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by Edward Morris 58m ago The road is central to country music. It’s an avenue of escape from soul-killing pain and provincialism — as in Jason Aldean’s “Rearview Town” and Sweethearts of the Rodeo’s “Midnight Girl in a Sunset Town.” Or it’s the welcoming way back to one’s heart’s desire — as in John Denver’s...

by CMT.com Staff 42m ago If there is one thing that’s for sure on Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty Tour 360, it’s that her four-year-old son, Isaiah, has five surrogate aunts who have his back for forever and ever, amen. They are tour openers Runaway June’s Naomi Cooke, Hannah Mulholland and Jennifer Wayne and Maddie &...

by Lauren Tingle 2m ago It’s evident that family comes first in the Stapleton clan following the announcement that Chris Stapleton’s wife Morgane welcomed the couple’s fifth child. Above all, they value their progeny’s privacy and have chosen not to disclose the baby’s name and sex. They are also parents of three sons, including two...

by Lauren Tingle 1h ago Give us a minute, and we’ll give you five things you need to know in country music. It’s your new fix for all the latest headlines in one place. Here’s what you need to know for Monday (May 13): Lady Antebellum Las Vegas Residency Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley...

by Lauren Tingle 2h ago Give us a minute, and we’ll give you five things you need to know in country music. It’s your new fix for all the latest headlines in one place. Here’s what you need to know for Monday (May 13): Lady Antebellum Las Vegas Residency Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley...

by Alison Bonaguro 29m ago Kacey Musgraves seems like the kind of country star who would gladly take requests. Like if you’re at one of her shows, and you shout out a song, and she knows it, she’d add it to the set. But she is not about to risk germs and complete disgust by...

by Alison Bonaguro 9m ago Every time a baby is born, a mother is born too. That is a universal truth, for us and for stars. So the country artists we love were celebrating their own mothers — and their own children — over the Mother’s Day weekend. Miranda Lambert was one of the first...

by Alison Bonaguro 3m ago What makes a good awards show host? If it’s showing up year after year for 13 years, and being outspoken ambassadors for the country music, then it’s no wonder Little Big Town scored this gig. The band returns to host the 2019 CMT Music Awards on June 5 at 8...

by Edward Morris 59m ago Although prodigiously talented as a singer, songwriter, actress and producer, Lari White never achieved stardom. But her impact on the entertainment business was substantial and still evident when she died of cancer on Jan. 23, 2018 at the age of 52. Her 53rd birthday is Monday (May 13). The Florida-born...

by Edward Morris 1h ago More than a few heads on Music Row were wagging in disbelief when Capitol Records Nashville signed Darius Rucker to a solo contract in 2008. No one doubted his talents as a performer. His lead singing for the wildly successful Hootie & the Blowfish had long since proved he could...