by Marcus K. Dowling 49m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. While backstage at the 56th ACM Awards, award presenter (for Single of The Year) and well-regarded hit maker Martina McBride stated in a press conference that she’s both likely to release her first album in five years, plus hit the road for a tour during the...
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Thomas Rhett’s New Song Inspired By His Daughters Is Making Grown Men Cry
by Marcus K. Dowling 1h ago “I was riding around with a buddy of mine who lives in Charleston. We were just talking about that first moment when somebody comes over to pick up my kids for a date. And, just kind of being like, “What do you say?” In a conversation with CMT’s Cody...
Keith Urban Pairs With Breland and Nile Rodgers in Video for “Out The Cage”
by Marcus K. Dowling 1m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. Keith Urban’s latest video is for “Out The Cage,” a September 2020-released track that pushes country music’s boundaries in the direction of danceable, pop-friendly rock via the inclusion of Urban’s longtime friend, pioneering bass guitarist, and producer Nile Rodgers, plus rising country crooner Breland. The track’s...
Premiere: A Breakup Means Freedom in Payton Smith’s Video “This Ain’t That Song”
by Jessica Nicholson 54m ago Embedded from embed.vevo.com. Triple-threat guitar slinger, artist and songwriter Payton Smith might have weathered a broken relationship, but that doesn’t mean he’s got a broken heart. This is you go your way, I’ll go mine/We’re gonna be better off, gonna be fine/Keep chasin’ your life down the highway, Smith sings...
On This Day: Toby Keith Released His Debut Album in 1993
by Jessica Nicholson 41m ago Twenty-eight years ago today, on April 20, 1993, Toby Keith released his self-titled debut album. With his very first radio single (and first release from the project), Keith scored an out-of-the-box smash with the two-week No. 1 hit “Should’ve Been a Cowboy.” The album also featured the Top 5 hits...
Trisha Yearwood’s Rescue Dogs Inspired Her New Line of Products for Pets
by Jessica Nicholson 42m ago Trisha Yearwood has steadily expanded her retail empire over the past few years to include home furnishings, dinnerware and more. Now, the three-time Grammy winner has launched a new line of products for pets—inspired by her two rescue dogs, Emmy and Millie. Yearwood found Emmy wandering down a road in...
Kacey Musgraves’ Upcoming Album Will Release Under UMG Nashville, Interscope Records Partnership
by Jessica Nicholson 28m ago Kacey Musgraves is set to release the follow-up project to her 2018 Grammy-winning Golden Hour later this year. According to a press release, Musgraves’ label home UMG Nashville has teamed with Interscope Records to jointly release the upcoming new album. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Musgraves dropped a...
“Help Us All Get Back to the Moments We Miss” Say Country Stars in COVID Vaccination PSA
by Marcus K. Dowling 21m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. “There’s nothing like feeling the love that you guys give to us, and we’re trying to give to you, and I just can’t wait to get back to that. The COVID-19 vaccines are going to help us all get back to the moments we miss.” Alongside...
Travis Tritt Says Jumping on Tables Helped Launch His Music Career
by Marcus K. Dowling 54m ago While promoting his upcoming May 7 album Set In Stone, multi-platinum selling artist Travis Tritt revisited the early days of his country music career in a new interview for Audacy’s Coop’s Rockin’ Saturday Night program. Regarding breaking through in what was then — and will always be — an...
HARDY Is “a Sucker” for Country Songs With Great Hooks
by Marcus K. Dowling 33m ago HARDY’s rise as a singing songwriter in country music is not unique in the genre. However, his current position as a country artist with a Top 5 album, number one song, and Academy of Country Music Awards nomination for Songwriter of the Year in the same 12-month span does...