For music fans, the Shoals is the place to be for the next few days. The W.C. Handy Festival is in full swing. For the relax of this week, there will be musical events and performances honoring the shoals native now known as 'The dad of the Blues'.

Music abounds at the Curry County Fair this year with two concerts, Battle of the Bands, and Talent Show at the outdoor stage with musicians playing inside Artisan Hall every four days of the fair, July 29 August 1.

Photo courtesy of Parallel Entertainment Billy Currington will be one of the headlining acts of the Cattaraugus County Fairs grandstand entertainment this year.

Pirated music has seen a 50 per cent drop in the music industry's revenue over the past 15 years says the Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM). According to RIM vice president Norman Abdul Halim, pirated music activities (pirated Cd, VCD, DVD) has seen a 50 per cent drop in revenue for the music industry. "Fifteen years ago the music industry's income in the country was about RM300 ...

Local band "Country Friends" has been playing Country/Gospel music now for 20 years. They have never turned down an invitation to perform unless they were already booked, or occasionally, when someone was sick and they have never charged for playing.

Gord Bamford should definitely keep his day job. The Lacombe country music singers latest album, Day Job, has earned him the most nominations of any artist for the 2010 Canadian Country Music Association Awards, which take place in Edmonton in September.

Gord Bamford will be the one to beat at the 2010 Canadian Country Music Association Awards, with the Albertan singer leading the pack for with six nominations for the upcoming edition.

TORONTO - It seems the Canadian Country Music Association Awards just couldn't quit Gord Bamford's "Day Job." The Lacombe, Alta., native nabbed a leading six nods as nominations for the CCMA awards were announced Wednesday.

Established in 1961, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum honors and preserves lasting contributions to country music.

His influential prominence within the country-music industry is a given. Now, Weatherford-based Bob Kingsley stands poised for formal recognition as a titanic figure in radio as a class.