by CMT.com Staff 13m ago Terri Clark is ready to share her holiday spirit(s) with her first-ever seasonal album, It’s Christmas… Cheers!, set for release on September 25. Produced by Clark, the collection marks her return to Mercury Nashville, where she enjoyed a run of Top 10 country hits ranging from 1995’s “Better Things to...
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LISTEN: Dan + Shay Release “I Should Probably Go to Bed”
by Alison Bonaguro 27m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] “I Should Probably Go to Bed,” Dan + Shay’s latest single since they released their hit duet with Justin Bieber “10,000 Hours” (in October 2019) was released on Friday (July 31). The tune was written earlier this year by the duo’s Dan Smyers and Shay...
Lauren Alaina’s First Step to Getting Over Him? An Uptempo “Run”
by CMT.com Staff 43m ago While Lauren Alaina is in the country Top 40 this week with “Getting Good,” she’s got her eye on Getting Over Him, a new EP planned for September 4. Alaina released the project’s first track, “Run,” to digital platforms today. She wrote the song with Ben Johnson and Kennedi. “We...
Watch Tucker Beathard and Lindsay Ell’s New Video, “Faithful”
by CMT.com Staff 1h ago Tucker Beathard is tapping into some deep emotions in a new music video for “Faithful” featuring Lindsay Ell. With little more than a poignant lyric, two persuasive voices, and the throbs of electric guitar, these two rising country artists are putting the feelings within the song front and center. Beathard,...
Brad Paisleys Spells It Out for Us: Why Do We Need Drinking Songs Right Now?
by Alison Bonaguro 22m ago You name it, and Brad Paisley’s done it. Since his debut 21 years ago, he’s cut so many songs that allude to drinking — “Alcohol,” “Catch All the Fish,” “Better Than This,” “Out in the Parkin’ Lot,” “You Need a Man Around Here,” “Southern Comfort Zone,” “Don’t Drink the Water,”...
Brad Paisley Spells It Out for Us: Why Do We Need Drinking Songs Right Now?
by Alison Bonaguro 2h ago You name it, and Brad Paisley’s done it. Since his debut 21 years ago, he’s cut so many songs that allude to drinking — “Alcohol,” “Catch All the Fish,” “Better Than This,” “Out in the Parkin’ Lot,” “You Need a Man Around Here,” “Southern Comfort Zone,” “Don’t Drink the Water,”...
Country Legends We Love: Kris Kristofferson
by CMT.com Staff 42m ago Kris Kristofferson stands tall as one of the most literate and cinematic songwriters to emerge during the talent-rich 1960s, though his greatest creative impact would be felt in the decade ahead. He is often credited with bringing a new element of sexuality and vulnerability to the country music canon by...
Garth Brooks Officially Pulls Himself Out of the CMA EOTY Category
by Alison Bonaguro 51m ago Early on Wednesday morning (July 29), Garth Brooks invited about 70 reporters into a press conference to share the news that he is pulling himself out of the Country Music Association’s entertainer of the year category for the awards later this year. Brooks won the award in 2019, after having...
Chris Tomlin Recruits Thomas Rhett, FGL, Brett Young and More for New Album
by Alison Bonaguro 32m ago If you’ve been hoping that the lines between country and contemporary Christian music would blur, your prayers have been answered. Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] Because Grammy-winning contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter and worship leader Chris Tomlin has a new album due out on Friday (July 31) — called simply,...
Mickey Guyton Asks God to Send More “Heaven Down Here”
by Craig Shelburne 54m ago Mickey Guyton is opening her heart in her newest track, “Heaven Down Here.” Written with Gordie Sampson, Josh Kear and Hillary Lindsey, the poignant ballad finds Guyton pleading with God to send His love — in fact, to “rain it down like pennies in this wishing well of tears. Embedded...