Music

by Alison Bonaguro 41 mins ago It was exactly 10 years ago today that Jon Pardi made the move to Nashville. So when I had a chance to ask him what it was like when Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 57 mins ago It’s been a while since Kacey Musgraves released brand new music. But man, are these new tunes worth the wait. On Friday (Feb. 23), Musgraves is putting the first Read More

by Lauren Tingle 37 mins ago When tragedies like the mass shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, Sandy Hook Elementary and Route 91 Harvest Festival happen, the country music community is always among the first Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 58 mins ago There’s a saying in country music that it all starts with a song. But after seeing Jake Owen‘s latest Instagram post, I think maybe it actually starts with a Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 7h ago Aaron Watson has been married for 14 years. He and his wife Kim have three busy kids, 8-11, with sports and dance and school commitments. And yet, the country singer’s Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 30 mins ago Are you the kind of person who listens to an album from beginning to end? Or do you just listen to the handful of songs you like? Either way, Read More

by Edward Morris 23 mins ago Kane Brown enthusiasts packed the reception hall at BMI’s Nashville headquarters Tuesday (Feb. 20) to celebrate the young artist’s first No. 1 single, “What Ifs.” Being honored along with Read More

by Edward Morris 40 mins ago Kelsea Ballerini racks up her fourth chart-topping single this week as “Legends” moves into the winner’s circle. It arrives there after a steady 37-week trek. She first reached this Read More

by Edward Morris 56 mins ago Evangelist William Franklin “Billy” Graham, a friend and inspiration to many country music stars, died Wednesday (Feb. 21) at his home in Montreat, N.C. the age of 99. In Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 7h ago When Thomas Rhett was a teenager, he had a big dream. And that dream’s name was Kenny Chesney. And now, nearly ten years later, Thomas Rhett’s going to live that Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 7h ago Oh, the glamorous life of a country star. Wait, what? Kelsea Ballerini is on the bathroom floor throwing up? Maybe life at the top is not so perfect after all. Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 49 mins ago When the iHeart Awards released their list of nominees for the country artist of the year award, it was the usual suspects: Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton, Sam Hunt, Luke Read More

by Lauren Tingle 4h ago Angie Gentry, the widow of Montgomery Gentry‘s Troy Gentry, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the manufacturers of the helicopter that crashed and killed all onboard including her husband Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 38 mins ago Keep your baby close. That’s pretty much the extent of what Sugarland‘s Jennifer Nettles had to say about raising kids when you’re a touring country music artist. Her son Read More

by Lauren Tingle 56 mins ago Brett Eldredge just wrapped the first weekend of Blake Shelton’s Country Music Freaks Tour, kicking off what promises to be another exciting year on the road. His first headlining Read More

by Edward Morris 58 mins ago Sunny and 77, it felt like baseball weather Thursday afternoon (Feb. 15) as throngs from Music Row crowded into Von Elrod’s Beer Garden and Sausage House to celebrate the Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 1h ago Has Brad Paisley gotten a little too comfortable in his role as a headliner? Does he just kind of phone it in? Not a chance. According to Dustin Lynch, who Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 55 mins ago Morgan Evans didn’t grow up in Nashville. He didn’t even grow up near Nashville. Evans was raised a good 9,000 miles away, in New South Wales all the way Read More

by Lauren Tingle 12 mins ago “I wish every artist was like Kip Moore. To see your fan base freak out every single night that you play, it’s inspiring.” That’s what hitmaker Steven Lee Olsen Read More

by Lauren Tingle 25 mins ago Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium brings out the best in every performer who graces its stage. And that was certainly the case for Kelsea Ballerini on Wednesday (Nov. 14) when she Read More

by Lauren Tingle 6h ago On the eve of Valentine’s Day (Feb. 13), Vince Gill, Maren Morris, Emmylou Harris and Kesha assembled to honor their love of country music live at New York City’s Times Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 50 mins ago There is no denying that Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium is a special place. For country fans, for country artists, and in Lauren Alaina‘s case, for American Idol hopefuls. “One of Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 9h ago If you’re a single woman, Chris Janson has some advice for finding love. He says do nothing. “He should approach you if he’s a real man,” Janson told Chicago’s WEGB. Read More

by Lauren Tingle 10h ago After four years of creating music in Nashville, Brett Young continues to make making in Music City look easy. On Monday afternoon (Feb. 12), he took over the Nashville Underground Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 38 mins ago Good things happen when Blake Shelton takes the stage. There’s good music, obviously, and then sometimes, there’s also a good cause. The cause was the case over the weekend Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 5h ago It’s not always about Patron and clothes falling off, or going ten rounds with Jose Cuervo. Sometimes, if you’re careful, you can write a song about tequila that’s not about Read More

