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Launching today, Morgan Wallen Radio is an exclusive new country music channel on SiriusXM that brings you closer to the man behind the music ahead of his fourth studio album, “I’m The Problem.”

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Tune in to Morgan Wallen Radio on satellite channel 57 and the SiriusXM app and web player now through May 31.

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Curated by Morgan Wallen himself, the channel features his biggest hits, deep cuts, and all 37 tracks from “I’m The Problem.” Hear exclusive commentary about the making of his new album, upcoming stadium tour, and favorite collaborations, along with untold stories from on and off the road and much more.

In addition to his own music, Morgan handpicked songs for the channel from his musical influences,...

Lorrie Morgan was one of the hottest country artists throughout the 1990s. She released a studio album in 2024 called Dead Girl Walking. The singer’s manager revealed that Lorrie Morgan’s tour for the foreseeable future was canceled after her husband’s emergency hospitalization. What happened?

Lorrie Morgan Was A Huge Star 30 Years Ago

Lorrie Morgan had hit after hit in the 1990s. Her career kicked off in 1989 with her first single, “Trainwreck of Emotion,” from her debut album Leave A Light On. The album had several hits, including “Five Minutes,” which was her first number-one song on the Hot Country Songs chart.

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Her follow up album in 1991, Something In Red, featured a cover of the George Jones classic, “A Picture of Me (Without You.)” During her long career, the singer sang with everyone from Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, and Dolly Parton.

At the height of her popularity,...

Blake Shelton has teamed up with some heavy hitters to complete his latest project. It was just announced that Shelton’s production company, Lucky Horseshoe Productions would be completing a documentary on famous country music Legend Keith Whitley. The project will include several never-before-seen archival reels as well as testimony from key players in Whitley’s life and career. Keep reading to find out more!

Blake Shelton Reveals His Latest Project

It was recently revealed that country music star Blake Shelton will be helping to co-produce a documentary on Country Music Hall of Famer and the late country music legend Keith Whitley. Shelton will be working with Lee Metzger to create the production on Whitley. Blake and Lee opened their production company Lucky Horseshoe Productions in 2023. Shelton and Metzger will be joined by director Zach Heinzerling to complete the project.

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Blake Shelton will utilize archival footage from Keith...

Garth Brooks is ready to hang up his cowboy hat. He’s not retiring just yet, but he’s wrapping up his Las Vegas Residency. He reveals what he’ll do next. Keep reading for more.

Why He Opens Vegas Shows With Cover Songs

Garth Brooks has a huge discography at his disposal. However, he opens nearly every show during his recent Las Vegas residency with a cover song. His artists of choice are Bob Seger, Keith Whitley, and Randy Travis. Why doesn’t he start with one of his own songs?

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The “Friends In Low Places” singer shared his reasoning during a lengthy interview with USA Today. He said that he uses songs from other artists to get a feel of the crowd before launching into his own versatile discography.

“I think it’s partially because I don’t want to give a Garth song away that early.

Hawk Tuah made a memorable appearance on Club Random podcast, showcasing a lack of chemistry with Bill Maher. Fans criticized Maher for outdated ideologies and interrupting guests like Armie Hammer during interviews. Despite the backlash, Haliey Welch's interview gained significant views on YouTube within one day.

Everyone wants a piece of Hawk Tuah. Her viral fame is leading to Hollywood calling for a reality show. In addition, she was a person of interest for Bill Maher. Haliey Welch recently appeared on The Club Random Podcast for a chat fans thought they'd never see.

The end result was not good... The two could not be more far apart, and that was on full display during The Club Random Podcast. There were several moments showing Maher's outdated ideologies. Let's recap what took place during the interview, and how fans reacted to it all.

Related Bill Maher Nervously Laughed After Kid Rock Called...

Before Luke Combs became Luke Combs, instantly recognizable by his beard, Blue Otter baseball hat, and Pfg fishing shirt, he used to make regular trips to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to wander its halls. He’d marvel at Merle Haggard’s boots and Keith Whitley’s motorcycle and let the history seep in. On Wednesday, Combs received his own exhibit at the Hall of Fame, Luke Combs: The Man I Am, a look back at the milestones, both personal and professional, that shaped his career.

