by Alison Bonaguro 47m ago It’s nice outside, finally, so maybe that’s why country artists are so nice on the inside. I mean, Kelsea Ballerini basically gave out meet-and-greet passes to as many of her followers as she could. Kacey Musgraves told a fan she’d next-leveled her commitment to “Rainbow.” Garth Brooks and Arizona Cardinals...
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Watch Randy Owen Get Top Boy Scout Honors
by Alison Bonaguro 27m ago Anytime you’re invited to an American Values luncheon with the Boy Scouts of America, good things are bound to happen. Which was exactly the case for Alabama frontman Randy Owen. On March 20, at the event in Anniston, Alabama, the local Choccolocco district handed Owen their Heart of an Eagle...
Eric Church Is All In In Chicago
by Alison Bonaguro 54m ago If you want to get to bottom of why Eric Church shows are the phenomenon that they are, you have to go. But you also have to stay. Because much like Church himself, these shows don’t just quit halfway in. And since Church was all in, his fans were all...
Essential Brett Eldredge Music Videos That Highlight His Dramatic Chops
by Edward Morris 1m ago I make no claim to prescience, but I knew I’d glimpsed something magnetic in Brett Eldredge when I saw his first music video, “Raymond.” That was nearly nine years ago, and this is what I said back then in my CMT.com chart column about the video’s underlying song: “The sentimentalists...
Five at Five: Mike Fisher Becomes an American Citizen + Kelsea Ballerini and Brooks & Dunn Join The Voice
by Lauren Tingle 12m 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 Friday (March 22): Mike Fisher Granted American Citizenship It’s official. Carrie Underwood’s husband, Mike...
CMT Crossroads: Boyz II Men School Brett Young on Keeping Romance Alive
by Lauren Tingle 17m ago It’s the thing married couples always say is the first thing to go after saying, “I do.” So, Boyz II Men’s Shawn Stockman and Wanya Morris, who have been married to their respective wives for nearly 20 years, had one major piece of advice to newly married Brett Young and...
Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd: Redefining Relationship Goals
by CMT.com Staff 57m ago What a year it’s been for Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd. A great year professionally, but especially personally. The couple is celebrating one year of wedded bliss Sunday, Mar. 24, and in honor of their very special anniversary, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite “Murd” moments throughout the year....
Five at Five: Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher Welcome Bojangles + Ashley McBryde’s Emmy Nomination
by Lauren Tingle 18m 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 Thursday (March 21): Have you met Bojangles? He’s the new horse that Carrie Underwood...
LANCO’s Advice to Anyone with a “Rival”
by Alison Bonaguro 1m ago Is this a thing now? Are songs about using your haters as your motivation, with kind of a how-do-you-like-me-now swagger, making a comeback in country music? I sure hope so. Because that’s what I hear when I listen to LANCO’s new song “Rival,” the title track off their upcoming sophomore...
Scotty McCreery and Co-writers Celebrate “This Is It” in Nashville
by Edward Morris 14m ago “It’s easy to write love songs about you,” Scotty McCreery told his wife, Gabi, who stood near the stage in Nashville’s ASCAP building Wednesday afternoon (March 20) applauding her husband and the co-writers of his second No. 1 single, “This Is It.” The song, which McCreery wrote with Aaron Eshuis...