Author: Kix Hot Country (Kix Hot Country)

by Lauren Tingle 15m ago While the leading women in country music and Americana woke up to multiple Grammy nominations on Friday (Dec. 7), the lack of women within the Top 20 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart made history this week. For the first time since the survey launched in 1990, there are no women...

by Alison Bonaguro 1h ago The minute the Grammy Awards nominations were announced on Friday morning (Dec. 7), the country and Americana artists who’d made the lists turned to the most immediate forum for a little bit of humble bragging: social media. So even though the artists, singers and songwriters haven’t technically won those Grammys...

by Lauren Tingle 9m ago Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves and Maren Morris lead country and Americana nominees for the 61st annual Grammy Awards. The nominees were announced Friday (Dec. 7). Carlile has seven nominations including all-genre nods for album of the year for By the Way, I Forgive You, as well as record and song...

by Alison Bonaguro 38m ago The Oak Ridge Boys have been singing for George H.W. Bush since 1983. “We first sang for him in October of 1983 on the lawn of the White House when he was vice president,” the quartet’s Joe Bonsall told the mourners at the funeral mass on Thursday (Dec. 6). “He...

by Lauren Tingle 27m ago One of these things is not like the other. Psych! The country music community unified on Thursday (Dec. 6) to support patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. All over social media, stars rocked the new This Shirt Saves Lives tee in a show of solidarity to...

by Edward Morris 59m ago Garth Brooks was still grabbing the lion’s share of headlines in early 1993 when a fellow Oklahoman breezed onto the country charts with an upbeat tune he’d written himself called “Should’ve Been a Cowboy.” It was accompanied by a music video that showcased a tall, grinning, curly-haired and lightly bearded...

by Lauren Tingle 54m ago Brandi Carlile couldn’t help it. She was in the middle of a red-carpet interview at the Americana Honors & Awards show in September when her attention diverted to the most heavenly sound of sister harmony floating toward her general direction. The source of the music was the powerful voices of...

by Alison Bonaguro 23m ago Are honky-tonks the new Hollywood? Because it sure seems like more and more country artists are heading down to Nashville’s Lower Broadway to shoot music videos. Like Brad Paisley, who just took over Tootsies Orchid Lounge on Wednesday (Dec. 5) to capture some film for his “Bucked Off” video, and...

by CMT.com Staff 34m ago Only more one day until CMT premieres its brand new special 2018 Americanafest. The 90-minute special celebrates the Americana genre and will feature performances from longtime fan favorites and present-day Americana artists, but will also include new, exclusive interviews. Among the performances you’ll see on the special are Buddy Guy...

by Lauren Tingle 13m ago The reason Brett Eldredge and Meghan Trainor are so good when they sing together is that they’re two old souls who are suckers for a throwback groove. They were raised on the greats — Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Mel Tormé and many more — making Trainor the obvious duet partner...