Country star Toby Keith has heaped praise on his son-in-law for risking his own safety to aid in the tornado recovery efforts in his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma.

Country legend Johnny Cash's brother has given his thumbs up to a new museum featuring artefacts and memorabilia from the Walk The Line singer's life, insisting it was an "awesome experience" to walk around the place.

Country star Toby Keith's mother Carolyn and sister Tonni were among those who had to run for cover on Monday (20May13) when a deadly tornado touched down in his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma.

Former Hootie & The Blowfish star Darius Rucker took to Twitter.com on Sunday night (19May13) to attack a racist who took aim at the singer for covering a classic Bob Dylan song at country music mecca the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.

Country star Trace Adkins has plucked a budding singer from obscurity to perform alongside him on a string of U.S TV shows.

South Carolina duo Shovels & Rope lead the 2013 Americana Music Association Awards nominations after picking up four nods at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning (14May13).

Actress Hayden Panettiere has spent the past month sleeping on a futon in the attic of her friends' house in Tennessee because she was unsure if her TV show Nashville would be renewed for a second season.

Rock 'n' roll veteran Little Richard's childhood home is to be relocated to make way for the construction of a new highway in Georgia.

Rocker John Mellencamp, producer T Bone Burnett and horror author Stephen King are set to take their supernatural musical Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County on the road during a tour of the U.S. this autumn (13).

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