opry when he was just 12 years old, shortly after winning a Junior National Banjo Championship...

Not every topic of conversation with Blake Shelton has a punch line. Sure, his Twitter posts are daily comic relief and his one-liners on "The Voice" can steal the spotlight from international pop stars, but the notoriously facetious entertainer is dead serious about one thing: country music...

Blake Shelton may be the comic relief on "The Voice," but he takes his job very seriously ... His first job, that is, as a country music entertainer. The show's demanding schedule has the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year in Los Angeles for several months of the year...

Fans might be scratching their heads a bit, now that the track list for Brad Paisley's upcoming Wheelhouse album has been revealed. The squeaky-clean country star has included eye-opening song titles such as "Accidental Racist" and "Those Crazy Christians" on his eighth studio album, along with "Death of a Married Man" and "Death of a Single Man...

Legends will collide in an historic performance at the 48th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. George Strait and Garth Brooks will duet together for the first time ever, in a musical tribute to Dick Clark on the April 7 live broadcast...

Warner Music Nashville Brett Eldredge throws a party in his brand-new video for "Don't Ya," making its debut today (March 18).