Category: <span>News</span>

by Alison Bonaguro 37m ago You might want to cancel your plans for Sunday, you guys. Because CMT and DQ are about to make it so much sweeter. The brand new Sweetest Summer Celebration on March 31 will have live music from Lauren Alaina, Walker Hayes, Josh Turner and Maddie & Tae. All the performances...

by Edward Morris 7m ago After a four-year hiatus from the charts, Rodney Atkins has returned with his exuberant “Caught Up in the Country.” The Knoxville, Tenn. native, who turns 50 today (March 28), first charted in 1997 with “In a Heartbeat.” Back then, he wore cowboy hats in his music videos. He would not...

by Edward Morris 30m ago By the mid-1980s, Reba McEntire had become simply “Reba,” joining that pantheon of entertainers for whom one name was ample identification: Elvis, Dolly, Tammy, Loretta, Cher. Her success was slow coming, though. She first charted in 1976, but it wasn’t until 1980 that she had a Top 10 and until...

by Alison Bonaguro 48m ago Just when I thought there was nothing about Kacey Musgraves I didn’t already know, Glamour comes along with details about the inside of her tour bus, her elementary school graduation song, and the things she does to get her songwriting muse back on track. First, her new tour bus:She designed...

by Lauren Tingle 6m ago Give us a minute, and we’ll give you five things to know in country music. It’s your new favorite fix for all the latest news headlines in one place. Here’s what you need to know for Wednesday (March 27): Garth Brooks to Headline Home of the Broncos Garth Brooks’ 2019...

by Edward Morris 33m ago Without citing a specific cause, rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson has canceled her scheduled concerts and announced her retirement from performing. A statement on her Instagram account says her decision to retire is “solely based on health and safety.” It adds that the 81-year-old singer will not be making her scheduled...

by Lauren Tingle 49m ago Did these lyrics come from the best-selling R&B group of all time? Or the smoky-voiced country crooner? Watch Boyz II Men make their country debut with Young on an all-new CMT Crossroads premiering tonight (March 27) at 10 p.m. ET! Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music...

by Alison Bonaguro 14m ago The Academy of Country Music just announced that, in addition to all of the awards show’s solo performances, some of the artists will be collaborating with each other for a night of solid gold country music. These are eight of the night’s collaborative performances announced so far, and already, we...

by Alison Bonaguro 43m ago You know her as Rita Wilson the actor, Rita Wilson the producer, and Rita Wilson the activist. But as she continues down the path to Rita Wilson the singer-songwriter, she’s getting more and more comfortable with this episode of her career. And you can hear that in the music she’s...

by Lauren Tingle 9m ago Give us a minute, and we’ll give you five things to know in country music. It’s your new favorite fix for all the latest news headlines in one place. Here’s what you need to know for Tuesday (March 26): Tim McGraw and Jon Meacham’s New Book Tyler Farr’s New Deal...