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Miranda Lambert has steadily built a career where fans actually go purchase her records and support her on tour.  Will her third album raise her status even more with some consistent radio airplay or will it follow the trends of the first two?

In an exclusive interview with Roughstock, Rodney Atkins discusses his career, his live shows and his new album It's America along with his upcoming single and the song and performance which earned him his first gig, while a student at Tennessee Tech.

Following in the tradition of superstar artists from the past 22 years, Carrie Underwood and some of her fellow country artists have joined with popular young artists to donate time and this song to this holiday album for the Special Olympics.

Here's a roundup of the new album releases from August and September 2009.  Among new releases this months were the latest albums from Brooks & Dunn, Miranda Lambert, Terri Clark and Chris Young and the debut releases from Seth James and Nathan Lee Jackson.

While touring to support last year's Sleepless Nights Patty Loveless realized how much people loved Mountain Soul, her 2001 release which featured rootsy bluegrass arrangements so she decided to do this record, a follow-up album.

For what seems like the billionth time, Taylor Swift continues her dominance of the Nielsen SoundScan Hot Country Albums charts with her Fearless album continuing to sell thousands of copies per week. How did the rest of country music's Top 10 shake out this week?

When you get to the lauded level that the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has gotten to, it's easy to 'coast' with new releases that don't really have any difference from what's found in past recordings.  Thankfully, the NGDB isn't that kind of band.

In an exclusive interview with Roughstock, independent newcomer Jeremy Crady discusses his influences, his career and how he hopes to bring a little more traditional flavor to his music. He also talks about how he came to record his album with a famous group of musicians.