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		<title>Word on the Street &#8211; March 4</title>
		<link>http://countrymusicchicago.com/2010/03/word-on-the-street-march-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Winterroth, Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Katie Quick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Dent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucky Town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ragtop Rodeo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Roadhouse Prophets]]></category>
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History in the Making
Chicagoland truly has an amazing group of local country musicians but since last Friday that group, for a great reason, just shrunk by one.  Katie Quick, a former school teacher turned aspiring country music star, truly has an amazing story and as of late last week, the Evergreen Park native began [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lady Antebellum leads ACM Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Winterroth, Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blake Shelton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Paisley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carrie Underwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Strait]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe's Bar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kenny Chesney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lady Antebellum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miranda Lambrt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reba McEntire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taylor Swift]]></category>
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Chicago’s country music station receives nomination; local country music hotspot slighted.
The Academy of Country Music released, on Tuesday, the slate of nominations for the 45th annual Academy of Country Music Awards.  Country music stars Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton announced nominations during a televised presentation.  McEntire will return, for her 12th consecutive time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Believe in Joe</title>
		<link>http://countrymusicchicago.com/2010/03/we-believe-in-joe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CountryMusicChicago.com Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chasin Mason]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Nichols]]></category>
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Win general admission tickets to this show!
Joe Nichols country music career can be summed up as successful but behind the awards shows, album releases and music videos there’s is a side that, till now, has been blind to most fans.  Prior to the release of his latest album, “Old Things New”, Nichols was battling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Cowboy Troy it’s all about the fans</title>
		<link>http://countrymusicchicago.com/2010/02/cowboy-troy-all-about-fans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Kohl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Country Music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AStar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cowboy Troy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kix Brooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Log Jam Fest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US99]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zoo Tunes]]></category>

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 CMC Exclusive: The six-feet, five inches tall, black rapping country artist takes his fans so seriously in fact, that they helped him decide what would go on his latest album, “Demolition Mission: Studio Blue Sessions,” released in Sept. 2009. The first half of the record features Cowboy Troy singing, while the second half features [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Randy Rogers Band back at Joe’s</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CountryMusicChicago.com Staff</dc:creator>
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Win tickets to their show on Country Music Chicago! 
Concert Alert:
 While their Windy City debut has long passed (six times over), The Randy Rogers Band is no stranger to Chicago, especially not Joe’s Bar.  This Texas, by the way of Nashville, based band is leaving their 70 degree Austin sunshine for Chicago’s blustery-cold weather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mega Ticket Mania</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CountryMusicChicago.com Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brad Paisley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brooks & Dunn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darius Rucker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Allan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kellie Pickler]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Montgomery Gentry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rascal Flatts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim McGraw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toby Keith]]></category>
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TICKET ALERT:
While Rascal Flatts might not be bringing their 2010 tour on Wrigley Field &#8211; as they did in 2009 &#8211; the Flatts Boys along with headliners Tim McGraw, Brooks &#38; Dunn, Brad Paisley, Toby Keith and Montgomery Gentry are all, at some point, “swinging by” one of Chicagoland’s more traditional country music confines this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swift grabs Grammy for Album of the Year</title>
		<link>http://countrymusicchicago.com/2010/02/swift-grabs-grammy-for-album-of-the-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CountryMusicChicago.com Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Country Music]]></category>
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Los Angeles – Country/pop crossover artist Taylor Swift won the Grammy Award for album of the Year.   After missing out on Song of the Year (You Belong With Me) and Best Female Pop Vocal (You Belong With Me) the 20-year-old artist finished the night with a win on her sophomore release “Fearless” on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zac Brown Band wins Grammy for Best New Artist</title>
		<link>http://countrymusicchicago.com/2010/01/zac-brown-band-wins-grammy-for-best-new-artist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CountryMusicChicago.com Staff</dc:creator>
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Los Angeles –  Country music’s The Zac Brown Band won the Best New Artist award at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday.  Lead by artist Zac Brown, the band was the only country music group nominated in the overall category.  Other nominees included Keri Hilson, MGMT, Silversun Pickups and the Ting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisc. Summer Country Fests</title>
		<link>http://countrymusicchicago.com/2010/01/wisc-summer-country-fests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Winterroth, Editor</dc:creator>
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While summer might feel like light years away – considering while I write this it’s snowing here in Chicago – the Wisconsin country music festival organizers are in high gear.  With major lineup announcements fluttering my inbox and pre-season deals in full-swing, I thought it might be a good time to highlight some great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Word on the Street &#8211; Jan. 19</title>
		<link>http://countrymusicchicago.com/2010/01/word-on-the-street-jan-19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Winterroth, Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alan Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clay Walker]]></category>
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Phil Vassar helped Chicago kick the year off right.
Even without a full band, Phil Vassar made the first “live country” concert of the year a hit. Accompanied by a zebra striped piano and two members of his band, Vassar pleased the ecstatic crowed with a semi-acoustic mix of his countless hits.
Vassar never left the piano [...]]]></description>
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