The CMA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Country Music Association, arranged for 12-time CMA Award winner Keith Urban to meet with students from Hillwood High School in Nashville yesterday, Nov. 30. The unannounced visit with the school’s Rock Band, Orchestra, Choir and Band programs saw Urban hosting a Q&A …

David Gideon mixes southwestern storytelling and old-country twang on Lonesome Desert Strum. Recorded here in Nashville and largely written in the American Southwest, the record will be released January 28, 2022 on Gideon Music House. Lonesome Desert Strum makes room for honky-tonk barn burners, campfire ballads, southern slow dances, and …

Nobody puts on a Christmas show like Country Music Hall of Fame members The Oak Ridge Boys and this year the award winning band will celebrate the holiday season at home with a 31-show residency as part of Gaylord Opryland’s 38th annual A Country Christmas event. The Oaks’ “Christmas in …

Average Joes Entertainment artist Sam Grow stepped onto the stage of the Grand Ole Opry for the first time Saturday night November 27, 2021, after being introduced by Opry host Mike Terry. As he stood in the famed inner circle, Grow performed his breakthrough hit, “Song About You,” followed by …

“No black or white, it’s all grey to me,” sings genre-spanning renaissance woman K.C. Jones amongst the stark backdrop of a lifeless, dusty town. The song she sings, along with its accompanying music video, embodies the moniker Jones has given her new record, and in some ways, herself; “Queen of …

The Recording Academy has announced its all of the nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards, set to air on Monday, January 31st on CBS and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+. Go to 8:45 in the video above to see all of the nominations in every category from start to …

Newly-minted CMA Entertainer of the Year Luke Combs has once again made history as his latest single, “Cold As You,” is #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase/Country Aircheck charts this week. This is the seventh #1 to come from Combs’ deluxe album, What You See Ain’t Always What …

Carrie Underwood has won her 16th and 17th American Music Awards, which were announced during a special TikTok livestream ahead of Sunday night’s “2021 American Music Awards” (AMAs), the world’s largest fan-voted awards show. Additionally, Underwood and fellow nominee Jason Aldean performed their #1 smash hit duet “If I Didn’t …

During all of their years as entertainers, GRAMMY® Award-winning southern rock, blues and country group The Kentucky Headhunters have never performed on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry. That all changes on Saturday, Dec. 4 when the boys from the Bluegrass State walk into the Opry’s hallowed wooden circle …

Last night Dean Dillon, Marty Stuart and Hank Williams Jr. became the 140th, 141st and 142nd members of the Country Music Hall of Fame as they were formally inducted during a star-studded Medallion Ceremony in the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s CMA Theater. Dillon, Stuart and Williams Jr., …