Pistol Annies

The nominees are in, and people are excited.

Her late-summer and fall tour will be an all-female trek across the country.

A death, a secret, an arrest, a close call and a confession that brought tabloid attention — they all make this list of country music news stories that had us saying O-M-G.

There are country hits, and then there are should-have-beens.

Did we get it right? Did we get it all wrong?

The best country albums of any given year are situational.

Even the judge seems to be calling whomever did these women wrong a dog.

The woman was acting like it was her show, and Miranda wasn't having it.

Miranda, Angaleena and Ashley packed in as many old and new cuts from their three-album catalog as they could.

Try not to let the tabloid nature of it get in the way of enjoying a simply sublime vocal performance.