Author: Kix Hot Country (Kix Hot Country)

by Jessica Nicholson 23m ago Ray Fulcher knows his way around writing a song–and now he’s letting the world know he can sing them as well as he can write them. Fulcher launched his career as a songwriter, including penning eight songs that landed on Luke Combs’ 2020 CMA Album of the Year winner What...

by Jessica Nicholson 13m ago Taylor Swift’s recently-released “Taylor’s Version” of her 2008 album Fearless will not be in consideration for the upcoming Grammys and CMA Awards, Billboard reports. The singer-songwriter decided to not submit the album for awards consideration, though she did decide to submit her album Evermore for Grammy consideration. Evermore was released...

by Marcus K. Dowling 50m ago In a recent Pollstar feature, it’s noted that just prior to the onset of COVID-19, in February 2020, Kane Brown played a group of sold-out European concert dates in 3,000-person rock venues. It also highlights that he was the first solo country artist to perform at the BET Awards....

by Marcus K. Dowling 41m ago On a recent appearance on Cody Alan’s CMT iheartRadio program, vocalist Sam Hunt discussed how he’s adjusting to life back on the road after a 16-month quarantine break. “We’re playing a lot of festivals and not touring yet,” Hunt notes about getting back on stage with his band. Regarding...

by Marcus K. Dowling 45m ago The Americana Music Association has announced the first 165 of 240 acts slated to perform at their 21st annual AMERICANAFEST event, from Sept. 22-25 in Nashville, Tennessee. The four-day festival and conference event will highlight a mix of award-winning legends, superstar mainstays, and noteworthy newcomers. Described by MOJO Magazine...

by Marcus K. Dowling 45m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. Via a Courteney Cox-directed music video, acclaimed country singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile presents her first visuals for 2021. The song the performance clip is attached to is “Right On Time,” a stirring, emotional piano ballad about accountability and how sometimes what’s needed “isn’t right,” but it’s “right...

by Jessica Nicholson 57m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. “Pass the salt and the lime/We got nothing but time,” sings Jon Wolfe in his latest release, “Tequila Sundown.” For the song’s video, Wolfe and his team headed to one of his favorite hangouts in Cabo San Lucas, The Usual Suspects–the very bar that inspired the song...

by Jessica Nicholson 31m ago July 20, 2021 is Dolly Parton’s husband Carl Dean’s birthday, and the country music superstar celebrated by giving her husband a sexy and nostalgic present. Parton shared a video of herself in a Playboy bunny-inspired costume, as she let fans in on the surprise she gave to her husband. “It’s...

by Jessica Nicholson 42m ago In the 1980s and 1990s, Reba McEntire put out one hit song after another, solidifying herself as one of country music’s preeminent superstars. She earned the Country Music Association’s Female Vocalist of the Year honor four consecutive years, from 1984-1987. In 1986, she also took home the coveted CMA Entertainer...

by Marcus K. Dowling 1m ago On April 22, Miranda Lambert made her first post-quarantine concert appearance at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth, Texas. In a recent appearance on Cody Alan’s CMT iHeartRadio program, she explained exactly what caused her tear-jerking concert performance and why. Regarding her outpouring of emotion, the “Bluebird” vocalist noted, “I...