by Alison Bonaguro 43m ago In a sea of hate and negativity and politics and shaming, it’s so nice just to see this on social media: two siblings simply being good to one another. View this post on Instagram Friyay A post shared by Brittany Aldean (@brittanyaldean) on Dec 27, 2019 at 2:46pm PST So...
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Now They’re Somebody: Country Stars Who Emerged in the 2010s
by Edward Morris 36m ago No matter who you are, where you are or what you were listening to when the New Year of 2010 arrived, chances are that you’d not yet heard of any of the country acts who are now filling arenas and selling millions of records. People like Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton,...
Luke Bryan: “One Minute, I’m the Savior of Country Music; the Next, I’ve Ruined It”
by Alison Bonaguro 5m ago Luke Bryan knows all too well that the music business can be something of a fickle mistress. “One minute, I’m the savior of country music,” Bryan said in the recent year-end Country Aircheck magazine interview, “the next, I’ve ruined it.” That said, Bryan doesn’t ever want to be that guy....
Tucker Beathard on the Psalm 27:1 Tattoo He Shared with His Late Brother
by Alison Bonaguro 19m ago “On December 21st, God sure did get a good one.” That’s what Tucker Beathard posted on Instagram on Friday (Dec. 27), a week after his brother Clayton was killed in a stabbing outside of The Dogwood in Nashville’s Midtown neighborhood. It’s the first time the country singer-songwriter has shared his...
Chris Young and His Generous Heart Have Really Started Something
by Alison Bonaguro 57m ago A guy walks into a bar, and pays his server double the total. That’s it. That’s the end of this blessedly simple story Chris Young told on social media on Thursday night (Dec. 26). The receipt he shared on his socials doesn’t show where he did it, or what he’d...
Twenty-Two Defining Moments of the Decade in Country Music
by Alison Bonaguro 15m ago Think about an entire decade. That’s 3,650 days of possibility. And in country music, it’s been 3,650 days of very memorable moments. The kind that make history — whether they are good or bad — and paint a picture of who we were and who we’ve become. 1. 2009: Brooks...
Country Music Deaths of 2019
by Edward Morris 2m ago Gone from Music Row this year are the instantly recognizable voices of Mac Wiseman and Earl Thomas Conley, the transformative guitar work of Harold Bradley and Reggie Young and the production wizardry of Fred Foster and busbee. Apart from their musical contributions, Bradley and Wiseman were also members of the...
Goodbye to All That: Country Songs of Farewell
by Edward Morris 2m ago Whether you bid 2019 goodbye with misty eyes, a companionable wave or an upraised middle finger, this is a good time to recall just how fluent and varied country songs are in saying “Farewell,” “So long,” “Adieu,” “Adios,” “Au revoir,” “Catch you later,” “Do you have to go,” “Until we...
Eric Church Pens Foreword for a Friend
by Alison Bonaguro 40m ago Eric Church and songwriter Jeremy Spillman go way, way back. They’ve written songs together since they first sat down to write songs like the title track from Church’s 2006 debut album Sinners Like Me . “We wrote it in an old house on Music Row, and in my head, that...
“Michael Mosley Surrendered from a Vacant Home in Cheatham County,” Metro Nashville Police Report
by Alison Bonaguro 32m ago In a series of Christmas day (Dec. 25) tweets, the Metro Nashville Police Department reported every stage of the search, arrest and apprehension of Michael Mosley, the accused killer of Clayton Beathard and Paul Trapeni III outside of The Dogwood in Nashville’s Midtown neighborhood late last week. BREAKING: Accused double...