Music

by Alison Bonaguro 8 mins ago It’s not an act, according to Caroline Bryan. On Monday night’s (Nov. 6) Living Every Day with Luke Bryan special, Bryan’s wife made it clear that he is the Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 18 mins ago Fanily is what we’re calling the fans who make up the country music family. And Carrie Underwood may not have technically used the word “fanily,” but I know that’s Read More

by Edward Morris 5h ago The ASCAP Country Music Awards show Monday night (Nov. 6) ran much too long, but it yielded some fascinating stories and vivid, emotion-drenched performances. Held at Nashville’s Ryman auditorium, the Read More

by CMT.com Staff 2h ago As Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts continue in Texas, Luke Combs partnered with the CMA Foundation to help the music program at the Houston Independent School District (HISD) return to normal. Read More

by Lauren Tingle 6h ago More than 24 hours after the tragedy in Sutherland Springs, TX, an unincorporated community with approximately 600 residents, country artists have been among the those to offer prayers to the Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 28 mins ago At first, the cowboy hat was kind of his superhero cape. It was what Tim McGraw relied on to help get him into the character of Country Singer. “I’m Read More

by Edward Morris 16 mins ago Kenny Rogers again demonstrated the axiom that wherever the king sits is the head of the table when he was honored Sunday night (Nov. 5) by SESAC during its Read More

by Lauren Tingle 58 mins ago Morgan Evans knew Kelsea Ballerini was the only one for him seven months before he even met her at an Australian award show. For Evans, it was love at Read More

by Lauren Tingle 2 mins ago Country music’s biggest night, the 51st annual CMA Awards, is just days away. And it’s shaping up to be a night to remember. First, the organization caught some heat Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 2h ago With just five days left until the CMA Awards on Nov. 8, Brad Paisley is probably very busy rehearsing for his role as the show’s co-host and helping promote the Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 8h ago Christmas is just around the corner. Or is it? Miranda Lambert thinks that people may be jumping the gun a little. Because November. Lambert tweeted her frustration over the loss Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 50 mins ago Late on Thursday night (Nov. 2), Tucker Beathard posted a note on social media about his first full-length studio album. And he did it with kind of a full-length Read More

by Lauren Tingle 1 min ago Justin Moore has plenty to be proud of looking back on his first decade with his label home Valory Music. He was in Nashville last week celebrating his 10-year Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 50 mins ago Natalie Hemby started the Chicago show on Wednesday (Nov. 1) with a story about her drunk next door neighbor and her good friend Melinda Lambert. “My husband co-produced Miranda’s Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 17 mins ago I think Sarah Silverman must be a big fan of CMT’s series Nashville, because in a video from her debut as a country singer/songwriter, she looked around the room Read More

by Lauren Tingle 60 mins ago Lee Brice had several questions he wanted to ask Warren Haynes when the legendary rock guitarist walked into the recording studio to lay down guitar work on Brice’s “Story Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 47 mins ago Why can’t more interviews be like this? Entertainment Weekly took Kelsea Ballerini to Mother of Pearl — a post-modern Polynesian-inspired tiki bar — in Manhattan’s East Village and got Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 20 mins ago You get on the bus and you leave. That’s the reason why Kenny Chesney doesn’t always remember every little thing about his shows. Until now. Because now, with his Read More

by Edward Morris 37 mins ago A sun-bright spotlight, if you please, on Chris Young, whose Losing Sleep debuts at No. 1 this week on Billboard‘s top country albums chart. It’s Young’s second time to Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 9h ago Before Blake Shelton even came out to chat with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show on Monday (Oct. 30), Fallon was already making fun of him. He started with Shelton’s Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 1h ago On Saturday night (Oct. 28), at the Starplex Pavilion in Dallas, Chris Stapleton slipped a little something new into his set list. He just low-key told the crowd that he Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 41 mins ago Early on Monday morning (Oct. 30), Nicole Kidman posted on her Facebook page that she’d been selected as one of Glamour‘s Women Of The Year. “Everything I do, every Read More

by Lauren Tingle 7 mins ago Fans from 26 states and four foreign countries traveled to Knoxville, TN on Saturday (Oct. 28) to be part of Kelsea Ballerini’s Unapologetically album launch at her alma mater Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 1 min ago Xbox threw a Halloween party in Nashville over the weekend, and everybody came. Including Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley, who hosted the event and invited all their country friends. Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 30 mins ago Thomas Rhett‘s latest single “Unforgettable” is one of his favorites, he says, because it’s one of the best ways to say I love you. “I just think it’s a Read More

by Lauren Tingle 6 mins ago Last fall, when Kelsea Ballerini made her headlining debut at the historic Tennessee Theatre in her hometown of Knoxville, the sold-out audience was full of the people who love Read More

by Lauren Tingle 48 mins ago Anyone fortunate enough to get into Layla’s honky-tonk on Nashville’s Lower Broadway on Thursday night experienced a rare pop-up show by the incomparable Lee Ann Womack. The place was Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 51 mins ago It’s hard to say who does what at the Olive Garden when it comes to serving their famous Unlimited Soup, Salad & Breadsticks Combination. But Luke Bryan knows this: Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 19 mins ago I hope Granger Smith‘s phone battery is at 100 percent. Because he’s about to make a whole lot of outgoing calls. His new album When the Good Guys Win Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 4h ago During Sunday night’s (Oct. 22) Country Music Hall of Fame Medallion Ceremony, Alan Jackson received his medal and became an official Hall of Famer. And during the festivities at the Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 36 mins ago Before hit songwriter Tim Nichols had his songwriting deal, he was working at the Opryland resort, in a costume and trying to clog. He was also working construction. And Read More

by CMT.com Staff 58 mins ago “I want to see what condition your condition’s really in.” That’s what Dolly Parton jokingly said to her friend Kenny Rogers live onstage at Rogers’ “All In for the Read More