Author: Kix Hot Country (Kix Hot Country)

by Jessica Nicholson 37m ago Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard will launch their I Love My Country Tour 2021 in September, and they will welcome openers Russell Dickerson, Lauren Alaina, and Redferrin for the trek. “Touring is back, y’all! This is the longest we’ve gone without being on the road, and we’ve...

by Jessica Nicholson 23m ago Over the past several years, numerous music newcomers to Nashville have spoken of their journeys from sports to music–some simply had a greater passion for singing and songwriting, while others turned to music after being sidelined by injuries. But many of today’s country hitmakers, the love of the game has...

by Marcus K. Dowling 33m ago The world of celebrity oftentimes causes the most ironic and impromptu of moments to occur. This notion was recently proven true as while Garth Brooks was recently in Washington, DC being honored as a 2021 Kennedy Center Honoree, his wife Trisha Yearwood had the unexpected opportunity — as someone...

by Jessica Nicholson 23m ago Wynonna is one of the latest artists to launch a line of cannabidiol (also known as CBD) products, with her Wynonna CBD line, which she developed in partnership with Nashville-based company CeleBriDy Brands. Other artists including Willie Nelson, Jay-Z, and John Legend have launched cannabis lines in recent years. The...

by Marcus K. Dowling 29m ago In just-announced news, the 2021 CMT Music Awards will spotlight music’s biggest hitmakers and all-star nominees alongside the next generation of country superstars. First-time performances and never-before-seen crossover collaborations between country music favorites and upstarts will include the following: – BRELAND and Mickey Guyton (“Female Video of the Year,”...

by Marcus K. Dowling 28m ago Alongside Blake Shelton’s 19-year-old Philadelphia native team member Cam Anthony winning Season 20 of The Voice, the season finale episode of the popular, fan-voted, and celebrity-judged singing program featured significant representation from country music. Artists including Kelly Clarkson, Kelsea Ballerini, and Thomas Rhett also performed live. Embedded from www.youtube.com....

by Marcus K. Dowling 37m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. Folksy, soulful performer Allison Russell’s latest album Outside Child is an earnest, emotional journey that uses rock-infused country music to discover the silver lining under profound emotional trauma. The album’s early critical acclaim led to a recent performance of the album’s track “Nightflyer” on an edition...

by Jessica Nicholson 24m ago BBR Music Group/BMG singer-songwriter Brooke Eden is engaged! Eden recently shared the happy news with PEOPLE, that she and her girlfriend of over five years, Hilary Hoover, are set to be married. The couple pulled off dual surprise proposals for one another. On May 13, Hoover popped the question to...

by Jessica Nicholson 15m ago Have you wondered what Kelsea Ballerini keeps in her dressing room when she’s not performing onstage? On her Instagram Stories, the “Half of My Hometown” singer-songwriter gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at some of the foods she requests in her tour rider–a document that provides performance venues with a list...

by Marcus K. Dowling 19m ago There may be no better way to underscore how much Americans love three chords and the truth more than anything else in modern popular music than in studying how well the genre performs on American Idol. Sunday evening’s victory by 24-year-old Southern Californian Chayce Beckham marks the sixth time...