Steve Baltin

Sugarland will perform what they say will be a "unique version" of their hit song, 'Stay,' on Sunday's Grammy telecast. And the country duo refuse to let Sir Paul McCartney mess them up. "When we're playing our song, he's the first guy in the first seat...

R&B star Akon is in music's royal court of collaborators, having worked with artists from Gwen Stefani and Snoop Dogg to Michael Jackson and Eminem. "Man, what's crazy is that I've worked with everybody that's on my top list," he tells The Boot. Th...

Billy Ray Cyrus and his superstar daughter, Miley, will be featured in his rockstar son Trace's next music video. Trace Cyrus is the lead guitarist for the pop-rock group Metro Station. The band visited the AOL studios Wednesday, where they told us all about their upcoming video for 'Seventeen Forever,' filmed outside of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Los Angeles...

What's usually a simple 45-minute flight from Las Vegas to Los Angeles turned out to be a scary ride for Jewel. The famed singer-songwriter was making the trek from Sin City, where she was a presenter at the ACM Awards, to our studio in Beverly Hills for her AOL Music Sessions taping...

The Eagles continued their successful migration into the country world this past weekend, headlining day-one of the second annual Stagecoach Festival. While classic Eagles fare such as 'Tequila Sunrise' and especially 'Desperado' have always been somewhat rooted in country, Don Henley tells The Boot the group's acceptance into the Nashville world "is a whole new universe for us...

With a Best New Artist Grammy nomination under her belt, country star Taylor Swift is already looking ahead. "I'm actually in the middle of recording the second album, so I can't even wait," she tells AOL Music. "I'm writing every song on it, just like I did my first album, and it's going to be better than the first...

After 15 years of churning out hit after chart-topping hit, Faith Hill is finally taking time to look back on her whirlwind career. The country beauty is set to release her first greatest hits compilation, aptly titled 'The Hits,' on Tuesday...

Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp, a.k.a the Wreckers, have been a ubiquitous live presence this year, opening for the likes of Dierks Bentley, the Dixie Chicks and Rascal Flatts. What does Branch get from performing with all of these people ...

R&B crooner Brian McKnight will release his tenth album next week, appropriately dubbed 'Ten.' The effort finds the silky-voiced McKnight producing "90 percent" of the album himself, and teaming with neo-soul chanteuse Jill Scott and country group Rascal Flatts. ...

Kellie Pickler has had plenty of dreams come true lately. The onetime 'American Idol' star says her recent move to Nashville is high on that list. "It's Music City . Anyone who wants to be a country star, there's no better place to live than Nashville ," she tells AOL Music ...