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by Alison Bonaguro 1h ago A few days before Martina McBride took the stage on Songland on Monday night (May 4) and decided to record the show’s “Girls Like Me,” we had a chance to talk about everything that goes into the crafting of a perfect country song. It can come naturally, but it can...

by CMT.com Staff 5m ago Dwight Yoakam is a married man, he revealed this morning. A statement from the couple reads, “Dwight Yoakam and Emily Joyce were married in March just prior to the quarantine in a private ceremony at St Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, California. At a time when there is so...

by Alison Bonaguro 57m ago We couldn’t be more obsessed with these two or this song @KelseaBallerini and @halsey share how they came together to collaborate on “The Other Girl.” #HitStory pic.twitter.com/jtnFroZMBQ — cmt (@CMT) May 1, 2020 When CMT.com sat down with Kelsea Ballerini and Halsey recently to talk about their hit song “the...

by Edward Morris 58m ago With his cello-resonant voice, sincere delivery and rural-inflected lyrics, Randy Travis became the overarching figure in the New Traditionalists movement of the mid-1980s. While he found his greatest commercial success in that era, by bringing the sounds of traditional country music back to radio and television, his indelible influence has...

by CMT.com Staff 56m ago Although they’re based in Omaha, Nebraska, the Belles have already found a global audience after earning the opening slot of Nickelodeon star JoJo Siwa’s world tour. Shortly after returning from their shows in Australia, the country duo pushed through the jet lag to film the video scrapbook for “My Mother’s...

by Alison Bonaguro 32m ago For the past seven or eight weeks of this COVID-19 pandemic, country artists have been doing everything they can to keep the music playing during the coronavirus quarantine. There’s at least one live stream show a night — from someone’s garage, basement or studio — just about every night of...

by CMT.com Staff 56m ago With a major tour on hold, Kenny Chesney is spending his days sheltering at home in Tennessee, watching Netflix, and discovering new and old music alike. Oh, and he’s also promoting a brand new album, Here and Now. For this interview, he chatted remotely with CMT Hot 20 Countdown Host...

by CMT.com Staff 59m ago Like the country stars she grew up listening to, The Voice winner Chevel Shepherd knows what she wants — and so do we, after checking out her brand new single, “Southern Boy.” “I grew up listening to these powerhouse country singers who were so savvy and knew exactly what they...

by CMT.com Staff 12m ago The guys in Rascal Flatts are saluting their musical hero, the late Kenny Rogers, with a new studio recording of his enduring ballad, “Through the Years.” The track, released today (May 1), follows their performance of the song on CMT Giants Kenny Rogers: A Benefit For MusiCares in April. A...

by CMT.com Staff 57m ago Steven Nix grew up in a small Mississippi town, although he’s been pursuing his songwriting ambitions in Nashville for a number of years. On his Facebook page, he writes, “Growing up I had a hard time speaking due to a speech impediment, so music was how I got my words...