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The 2024 CMT Music Awards are just wrapping up on Sunday night (April 7) at the Moody Center in Austin, Tex.

The annual awards show honored the best of country music videos over the past year, and was hosted by Kelsea Ballerini.

Throughout the night, many stars took the stage to present awards and there were several performances, including from Kelsea herself, Keith Urban, Trisha Yearwood, Sam Hunt and a huge group performance by both a reunited Sugarland and Little Big Town, who just announced they’re going on tour together later this year!

There were also some big winners of the night and we have the complete winners list right here.

Keep reading to find out who all took home awards…

June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award

Trisha Yearwood

Video Of The Year

Ashley McBryde – “Light On In The Kitchen”

Brandy Clark feat. Brandi Carlile – “Dear Insecurity”

Brothers Osborne – “Nobody’s Nobody...

The 2024 CMT Music Awards were held in Austin on Sunday night. Hosted by Kelsea Ballerini, the annual celebration of country music and its music videos gave out trophies in categories like Collaborative Video of the Year, CMT Performance of the Year, and the top prize, Video of the Year. All winners are voted on by fans.

The 2024 CMT Music Awards Winners List

Video of the Year

Cody Johnson – “The Painter”

Jelly Roll – “Need a Favor” – Winner

Kelsea Ballerini – “If You Go Down (I’m Goin’ Down Too)”

Female Video of...

Nominations for the 2024 CMT Music Awards are here!

This year, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, Cody Johnson, Kelsea Ballerini and Megan Moroney all lead the pack with three nominations each.

Kelsea is also acting as the show’s host this year! It will air on Sunday, April 7 on CBS. Be sure to tune in!

Head inside to see the full list of nominees for the 2024 CMT Music Awards…

Scroll down to see the full list of nominees for the 2024 CMT Music Awards…

Video of the year

Ashley McBryde – “Light On In The Kitchen”

Brandy Clark feat. Brandi Carlile – “Dear Insecurity”

Brothers Osborne – “Nobody’s Nobody”

Cody Johnson – “The Painter”

Darius Rucker – “Fires Don’t Start Themselves”

Hardy – “Truck Bed”

Jason Aldean – “Let Your Boys Be Country”

Jelly Roll – “Need A Favor”

Jordan Davis – “Next Thing You Know”

Kacey Musgraves – “Deeper Well”

Kelsea Ballerini – “If You Go Down (I’m Goin’ Down...

Country is the coolest it’s ever been as Lainey Wilson and Kelly Clarkson share a special duet version of “Country’s Cool Again.” The song appeared on Wilson’s recently released studio album of the same name and came to life on the Kelly Clarkson Show stage.

Clarkson’s Kellyoke segment has been in Lainey Wilson-mode for a few weeks now. In February, the host covered Jelly Roll’s record “Save Me,” which features Wilson, and earlier in the season she delivered a rendition of the country star’s song “Watermelon Moonshine.

Garth Brooks named Dolly Parton the Goat of country music, Chris Stapleton won his first-ever entertainer of the year title and Lainey Wilson continued her rise to stardom at the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards.

Parton closed the two-hour awards show Thursday with a performance of her rock anthem “World on Fire,” taken from her upcoming rock debut Rock Star. The song features lyrics like, “Don’t get me started on politics/Now how are we to live in a world like this?”

Fire burst from the stage during the performance, which featured a full band and 10 dancers.

“Country music’s rock star,” co-host Brooks said as he introduced the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and fellow host.

Early in the night, Brooks rattled off names like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Buck Owens, Charley Pride, George Strait, Keith Whitley and Randy Travis when trying...

Voters for the Country Music Hall of Fame will be deciding their 2023 inductees in a few weeks. Vote in our poll below for your choice of who should be selected. Last year’s inductees for the class of 2022 were Joe Galante (executive), Keith Whitley (modern era) and Jerry Lew Lewis (veterans era). Other recent modern era inductees have included The Judds (2021), Marty Stuart (2020), Brooks and Dunn (2019), Ricky Skaggs (2018) and Alan Jackson (2017).

