by Alison Bonaguro 28m ago It’s almost as if Keith Urban saw this coronavirus coming. Because on Monday (March 16), he tweeted, “Instagram live TONIGHT. 6p CT.” Then, right on schedule, he was ready to start his show from home. Urban opened the tiny show with just one side man (Jeff Linsenmaier on keyboards and...
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Kane Brown Stays at No. 1, Adds More Platinum
by Edward Morris 25m ago Inspired no doubt by the coronavirus quarantines, the records on Billboard’s country albums and airplay charts seem to be sheltering in place like the rest of us. There’s virtually no movement at all. Kane Brown’s “Homesick” again stands as the No. 1 single, a position it achieved last week. That...
On the Verge of Motherhood, Maren Morris Is Already a Pro at Discipline
by Alison Bonaguro 23m ago When Janna Abraham posted a video of a Nashville bar packed with revelers dancing to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s 1987 “Fishin’ in the Dark,” she probably never saw this coming. “Downtown Nashville is undefeated,” Abraham wrote on March 15 as the world was trying to wrap their minds around...
Ten Songs Packed with the Luck o’ the Irish
by Edward Morris 38m ago Ah, ’tis St. Patrick’s Day today (March 17), a time during which we all salute the fabled “luck of the Irish,” drink repulsively green beer and shelter in place against the monstrously unlucky spread of the coronavirus. It’s also a time to cue up some of those songs that focus...
Eric Church, Coming Soon to a Theater Near You
by Alison Bonaguro 31m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] There’s a deep cut on Eric Church’s 2011 album Chief called “Jack Daniel’s.” He penned the song with Jeff Hyde and Lynn Hutton, and it’s all about the night Jack Daniel’s kicked his ass again, and that every superman has got his kryptonite. Church even...
Why Kid Rock’s Honky-Tonk Is Finally Shutting Its Doors Temporarily
by Alison Bonaguro 28m ago When the destructive, devastating and deadly tornado touched down in Nashville earlier this month, Kid Rock was one of the first stars to be there for the city. “Whatever needs to be done to help Tennessee and the people she holds hit by last night’s devastating storm, count me in....
Dierks Bentley Opens His Wallet After Closing His Bar
by Alison Bonaguro 7m ago On Monday evening (March 16), when most Americans were starting to seriously worry about how to be socially distant but still earn enough money to support their families as the coronoavirus was causing a very real panic, Dierks Bentley did this: He shut down his bar at 400 Broadway in...
Britnee Kellogg Asks the Big Questions in “10 Years Ago” Video
by CMT.com Staff 3h ago Britnee Kellogg knows that sometimes it takes a mistake to know how much a heart breaks. A former American Idol contestant who’s built a loyal audience in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, Kellogg thinks back on the journey of teenage lovers on a Friday night and what could have been,...
Women’s History Month: The Shifting Landscape of the ’70s and ’80s
by Edward Morris 4m ago Just say their names and you instantly hear their voices: Crystal Gayle, the Judds, Reba McEntire, Emmylou Harris, Barbara Mandrell. Musical Amazons all. The 1970s and ’80s resounded with the sounds of new and distinctively individual female artists, few of whom focused on such traditional country themes as mother and...
From West Texas, The Panhandlers Lend a Hand for “No Handle”
by Craig Shelburne 8m ago From the Panhandle of West Texas, the Panhandlers are a collective of four singer-songwriters who have banded together for a self-titled — not to mention self-aware — project. Recorded with producer Bruce Robison, the band captures the wide open spaces and the occasional melancholy of their home turf, but not...