Toby Keith Talks About His Movie

"It was a dream come true," Toby Keith said Thursday (June 19) during a press conference in Nashville to discuss his upcoming film, Beer for My Horses. The movie, which features Willie Nelson, Rodney Carrington, Ted Nugent and Gina Gershon, follows Keith's 2006 debut film, Broken Bridges. Getting its title from the duet Keith recorded with Nelson, the film has been described as a "fun-loving road trip movie" involving two small town deputies...Read the rest of the story

Trace Adkins Goes Real

While writing the theme song to TruTV's new oil field reality show "Black Gold," country star Trace Adkins had a little background information from which to pull lyrics. "I worked in off-shore drilling for six years; I worked in oil fields for 10 years," Adkins said via telephone from a recent tour stop in Oklahoma. "It's a dangerous job but that's what I dug about it. There's something about a job when you go to work [and have] the knowledge that you can get killed. That's a rush."...Read the rest

Montgomery Gentry: Back When I Knew It All

When Montgomery Gentry entered the scene stomping their hillbilly shoes, their southern rock influences and "couldn't-give-a-damn" attitude shone proudly. After a few years and a few hits, their sound and song choices began to lean heavily toward the radio friendly. With "Back When I Knew It All" the duo promised to get back to the raucous sounds that brought them to the dance. And they almost made it, but not quite...Read the rest of the review

Dierks Bentley Talks About Life on the Bus

It's only fitting that Dierks Bentley included five live tracks on his new album, Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003-2008. After all, he's a road warrior -- with upcoming gigs at Lollapalooza and Sturgis Bike Week, as well as some European country music festivals. Here, he talks about recording every live show, sleeping in a bunk like the rest of the band and firing on all cylinders for his next album...Check out more Scene and Heard in Country