by CMT.com Staff 1h ago Rather than looking back on her youth through rose-colored glasses, Kalie Shorr relied on home movies and her most challenging memories to share her life story in her new video, “Escape.” Shorr will resume her Too Much to Say Tour next week in Los Angeles, promoting her latest album, Open...
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Maren Morris Rattles “The Bones” at Chart Summit
by Edward Morris 36m ago Boy, have we got news for you! Just kidding. There’s more news from the Fab Four on Mount Rushmore than there is on this week’s Billboard country charts. Well, there is one headline exception, and it’s this: MAREN MORRIS SCORES HER THIRD NO. 1 SOLO SINGLE WITH “THE BONES.” Embedded...
How the Lindale Chorale Scored the Miranda Lambert Gig
by Alison Bonaguro 42m ago In an era when so many schools are forced to cut fine arts out of their curriculum, it’s worthy of celebration when you find a school that has found a way to keep making music. Especially when that music is good enough for Miranda Lambert. So on Monday, when I...
Tenille Townes Sings “Stupid Boy” From a New View
by CMT.com Staff 57m ago Tenille Townes is putting her own stamp on “Stupid Boy,” the Keith Urban hit from 2006 that ultimately earned him a Grammy. Instead of merely being referred to, the wild and innocent woman is revealed as the one telling the story, via Townes’ powerful vocal. An award-winning country star in...
Miranda Lambert Goes Back to School to Recruit Background Singers
by Alison Bonaguro 10m ago Being able to hang out backstage with Miranda Lambert is one thing. But being able to sing with her backstage? Quite another. And then being able to sing with her onstage in front of an arena-sized crowd in Dallas? Even better. Also big thanks to the @LindaleHS Choir for joining...
Game On: See Brett Young’s Pop-Up Video for “Catch”
by Craig Shelburne 48m ago Brett Young is taking a swing at telling his own story in the captivating music video for “Catch,” filmed on location in Oxford, Mississippi. Young played baseball for the Ole Miss Rebels before transferring to a California college, where an elbow injury ended his pitching career but ultimately guided him...
Midland Bring Back “Cheatin’ Songs” to the Palomino Club
by Craig Shelburne 37m ago For their new video, “Cheatin’ Songs,” Midland revived one of the most iconic music venues in Los Angeles — The Palomino Club, a fabled spot that closed in 1995 after decades of prominence in the West Coast country and rock communities. Through the magic of film and the sweat of...
WORLD PREMIERE: Pitbull and Blake Shelton Are Ready to “Get Ready”
by Alison Bonaguro 60m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] At some point when Blake Shelton and Pitbull crossed paths — likely at the 2018 Pendleton Whisky Music Fest in Oregon — Shelton introduced his dog to Pitbull. The dog’s name? Black Betty. Which rhymes with “Get Ready.” And so, the inspiration for a remix...
At 76, Gene Watson Becomes Newest Member of the Grand Ole Opry
by Edward Morris 2m ago The Grand Ole Opry’s glacial delay in picking Gene Watson as a member was surely one of the greatest cultural oversights of our time. But it will be remedied on Friday (Feb. 7) when the caramel-voiced singer officially joins the cast of the legendary stage show and radio broadcast. Critics...
Merle Haggard’s “The Fightin’ Side of Me” Turns 50
by Craig Shelburne 59m ago Merle Haggard introduced “The Fightin’ Side of Me” to the world right after making waves with “Okie From Muskogee.” Recorded in December 1969, “The Fightin’ Side of Me” appeared on the country chart just two months later, ultimately rising to No. 1. Fifty years on, the lyrics are still relevant,...