Country star Tim McGraw is readying his Two Lanes of Freedom tour for a big summertime outing.

Brad Paisley made his television premiere on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” of “the Ballad of Honey Boo Boo” that almost rivals the jabs at Honey Boo Boo from “South Park’s” “Fatty Doo Doo” episode. Almost.

Jack White’s solo debut sold more vinyl copies than any release in 2012, taking the top spot from the Beatles.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Prosecutors on Thursday declined to pursue a criminal trespassing charge against a Wisconsin man arrested earlier this month for climbing a fence at a Nashville home linked to country star Taylor Swift.

Jacob Kulke, of Marshfield, Wis., will remain in jail in Nashville as he is fighting extradition to Colorado for probation violation. Kulke did not appear in court during his Thursday hearing. The 24-year-old Kulke was arrested Dec. 14 after climbing a fence and a gate at a home in Belle Meade that has been publicly linked to Swift.

Taylor Swift’s charity this year went beyond dating barely legal boybanders. She also gave $4 million to the Country Hall of Fame Museum, a donation big enough to earn her the honor of the this year’s top “celeb gone good” by DoSomething.org.

With promise of snow on the ground by tomorrow morning, it seems there is no reason not to just shed all cynicism and embrace the spirit of the season. So, rather than stealing tracks, we’re just going to give you tracks – of Colorado Christmas music!

Staying true to the surprise element of live covers, he included two John Denver tracks. There’s a fairly straight-forward version of “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” which features occasional collaborator Rosanne Cash, as well as “Sunshine,” which has original rapped verses with samples of Denver’s “Sunshine on My Shoulder.”

Today, he released the video for “Country Roads.” There’s only a bit of irony and a lot of playfulness with the song’s subject matter.

You’ll hear it everywhere: This is the season of giving. But around here, we are bigger fans of taking. Today, we’ve got two Colorado tracks for you to take under the cloak of morning. Check out progressive country from The Broken Spoke and garage rock from Dirty Few.

This week, music thieves, we’ve got Americana rock from The Gromet.

Kenny Chesney will play 17 stadium dates in 2013, including Denver.