Finally Friday!

The night of the CMA Awards, Josh Gracin was a bit preoccupied with business that didn’t include crystal statuettes. Josh’s wife and namesake of his latest single, Ann Marie, gave birth to the couple’s fourth child, Issabella Sophia. She weighed eight pounds, 15-ounces, and was 20.5 inches long. Josh told People magazine, “She’s the biggest of all our babies.” He says his son Landon will “have to learn to hold his own” growing up around sisters Briana, Gabriella, and now Isabella.

As of last weekend, there are more country stars that you can walk all over. The Music City Walk of Fame, across from the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, inducted its fifth class of honorees. Cast into the sidewalk were Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Michael McDonald, Jo Walker-Meador, Martina McBride, Randy Travis, and Trace Adkins. Bill Cody emceed the ceremony which saw the Walk of Fame grow to 31 stars and guitars emblems. This is not Randy’s first star. Both and Little Richard have stars previously embedded in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


Look for Toby Keith to appear in Stephen Colbert’s A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! The hour-long musical production debuts on Comedy Central Sunday November 23rd. The show also includes musical performances Elvis Costello, Feist, John Legend, Willie Nelson and Jon Stewart.

Coincidently on the heels of her hero, Reba McEntire, leaving her major label, Terri Clark is leaving BNA Records to go independent. In a long and heartfelt letter posted on her website, Terri said that she would like to concentrate more on her career in her homeland, Canada, along with overseas possibilities. She also talked about forming her own label which would allow her to possibly help up and coming artists, and putting out a live album.