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by Jessica Nicholson 11m ago Ahead of Sunday’s (March 14) Grammy Awards, several country artists could be set for some big wins when it comes to this year’s golden gramophones. Ingrid Andress is up for three honors, including the all-genre Best New Artist award. Miranda Lambert and Brandi Carlile are also nominated for three honors...

by Jessica Nicholson 36m ago Little Big Town members Kimberly Schlapman and Karen Fairchild have earned sales and chart successes through their work on hits such as the 5x Platinum single “Girl Crush,” or the Platinum-certified “Better Man,” alongside their LBT cohorts Jimi Westbrook and Phillip Sweet, but they also know the discrimination and hardships...

by Marcus K. Dowling 33m ago “Hole In The Bottle” vocalist Kelsea Ballerini recalls watching Kelly Clarkson, barefoot and sweaty, onstage in 2005 during her “Behind These Hazel Eyes Tour” as the moment she decided “that’s what I want to be like” when she was older. In a 2019 Instagram post, Ballerini noted regarding her...

by Marcus K. Dowling 49m ago “It sounded like people thought it was childish, so they thought I might have a better chance in rock ‘n’ roll.” Even though Dolly Parton appears capable of achieving almost anything at the moment, the idea of Monument Records having her singing rock tunes in the late 1960s seems...

by Jessica Nicholson 15m ago RCA Nashville’s Niko Moon has notched his very first No. 1 single, as “Good Time” reaches the top of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart and the Hot Country Songs chart. The song’s chart success doesn’t only mark Moon’s first No. 1 as an artist, but it is also the first debut...

by Marcus K. Dowling 31m ago If stuck indoors and in need of a reminder that good country music days are ahead, Reba McEntire is releasing full concert footage from a 2011 appearance at Lafayette, Louisiana’s Cajundome, via YouTube. That year’s “All The Women I Am” tour represents the last time the Country Music Hall...

by Marcus K. Dowling 49m ago With 44 of them, George Strait has the most number-one Billboard singles in country music history. But even though she only has 25 number ones, Dolly Parton’s chart-topping appeal may — in terms of defining country music’s timeless global pop appeal — be greater. According to one 2016 written...

by Marcus K. Dowling 29m ago Already famed for her appearances on The Bachelorette and Dancing With The Stars, Hannah Brown’s desire to appear in music videos would seem to be a relatively simple request to facilitate. However, when her fans got involved, an unexpected opportunity emerged for Brown and Louisiana-born country performer Jordan Davis...

by Marcus K. Dowling 14m ago “When I heard George Strait, I went holy cow, that’s what I want to do.” On a recent edition of the Serendipity Podcast, country icon Garth Brooks noted that “King of Country” inspired his desire to enter the country music industry. However, he also noted his background was quite...

by Jessica Nicholson 33m ago Miranda Lambert is helping celebrate International Women’s Day by dishing on some of the amazing women who have helped shape her and her music. “Definitely my grandma and my mom,” Lambert told radio.com’s Kelly Ford during a recent interview. “And then my mom has these three best friends that I...