by Marcus K. Dowling 1m ago Soulful country crooner Maggie Rose follows up bluesy ballad “What Are We Fighting For” with yet another stirring anthem, “For Your Consideration.” The video is part of an ambitious trio of shoots that Rose shot during 2020 that link together for a profound bit of storytelling. To wit, the...
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WATCH: Willie Jones Performs “Down By The Riverside” On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
by Marcus K. Dowling 15m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. Willie Jones continued a 2021 run of making impactful performance appearances with a staged, remote take on his summer anthem “Down By The Riverside” on a recent edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live. The Shreveport, Louisiana native has followed the early 2021 release of his album Right...
Alan Jackson Recalls the Time an Industry Exec Told Him “Go Back to Georgia”
by Jessica Nicholson 24m ago Today, Alan Jackson is a Country Music Hall of Fame member with 35 No. 1 hits and 60 radio singles to his credit, along with more than 150 major music industry accolades. But back in the 1980s, this Newnan, Georgia native was another newcomer just trying to get his songs...
Carly Pearce Says the “Ladies of Country” Have Been Inspiring Her Songwriting
by Marcus K. Dowling 35m ago While in the midst of creating a rumored follow-up to her smash success EP 29, Carly Pearce joined CMT’s Cody Alan to discuss what’s been at the forefront of her mind in her songwriting process as of late. And, in an answer that proves that the rising country star...
WATCH: Kane Brown Joins With Restless Road To Perform a Randy Travis Tribute
by Marcus K. Dowling 45m ago Kane Brown recently joined Restless Road — the country trio he signed as the first performers inked to his 1021 Entertainment label — for a “mashup”-style tribute to neo-traditional country music icon Randy Travis. Singing “Three Wooden Crosses,” “Diggin’ Up Bones,” “Deeper Than The Holler,” and “Forever And Ever,...
The Music Concert Industry Predicts a “Country Summer”
by Marcus K. Dowling 52m ago In a recent article, music touring industry journal Pollstar predicts a “country summer” as three chords and the truth could very well lead the way to music’s live event industry healing itself. To wit, Creative Artists Agency’s Brian Hill — who works with booking country performers Lady A, Eli...
CMT Music Awards Rewind: See Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban Win Video of the Year
by Jessica Nicholson 1h ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. As the CMT Music Awards gears up to crown this year’s Video of the Year winner on June 9, we take a look back at previous artists who have accepted the honor, such as Tim McGraw (for “Humble and Kind” in 2016) and Blake Shelton (for “I’ll...
LeAnn Rimes, Chrissy Metz Team Up For ‘Meet Your Makers Showdown’ Series
by Jessica Nicholson 1m ago Music star LeAnn Rimes is joining forces with singer and This Is Us actress Chrissy Metz for the new discovery+ series Meet Your Makers Showdown, which will air later this year. The six-episode series will center on some of the nation’s best artisans. According to a release, in each episode...
Gabby Barrett Says She’s “Excited” To Bring Her Daughter on the Road
by Jessica Nicholson 50m ago Gabby Barrett’s life seems to be going full-throttle, personally and professionally. She recently earned her second chart-topping song with “The Good Ones,” which spent three weeks atop Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, making Barrett the first female artist to achieve that feat in more than a decade. The video for that...
CMT Rewind: Miranda Lambert’s Top Collaborations
by Jessica Nicholson 27m ago For her latest album, The Marfa Tapes, Miranda Lambert decamped to Marfa, Texas with co-writers Jon Randall and Jack Ingram in 2020 to craft a collection of organic, acoustic performances that sonically, are a blend of demo tape and live album (sans live audience, of course). The easygoing camaraderie between...