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Country music (or country and western) is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, gospel music and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s. The term country music began to be used in the 1940s when the earlier term hillbilly music was deemed to be degrading and the term was widely embraced in the 1970s, while country and Western has declined in use since that time, except in the United Kingdom and Ireland, where it is still commonly used. In the Southwestern United States a different mix of ethnic groups created the music that became the Western music of the term country and Western. The term (country music) is used today to describe many styles and subgenres. Country music has produced two of the top selling solo artists of all time. Elvis Presley, who was known early on as (the Hillbilly Cat) and was a regular on the radio program Louisiana Hayride, went on to become a defining figure in the emergence of rock and roll. Contemporary musician Garth Brooks, with 220 million albums sold, is the top-selling solo artist in U.S. history. While album sales of most musical genres have declined, country music experienced one of its best years in 2006, when, during the first six months, U.S. sales of country albums increased by 17.7 percent to 36 million. Moreover, country music listening nationwide has remained steady for almost a decade, reaching 77.3 million adults every week, according to the radio-ratings agency Arbitron, Inc.
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Country Music Legend LeAnn Rimes stars with Luke Perry in GOOD INTENTIONS
ATLANTA----Shadowlight Pictures, and Phase 4 Films announce the premiere of feature film Good Intentions on March 9, 2010. Starring award-winning, multi-platinum country music recording artist LeAnn Rimes , Luke Perry , Elaine Hendrix , Jon Gries and Jimmi Simpson .
9 Mar 2010, 7:08 am | click here to view more
Urban Country Music Festival
April 30 to May 3 tug up stumps, head to Caboolture and prepare for the biggest names in country music.
9 Mar 2010, 12:49 am | click here to view more
Country music star coming to Missoula
MISSOULA - receive ready country music fans. Tickets for country star Gary Allan's Missoula concert are now on sale.
8 Mar 2010, 9:42 am | click here to view more
Oscar winner Jeff Bridges thinks forming a country music band with Colin Farrell is a “good idea”
Jeff Bridges, who won Best Actor Oscar Sunday night for his portrayal of washed up country musician Bad Blake in “Crazy Heart,” was open to the idea of forming a country music group with Colin Farrell.
8 Mar 2010, 9:41 am | click here to view more
Tammy Wynette Memorabilia Comes to Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Tammy Wynette 's awards, stage costumes and other professional memorabilia will be part of an upcoming display at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.
8 Mar 2010, 3:23 pm | click here to view more
Country Music Superstars Deliver Sunday in the Country
New Haven Records in partnership with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will release the CD Sunday in the Country: 12 Inspiring Hits From Today's Top Country Artists this month.
8 Mar 2010, 3:20 am | click here to view more
Country music show this weekend
The 27th annual Tina-Avalon Country Music Show will be presented this Friday and Saturday, March 12 and 13, at 7 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium.
8 Mar 2010, 1:39 pm | click here to view more
Music superstar Taylor Swift signs on for Cavendish Beach festival
Taylor Swift, one of the world’s hottest performers, is expected to draw a tidal wave of country music fans to Prince Edward Island this summer.
8 Mar 2010, 10:54 pm | click here to view more
Creating future music moguls
“IT’S usually not the paper qualifications that matter,” said Nilesh Thomas, course leader at the International College of Music (ICOM), adding that “it is the education and what you learn that does.”
10 Mar 2010, 3:22 am | click here to view more
Country singer Jo Dee Messina is bringing her music straight to you
Country singer Jo Dee Messina refuses to let delays by her record label -- sometimes more than four years between albums -- keep her from taking her music to her fans.
10 Mar 2010, 2:06 am | click here to view more