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by Lauren Tingle 25m ago There is a Nashville underground honky-tonk troubadour that forever connects the Steels Woods with Brent Cobb, Dierks Bentley, Blake Shelton and many others. Wayne Mills, an Alabaman who hosted Nashville’s roaming songwriter round the Alabama Line, gave them all their first opportunities to perform on a local stage. The Steel...

by Samantha Stephens 58m ago It was a night to remember this past Monday (Jan. 14) at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium as country music’s brightest stars came out to support radio and TV personality (and Dancing With The Stars champion) Bobby Bones in his quest to raise the roof for St. Jude Children’s research hospital in...

by Alison Bonaguro 23m ago Even though Carly Pearce might still be considered a new artist, this ain’t her first rodeo. At all. Pearce has been singing professionally for years, ever since she dropped out of high school at 16 to move from Kentucky to Tennessee for a job performing at Dollywood. And when she...

by Alison Bonaguro 17m ago Back in April, when Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram and Jon Randall won the ACM Award for song of the year for her “Tin Man,” they took the stage to thank the academy and the fans. “Thank you guys so much for sharing my broken heart with me,” Lambert said at...

by Edward Morris 51m ago Capping a 37-week climb, Dustin Lynch’s “Good Girl” now stands firmly atop Billboard’s country airplay chart. It is Lynch’s sixth No. 1 single, his first having been “Where It’s At” in 2014. Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] Meanwhile, Luke Combs’s This One’s for You keeps its rank as the week’s...

by Alison Bonaguro 12m ago Country music isn’t nearly as boozy as it once was. More and more artists are getting sober, keeping their tours dry, and trying to stay on a healthy path. Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, JoDee Messina, Brantley Gilbert and more have been open about their struggles with addiction over...

by Lauren Tingle 48m ago Don’t be surprised if you end up with a solid pop-country listening habit after hearing the artists in the latest round of CMT’s Artist Discovery program. You’ve been warned. Faren Rachels “On Paper” Embedded from media.mtvnservices.com. Rachels’ “On Paper” video is good medicine for anyone who needs a boost after...

by Alison Bonaguro 57m ago How hard has aging hit Nashville? Not very. I know this because the country artists and a handful of other Nashville folks are jumping on the bandwagon and posting their then vs. now pictures on social media, as part of the 10-Year Challenge. Most of them look like they haven’t...

by Lauren Tingle 5m ago The No. 1 takeaway from the Willie: Life & Songs Of An American Outlaw tribute concert is that Willie Nelson treats everyone like family. On the red carpet before Saturday’s (Jan. 12) event at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Margo Price told reporters Nelson always tells her a new joke whenever they’re...

by CMT.com Staff 41m ago Well, we were waiting for the moment we could use the word “explosive” to describe what we saw on Music City, and last week, we got our wish. Molly, girl, you are pushing everyone’s buttons and stirring that pot. And Jackson? We’re worried about our buddy. And that, friends, is...