Zac Brown Band loves to travel with their mobile kitchen, “Cookie,” a tractor-trailer fitted out for food preparation. Zac himself loves to cook and can’t wait to see what’s in the kitchen at each of the band’s tour stops: “You know, I love all the stuff they do with fresh...especially in the summer, spring and fall, they go out to local farms and find fresh produce. So, that’s one of my favorite things is just to see all the fresh vegetables and stuff that gets picked up.” The band’s annual Southern Ground Music and Food Festival hits Nashville on September 21st and 22nd with Gregg Allman, Amos Lee, Edward Sharpe, David Gray and the Magnetic Zeros joining them on stage. In Charleston, South Carolina, the shows are October 20th and 21st and fans will see the Avett Brothers, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Los Lonely Boys and another surprise guest or two.

When the Olympics are over, Carrie Underwood will light up NBC’s Today Show Summer Concert Series. Though the show is over a week away, Carrie admits to some butterflies already: “When you’re on live I feel like there’s so much more pressure because you want to hit every single note, you want everything to be perfect – because you really only get one shot at it! So I get nervous for TV performances, and I don’t get nervous in concert.”

The Voice is getting fans fired up for season three, and Blake Shelton is pleased to be helping out all the contestants, winners and losers: “The good part about it is, they’re all getting so much exposure. They all can go on from the show and be several steps ahead of where they would have been. Ya know?” Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera and Adam Levine all return as judges, and in this promo, get their action hero personas on, with a little Olympic twist at the end…



Colt Ford’s new album, “Declaration of Independence,” is out today, and it’s star studded: Kix Brooks, Montgomery Gentry, Jake Owen, Darius Rucker and Jason Aldean pitch in on songs. About the Jason Aldean collaboration, “Drivin’ Around Song,” Colt reveals, “As soon as Jason heard it he was like, ‘This is the one – this is the one that you and I’ve been suppose to do right here.’ I just think that song – is a big, big song. I mean its got ‘Dirt Road Anthem’ kind of potential. I think it will probably kind of take on a life of its own.” This isn’t the official video – that doesn’t exist yet – but a fan posted the song on YouTube, so you can hear it now if you’d like…