Melinda Newman

Greg Bates has 100 shows over the next six months as he headlines his own club, fair, and festival dates, but he'll bring along the lessons he learned from opening for Brantley Gilbert. "He runs such a great, great tour," Greg tells The Boot...

Frazer Harrison, Getty Images Chris Janson admits the first time he heard his hit "Better I Don't" on the radio, he had a very emotional reaction. "I cried," he tells The Boot. "I'm serious. It's so humbling that anyone would pay attention to my music, whether it would be anything that Tim McGraw records or anything else records...

Miranda Lambert is among the artists who join Gwen Sebastian on her debut album, due in June, but ask the former "The Voice" finalist who the album's most special guests are and she doesn't hesitate before naming her parents. "They are singing on a track which is very sentimental for me," Gwen tells The Boot...

Even if he weren't turning 21, country newcomer Joel Crouse is looking forward to a great summer. Starting May 28, the Massachusetts-raised singer will join Taylor Swift's Red Tour.

Trying to make it in the music business may not be for the faint of heart, but for Angie Johnson, it's a piece of cake compared to the former Air National Guard staff sergeant's earlier career. Serving in the military "was like basic training for my life," says Angie, who also competed on "The Voice...

Joe Nichols' baby girl, Dylan, turned one last week and for the singer, every day with her has been a joy. "The biggest learning experience for me has been just how happy she makes me," Joe tells The Boot. "Even the stuff I shouldn't get joy out of, like changing diapers, or like when she does something incredibly embarrassing in a store...

Easton Corbin is still riding the charts with his current single, "All Over the Road," the title track from his sophomore set, but he's already thinking ahead to album number three. "I'm always thinking about it," Easton tells The Boot...

Clay Walker discovered the hard way it's best not to get between his pregnant wife, Jessica, and her cravings. "She's having Thin Mints on the couch the other night and I asked her for one and she threw them at me, the whole bag, because it was the last bag," he tells The Boot with a laugh...

Christopher Polk, Getty Images Darius Rucker has achieved a lot of things in his life, including superstardom as both the lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish, and as a solo country act, but on May 11, he will accomplish something he never saw coming: Darius will give the commencement address as his alma mater, The University of South Carolina in Columbia. ...

Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images Glen Campbell's Los Angeles swan song came with a high-wattage send-off Sunday night (June 24). Two hours before the legend took the stage at the Hollywood Bowl, a cavalcade of musicians -- some contemporaries, some acolytes -- paid homage to the Grammy winner, providing the audience with a broad expanse of his 50+ year career...