Six-time Grammy winner and Country Music Hall of Famer Ronnie Milsap is getting a serious start on his new year. Having just announced the first leg of his 76 for 76 Tour, the Southern soul country legend will play a birthday show at Nashville’s iconic Ryman Auditorium on …

Steve Ripley, leader of the country-rock band The Tractors, died peacefully at his home Thursday, January 3 in Pawnee, OK at the age of 69, surrounded by his family. He had been suffering from cancer.   In addition to his work as a recording artist, Ripley was also a songwriter, producer, …

Chris Young’s “Raised On Country” is officially impacting radio on January 28, the track, written by Young with co-producer Corey Crowder and Cary Barlowe, is available now on all platforms at http://smarturl.it/RaisedOnCountry. “I was raised on Merle, raised on Willie Got my Honky Tonk attitude from Joe Diffie Daddy did …

Randy Houser’s new album, Magnolia, set to release January 11th . Houser is set to perform his favorite song from the album, “No Stone Unturned” on Good Morning America on release day (1/11). Beginning Monday, January 4th Houser will be making appearances in Nashville, Los Angeles, New York City, Dallas, Houston, …

Maya de Vitry morphs and emerges with her own sound on Adaptations , her first full-length album following the disbanding of critically-acclaimed string band, The Stray Birds. Out January 25th , Adaptations was born in solitude but ultimately celebrates authentic human connection and the possibilities of vulnerability. Written and recorded …

Bonnaroo tickets available now from Nashville.com! It’s coming! It’s Happening! This is not a drill! The 2019 lineup will drop on Tuesday 1/8, and tickets will be on sale Thursday 1/10 at Noon ET. Due to the positive fan-reaction for lower initial payment options during pre-sale Bonnaroo is doing it …

Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa – 5 Year Fiesta has announced the final performers for the destination event happening January 23-26, 2019 in Riviera Maya, Mexico. Joining the concert schedule are DJ Rock, Jon Langston, Kendell Marvel, Mitchell Tenpenny and Travis Denning. Only a few event packages remain for the …

Stony Plain Records announces a February 8 release date for Amour, a new CD teaming the roots music guitar talents of Colin Linden and Luther Dickinson. The CD was produced by Colin Linden, recorded at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, and features a backing band dubbed “The Tennessee Valentines:” Dominic Davis …

Breakthrough singer/songwriter Mitchell Tenpenny achieved country’s biggest new artist debut of 2018. On Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, Tenpenny made his first album entry by amassing 20,000 units of his Telling All My Secrets (Riser House/Columbia Nashville), the best first-week showing for a major label country debut album last year. “What an incredible gift …

     On January 4, 1969, Dolly Parton was fresh off the release of her first solo album released on RCA Records Nashville, the now-seminal Just Because I’m A Woman, and on that date the singer-songwriter received the biggest accomplishment of her then-young career: being inducted as a Grand Ole …