Urban Country Blog has moved and become Urban Country News!

Following a long struggle with the company which hosts this domain, and their lack of cooperation to correct their mistake, we felt forced to move the website to a new domain. It was not an easy decision as we had developed a loyal readership here but it was necessary.

The new website will be even more news website and less blog,

Bill Anderson and Keith Urban were honored with a star to the Music City Walk of Fame today! It was a very sweet presentation with lots of respect shown to both honorees.

Singer/songwriter Ashton Shepherd gives a sneak peak of her upcoming album, Where Country Grows, by sharing this acoustic performance of ‘I’m Just a Woman’ in honor of Mother’s Day.

Ashton wrote the song by herself and she explains: "I opened my diary, and I got to an entry where I was writing about feeling kind of bad, empty and sad. Right after that, I’d written, ‘Well, I guess I’m just being

From the press release:

Republic Nashville artist the Eli Young Band made its debut yesterday at #1 on the iTunes Country Album Chart with the Crazy Girl EP.

The album made the climb to the top of the chart 8 hours after itsrelease and marks the band’s second #1 on iTunes in just two months. The single “Crazy Girl” also made its debut at #1 on the iTunes Country Singles Chart with over

We are pretty big on environmental issues here and are always pleased to see country music stars champion green causes or raising awareness.

Country trio Eden’s Edge returns to home to Arkansas today and tomorrow to speak to 8th graders at Bentonville’s School for the Arts as well as with local media, sharing their musical stories and love of nature. They will also do two live performances