Music superstar Big Kenny¸ of the multi-platinum duo Big & Rich, and Big Machine Records’ President and CEO Scott Borchetta will join Naomi Judd as judges on the second season of CMT’s, CAN YOU DUET. Hosted by Lance Smith, the weekly music competition series from “American Idol” producers FremantleMedia North America is looking to find country music’s next great duo and award them a record deal with Big Machine Records.

This past weekend Lyric Street recording artist and North Carolina native Bucky Covington played an outdoor show for the 48th annual Cox Harley Davidson open house in Asheboro, NC. The event’s organizers report the 13,000 attendees to be the biggest crowd in the event’s history, so large that they ran out of bike and car parking due to the overwhelming attendance and fans spent hours in line on the highway waiting to enter the event.

The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) announced today that multi-platinum recording artist Martina McBride will perform at the 2009 Canadian Country Music Awards.

The awards will be held at General Motors Place in Vancouver, BC, September 13, 2009. Broadcast nationally on CBC with encore airings on CMT in Canada, this year’s CCMA Awards show promises to be a colossal country music party for fans across Canada.

Musicians On Call (MOC) has received the support of many country music artists since opening the doors of the first National Chapter in April 2007. Through volunteer performances from local musicians, MOC has visited the bedsides of over 10,000 patients, families, and caregivers in Nashville.

Once again, MOC will benefit from the 3rd Annual Country Weekly Fashion Show and Concert. Artists who have graciously given their time and talents to visit patients at local Nashville hospitals include Fashion Show participants Chuck Wicks, Chris Young, Mark Wills, Trent Willmon, Joey + Rory , and Jypsi.

To see a complete lineup of the Fashion Show participants, please visit www.countryweekly.com/fashionshow. The show will be held on Wednesday June 10th at the Wildhorse Saloon and doors open at 11am. Tickets are available at the Country Weekly site as well as Ticketmaster.

Thanks to our reader Jessica who sent us Sarah Buxton’s new video “Outside My Window”. She shot the video herself with a few friends for only $80! Way to be resourceful Sarah in the down economy. LOVE IT! It’s a catchy song. Let us know what you think.