The Country Music Association has announced Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini will return to host “CMA Fest,” the Music Event of Summer, with multi-media personality Bobby Bone s tapped as special guest host. “CMA Fest,” the three-hour primetime concert special, which brings Country Music’s Ultimate Fan Experience to a national …

Grammy-nominated country singer/songwriter Ty Herndon has released a re-recorded version of his 1995 breakthrough hit song “What Mattered Most,” along with a new video. With the pronouns reversed from the original, reframing the subject of Herndon’s affection in the song as another man, this new version of the modern classic …

Chris Young was joined by celebrities Drew Baldridge, Craig Wayne Boyd, T. Graham Brown, Jeff Cook, Wilson Frazier, Cody Hodgson, Jesse Labelle, James Neal, Eddie Reasoner, Tyler Reeve and The Swon Brothers along with legendary anglers and NBC Sports Outdoors’ Th3 Legends, Bill Dance, Jimmy Houston and Roland Martin over …

On Saturday night, Country Music Hall of Fame member, Ricky Skaggs jumped on stage at the Grand Ole Opry with emerging Nashville-based band King Calaway for a performance of The Eagles’ “Seven Bridges Road.” The bluegrass-infused cover featured Skaggs on mandolin and King Calaway’s own Austin Luther on stand-up bass …

The excitement for the “2019 CMT Music Awards” continues to build with the addition of legendary country artist Toby Keith and hitmaker Cole Swindell to the jam-packed CMT performance lineup. Keith will perform his new single “That’s Country Bro,” with Swindell joining Keith on one of his biggest hits. This …

The Bacon Brothers have just added a more dates to their Shaky Ground Tour 2019 including an appearance at The Franklin Theatre Oct 3-4. “We’re excited to be playing some of our favorite places as well as discovering new ones. It’ll be fun to go out with some great new …

Today, Jesse Malin announces Sunset Kids, his first studio album in four years, to be released August 30 via Wicked Cool/The Orchard/Velvet Elk. Sunset Kids, produced by Lucinda Williams and engineered by David Bianco and Geoff Sanoff, was recorded on both coasts between the two artists’ touring schedules. It features …

The Randy Rogers Band has plenty of reasons to celebrate this summer. A new studio album (Hellbent), currently heading up the Billboard charts and a nationwide tour. Randy Rogers has sent seven consecutive albums — including his 2015 duet album with Wade Bowen, Hold My Beer, Volume 1 — into …

For the first time ever, Black River Entertainment is set to host the newly created ‘60-Second Spotlight’ at the Music City Center during the 2019 CMA Music Fest, June 6 – 9. Black River’s ‘60-Second Spotlight’ is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to perform before an audience of music industry professionals with …

Cole Swindell kicks off the summer with another million-selling song “Break Up In The End.” The song was just certified Platinum  by RIAA. “Break Up In The End,” written by Jon Nite, Chase McGill and Jessie Jo Dillon, became Swindell’s eighth career No. 1 single and also his 8th Platinum certified single. …