by Marcus K. Dowling 20m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. “[My 16-year-old son Jack] and I came here for the golf course; we stayed for everything else.” In a recent video for Architectural Digest, the ten-time Billboard country chart-topper took the journal on a tour of his golf course adjacent home that he moved into in...
Category: <span>News</span>
Priscilla Block To Release A “Vulnerable,” Self-Titled EP On April 30
by Marcus K. Dowling 24m ago In an April 7 interview with Sirius XM’s Storme Warren, 2021 CMT Next Women of Country class member Priscilla Block announced April 30 as the release date for her self-titled first EP as an artist signed to Mercury Nashville Records. “This EP is such a vulnerable side of who...
Kane Brown Reveals ‘Blessed & Free Tour’ Dates
by Jessica Nicholson 31m ago Kane Brown will return to the road this fall, having just announced the dates for his 35-city Blessed & Free Tour. He will welcome openers Jordan Davis, Chase Rice and Restless Road for the tour, which launches Oct. 1 in Sacramento, California. The tour will also visit 29 NBA arenas...
Jimmie Allen, Gabby Barrett Earn Early Academy of Country Music Awards Wins
by Jessica Nicholson 6m ago Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett are early Academy of Country Music Awards winners ahead of the upcoming ceremony on April 18. Allen won for New Male Artist of the Year, while Barrett won for New Female Artist of the Year. This marks the first ACM Awards wins for both Allen...
Dolly Parton’s Uncle, And Career Inspiration, Billy Owens, Passes Away
by Marcus K. Dowling 10m ago “I’ll start this eulogy by saying I wouldn’t be here if he hadn’t been there. He was there…there in my young years to encourage me to keep playing my guitar, to keep writing my songs, to keep practicing my singing.” In an April 7 social media post, Dolly Parton...
Premiere: Darby Revels In The Sweet Side of Love In “Cupid” Music Video
by Jessica Nicholson 1h ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. Newcomer Darby taps into the euphoric, give-you-butterflies early stages of romance in her new video, “Cupid.” She penned her new single alongside Justin Ebach and Kelly Archer. This performance-based video, drenched in shades of red, pink and white, finds Darby daydreaming about a friendship that is on...
Zac Brown Band Will Share an Exciting Announcement During Their Upcoming Livestream Concert
by Jessica Nicholson 37m ago Zac Brown Band will perform their first livestream concert event from Nashville’s Southern Ground Studio on Saturday, May 8, 2021, and will share some exciting news with fans during the show. The livestream concert will broadcast via Sessions Live at 8 p.m. CT, and will feature a mix of the...
Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson Join Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
by Jessica Nicholson 51m ago Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson have been added to the cast for Martin Scorsese’s upcoming movie Killers of the Flower Moon, joining fellow cast members including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jesse Plemons and Robert De Niro. The movie, from Apple Original Films, is set in 1920s Oklahoma, and is based on David...
PREMIERE: Portia Clark and Darius Rucker’s “Ready To Fall” Is a Raw, Emotional Performance
by Marcus K. Dowling 57m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. A video has finally emerged for Zambia-born country-soul artist Portia Clark’s pairing with Darius Rucker for “Ready To Fall.” The video was filmed with the two vocalists, socially distanced by thousands of miles. However, this does not deter the raw lyrical emotion and message of “not...
CMA Partners With NMAAM, Breland, And Other African-American Country Stars For New Songwriting Program
by Marcus K. Dowling 2m ago On April 6, The National Museum of African American Music and Country Music Association announced the launch of a program that will bring Black singer-songwriters to Nashville classrooms to discuss the impact of African-American artists in country music that will culminate in a June contest where classes write a...