Music

by Lauren Tingle 6 mins ago Chris Janson‘s headlining debut at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Monday night (Feb. 5) was just a few blocks away from his first Nashville home. Thirteen years ago, Janson had Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 43 mins ago Jon Pardi has seen more and more young fans at his shows lately, and he has something to say to them. “I always thought that if I could put Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 50 mins ago Luke Bryan is no Simon Cowell. And I think we’re all breathing a huge sigh of relief over that. When Bryan spoke with reporters at the Television Critics Association’s Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 14 mins ago Sometimes, the commercials are the best part of the Super Bowl. So when you watch the big game on Sunday (Feb. 4), pay close attention to the new TV Read More

by Lauren Tingle 33 mins ago Justin Timberlake‘s Man of the Woods is definitely a stellar pop album. But listening to the music, folks can taste the dirt from his musically rich home state of Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 46 mins ago Lauren Alaina was only 16 when she first took the American Idol stage seven years ago. She’d been raised in Georgia on a mix of Poison, FireHouse, Cinderella, Aretha Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 50 mins ago Did Dierks Bentley make his new music in Telluride just because it’s Telluride? Or just because it’s not Nashville? It sounds like, a little bit of both. When Bentley Read More

by Lauren Tingle 9h ago Outside of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Marty Stuart owns one of the world’s biggest collections of country music artifacts. And now he has a place to Read More

by Lauren Tingle 32 mins ago Just because Justin Timberlake‘s new album is called Man of the Woods, he wants everyone to know that its bucolic title doesn’t mean it’s a country album. The Tennessee Read More

by Lauren Tingle 6 mins ago LANCO is frontman Brandon Lancaster, bassist Chandler Baldwin, multi-instrumentalist Jared Hampton, drummer Tripp Howell and lead guitarist Eric Steedly. They are among CMT’s artists featured in CMT’s “18 for Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 20 mins ago When Mike Fisher announced his retirement from the NHL — and Nashville’s beloved Predators — it was kind of the end of an era. But now that Fisher’s had Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 30 mins ago If you want to make music — all day every day, and then every day after that — you need to move to Nashville. That’s what Morgan Evans had Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 5h ago Exactly 30 years ago, Garth Brooks wrote his first No. 1 song. He was in his 20s, didn’t have a record deal yet, and went to write with Kent Blazy Read More

by Edward Morris 35 mins ago How about those Grammys? The first awards show to last longer than an entire growing season. The upside, though, was that there was something for everybody. Wasn’t there? I Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 8 mins ago To work as hard as Kenny Chesney has, and then get to the point in your career where you can easily fill stadiums, has to be the absolute end Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 46 mins ago I have so many questions about Adele‘s Instagram post on Tuesday morning (Jan. 30). Like, are those rose gold cowboy boots?Where can you find a good salmon pantsuit these Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 9 mins ago Late on Monday night (Jan. 29), Hillary Scott shared the news that her twin girls had arrived. “Our family is thankful and proud to announce the arrival of our Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 1h ago It’s officially closing time for Cole Swindell. He just wrapped his fourth annual Down Home Tour at bars across the country, and in just a couple weeks, Swindell plans to Read More

by Lauren Tingle 54 mins ago Both the #MeToo and #TimesUp grassroots campaigns have led to the professional downfalls of many men in entertainment, politics and sports, including Nashville publicist, Kirt Webster. His firm Webster Read More

by Lauren Tingle 23 mins ago Rhiannon Giddens, one of music’s most treasured virtuosos, has added 35 new shows to her 2018 tour. Kickoff is Feb. 7 in Brooklyn, New York with five shows in Read More

by Lauren Tingle 14 mins ago Chris Stapleton has added 36 performances to his All-American Road Show. The tour starts June 16 in Brandon, Miss. with Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb. The 2018 schedule includes Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 54 mins ago When Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren Akins walked the red carpet heading into Sunday night’s (Jan. 28) Grammy Awards, they already had a fan in E!’s Giuliana Rancic. Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 2h ago When Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren Akins walked the red carpet heading into Sunday night’s (Jan. 28) Grammy Awards, they already had a fan in E!’s Giuliana Rancic. She Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 6 mins ago It’s the biggest night of the year for everyone who makes music. But on Sunday night (Jan. 28), the Grammys turned out to be the biggest night for one Read More

by Stephanie Webster 26 mins ago Artists from all genres of music embrace their own sense of style on the red carpet of the Grammy Awards, and country stars are no exception. Check out some Read More

