Yesterday afternoon it was announced by George Strait and Lee Ann Womack that Lee Ann would be joining his tour with superstar Reba McEntire.  The tour, which starts in January 2010 at Baltimore's "First Mariner Center ends in April with a date in Des Moines, IA.

After a few weeks topping the Nielsen SoundScan Hot 200 Albums charts, country music’s cavalcade of stars fell-off the Top spot (Colbie Calliat took the mantle from Reba) but four of the Top 10 albums this week were country records (5 of the Top 11).

It was another strong week at retail for country music as Reba McEntire's Keep On Loving You gave the genre its third chart-topping week, after the Number One debuts of Sugarland's Live On The Inside and George Strait's Twang.  How did the rest of the chart shake out?

With her long partnership with MCA Records a thing of the past, Reba McEntire has moved on to Valory records where she has crafted this record.  Does her record recall albums of Reba past or is she trying too hard to be contemporary?

With "Strange" landing near the Top 10, Reba McEntire certainly has reintroduced herself to fans and radio alike.  What does this song, her follow-up, hold for her?  Will it become an even bigger hit for the superstar or will it fall flat? Should the song even get any attention?

Listen to a sample of Reba's new single.

Watch Reba's latest video for the first single from her first album for the Valory Music Company.

Listen to this classic 1990's hit.

Today the CMA announced the additions of Darius Rucker, Rascal Flatts and Wynonna to the nightly performance schedule of the CMA Music Festival events at Nashville's LP Fieldfor the event on June 11-14, 2009.  They join the numerous performers already announced.

With this single Country music's most successful female artist returns to her rightful place on the Country airplay charts with an absolute winner of a single.  Radio would have to be absolutely insane to not play this catchy, hook-filled reactionary tale to the ending of a relationship.