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by Alison Bonaguro 13m ago It sounds like Hayes Hurd — the one-day-old son of Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd — is not a huge fan of Morris’ “The Bones.” When the Irish alternative artist Hozier, who sang a collaborative version of the song with Morris, shared on Twitter on Tuesday (March 24) that one...

by Edward Morris 35m ago How about a drum roll, a cinnamon roll, a starring role and some wild stamping of the feet for Jake Owen, who roars into No. 1 on Billboard’s singles airplay chart with “Homemade” after a bumpy 42-week climb. This makes Owen’s eighth chart champ, his first having been “Barefoot Blue...

by Alison Bonaguro 1h ago This idea initially came to Garth Brooks when a Facebook follower of his asked him to play Keith Whitley’s song “Ten Feet Away.” An especially relevant and touching song in this new normal of social distancing. Brooks then agreed to take start taking requests the following week. “Let’s just make...

by Alison Bonaguro 30m ago The latest Urban Underground show wasn’t just for Keith Urban’s fans and followers. It was for everyone on the front lines of the battle to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Urban had his wife Nicole Kidman by his side when they started the show from his home studio, and...

by CMT.com Staff 16h ago Small towns and sweet tea, Mama and collard greens. Everything you love. It’s all part of the lyrical landscape of “Homemade,” which is Jake Owen’s newest No. 1 hit. While this nostalgic video is based on true events, its message is as timely as ever. Take a look — and...

by Alison Bonaguro 54m ago Welcome to the world, Baby Hayes. Maren Morris and her husband Ryan Hurd announced the arrival of their baby boy Hayes Andrew Hurd early on Monday afternoon (March 23), calling him the love of their lives. She shared a few pictures from her hospital bed, and Hurd shared a couple...

by Edward Morris 28m ago As country music introduced a number of immediate superstars in the 1990s, more and more radio stations flipped to the format — with a record 2505 stations playing country full-time by 1997. With this broad exposure, country albums began selling by the millions rather than the usual hundreds of thousands....

by Alison Bonaguro 53m ago Because nobody knows exactly when the coronavirus will no longer be a threat to country fans everywhere, CMT and Tanya Tucker have made the tough call to rescheduled some of the remaining dates on her Next Women of Country: Bring My Flowers Now tour with Hailey Whitters, Aubrie Sellers, Walker...

by Alison Bonaguro 6m ago It’s hard to hang on to any bad vibes you might be feeling right now when a guy like Chris Janson is just casually bringing an hour of good ones into your home. On Sunday night (March 22), Janson recruited his wife Kelly and his 8-year-old daughter Georgia to film...

by Alison Bonaguro 23m ago Country fans aren’t the only ones cooped up with nothing to do but listen to music right now. Even the country artists themselves are finding that they have a lot of time on their hands, and they’re putting it to good use. So it made perfect sense on Sunday night...