by Cindy Watts 51m ago Hank Williams Jr.’s wife, Mary Jane Thomas, died on March 22 in Florida following a medical procedure. Monday, People revealed the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner, and an autopsy report said the cause of death was accidental. The autopsy further explained Thomas died of “pneumothorax due to perforated parietal pleura...
by Tiffany Goldstein 27m ago With fans and critics alike swooning over Baz Luhrmann’s recent biopic “Elvis,” country hitmaker Kelsea Ballerini has jumped on the bandwagon. On the heels of her 2022 Heartfirst Tour announcement, the multi-platinum artist shared an old clip of a rendition of Elvis Presley’s hit “Always On My Mind.” With a...
by Cindy Watts 39m ago Scotty McCreery received George Strait’s stamp of approval for his song “Damn Strait.” Now, the song has achieved ultimate acceptance at country radio. “Damn Strait” just became McCreery’s fifth No. 1 hit and a two-week chart-topper on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. McCreery is the first artist in the history of...
by Tiffany Goldstein 53m ago Kid Rock was forced to step out of his appearance at the North Dakota State Fair Friday, July 22. The “Cowboy” singer explained via Twitter that harsh weather conditions were the cause of his sudden cancellation. “So P —ED OFF we could not play for a sold-out crowd tonight in...
by Tiffany Goldstein 31m ago A 17-year-old female battling cancer did not need a magic genie or fairy godmother to make her country music dream a reality. Luke Combs granted a fearless fighter named Addison (Addi) and her family tickets to his sold-out show in Columbus, Ohio over the weekend (July 23). Addi is currently...
by Cindy Watts 34m ago Carrie Underwood and her family just spent a few days at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and Underwood took to social media to rave about the experience. The country singer and her retired hockey star husband took their young sons to frolic at Dolly Parton’s euphonious theme park at the...
by Cindy Watts 1h ago Lauren Alaina has a new record label home. After parting ways with Universal Music Nashville, where she had been signed since she was a teenager, Alaina revealed Monday that she is now a Big Loud Records recording artist. “I got a label that matches my personality: big, loud, and country,”...
by Tiffany Goldstein 1h ago It’s been nearly five years since the world learned Ashland Craft’s name on NBC’s “The Voice.” The South Carolina native auditioned for the hit competition show three times, until genre-bending artist Miley Cyrus took a chance on her. With the “Wrecking Ball” star in her corner, the dream-chaser made it...
by Cindy Watts 1m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. Jon Pardi, “Mr. Saturday Night”: With twin fiddles and lines about smoking, drinking, and losing the girl combined with clever wordplay, Jon Pardi dropped the quintessential honky-tonk standard this week with “Mr. Saturday Night.” Written by Benjy Davis, Reid Isbell and Joe Ragosta, lyrics include: That’s why...
by Tiffany Goldstein 50m ago Genre-bending artist Rachel Croft has proven that you don’t need a label giant backing your craft in today’s climate to make waves in the music industry. Her story as an independent artist is effortlessly told in her recent single “Hurricane,” a soulful track that displays Croft’s clean and captivating sound....
