CMT Blog: Alison Bonaguro

Alison Bonaguro

Alison Bonaguro contributes to the Chicago Tribune, CMT.com and this fabulous blog. When she's not writing about country music, she's listening to it, calling radio request lines and recruiting new fans. She lives with her husband, three kids and hundreds of country CDs in the suburbs of Chicago.

http://www.alisonbonaguro.com

Posts by Alison Bonaguro

Zac Brown Band Hears Grammy Buzz

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Carrie Underwood Will Serenade CNN Heroes

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Writing Greeting Cards Is Nice Work for Taylor Swift

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Sugarland Lovin' on Miley Cyrus Song

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Tim McGraw Couldn't Go Pop

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Taylor Swift's CMA Win Elicits More Responses

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Maxim Lists Country Music's 18 Hottest Women

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Autographed Chevy Camaro on Auction for USO

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

John Denver Ignited CMA Controversy in 1975

Monday, November 16th, 2009

David Nail Says "Galveston" Changed His Life

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Wynonna Should've Said No About Taylor Swift

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Sugarland Lands Grammy Nominations Concert

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Darius Rucker's CMA Win Moved Me to Tears

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

And the CMA Award Doesn't Go To ...

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Daughtry, Dave Matthews Give an Edge to CMAs

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Rubbing Elbows With the Stars

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks Split

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Danny Gokey's First Single Feels Unfinished

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Take a Quiz, Country Whiz

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Kenny Chesney Lives Those Songs in 3D

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Brad Paisley Shows a Humble Side to CNN

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Taylor Swift's Funniest SNL Moments

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Eight Minutes With Kellie Pickler

Friday, November 6th, 2009

The Other Records Taylor Swift Has Broken

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Jake Owen in Three, Two, One

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Carrie Underwood Is Ready for Paradise

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Faith Hill on Exercise and Decorating

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Does Keith Urban Ever Stop Smiling?

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Toby Keith Ballad May Get You "Cryin'"

Friday, October 30th, 2009

The Garth Brooks Ticket Saga, Continued

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Brad Paisley Keeps Saying No to Playgirl

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Taylor Swift on Dancing With the Stars

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

I'm Rockin' My Beer Gut

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Hootie's Old Practice Shed Shuts Out Music

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Keith Urban Wants You at the CMA Awards

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Stuck in Garth Brooks' Virtual Waiting Room

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Country Music Lyrics Are Picture Perfect

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Garth Brooks Talk About Fan Love

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

George Strait: The Real Cowboy

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Watch Keith Urban Cab It Out of NYC

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Carrie Underwood's Love Life: His Story

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Tim McGraw Day Declared in Illinois

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

The Station Inn Stands Its Ground

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

A Taylor Swift Guitar Could Save the World

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Vote Now for Music City Madness

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Thank You, Ashley Gorley

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Will Garth Be Garth Without a Piano?

Monday, October 19th, 2009

How Far Does Gloriana Wanna Go?

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Tim McGraw's Sobriety a Work in Progress

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Gary Allan's Fans Meet His New Guitars

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Feeling Ugly? Faith Hill Can Help

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Miley Cyrus on Twitter and Taylor Swift

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Oprah Winfrey Gets Her Cowboy On

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Is Country Music Good for the Ticker?

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

If Garth Brooks Is Heading to Vegas, So Am I

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Keith Urban Always Intrigued by CMA Awards

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Kris Kristofferson May Prove 70 Is the New 30

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Craig Morgan Sparks Awareness of Fire Safety

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Carrie Underwood's Web Site Gets a Makeover

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Jack Ingram Charms Kids ... But Not One Dad

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Lee Ann Womack Lays Down the L.A.W. Rules

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Kanye West "Standing Up for Art," Says Beyoncé

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Emmylou Harris Honored at Hardly Strictly

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Dierks Bentley Stays Up Late for Conan O'Brien

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

What I Learned From Luke Bryan's New Album

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Trace Adkins, Martina McBride Prepare Tour

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Gretchen Wilson: Redneck Record Executive

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Shania Twain Will Carry the Olympic Torch

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Tim McGraw Covers All the Good Stuff

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Promoting a Song? Here's What Works

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Taylor Swift Foreshadows Her Own Stardom

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Why Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert Twitter

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Holly Williams Looks So Good in Love

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

All The Ways I'm Just Like Miranda Lambert

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Tim McGraw Fans Win Big in Vegas

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Miranda Lambert Packs Heat for Haters

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Are Venues Safe From Terrorist Attacks?

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Bucky Covington Is Smarter Than a 9th Grader

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Posthumous Releases You'd Like to Hear

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Sara Evans Might Pass the Music Torch to Kids

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

What Will Ellen DeGeneres Make of American Idol?

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Tim McGraw. Oct. 13. NYC.

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Keith Urban's "Grace" Is on My Mind

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Running the Numbers on Tim McGraw

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Should Concerts Be Rated?

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Getting Dressed With Rascal Flatts

Monday, September 21st, 2009

America's Got Talent Champ Sings Country

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Sheryl Crow on Music, Aging and Awakening

Friday, September 18th, 2009

"Great Lakes Song" and Other Intoxicating Melodies

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Ticketmaster, Heal Thyself

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Tonight, Carrie Underwood Enjoys Home Sweet Home

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Say It Ain't So, Kenny Chesney

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Give Keith Urban Your Best Shot

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

McGraw, Lambert and Johnson Toughen Up Country

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Top 10 Tracks I'm Digging Right Now

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Darius Rucker's First Kiss

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

CMA Awards: To Presale or Not to Presale?

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

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