by Lauren Tingle 1h ago Other than Grammys, CMAs, ACMs, RIAA and No. 1 plaques, one of the most coveted pieces of hardware in country music is a Luck Reunion ring. It’s considered the genre’s Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 50 mins ago Before Kelsea Ballerini became a bona fide country star, she was a 20-year-old songwriter just singing songs at Country Radio Seminar four years ago. She took industry publication Country Read More

by Edward Morris 7 mins ago Any waves that might have rolled in from the Grammys have now subsided. But there a few ripples to report. Old Dominion‘s “Written in the Sand” has crested as Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 3h ago It’s no secret that no matter how dearly Jennifer Nettles loves country music, she is also crazy about the Broadway stage. So when she had a chance to make her Read More

by Lauren Tingle 51 mins ago Since its 2015 inception with Kelsea Ballerini and Jana Kramer, the annual CMT Next Women of Country Tour has featured some of country music’s most empowering vocalists. In 2016, Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 30 mins ago With all of this Valentine’s Day love in the air, it seems like a good time to look back on good times. Like when Thomas Rhett‘s high school sweetheart Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 1h ago Even if you’d never heard a Daryle Singletary song, you can almost hear the impact he had on country music just by listening to the tributes his fellow artists posted Read More

by Lauren Tingle 2h ago Circumstances beyond anyone’s control happen every day. And Jason Aldean‘s cinematic three-part music video for “You Make It Easy” directed by Shaun Silva captures that to a T. In the Read More

by Edward Morris 35 mins ago Singer Daryle Singletary died unexpectedly at his Lebanon, Tenn. home Monday morning (Feb. 12) at the age of 46. No cause of death has been announced. Singletary was born Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 30 mins ago When I listen to an album I love, I always wonder why nobody asked me to pick the singles. Like why should record label executives have all the fun? Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 1 min ago There’s a little bar in North Carolina that Eric Church played in February 2014, right after he’d released his album The Outsiders. And there was a fan from his Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 8 mins ago During a recent radio interview, Cam said that her new music was probably 80 percent done. And what she loves most about her next album is that she was Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 44 mins ago Everyone knows how Cole Swindell is doing now: he’s about to headline his own tour, he’s been racking up hit songs, and he’s very established in the Nashville scene. Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 51 mins ago When Luke Bryan announced that he’d be adding stadiums and ballparks to his What Makes You Country tour, he also added some opening acts. And I asked one of Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 16 mins ago Brad Paisley was a featured speaker at this week’s Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, and the theme was The Art and The Artist. But he revealed so much more Read More

by Lauren Tingle 31 mins ago Nashville’s Country Radio Seminar (CRS) 2018 closed with a sold-out New Faces of Country Music Concert at the Omni Hotel’s Broadway Ballroom on Wednesday (Feb. 7). And if the Read More

by Lauren Tingle 6h ago Rosanne Cash remembers her father Johnny Cash always writing in notebooks. When he passed in 2003, he left an accumulation of original works that were later published for the first Read More

by Lauren Tingle 7h ago John Prine, 71, will release The Tree of Forgiveness, his first album of new music in 13 years, on April 13. Produced by Grammy winner Dave Cobb, the 10-song collection Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 18 mins ago The score is in, and it looks like Carrie Underwood beat Justin Timberlake during Sunday night’s (Feb. 4) Super Bowl LII. Underwood ended the competition between the two when Read More

by Edward Morris 21 mins ago The news is all Chris and Chris this week. Chris Young‘s “Losing Sleep” shuffles in at No. 1 on Billboard‘s country airplay chart, terminating a 39-week slog. This is Read More

by Lauren Tingle 36 mins ago Vince Gill helped bring the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements to Nashville’s Country Radio Seminar (CRS) 2018 when he performed his original song “Forever Changed” live at the Ryman Auditorium Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 5 mins ago If you’re wondering how Miranda Lambert is doing after releasing her achingly honest diary of a double album, she’s all good. So good, in fact, that she says she Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 53 mins ago What doesn’t kill you — or crush your intensely sensitive ego — makes you stronger. And Dierks Bentley is proof of that. On Monday (Feb. 5), the first day Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 20 mins ago This is virtually impossible to believe: Garth Brooks had never paid his dues playing for tip jars on Nashville’s Lower Broadway. That is, until Monday night (Feb. 5). That’s Read More