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Grammy-Award-winning band Mumford and Sons have revealed that they are planning to take an ‘indefinite hiatus’ from music, after their Babel US tour finished on September 21st. Speaking to Rolling Stone magazine, keyboard player Ben Lovett said: “We just know we’re going to take a considerable amount of time off and just go back to […]

Keith Urban’s seventh studio album FUSE has taken the top spot on both the United States and Canadian Pop and Country Charts, marking a first for the three-time Grammy Award winner. It is the second time in the United States (2009’s DEFYING GRAVITY) that Urban has hit number one on Billboard’s Top 200 and Country

There is a larger contingent of British performers at this year’s Americana Music Association Convention that takes place in Nashville this week than ever before. BBC Radio 2 host Bob Harris brings ‘BBC Introducing’ to Americana Convention BBC Radio 2 host Bob Harris brings ‘BBC Introducing’ to Americana for the first time. BBC Introducing launched

Scotty McCreery has gradually revealed the cover of his new album on his official website by challenging fans to uncover the image by sharing the page on Twitter and Facebook. Fans who participated in the challenge also have the opportunity to win a special flyaway package to an album launch event in New York. SEE

Cassadee Pope is opening up about her parents’ divorce in 11, a new song now available on iTunes, from her upcoming debut Country album FRAME BY FRAME. The dynamic songstress offers up a preview of her new music and a very personal look into her life now. “As a kid, when you go through something

Siblings Kimberly, Reid and Neil – the trio better known as The Band Perry – have celebrated their fourth number one song for their most recent hit Done. The celebration marks a milestone for Reid and Neil Perry, as this is their very first number one song as writers. “Done was the last song we

Show Dog-Univeral Music recording artist Joel Crouse has digitally released his brand new single Oh Juliet as a thank you to his fans for their support. Crouse said: “Here’s some new music for the patient fans and the new ones I made on the Taylor tour. You guys rock… Hope you enjoy Oh Juliet.” Written

Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), global leader in music rights management, honoured the country superstar, Carrie Underwood, with multiple BMI “Million-Air” Awards at a recent reception at the Country Music Hall of Fame. BMI’s Associate Director of Writer/Publisher Relations, Leslie Roberts joined Underwood onstage to present the certificates, honouring the prolific performance records of songs Mama’s

Award-winning singer Tim McGraw celebrated his latest number one song in Nashville with friends, industry and press. Highway Don’t Care, featuring Taylor Swift and Keith Urban on guitar, is McGraw’s 34th number one song and second number one from his Big Machine Records debut, TWO LANES OF FREEDOM. Songwriters who celebrated with McGraw included Brett

Adele has been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world. The singer publicly endorsed the gothic folk duo The Civil Wars on Twitter, where she urged her 16 million followers to buy the pair’s new album. Adele tweeted to her followers on Wednesday: “Please go and get the new Civil Wars