by CMT.com Staff 19m ago Editor’s note: This story will be updated as more news becomes available. As the country music community woke up on Tuesday morning (March 3), they started their day with the devastating news that several tornadoes touched down overnight near and in downtown Nashville. According to CBS Evening News, at least...
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Nashville’s Basement East Suffers the Worst of Tornado’s Wrath
by Alison Bonaguro 12m ago The tragic tornado that tore through Nashville before dawn on Tuesday morning (March 3) did damage to countless homes, businesses, and because it’s Music City, venues. The Basement East at 917 Woodland Street in East Nashville — nicknamed “Beast” — sustained severe damage, and in a series of social media...
Kenny Chesney Sets Release Date for New Album
by Craig Shelburne 45m ago Get ready, No Shoes Nation. Kenny Chesney is bringing a “high fun factor” to his next album, Here and Now. Set for a May 1 release, the project will be his first album for Warner Music Nashville. “You know, it’s going to have a high fun factor,” he said in...
Jimmie Allen Makes Chart History, Welcomes Baby
by Edward Morris 58m ago And the award for the Little Single That Could goes to… Jimmie Allen, whose “Make Me Want To” inches into the winner’s circle after a 58-week climb. That’s more than a year, folks, and it’s Allen’s second consecutive No. 1, his first having been “Best Shot” in 2018. It’s also...
Country Artists Devastated By Deadly Nashville Tornadoes Overnight
by CMT.com Staff 25m ago Editor’s note: This story will be updated as more news becomes available. As the country music community woke up on Tuesday morning (March 3), they started their day with the devastating news that several tornadoes touched down overnight near and in downtown Nashville. And their thoughts and prayers started rolling...
Country Artists Devastated By Deadly Nashville Tornadoes
by CMT.com Staff 34m ago Editor’s note: This story will be updated as more news becomes available. As the country music community woke up on Tuesday morning (March 3), they started their day with the devastating news that several tornadoes touched down overnight near and in downtown Nashville. And their thoughts and prayers started rolling...
Madison Kozak Joins Next Women of Country Tour
by CMT.com Staff 8h ago Rising country artist Madison Kozak is on the road this week with Tanya Tucker and the CMT Next Women of Country Tour, opening her first of four shows. Born and raised in Canada and now living in Nashville, Kozak chatted with Hot 20 Countdown about the shows, as well as...
Colt Ford, Jimmie Allen Get “Back to Them Backroads”
by CMT.com Staff 2m ago Colt Ford is cruising through familiar territory for “Back to Them Backroads,” a new music video that matches his down-home lifestyle with some pretty awesome camera shots. Jimmie Allen, known for hits like “Best Shot” and “Make Me Want To,” is riding shotgun. Take a look at “Back to Them...
The Songs You Write When Grandpas Do Die
by Alison Bonaguro 7h ago “I Wish Grandpas Never Died” isn’t Riley Green’s debut single. But what it is is the song that made country fans take notice of the newcomer, and one he’ll probably have in his set list for all of eternity. And like so many classic country songs, this one wasn’t even...
Lee Brice: What’s Next After “Happy Now”?
by Alison Bonaguro 9h ago On his way to a Nashville songwriting session with Adam Wood and Ashley Gorley, Lee Brice stopped by the CMT offices to talk about, well, songwriting. But first, that duet. Brice’s duet with Carly Pearce — “I Hope You’re Happy Now” — is one that he had a feeling would...