Justin Timberlake raised some eyebrows when he said he’d like to give country music a try, and his new album does dabble in some country influences. But it’s actually nothing new for Timberlake. The native Tennessean Read More
Country music and football are even more closely tied than country music and NASCAR. More than a few stars have used the gridiron as the backdrop for love stories or tales of inspiration, and dozens Read More
Country music’s football pedigree dates back almost 70 years, when one country legend first strapped on his maskless leather helmet to toss the pigskin around. More recently, stars like Kenny Chesney have made the sport Read More
It’s been more than a decade since a country singer took the stage during the Super Bowl’s halftime show. Shania Twain was the last to do it, playing two songs during Super Bowl XXXVII in San Read More
Few can make growing up in a broken home sound as sweet as Kalie Shorr does on Awake, her just released EP. The 23-year-old leans on pop melodies to tell her country stories of love, Read More
Cam, Danielle, Drake, Jerrod and Devin were amongst over a dozen country singers who just wanted to talk about kids like John, Emily, Bailey and Madison during their visit to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Read More
Jon Pardi has re-recorded the classic Tom T. Hall hit “I Like Beer” for a Super Bowl commercial set to air on Sunday (Feb. 4). The Michelob Ultra commercial stars actor Chris Pratt, Olympian long Read More
On Feb. 2, 1993, Willie Nelson settled a $16.7 million tax bill with the IRS — one of the most high-profile tax cases in music history. The trouble began when the IRS decided that tax shelters Read More
This month’s list of top country songs features an unlikely superstar, a second generation superstar and one artist enjoying a comeback. The Top 10 songs on this February 2018 list is filled with artists who would Read More
Eddie Montgomery is “Lucky Man Eddie” on Twitter and Facebook. He sings a song called “Lucky Man” that is far from tongue-in-cheek. Given everything he’s been through, you’d guess the Montgomery Gentry singer had given up Read More
Sam Hunt will headline back-to-back nights in Nashville this spring as he introduces the Nashional Music Festival, a multi-genre event that will also feature Brothers Osborne and Lanco. Judah & the Lion, Fetty Wap, Kyle, Lany Read More
Devin Dawson met a young girl at St. Jude who for a few moments allowed him to forget about his life, new album and his own family member who is battling the disease the research hospital Read More
Country newcomer Kassi Ashton is one of very few artists able to offer the kids at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital first-person hope. The “California, Missouri” singer was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2014, and Read More
Trace Adkins, Jordan Rager, Brooke Eden and Charles Kelley will remember their emotional meetings with St. Jude patients forever. Grab a box of tissues and watch this two-minute video that summarizes what Country Cares is all about. Drake Read More
Retirement started to get tired for Mike Fisher. Carrie Underwood‘s husband is returning to the NHL and the Nashville Predators after a brief break. It was just August that Fisher announced he was retiring after 17 Read More
Country newcomer Jimmie Allen may be the most feel-good story since fans learned of Shania Twain‘s hard luck upraising. In a new docu-series called Jimmie Allen All In the Delaware native talks about striking out hard in Read More
There’s one song on the new Montgomery Gentry album that Eddie Montgomery is really uncomfortable talking about. He’ll shift, he’ll moan, he’ll sigh. “All Hell Broke Loose” is unlike anything he’s ever done before. “Oh Read More
Reba McEntire was just looking for a day trip. She ended up with a new boyfriend. The country legend and Anthony “Skeeter” Lasuzzo stepped into the public eye for the first time at the 2018 Grammys Read More
Luke Bryan announced 15 stadium dates for 2018 and shared that Sam Hunt will be coming along. The What Makes You Country XL Tour is part of his previously announced What Makes You Country Tour, Read More
It took one hot minute for Reba McEntire to get excited about becoming the first female Colonel Sanders. The singer just couldn’t resist this spicy new opportunity to appear as the KFC mascot. OK, after McEntire’s manager introduced Read More
Walker Hayes won’t shy away from the pain when he begins his first headlining tour next month. The “You Broke Up With Me” singer’s debut album Boom is filled with vulnerable ballads, the kind of songs Read More
Kenny Chesney is returning to his roots with nearly two dozen amphitheater concerts slated for 2018. The singer more than doubled his previous Trip Around the Sun Tour itinerary. Chesney and Old Dominion will play Read More
If only the cameras pointed away from the stage, then fans could see the best parts of the Grammy Awards! Sure, there was magic to be found onstage Sunday night (Jan. 28) — as noted in Read More
Country music has had a truancy problem lately, and it led to the format’s near non-existence at the 2018 Grammy Awards on Sunday. Blame the show’s producers if you like, but Reba McEntire‘s response should Read More
The most talked-about moments from the 2018 Grammy Awards involved politics and social issues. Country music represented itself with musical collaborations, a stirring tribute and the introduction of a legend’s new lover! But we’ll get to Read More
