by Craig Shelburne 45m ago Tanya Tucker still sings about that faded rose of days gone by in “Delta Dawn,” but in 2020, the attention is turning toward “Bring My Flowers Now,” a breathtaking high point of her newest album as well as her headlining concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Sunday (January...
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Miranda Lambert Plans Tour Around Local Heroes
by Alison Bonaguro 37m ago Did Miranda Lambert’s husband, Brendan McLoughlin, a Staten Islander who is a New York police officer in the South Midtown Precinct near Times Square, inspire this? He is a hero to New York City for sure, and now Lambert is ready to hit the road and put a spotlight on...
Jordan Davis: The Backstage Q&A
by Alison Bonaguro 57m ago Make no mistake about Jordan Davis. He may have debuted with a couple of modern country songs with some pop around the edges, but deep down, the Louisiana native is a straight-up country boy. So much so, that he recently recorded a cover of Jo Dee Messina’s 1996 debut single,...
Montgomery Gentry Welcome All Kinds of Crazies
by Alison Bonaguro 33m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] Troy Gentry, one half of the country duo Montgomery Gentry, died tragically in a helicopter crash in New Jersey in 2017. And to this day, the band’s Eddie Montgomery is keeping his memory alive with the music they’d finished making right before Gentry died. The...
Kane Brown Reveals His John Legend Collaboration
by Alison Bonaguro 54m ago “The last time I said, ’Sorry,’ is the last time I say sorry to you.” That’s it. That’s the hook. It’s from a new song Kane Brown is working on, title unknown. And if it sounds a little soulful and kind of John Legend-esque, it’s because it is. “I got...
Martina McBride Celebrates Her Mother’s Live Well Lived
by Alison Bonaguro 19m ago Very early on Saturday morning (Jan. 11), Martina McBride shared the sad news that her mother Jeanne Schiff had passed away on Jan.10. View this post on Instagram My mom passed away this morning. She was a complex and amazing woman. Strong. Chic. No-nonsense. Hilarious. Witty. She had the prettiest...
Why Randy Travis Didn’t Want to Hear His Own Songs for Eight Months
by Alison Bonaguro 24m ago In 2013, Randy Travis had viral cardiomyopathy that led to a massive stroke. And once he was finally released from the hospital, he had to spend weeks in a rehab facility. And once he was finally able to go home with his significant other, Mary (now his wife), she tried...
LISTEN: Bachelorette Hannah Brown Gets Her Own Country Song
by Alison Bonaguro 46m ago Alabama Hannah (live from the barn)https://t.co/0gSLuioEtM — Jake Owen (@jakeowen) January 10, 2020 On Thursday (Jan. 9), Jake Owen casually tweeted that he’d just written a song called “Alabama Hannah.” And even better, he went live on Twitter to share the song that he’d spontaneously written with Ray Fulcher and...
Brandy Clark Returns With “Who You Thought I Was”
by Craig Shelburne 52m ago Country fans may know Brandy Clark as a gifted songwriter and Grammy-nominated artist, but hey, do you really know her? In her brand new single, “Who You Thought I Was,” she’s hoping she can live up to the way others may see her, especially in a relationship. It’s the first...
Chris Lane Didn’t Know He’d Be Proposing in Song
by Craig Shelburne 23m ago Chris Lane wrote a love song that turned his girlfriend into his fiancée and now his wife. Three months after their wedding proposal, he delivered the song to Today hosts Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb, with new bride Lauren Bushnell beaming nearby. The song, “Big, Big Plans,” was featured...