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The cast underscored the point that no matter how you slice it - whether in character or not - they are true musicians whose talents shine through in any medium.

The 49th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, Country Music's Party of the Year, honoring country music's superstars and hottest emerging talent, will air tonight, April 6, 2014.

For more than a decade, CMT has been pairing together country and non-country artists for episodes of the flagship music series CMT CROSSROADS

Nominations were announced today for the 49th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, Country Music's Party of the Year®, honoring country music's superstars and hottest emerging talent.

The winners of the 56th ANNUAL Grammy Awards were announced last night, Sunday, Jan. 26th live at Los Angeles' STAPLES Center on the CBS Television Network.

John Legend, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kacey Musgraves, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban, as well as nominee Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr - who as members of the Beatles will receive the 2014 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Now according to the New York Post's Michael Riedel, the show is Broadway-bound and will likely arrive in the Spring 2015 theatre season. Major producers present at the workshop included Bob Boyett, Jill Furman, and representatives from the Shuberts, the Nederlanders and Jujamcyn Theaters. One of them told Riedel: "I haven't laughed so hard since I saw 'Book of Mormon.'?"

According to an Equity casting notice, a musical based on HEE HAW, the television series that ran 1969-71, is set to get a staged reading on December 2-13 at Pearl Studios.

Nominations have been announced for the fourth annual AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS, hosted by multi-Platinum(R) recording artist Trace Adkins and NASCAR superstar Danica Patrick

Recording artists Kacey Musgraves and Taylor Swift top the list of final nominees for 'The 47th Annual CMA Awards' with six nominations each.

With the countdown on to the September 17 release of his forthcoming album, A.M., Chris Young revealed the album cover and song titles today. 'I couldn't be more excited to share this with my fans,' said Chris. 'We just finished the cover last week and got the songs sequenced so this is truly 'hot off the press,' he continued.

Joe's Pub at the Public Theater has announced its lineup for May 6-12, featuring: Ripe Time Benefit, NYU Tisch, CMA Songwriters Series, Julia Haltigan, Stephane Wrembel, The Fat Man's Daughter, Rabbit & The Hare, Magos Herrera & Sofia Rei, The N'Harmonics, Terry Radigan and Blake Pfeil.

THE MUSIC OF NASHVILLE (SEASON I, VOLUME 2) will be released today, May 7 on Big Machine Records.

THE MUSIC OF NASHVILLE (SEASON I, VOLUME 2) will be released May 7 on Big Machine Records.

The Academy of Country Music announced today the line-up of free music performances and special events held during the open-to-the-public ACM EXPERIENCE, a family-friendly country music lifestyle event held April 5-7, 2013 at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Artists including Jewel, Katie Armiger, Easton Corbin, Jerrod Niemann, Danielle Peck, Tate Stevens, Charlie Worsham, Blackberry Smoke, Love and Theft and more will be featured.

The Academy of Country Music announced today the line-up of free music performances and special events held during the open-to-the-public ACM EXPERIENCE,a family-friendly country music lifestyle event held April 5-7, 2013 at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Ashley Monroe's Warner Bros. Records debut release Like A Rose is available everywhere today. Like A Rose is available for purchase on iTunes here. The music video for 'Like A Rose,' which Monroe will perform on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on March 11, premiered on CMT March 3rd.

On the heels of a multi-week #1 hit, THE BAND PERRY is again celebrating the success of 'Better Dig Two,' which has been certified PLATINUM from the RIAA for sales exceeding one million copies.

On the heels of a multi-week #1 hit, The Band Perry is again celebrating the success of 'Better Dig Two,' which has been certified PLATINUM from the RIAA for sales exceeding one million copies. The smash lead single has been the fastest-rising of their career and will be featured on sibling trio's forthcoming album, PIONEER (4/2), on Republic Nashville.

Hot duo LOVE AND THEFT has entered 2013 with radio momentum, nomination jitters and cardio resolutions ahead of their highly-anticipated tour with Tim McGraw.