by Marcus K. Dowling 33m ago Hit-making country star Maren Morris’ acclaim exists as a blend of numerous factors. Not being adequately discussed until recently is her adoration of the sounds of ’90s pop/rock icon Sheryl Crow. In a recent Rolling Stone interview, “The Bones” vocalist gushed in adoration of the “All I Wanna Do”...
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Maren Morris, Chris Stapleton Lead 2021 Academy of Country Music Awards Nominees
by Jessica Nicholson 12m ago The Academy of Country Music announced the nominees for the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Friday morning (Feb. 26), with Kelsea Ballerini and Brothers Osborne appearing on CBS This Morning. The country stars revealed finalists for categories including Entertainer of the Year, Female Artist of the Year,...
Carrie Underwood Shares the Reason Behind Including “Softly and Tenderly” on Her Upcoming Album
by Jessica Nicholson 49m ago On March 26, Carrie Underwood will release My Savior, a collection of gospel hymns she grew up singing in church. Many of the songs are uplifting and hopeful, but she says one song, “Softly and Tenderly,” is particularly meaningful. In a behind-the-scenes video, Underwood recounted performing the song during the...
Kane Brown Launches Verse 2, His Own Publishing Company
by Marcus K. Dowling 33m ago Not content to rest on his laurels of starting his own label, 1021 Entertainment, Kane Brown has also launched Verse 2 — his own publishing company, as a joint venture with Sony Music Publishing Nashville. This continues Brown’s building of a musical empire of sorts with Sony, as 1021...
Luke Bryan Gets “Emotional” When He Thinks About Getting Back on the Road
by Marcus K. Dowling 16m ago Luke Bryan’s in the midst of a push for Born Here Live Here Die Here, his gold-selling seventh studio album that has yielded two top-five singles, “One Margarita” and “Down To One.” The star can also currently be seen as a judge on the current season of American Idol....
Brett Eldredge Delights Instagram Followers With Acoustic Rendition of “Killing Me Softly”
by Jessica Nicholson 55m ago On Wednesday (Feb. 24), Brett Eldredge offered up a brief acoustic rendition of the Fugees classic “Killing Me Softly” on Instagram. He asked his fans to let him know if they remembered the 1996 hit, before offering up a chorus and verse of the song, singing the lyrics from a...
Lauren Alaina Learned to Sing by Listening to Christina Aguilera and Martina McBride
by Marcus K. Dowling 55m ago Rossville, Georgia native Lauren Alaina’s kicked off 2021 with the Jon Pardi collaboration “Getting Over Him,” which doubles as the title of her September 2020-released EP. While discussing her latest with the UK’s Holler, she also described a few of her singing inspirations to the publication. Of course, a...
Zac Brown Band’s Latest Video Is a Tribute to Fathers and Daughters
by Jessica Nicholson 20m ago Zac Brown Band delves into the deep and lasting bond between fathers and daughters in their new music video for “The Man Who Loves You the Most.” The video, directed by Jocelyn Cooper, is a “love letter to father-daughter pairs everywhere” and opens by depicting a woman in her apartment,...
LOCASH Return With “Beers To Catch Up On,” an Ode to Pop-Up Videos
by Marcus K. Dowling 39m ago Two decades into their brotherly friendship and Nashville’s LOCASH — Chris Lucas and Preston Brust — have conceptually turned back the clock to their friendship’s early days in the video for their latest single, “Beers To Catch Up On.” Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] Between 1996-2002, millions of VH1...
Premiere: Leigh Nash and Ruby Amanfu Call For Unity in New Song “Good Trouble”
by Jessica Nicholson 2m ago Sixpence None the Richer lead singer Leigh Nash teamed with Ruby Amanfu and Matt Maher to craft the new ballad “Good Trouble,” inspired by the words of the late Congressman John Lewis, whose “Get in good trouble” quote became both a call to action to dismantle systemic racism, and a...