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by CMT.com Staff 4/6/2020 ViacomCBS networks in the U.S. and around the world will air ONE WORLD: TOGETHER AT HOME, a global televised and streamed special in support of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, on Saturday, April 18 (8:00-10:00 PM, live ET). Check listings for local start times. Curated in collaboration with Lady Gaga,...

by Alison Bonaguro 4/6/2020 Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] The idea for this kind of video started long before the pandemic quarantine. In our healthier and more carefree days, before we were all sheltering in place, Charlie Worsham had been doing what he called cover challenges for years, playing all the instruments, and making videos...

by CMT.com Staff 4/6/2020 Beloved singer-songwriter, actress and producer Rita Wilson will host CMT GIANTS Kenny Rogers: A Benefit For MusiCares, premiering Wednesday, April 8 at 8 PM ET/PT on CMT. The uplifting celebration to honor the extraordinary life and legendary music of the late Kenny Rogers will encore on MTV Live on April 10...

by Alison Bonaguro 4/5/2020 We were supposed to be watching this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night (April 5) in Las Vegas. But instead, we’re watching from our homes and the artists are performing from theirs. Even when they’re collaborating. So during the the ACM PRESENTS: OUR COUNTRY special that aired in...

by Alison Bonaguro 4/5/2020 The show must go on, and in a way, it already has. Because this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards had to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ACM found another way to bring all of country music’s biggest stars together for one of the brightest virtual performances of...

by CMT.com Staff 19h ago The 2020 CMT Music Awards, originally slated for June 3, 2020, will move to Wednesday, October 14, 2020. Our top priority this last month has been on rebuilding our hometown of Nashville following the tornado and ensuring the safety of our fans, employees, artists and partners during the COVID-19 crisis....

by Alison Bonaguro 19h ago Back in 1961, “I Fall to Pieces” became Patsy Cline’s first No. 1 song. The song was released in January, but just six months later, Cline was in a car accident that nearly killed her. While she was in the hospital, country newcomer Loretta Lynn was on a popular radio...

by Alison Bonaguro 20h ago Everyone in Nashville knows that an artist’s second album is more important than the first one. Because what if the new’s worn off? What if all the best songs were already written? What if the artist was in a rush? All good questions, but all irrelevant to Ashley McBryde. Her...

by CMT.com Staff 4/3/2020 Sykamore, one of CMT’s Next Women of Country, has been nurturing her gift for songwriting long before she moved from Canada to Nashville in 2018. And while her original music does have some pop influence, her country credentials are firmly intact. For example, her parents met on the rodeo circuit and...

by CMT.com Staff 4/3/2020 Sometimes it feels like a relationship is falling apart right before your very eyes. That’s especially true while watching “Rewind,” the newest music video from rising country artist Tiera. An Alabama native who found a national following on the series Real Country, Tiera is among the newest inductees into CMT’s Next...