BlueSkyRiders

Mike Coppola, Getty Images Trace Adkins, Dwight Yoakam, Rodney Atkins and Tanya Tucker are among the first artists announced by AXS TV as part of the network's live coverage of the upcoming Stagecoach Country Music Festival, April 26-28, The Boot has learned exclusively.

He's sung everything from rock songs to lullabies, and now Kenny Loggins is part of a new country-infused trio, Blue Sky Riders, that includes two of Nashville's biggest tunesmiths, Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman. The group began from a regular writing appointment, but quickly realized they were on the verge of something extraordinary...