MUSIC (SINGING

Although her contract with WWE was not renewed in April, professional wrestling diva and six-time WWE champion Mickie James hasn't let it slow her down. She simply shifted gears and jumped full-force into her country music singing career...

The CMA Music Festival brought country music stars Reba McEntire, Keith Urban, Kid Rock, Miranda Lambert, Josh Turner and Julianne Hough to LP Field in Nashville on June 11, 2010.

One of the more recent pageant scandals was that of 2006 Miss USA Tara Conner, who nearly lost her crown when unflattering pictures surfaced of her abusing drugs and alcohol. Three years later and Conner is ready to take on a career in country music.

A surreptitious invasion of singing goats did not impress the owner of the von Trapp Family Lodge.

Nichole Nordeman left the Christian music scene to devote herself to her family. Now she returns as the principal lyricist on The Story, a compilation CD featuring first-person accounts of some of the most well-known Biblical characters.

I have chosen to make the "E" entry, a story instead of a poem. Forgive me, but I am after more page views.

Cheap vacations can still be enjoyed this summer. Here are some cheap vacation ideas for visiting Nashville on a budget.

Japanese artists, though singing in a different language, have touched many people from all over the world outside of Japan. Unfortunately, there are only a few quality sites in English with info on Japanese artists. Here's a few sites worth checking out.