by Alison Bonaguro 1h ago If you call in to the CMT and American Red Cross Telethon today, don’t be surprised if Kid Rock is the one taking your donation down. Or Charles Kelley. Or Travis Denning. Along with Kid Rock, Kelley and Denning, other country stars and industry big shots who will be standing...
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This Is What It Looks Like When Country Stars Roll Up Their Sleeves to Help
by Alison Bonaguro 44m ago You can post all the prayer-hands and broken-heart emojis you want, but eventually, you need to disconnect from social media and just go do something. That’s what’s been happening all over Nashville since the tornado hit on Tuesday morning (March 3) and left miles and miles of destruction in its...
Women’s History Month: The First Female Stars of Country Music
by Edward Morris 34m ago Despite being the genre that created and extolled the archetypes of “Mama” and “Little Darlin’,” country music has never quite given women their due. Even today — 93 years after the fabled Bristol Sessions that launched country music as a commercial art form — a battle rages over giving women...
The Man Behind the “I Believe In Nashville” Mural
by Alison Bonaguro 11m ago It used to just be one of the countless backdrops for all the tourists and their never-ending photo shoots in and around East Nashville. But after the tornado that hit the city so hard on Tuesday morning (March 3), it has come to mean so much more. Adrien Saporiti, the...
Kelleigh Bannen’s New “Suit” Salutes Fierce Female Business Owners
by CMT.com Staff 53m ago Sure, Kelleigh Bannen knows that “Suit” is a love song, but rather than telling a romantic story in the music video, she’s lifting up her favorite businesswomen in Nashville — and having a blast while doing so. Slip into this stylish new “Suit,” then read our exclusive interview with Bannen...
Lady Antebellum Offer an Ocean Encore on Live EP
by Craig Shelburne 5m ago Even if you never got over the studio versions of Lady Antebellum’s newest songs, a surprise EP will make you hear them in a whole different way. Today they dropped a five-song project titled Live: In the Round that offers reimagined versions of the chart-topping “What If I Never Get...
WATCH: The New Dixie Chicks Song Is Here and It Is Everything
by Alison Bonaguro 57m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] First there was their definition of the noun “gaslighter.” “A psychological manipulator who seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of a group, making them question their own memory, perception or sanity,” the Dixie Chicks posted on social media...
Kelsea Ballerini Spills Some T on Recent Flight
by Alison Bonaguro 50m ago Social media definitely has its share of haters. But one thing you can never ever hate about it is when a celebrity jumps on Twitter to do a spontaneous Q&A with fans. And in this case, it was Kelsea Ballerini telling her nearly one million followers that she was on...
Kelsea Ballerini Spills Some Tea on Recent Flight
by Alison Bonaguro 2h ago Social media definitely has its share of haters. But one thing you can never ever hate about it is when a celebrity jumps on Twitter to do a spontaneous Q&A with fans. And in this case, it was Kelsea Ballerini telling her nearly one million followers that she was on...
After a Heartbreak, LJ Picks Up the Pieces in “Pick Me”
by CMT.com Staff 58m ago Singer-songwriter LJ is letting her guard down in her brand new video, “Pick Me.” A native of Houston, Texas, who moved to Nashville in 2017, LJ has been working on a full-length album, with “Pick Me” hinting at more music to come. Take a look, then read our exclusive interview...