Taylor Swift has received much criticism from the country music community for slowly moving more and more towards pop music since her country/folk debut album. Her newest album, Fearless, has seemed to have little to no country influence as it has taken a turn towards the Miley Cyrus type Disney bubble-gum pop. Now Big Machine Record’s latest business deal signing an international marketing and distribution deal for Swift through Universal has confirmed those thoughts of many. The people at Universal have left no doubt that Swift will be going completely …

In our recap of the CMA’s there were many things that ended up good and a few things that just didn’t vibe so well but overall it was a pretty forgettable and dull night of awards. Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood did a good job hosting the awards with a few moments of corny preplanned humor that never goes over well on any awards show but it always happens.
The performances were what the show was based around with plenty of them to keep the show from being boring but …

Reba McEntire has signed with Valory Music Co. in another major deal by the young company. This move reunites Reba McEntire with industry veteran Scott Borchetta who is president and CEO of both Valory and Big Machine Records. Borchetta who has had great success with Taylor Swift as well as Garth Brooks latest release looks to be a perfect fit for a new resurgent Reba McEntire.