Here are the first 75 of more than 250 artists slated to perform at this year’s Americanafest, Sept. 11-16 in various venues across Nashville, TN! Check out our first line-up below…. List of Artists Confirmed to Play AMERICANAFEST: Alejandro Escovedo American Aquarium American Folk ANIMAL YEARS The Black Lillies Brandy …

Reigning Billboard Music Awards Top Country Song (“H.O.L.Y.”) winners Florida Georgia Line will vie for the same category again this year with their double platinum-certified Bebe Rexha collaboration “Meant to Be.” The BMLG Records global entertainers are also up for Top Country Duo/Group Artist and Top Country Tour at the 2018 show, …

The International Songwriting Competition has announced its 2017 winners. The Grand Prize winners this year are Nicholas Miller (better known as Illenium), Annika Wells, Kate Morgan, and Michael Biancaniello for the song “Crawl Outta Love Ft. Annika Wells.” Illenium (along with co-writers Keeley Bumford, Henri Lanz, and William Rappaport) is also the …

Emerging singer-songwriter Dustin Collins has signed a label-services deal with Average Joes Entertainment for marketing and distribution of Collins’ new album set for release this summer on DCDL Entertainment. Fresh off his independent single “Cold Dead Hands,” which ascended to No. 1 on the Billboard Singles Sales chart, Collins is in the …

Carrie Underwood will release Cry Pretty, her first studio album on Capitol Records Nashville on September 14.  The title track and lead single was released worldwide on April 11 and is the most added song at Country radio this week.  “Cry Pretty” has already topped the iTunes Top Songs charts …

Grammy, CMA and ACM-winning group Shenandoah are marking another milestone in their 30-year career with their highest Billboard album debut as RELOADED lands in the Top 20 on Billboard’s Country Album Sales Chart along with Top 30 for Independent Album Sales (All Genres)! In addition to the Billboard Chart, RELOADED also debuted …

When Kenny Chesney heard “Get Along,” he knew it was a song for times like these. With a buoyant melody, a banjo offering joy and a lyric that reminds people to enjoy their life and the people in it, his first single for Warner Bros. Nashville/Blue Chair Records embodies everything the songwriter/superstar …

Broken Bow Records star Dustin Lynch is still pulling in big-time accolades for his record-setting “Small Town Boy,” snagging his first-ever Billboard Music Awards nomination in the coveted Top Country Song category. A platinum-certified, four-week #1, “Small Town Boy” marks the Tullahoma, TN native’s third million-selling track and fifth #1 in a …

With diverse guests – from Brooks & Dunn and KISS’ Tommy Thayer, to Jamey Johnson and Radney Foster – for nearly a decade, singer/songwriter and 3x GRAMMY winner Darius Rucker has spearheaded an event focused on amazing music, memorable collaborations and heartfelt stories resulting in over $1 million-and-counting raised for St. Jude …

Fresh off of performing with Chance the Rapper on his South American Lollapalooza tour dates, Grace Weber will be at Cannery Ballroom tonight bringing R&B/Soul goodness at 8:00 pm. The Grammy Award winning recording artist grew up singing in the Central City Youth Gospel Choir of Milwaukee, before gaining widespread recognition …