by CMT.com Staff 1m ago When it comes to moving on, sometimes it’s easier said than done. That’s the message in “Closer,” the thoughtful new video from rising country artist Dariann Leigh. Though she’s from a very small town in Minnesota, this young singer is now building a name for herself in Nashville. Take a...
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How Luke Combs’ Guitar Tech Ended Up with This Songwriting Credit
by Alison Bonaguro 25m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] Jamie “JD” Davis is Luke Combs’ guitar tech. But Davis is also a guitar player, a vocalist and a songwriter. He is all the things. So it shouldn’t really come as that much of a surprise to find out that one of Combs’ latest songs...
Before ‘BIG NIGHT,’ Carlene Carter Remembers Maybelle Carter
by Craig Shelburne 33m ago Like a lot of people who live in the Nashville area, Carlene Carter rarely misses a chance to take out-of-town friends to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. But this time she’s visiting the rotunda for another reason — to take part in the museum’s fundraising event, BIG...
WATCH: Miranda Lambert and Her Husband Look So Good in Love in “Settling Down”
by Alison Bonaguro 26m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] There are a few familiar faces in Miranda Lambert’s outdoorsy new music video for “Settling Down.” There is her horse Gibson, one of her rescue dogs Delta Dawn, and her real-life love interest, her husband Brendan McLoughlin. In a recent radio interview with New York’s...
Gabrielle Mooney Gathers Her Family for “Come On In”
by CMT.com Staff 1m ago Gabrielle Mooney invites listeners to take a closer look at her Arkansas roots in her newest music video, “Come on In.” She also gathers numerous family members for the project, which shines a light on her Southern raising. From awkward dinners with a new boyfriend to embracing the wide open...
The Country Music Community Remembers Jerry Jeff Walker
by Alison Bonaguro 23m ago As the news started to sink in that Jerry Jeff Walker had died on Friday (October 23) at 78, singers and songwriters — from Nashville to Texas and everywhere in between — who were inspired by him turned to social media to share their memories of the late country legend....
UPDATE: The Country Music Community Remembers Jerry Jeff Walker
by Alison Bonaguro 6h ago As the news started to sink in that Jerry Jeff Walker had died on Friday (October 23) at 78, singers and songwriters — from Nashville to Texas and everywhere in between — who were inspired by him turned to social media to share their memories of the late country legend....
Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas Legend and “Mr. Bojangles” Writer, Dies at 78
by Craig Shelburne 30m ago Jerry Jeff Walker, the songwriter and performer who long embodied Texas music, died Friday (October 23) of lung cancer. He was 78. In addition to writing and recording the modern classic “Mr. Bojangles,” Walker is often celebrated for his 1973 landmark album, ¡Viva Terlingua!, which captured the spirit of a...
Ram Trucks and CMT Join Forces to Save Our Stages, One Venue at a Time
presented by Ram Trucks 3m ago If you were watching the 2020 CMT Music Awards on Wednesday night (Oct. 21), it was abundantly clear that rising country stars Hardy, Ingrid Andress and Caylee Hammack were on cloud nine when they took to the Ram Side Stage in Nashville to perform. All three brought their A...
Why Dierks Bentley Sounds So at Home in “Gone”
by Alison Bonaguro 38m ago After about a year and a half of no new music, Dierks Bentley is back. And he is “Gone.” “Gone” is a song that Bentley didn’t write, but he says that’s what frees him up to brag about the song a little more than if he’d penned it himself. “When...