Today, fresh off his amazing Bonnaroo performance in Manchester Tennessee, Post Malone announced his F-1 Trillion Tour, a 21 show outing with stadium, festival, and amphitheater performances around the U.S. Last week, Post released “Pour Me A Drink” featuring Blake Shelton, while also announcing that his debut country album F-1 …
Read More »Ashley Cooke Scores Her First Number One
Big Loud / Back Blocks Music’s Country artist Ashley Cooke has notched her first-ever No. 1 song at Country radio with “Your Place.” (listen above) The “feel good, I don’t need you anthem” penned by Cooke, Jordan Minton and Mark Trussell, is the first single from a breakout Big Loud …
Read More »Americana Announces 2024 Lifetime Achievement Honorees
Today, the Americana Music Association announced this year’s Lifetime Achievement Honorees for its 23rd Annual Americana Honors & Awards show on Wednesday, September 18. This group of top-honor recipients includes Dave Alvin, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Rev. Gary Davis, Shelby Lynne, Don Was and Dwight Yoakam. This year’s honorees …
Read More »Porchlight Music Signs Sam Banks
Porchlight Music has announced the signing of rising songwriter/artist and musician, Sam Banks to their roster. Banks’ love of country music began early when his dad was chauffeuring him to gigs across the Midwest. Heavily influenced by the songwriting of multi-award-winning hit songwriters, Dean Dillon and Tony Lane, the artistry …
Read More »Third Annual Bob Woodruff Foundation VetFest Celebrated
On Saturday night, the Bob Woodruff Foundation hosted their third annual VetFest, a free, family-friendly event for the local military and veteran community, at Skydeck on Broadway in Nashville. The evening’s live programming included special music performances by multi-Grammy Award winner Lucinda Williams, Grammy Award winner Ashley McBryde, Maddie & …
Read More »LISTEN: George Ducas’ “Mr. Guitar Man”
“I wanted the songs I wrote for this album to be what would happen if ’67 Merle Haggard met up maybe with the ’74 Eagles in L.A., and they hit it off and decide to play a show at Gilley’s in Pasadena, Texas, in 1981,” says country music singer and …
Read More »HunterGirl Shines At Nearest Green Distillery
We got to see HunterGirl’s concert last night to celebrate her latest EP, “Tennessee Girl,” at the Nearest Green distillery and it was a great night for two reasons. It was my first time seeing the fast rising country star live and my inaugural visit to the Humble Baron entertainment …
Read More »HOF & Nashville Ballet Celebrate Chet Atkins
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Ballet have debuted a video performance to honor and celebrate the 100th anniversary of late Country Music Hall of Fame member Chet Atkins’ birth. The two nonprofit organizations created and released an original ballet performance, set to Atkins’ recording of the “Jitterbug …
Read More »Country For A Cause Raises $70,000 For Children’s Hospital
Great things happen when the country music community comes together for a cause! Country For A Cause pulled out all the stops during their CMA Fest 2024 concert at Nashville’s 3rd & Lindsley and raised $70,000 for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and celebrated the 10th Anniversary with …
Read More »Cage The Elephant Coming To Nashville
Following the band’s amazing Bonnaroo Festival performance this past weekend, Cage The Elephant’s has added a Nashville date to their North American Neon Pill Tour. The Nashville based band will be at Ascend Amphitheater on Sunday, September 1. GET TICKETS HERE. The 48-date North American tour, produced by Live Nation, …
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