by Lauren Tingle 7 mins ago Here’s a complete list of country, folk and Americana winners at the 60th annual Grammy Awards that took place Sunday night (Jan. 28) at New York City’s Madison Square Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 6h ago Even though Little Big Town didn’t make it to the Grammy Premiere Ceremony on Sunday afternoon (Jan. 28) to pick up their trophy for country duo/group performance for “Better Man,” Read More

by Lauren Tingle 47 mins ago No musician should ever experience the pain of having one of their concerts turn into a crime scene. But it happened to Jason Aldean when he closed the Route Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 53 mins ago When you’ve been in the music business for more than 40 years, you get the hang of answering to your fans. So on Wednesday (Jan. 24), when Reba McEntire Read More

by Lauren Tingle 12 mins ago Kalie Shorr’s perspective is needed in today’s country music. With a sound that’s equal parts Haim and Shania Twain, her music is a daring reflection of today’s world as Read More

by Lauren Tingle 52 mins ago The Recording Academy has enlisted several all-star musicians, comedians, sports figures and actors to present awards and introduce performances at Sunday’s (Jan. 28) Grammy Awards. Presenters for the 60th Read More

by Lauren Tingle 14 mins ago Ever since Justin Timberlake announced his new album Man of the Woods, country fans everywhere have been wondering whether the album’s Chris Stapleton collaboration was country. And now that Read More

by Edward Morris 28 mins ago Baseball caps and blue jeans were in such profusion at the Luke Combs party Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 24) that it looked like a fashion show at Tractor Supply. Held Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 41 mins ago All those years that Carrie Underwood spent cheering on her husband Mike Fisher when he was playing hockey? That was genuine. She meant it. She truly loves spectator sports. Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 8 mins ago It’s just like Alan Jackson‘s song “Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow” says. You make it up to Music Row, but Lordy don’t the wheels turn slow? Country newcomer Carly Pearce Read More

by Lauren Tingle 35 mins ago On Monday (Jan. 28), Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne and LANCO met with media at Nashville’s Whiskey Row to discuss Bentley’s upcoming Mountain High Tour. But as the media questioned Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 36 mins ago Miranda Lambert doesn’t give away countless Women Creators Scholarships, which is what makes the award count so much. For the 2016-17 academic year, the scholarship went to Belmont University Read More

by Lauren Tingle 9 mins ago Bright and early on Wednesday (Jan. 24), a fresh-faced Carly Pearce took to Facebook Live to chat with fans leading up to the CMT premiere of her “Hide the Read More

by Lauren Tingle 48 mins ago Chris Stapleton and Emmylou Harris are set to perform together on Sunday’s (Jan. 28) 60th annual Grammy Awards. Stapleton is a two-time Grammy winner and heads to the show Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 3 mins ago Maren Morris recently told Billboard what her fans could expect from her in the year ahead: more touring, writing and recording. But first, feminism. When the magazine asked Morris Read More

by Edward Morris 22 mins ago You were expecting maybe a spring thaw? Not yet, buckaroos and buckarettes. The charts are still suffering from the Christmas freeze and its slow rollout of non-holiday albums and Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 32 mins ago The first time country newcomer Michael Ray heard his song “Kiss You In The Morning” on the radio, he wasn’t even listening for it. “I remember riding around with Read More

by Lauren Tingle 12 mins ago Soul-stirring three-part harmonies, accomplished duos, a rising pop-country singer and hardcore Southern rock are all a part of CMT’s latest list of artists you need to know. Maybe April Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 9 mins ago When InStyle had the chance to talk to Anderson East about his new album Encore — and his love of crime shows and Costco underwear — they also threw Read More

by Edward Morris 33 mins ago Singer and actress Lari White died of cancer Tuesday (Jan. 23) in hospice in Nashville at the age of 52. White announced in November that she had been diagnosed Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 30 mins ago Carrie Underwood‘s son Isaiah will be turning three in February. But some of the two-year-old’s current cognitive and language skills make him seem like he’s wise beyond his years. Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 31 mins ago Next time you’re walking through Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, take a minute to stop and see the mural. Brad Paisley just finished painting it, with Rob Hendon by his side, Read More

by Lauren Tingle 13 mins ago Dierks Bentley‘s next album, The Mountain, is getting a tour. The initial cities on his 2018 Mountain High Tour include St. Louis, Mo., New York City, N.Y., West Palm Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 53 mins ago You know that part of the Bible that says, “Don’t worry about anything, but pray about everything?” That sounds like something Thomas Rhett needs to hear right now. Because Read More

by Lauren Tingle 11h ago Anderson East is part of an elite group of artists who are an integral part of redefining today’s Nashville sound. On Friday (Jan. 19) — night one of his sold-out Read More