2016 has been a year of tremendous female empowerment in country music, making the choice for Woman of the Year in the 2016 Taste of Country Fan Choice Awards that much more difficult.
Dolly Parton will return to television screens across the country this holiday season. The singer's family story continues in late November with the NBC television movie Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love.
Jennifer Nettles will once again ring in the holiday season as the host of CMA Country Christmas. The singer will reprise her role for the seventh time in 2016.
Jennifer Nettles' son Magnus will turn four in December, and the proud mom is thinking about his future, admitting she can't imagine touring without him.
You may not want to begin decorating for Christmas until after Halloween, but by then, country's best new Christmas music will already be filling homes nationwide.
Jennifer Nettles does some deep self-exploration on many songs on her new Playing With Fire album. A song called "Way Back Home" is for her son Magnus, and it includes a message she hopes he'll appreciate one day.