The 2018 Grammy Awards included a whole lotta Chris Stapleton, plus stirring performances from Eric Church, Little Big Town and more. Emmylou Harris and Maren Morris also represented country music at the 2018 Grammys, but Read More
Chris Stapleton won every Grammy Award he could have won on Sunday (Jan. 28), finishing with the Best Country Album award. As he did during two acceptance speeches during the Grammy premiere ceremony, the bearded country-soul Read More
Reba McEntire had her new boyfriend by her side when she picked up her Grammy in the Best Roots Gospel album on Sunday. The country singer walked the red carpet with Anthony “Skeeter” Lasuzzo and told Entertainment Weekly Read More
Little Big Town took home one of the biggest country awards at the 2018 Grammy Awards on Sunday (Jan. 28), winning Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Better Man.” The band members were not on hand at Read More
Chris Stapleton and an old bandmate wrote his Grammy-winning song “Broken Halos,” and for that reason his win in the Best Country Song category is extra special. Seconds after winning in the Best Country Solo Performance category for Read More
Chris Stapleton‘s sparse ballad “Either Way” won the 2018 Grammy for Best Country Solo Performance on Sunday (Jan. 28). An out of breath Stapleton rushed to the stage to take his award from presenter Paul Read More
Reba McEntire got choked up accepting her Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album on Sunday night (Jan. 28) in New York City. Her honest acceptance speech brought laughter, a few tears and heavy applause. Read More
Reba McEntire is the first country singer to be spotted wearing a white rose at the 2018 Grammys but she’s unlikely to be the last. The 2018 nominee walked the red carpet in a sleeveless, Read More
Jason Aldean has named at least three, and maybe as many as five of the songs from his upcoming Rearview Town studio album. The “You Make It Easy” singer has also shared part of the Read More
Willie Nelson is king when it comes to country music commercials during the Super Bowl, but there is a queen! This list of 11 good, bad and cringeworthy television commercials includes several that played during Read More
Big Smo‘s new video for “Country Outlaw” takes no prisoners, literally. The primal, tribal country and hip-hop mixer finds the native Tennessean brandishing makeshift, medieval weapons and war paint. The clip, premiering exclusively on Taste Read More
Jason Aldean says he didn’t truly begin to heal from what he witnessed at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas until his tour wrapped and he had time to process it all. The Read More
Muscadine Bloodline prove two men can harmonize without sounding like a couple of pop-raised sissies. “Movin’ On” is the Alabama duo’s new song and it’s a rolling, muscular country-rock track about getting over a lover. Gary Stanton Read More
The list of musicians and attendees who will wear white roses at the 2018 Grammy Awards is quickly growing. The accessory is the music community’s way of showing support for the movement against sexual harassment. Read More
Lari White didn’t stop recording great country music when the radio stopped playing her songs. The ’90s hitmaker is known for songs like “Now I Know” and “That’s My Baby,” but she offered so much Read More
Dozens of country songs were hits before they were hits on country radio. Sure you know about “Bless the Broken Road,” “Landslide” and “Wagon Wheel” but did you know one of Brooks & Dunn‘s biggest Read More
Eddie Montgomery went back to work because he knew it’s what Troy Gentry would want, and because he doesn’t really know how to do anything else. “I always make a joke about it,” the 54-year-old Montgomery Gentry star tells Taste Read More
Zedd’s new song “The Middle” is an unlikely combination of EDM, ’90s pop and modern country music. Maren Morris is the lead vocalist on a make-up song thick with hooks and drum loops. After teasing Read More
Thomas Rhett‘s youngest daughter is four months older than Florida Georgia Line star Tyler Hubbard’s little girl, but age, it seems, means nothing when it comes to friendship! True, at that age (five months and 1-month-old, respectively) Read More
Maren Morris‘ “Rich” is a fan-favorite, made-for-radio singalong that twists an old saying into a very fresh way to approach heartbreak. Forgive yourself if you missed the pathos of “Rich,” Morris’ fourth single from Hero. Her Read More
After a helicopter crash killed his longtime bandmate and “brother” Troy Gentry, Eddie Montgomery needed time. He didn’t know how much time — he didn’t know if he’d be able to carry on with Montgomery Gentry at Read More
Who has more Grammys: Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church or Pentatonix? It’s really not a trick question. The avant-garde and defunct Civil Wars have three Grammys to Reba McEntire‘s two and George Strait‘s one. In 2005 Read More
It doesn’t have to be country to be country. Here are 10 big country music hits that are actually covers of songs originally recorded by pop, rock or older country stars. Reba McEntire has done it. Garth Read More
To share his 2018 Mountain High Tour dates, Dierks Bentley and his opening acts re-enacted a mountain high. At least, we think it was acting … Brothers Osborne and Lanco will join the “Woman, Amen” singer Read More
Platinum certification for one million albums sold didn’t begin until 1976, so while other recordings may have soared past this sales mark, Wanted: The Outlaws became the first official platinum album in country music history that Read More
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