The Women Songwriters Hall of Fame inducted Naomi Judd during its first ceremony at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The event paid homage to women whose body of work represents the best of heritage and legacy of modern American music. “It’s always gratifying when someone acknowledges your …
Read More »Alabama To Kick Off “50th Anniversary Tour” In Nashville
Alabama is poised to return to the road after nearly two years. The group’s “50th Anniversary Tour” — much of which was delayed due to Covid-19 — consists of nearly 30 arena and amphitheater live concerts and will take place throughout 2021 and early 2022. Special guests Martina McBride, The …
Read More »Ray Fulcher Makes His Grand Ole Opry Debut
Friday (6/25) was one of those “Bucket List Beers” kind of nights for the artist with 30+ million artist streams and 3 billion streams as a songwriter, as Ray Fulcher stepped into the circle of the Grand Ole Opry stage for his debut performance. The day marked another first for …
Read More »Dierks Bentley Scores His 20th Career #1
Dierks Bentley takes “Gone” to the top of the Mediabase/Country Aircheck Singles chart this week, notching a notable 20th career No. One. “I really can’t believe I have 20 No. Ones at Country radio,” Bentley said. “I still remember the bar I played in Texas when I found out that …
Read More »Billy Strings Partners With Del McCoury For “Midnight on the Stormy Deep”
Billy Strings joined forces with bluegrass legend Del McCoury for a new version of Bill Monroe favorite, “Midnight on the Stormy Deep,” out today. Watch above. The collaboration adds to a landmark year for Strings, who was recently named Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards after …
Read More »LISTEN: Toby Keith’s “Old School” Out Today
Toby Keith will release his new Show Dog Nashville single “Old School” today via all digital music platforms, a lyric video and an iHeartMedia world premiere across 125 country radio stations. Written by Ryan Hurd, Maren Morris and Brett Tyler, and co-produced by Keith with Kenny Greenberg, “Old School” celebrates …
Read More »Gabby Barrett Celebrates Consecutive #1 Hits
Warner Music Nashville’s Gabby Barrett celebrated her two chart-topping hits “I Hope” and “The Good Ones” last night at BMI in Nashville, TN. Marking the organization’s first #1 party back, songwriters Zach Kale (BMI), Jon Nite (SESAC), Emily Landis (BMI) and Jim McCormick (BMI), label executives and industry playmakers gathered …
Read More »Jackson Browne To Lead Conference Panels at Americanafest
Today, the Americana Music Association is previewing its conference which will feature panels from renowned musicians Jackson Browne, Valerie June, Aoife O’Donovan and Joe Henry. Scheduled to take place in Music City on September 22-25, a detailed schedule for this year’s AMERICANAFEST will be announced in August. 2021 Conference + …
Read More »WATCH: Official Trailer, Luke Bryan: My Dirt Road Diary
The official trailer for the IMDb TV Original Luke Bryan: My Dirt Road Diary is available now. The five-part docuseries follows five-time Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan as he experiences the ups, downs, triumphs, and tragedies along the road to unprecedented success. Through original home videos, interviews, and incredibly …
Read More »Kenny Chesney Looking Forward to 2022 Stadium Tour
“When we hit pause on our 2020 tour, I never thought we would go much past the fall, let alone into 2021,” says Kenny Chesney. “The idea that it would be three years before I would stand in the end zone of Gillette Stadium, where No Shoes Nation was born, …
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