CMT Blog: Joe Nick Patoski

In an excerpt from author Joe Nick Patoski’s new book, Willie Nelson: An Epic Life, you can start to see how Nelson’s stubborn ways earned him his icon status.

There is nothing new about him, and that’s just what The Tennessean digs about George Strait and his latest album.

Does marrying a musician increase your earnings? This story takes a close look at what star nuptials — like Tim & Faith — do to sales.

Lady Antebellum hits People.com to talk about meeting each other, stumbling onto a band name and stocking the bus with Sour Patch Kids. And band member Charles Kelley opens up to the Charlotte Observer about how he just wasn’t cut out for the working life in North Carolina.