by Alison Bonaguro 1m ago Early on Sunday (Jan. 26), Miranda Lambert shared her thoughts about life, love and laugh lines. “1 year. I’m so happy to walk through this life with you. Thank you Brendan for making me the proudest wife and stepmom. You are the reason for all my new smile lines. I...
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Kelsea Ballerini Takes Three Tweets to Reflect on “LA”
by Alison Bonaguro 1h ago Kelsea Ballerini has a brand new song (and video, btw) she released very early this morning (Jan. 24), and while she will probably do interviews with news outlets eventually, she kind of posted an interview of sorts on social media. It’s like a Q&A Ballerini had with herself. As if...
From Now On, Dax Shepard Should Do All the Dierks Bentley Interviews
by Alison Bonaguro 21m ago Dax Shepard — Crosby Braverman to me and all you other Parenthood fans out there — has recently turned his acting skills into interviewing skills with his Armchair Expert podcast. And in doing so, it seems like he’s unearthed a natural talent for putting other celebrities at ease. Like Dierks...
CMT Reveals Artists for 2020 Listen Up
by CMT.com Staff 3m ago Today, CMT reveals the 17 artists to watch in its much-anticipated 2020 LISTEN UP campaign, which recognizes and supports country music’s most promising newcomers across CMT platforms. The year-long initiative raises awareness for new artists via support for their music and videos across CMT and CMT Music channels, CMT Hot...
Grammy Awards: Nominees for Best Country Song
by Craig Shelburne 2m ago The Grammy Awards will air on Sunday, January 26, on CBS, live coast-to-coast starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. Here are the five nominees for Best Country Song, an award presented to songwriters. “Bring My Flowers Now”Songwriters: Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker (Artist: Tanya Tucker) Embedded...
Ruthie Collins Feels the Wild Energy and Magic of “Joshua Tree”
by CMT.com Staff 15m ago One of CMT’s Next Women of Country, Ruthie Collins shares a part of herself in her heartbreaking new video, “Joshua Tree.” Filmed on location in California, the cinematic video reflects her own experience of being in a relationship with someone battling addiction. Take a look at “Joshua Tree,” then read...
The Triumphant Comeback of the ’90s Band You Don’t Remember
by Edward Morris 13m ago No doubt Ken Burns is wringing his hands at having turned in his panoramic documentary on country music only weeks before Hot Country Knights — perhaps the most fabled if obscure band of the 1990s — announced its re-emergence. The Knights. who bear a superficial resemblance to Dierks Bentley and...
The Timeline of the Eric Church/Ray Fulcher/Luke Combs Connection
by Alison Bonaguro 2m ago There’s a new story in Billboard that features songwriter Ray Fulcher, and he shares how he first got his start in country music. And when you look at the timeline of all the things that went right for Fulcher, you have to assume that fate was somehow always on his...
Grammy Hall of Fame: Patsy Cline, “Walkin’ After Midnight”
by Craig Shelburne 59m ago Patsy Cline’s music is still garnering acclaim more than sixty years after she recorded it. The 1957 recording of one of her signature songs, “Walkin’ After Midnight,” is among the classics inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame this year. Decades before American Idol, Cline sang “Walkin’ After Midnight” on...
WATCH: Tanya Tucker’s CMT HitStory
by Alison Bonaguro 50m ago Embedded from media.mtvnservices.com. When CMT sat down with Tanya Tucker to talk about her Grammy-nominated song, “Bring My Flowers Now,” she revealed the story behind the song that had been years in the making. This is her CMT HitStory. “I’d had the song in my head a long time. It...