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The Boot rounds up today's country music news from around the web. Look for multiple Grammy nominee Hunter Hayes on "CBS This Morning" tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 8) at 7:00 AM ET. Among the trophies for which Hunter is vying is the coveted Best New Artist award...

Zac Brown Band will join an all-star cast to pay tribute to music pioneer Levon Helm, during the live broadcast of the Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 10). The Georgia-based band will be joined on stage by Elton John, Mumford & Sons, Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes and Mavis Staples in a special performance directed by T-Bone Burnett. H...

Carrie Underwood has performed on the Grammy Awards telecast before, but as her next opportunity in front of the live audience (and the millions watching all over the world) approaches, she admits she does get a little nervous. Mostly, however, it's been her chance to enjoy one-of-a-kind experiences...

Kelly Clarkson is glowing -- and has good reason to be. She recently got engaged to music manager beau Brandon Blackstock, and their love has been a main reason for the singer's happiness. "I didn't know life could be this happy," she tells this week's issue of PEOPLE magazine, which features the bride-to-be on its cover...

When it comes to the Grammy Awards, no matter how high the hair (or jeans), country musicians have always been as fashionable -- and fashionably daring -- as their pop and rock counterparts. Nashville's biggest stars turn just as many heads on that Los Angeles red carpet as anyone else, whether it be for their fabulous frocks or over-the-top flops...

Vince Gill has a shelf-full of Grammy gold for his solo work, as well as for his collaborations with fellow artists, and he may be adding to that shelf in a few weeks for his contributions to country swing band the Time Jumpers, a group he says has him feeling like a kid again...

FOX The Boot rounds up today's country music news headlines from around the web. "X Factor" winner Tate Stevens will debut the video for his first single, "Holler if You're With Me," on the Feb. 10 Grammy Awards. The high-profile premiere is part of the grand prize the Missouri native won on the TV talent show, in addition to a $5 million recording contract with Syco Music/RCA

The Boot rounds up today's country music headlines from around the web. Dierks Bentley wants to pull a Kanye West at the Grammys! Or he's at least joking that he wants to. The singer-songwriter is nominated for his poignant song, "Home," but seems certain he won't win...

Hunter Hayes has three nominations at the upcoming 55th Annual Grammy Awards, including one for Best Country Album for his self-titled debut. The album has yielded three hit singles already, and Hunter admits the way he made the whole project was a bit of an experiment...

(Pictured left to right are Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Recording Academy, George Flannigen, Sony Music Nashville chairman/CEO Gary Overton, Carrie Underwood and Nashville Chapter President Jon Randall Stewart) The ballroom at the Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel in Nashville could've been a set for one of the scenes of the popular new ABC-TV drama, "Nashville," Wednesday night (Ja