People who know their country music know David Lee Murphy as the Illinois-born and bred songwriter who defined an era of modern country with the chart-topping “Dust On The Bottle” and 1995’s most-played song, “Party Crowd.” And people who don’t know their country quite that well still know David Lee …

2019 Conference Registrations and Festival Wristbands are scheduled to go on sale this Friday, November 16 for the Americana Music Association’s® 20th annual Americanafest, taking place Sept. 10-15, 2019 in Nashville, Tenn. Passes will be made available for purchase here this Friday at 10 a.m. CST. The association’s special early …

Chris Young scores his 11th No. 1 single on 11/11, as “Hangin’ On” takes the top spot on the Mediabase Country Radio Chart. Written by Young with Corey Crowder and Josh Hoge, the song, is the Opry member’s 9th No. 1 as a songwriter. “Hangin’ On” is also Young’s fifth …

Rich Egan sat on his couch watching the brushfires ravage the canyons and coastline of Southern California where he grew up. Like so many Americans, who believe in reaching out in times of trouble, this felt personal – and urgent. Egan, who owns the “I Believe In Nashville” mural which …

Country superstar Trisha Yearwood will release her first full length studio album in over ten years with “Let’s Be Frank,” a collection of the singer’s favorite songs by Frank Sinatra. The album will be available December 20th exclusively at Williams-Sonoma and everywhere on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2019. Yearwood recorded …

Breakout country artist Michael Ray commits as much to his love for animals as he does his music, and starting today, he is launching a week-long pet supply drive in partnership with the Nashville Humane Association. Fans, friends and community members can donate food, blankets, towels and more to help …

After announcing “Friends and Heroes 2019” earlier this week, country music superstar Blake Shelton continues to show old-school country some modern-day love with his cover of “Tequila Sheila” (listen HERE). Originally released in 1980 by Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry member Bobby Bare on his album …

Dave Rowland, born January 26, 1944, known to many in the music business as the founder and lead singer of hit-making group Dave & Sugar died November 1, 2018 in Nashville, due to complications from a stroke. Before forming Dave & Sugar, Rowland was part of J.D. Sumner and the …

To celebrate two decades of entertaining fans and making music, multi-platinum award-winning group, Montgomery Gentry, will release “Montgomery Gentry: 20 Years of Hits” via Average Joes Entertainment November 16, 2018. The album features 12 of the duo’s signature songs culled from a rich catalogue of southern rock anthems re-recorded to …

Silverado Records recording artist David Adam Byrnes releases new single “Beer Bucket List” available now. Texas Music Pickers exclusively premiered the track earlier this week, and today Byrnes premieres his lyric video right here on Nashville.com. “‘Beer Bucket List’ is a 100% representation of where I am in my life …