by Marcus K. Dowling 47m ago Award-winning singer-songwriter Brandy Clark’s 2021 has started incredibly well. In a historic move by the Recording Academy, she contested for the Best Country Album category against only female acts. Plus, she was also nominated for Best Country Solo Performance for her third studio album Your Life Is a Record....
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Gwen Stefani Is “So Mad” That Blake Shelton “Doesn’t Really Write [Songs] Anymore”
by Marcus K. Dowling 42m ago Gwen Stefani’s been directly associated with selling over 35 million albums in her 35-year musical career. However, one thing will likely elude her: a hit single written by her fiance Blake Shelton. As she recently told DJ Khaled while a guest on his The First One podcast, “I wish...
Watch Nathaniel Rateliff and Margo Price’s Powerful Performance of “Twinkle Twinkle” From ‘CMT Crossroads’
by Marcus K. Dowling 1m ago Friday night, March 26 at 10pm ET, marks the broadcast debut of Nathaniel Rateliff’s onstage collaboration with Margo Price for the latest edition of CMT Crossroads. The performance recorded at Frankin, Tennessee’s The Factory highlights the art of collaboration while celebrating the interrelatedness of country and other genres. Price...
Justin Moore Sets ‘Straight Outta the Country’ EP Release for April 23
by Jessica Nicholson 48m ago Justin Moore will return with a new eight-song project, Straight Outta The Country, on April 23. Moore’s upcoming sixth studio project includes his current single “We Didn’t Have Much,” which has reached the Top 30 on country radio and takes inspiration from Moore’s own childhood in an “little bitty house...
Jimmie Allen, Lindsay Ell Reveal Their Dream Musical Collaborations
by Jessica Nicholson 10m ago Jimmie Allen and Lindsay Ell know a thing or two about high-octane musical collaborations. Allen’s latest EP, Bettie James, features collaborations with Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Nelly, Darius Rucker and the late Charley Pride. Ell earned a No. 1 hit with “What Happens in a Small Town,” her 2019 collaboration...
Premiere: David Tucker Overlooks Relationship Red Flags in “Lyin’” Video
by Jessica Nicholson 5m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. Newcomer David Tucker’s debut “Lyin’” is a catchy pop-country track about a guy so in love with someone that he’s willing to overlook some potential red flags in the relationship. In the song, he suspects that his girlfriend has other motives for a trip to Texas, other...
Ashley McBryde Details One of the Worst Venues She’s Ever Played
by Jessica Nicholson 47m ago During her years as a performer, Ashley McBryde has performed on awards show stages, iconic venues such as the Ryman Auditorium and the Grand Ole Opry, tiny clubs and everywhere in between. McBryde, who is nominated in several categories at the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards for her album...
Luke Combs Calls Writing “Beautiful Crazy” a “Baller Move”
by Jessica Nicholson 49m ago Luke Combs has had a string of hits on country radio, from his 2017 breakthrough “Hurricane” to his most recent, “Forever After All.” But for Combs, his 2019 No. 1 hit “Beautiful Crazy” is one of the songs that means the most to him, both personally and professionally. Combs recently...
Darius Rucker Collaborates With Portia Clark on “Ready to Fall”
by Jessica Nicholson 15m ago Darius Rucker recently collaborated with singer-songwriter Portia Clark on the song “Ready To Fall.” Rucker met Clark backstage during a gala to raise funds for the Starkey Hearing Foundation in 2013. Clark had already written and recorded “So the World May Hear,” which became the organization’s themesong. “I’ll never forget;...
Priscilla Block Aims to Make Industry Success Out of Her “Organized Chaos”
by Marcus K. Dowling 22m ago CMT Next Women of Country member Priscilla Block is already a virally notable country performer. Now, in the midst of learning more of “who she is,” she tells RADIO.com that she intends to “stay true to [herself].” “I think just being a woman in country music, I thought that...