Dierks Bentley photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville. Dierks Bentley’s new album, Home, hit store shelves February 7 and debuted  at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Charts this week. The album is made up of 12 songs, six written or co-written by Dierks and six by talented songwriters from around Nashville. He spent a year writing songs and searching through publishing catalogs to get just the right mix of tracks...

Top 20 Country Countdown. Your votes choose the videos you see on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown and host Nan Kelley counts them down every week! If you missed the Friday night premiere, check the schedule for re-airs throughout the weekend to see if your favorite videos made the countdown! On the charts this week, Scotty McCreery...

Country music stars sure love Twitter! This week, country stars took to the GRAMMYs, where Taylor Swift tweets her winning stationery, Miranda Lambert shares her new friend and Randy Montana is shaken up over Nicki Minaj’s performance. Elsewhere, The Farm makes their Grand Ole Opry debut and Edens Edge questions the validity...

Kix Brooks photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville. Kix Brooks will release his first Arista Nashville solo single, “New To This Town” (featuring Joe Walsh of The Eagles), to radio on March 19. After spending twenty years as one half of Brooks & Dunn, the most successful duo in country music history, Kix is heading in his own direction. “It’s a freedom of sorts,” he says about Brooks & Dunn coming...

Jason Aldean photo courtesy of Broken Bow Records. Jason Aldean had a year to remember in 2011. His My Kinda Party album went double platinum, he chalked up several No. 1 hits, headlined one of the top country tours, and by year’s end, had a heap of award nominations and wins to his credit. By the time he was done accepting awards, he had run out of things to say. “You...

Trace Adkins on location at the NASCAR Hall of Fame shooting segments for GAC presentation of The Definitive Earnhardt. Photo courtesy of NASCAR. Following the success of The Definitive Earnhardt, GAC has once again partnered with NASCAR Media Group to give a rare inside look at the lives of some of NASCAR’s most recognizable drivers. The Definitive, hosted by Trace Adkins and airing Mondays...

Marty Stuart photo courtesy of The GreenRoom. Marty Stuart will release his latest album, Nashville, Volume 1: Tear The Woodpile Down, on April 24. The second release from Marty on Sugar Hill Records, the project will include 10 songs (almost entirely written by Marty) and feature his touring band, The Fabulous Superlatives. Hank Williams III and Lorrie Carter Bennett of The Carter Family contribute guest vocals. “I came to Nashville from...

Top 20 Country Countdown. You may not get to choose songs you hear on the radio, but GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown is chosen entirely by your votes! Scotty McCreery has had a strong hold on No. 1 for several weeks now. Can he hold on to it for another week or will Kellie Pickler ,