by Craig Shelburne 35m ago From the Good Morning America stage in Times Square in New York City, Matt Stell kicked off the decade with a live performance of his career-launching single, “Prayed for You.” One of country music’s most promising newcomers (and probably its tallest at 6’7″), Stell will launch his 2020 tour in...
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This Is What Happens When Morgan Evans Writes a Chorus in Five Minutes
by Alison Bonaguro 55m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] There is more than one way to write a great country song. There is the really, really long arduous way, the very, very quick way, and all the ways in between. But for Morgan Evans, sometimes the first chorus to pop into his head is...
Dustin Lynch Returns to Singles Summit With “Ridin’ Roads”
by Edward Morris 32m ago Welcome back! We’ve missed you terribly. You’re just in time to shower a torrent of applause on Dustin Lynch, who now tops Billboard’s country airplay chart with “Ridin’ Roads.” It’s his seventh journey to the singles summit and it took him an arduous 41 weeks to get there. Lynch scored...
Rascal Flatts Start Their New Year with an Ending
by Alison Bonaguro 29m ago On Tuesday morning (Jan. 7), Rascal Flatts announced what will be their final tour. The Rascal Flatts Farewell: Life Is a Highway tour will start on June 11 in Indianapolis and run through Oct. 17, when the tour will wrap in West Palm Beach. The tour will be a bittersweet...
Tanya Tucker Is Telling More People She Loves Them
by Craig Shelburne 1m ago Tanya Tucker is taking the message of “Bring My Flowers Now” to heart. In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, she tells correspondent Bob Schieffer, “It’s caused me to make a real effort to try to tell those that I love that I do love them, and even some of...
Thomas Rhett Gets His Jon Pardi Fix as Duet Goes to Radio
by Craig Shelburne 39m ago Thomas Rhett is opening the decade by opening a cold beer in his refreshing new single, “Beer Can’t Fix,” a duet with his pal, Jon Pardi. Rhett co-wrote the song with Julian Bunetta, Zach Skelton and Ryan Tedder. In an interview for syndicated radio, Thomas Rhett explains, “On a sunny...
How Ingrid Andress Prepared Me to Meet My Daughter’s Boyfriend
by Alison Bonaguro 51m ago My daughter brought her boyfriend home for the holidays this year, and I was woefully unprepared for this kind of emotional rollercoaster. Then I listened to “More Hearts Than Mine” — the debut single from Ingrid Andress — a few more times, and I listened a little harder. And she...
Why the Australian Fires Hit So Close to Home for Keith Urban
by Alison Bonaguro 21m ago When the bushfires in Australia started gaining terrifying momentum at the end of 2019, Keith Urban was one of the first to speak out. Shortly after the first of this new year, he donated $500,000 to a fund set up to help the firefighters, sharing with his fans and followers...
CMT Hot 20 Decade: The Top 25 Songs of the 2010s
by CMT.com Staff 1h ago In the final months of 2019, CMT Hot 20 Countdown surveyed 10 years of incredible music with Decade, a weekly segment that featured a modern country classic that made its greatest impact between 2010 and 2019. Browse our ranked list of the decade’s biggest country songs, then enjoy quotes (and...
Keith Urban, Morgan Evans Urge Followers to Help Australia
by Alison Bonaguro 18m ago As bushfires continue burning all over Australia, country stars Keith Urban and Morgan Evans are here in the U.S. doing all they can to help. According to CNN, nearly 3,000 firefighters are working to control the fires. The current wildfires are being reported as the worst in decades, with New...