Seeacm Awards hosts: Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks will emcee the country music event

Our poll strictly focuses on the modern era category, which includes any artist who first gained national prominence 20 years ago (or longer). Here are the 12 superstars you’ll find in our poll (only one will be chosen):

Clint Black

Kenny Chesney

Faith Hill

Alison Krauss

Martina McBride

Tim McGraw

Brad Paisley

Travis Tritt

Shania Twain

Keith Urban

Trisha Yearwood

Dwight Yoakam

The veterans category...

Morgan Wallen has a new album on the way.

The country singer took to social media on Monday to announce that his third studio album One Thing At A Time is set to release on Friday, March 3.

The deeply personal project will take listeners on an intimate journey from the opening confessional “Born With A Beer In My Hand” to the poignant closing track “Dying Man”.

Read More: ACM Awards: Morgan Wallen Wins Album Of The Year One Year After Controversy

Wallen shared details about the upcoming expansive album, which includes collaborations with fellow country artists Eric Church, Hardy and Ernest, in an official press release.

“This record represents the last few years of my life, the highs and the lows,” Wallen said. “It also brings together the musical influences that have shaped me as an artist – country, alternative and hip-hop. There are 36 songs on this album because we just kept exploring with fresh lyrics,...

Morgan Wallen follows up Dangerous: The Double Album with what can arguably be called a triple: One Thing at a Time, loaded with 36 tracks, drops March 3rd.

Among the glut of songs on the album is Wallen’s current hit “You Proof,” the song he wrote for his mother, “Thought You Should Know,” and one he recently teased from a hunting blind on social media, “Keith Whitley,” named after the Country Music Hall of Fame singer who died from alcohol poisoning in 1989.

One Thing at a Time also includes a number of guest shots,...

There were several amazing performances on The Voice season 22 that have stuck in viewers' minds. Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, John Legend, and Camila Cabello are the four coaches looking for the breakout star this year, and each of their teams had some impressive vocalists. This season made history, as it is the first time someone who was an "Instant Save" ever went on to win a season of The Voice. The latest winner is 22-year-old country singer Bryce Leatherwood, but he had some tough competition.

The Voice season 22 brought back returning coaches, as well as one new face with Team Camila. Blake Shelton can officially say his team has won nine times, but the other teams put up a good fight and performed several jaw-dropping songs. The contestants were not the only ones making their mark this season, as the coaches all performed a holiday song together that got a standing ovation from the audience.

The Voice crowned its Season 22 winner on Tuesday (December 13) night as 22-year-old country artist Bryce Leatherwood was named the champion of the hit NBC competition series. Leatherwood was up against tough competition in the final, including his Team Blake teammates Bodie (runner-up) and Brayden Lape (5th place), Team Camila’s Morgan Myles (3rd place), and Team Legend’s Omar Jose Cardona (4th place). The Statesboro, Georgia native, who made it to the Live Rounds after an audience vote, has become the first-ever Instant Save Artist to win The Voice. The finale saw Leatherwood joined on stage by his coach Blake Shelton for a rousing performance of the country star’s own 2011 hit “Hillbilly Bone.” This came after Leatherwood wowed audiences on Monday’s telecast with his rendition of two timeless country classics, “T-r-o-u-b-l-e” by Travis Tritt and “Don’t Close Your Eyes” by Keith Whitley.  It’s been quite the journey for Leatherwood,...

After 23 episodes, “The Voice” has crowned its new winner. On the Tuesday finale episode of the NBC reality series’ 22nd season, Bryce Leatherwood emerged victorious, nabbing 100,000 and a record deal with Universal Music Group. Morgan Myles and Bodie were declared the runner-ups.

The first night of the two-part season finale aired Monday, and saw the four finalists — bodie, Morgan Myles, Brayden Lape, Omar Jose Cardona, and Bryce Leatherwood — sing two songs each. Bodie performed “Late Night Talking” by Harry Styles and “Gratitude” by Brandon Lake, Myles sang “Total Eclipse of the Heart” by Bonnie Tyler and “Girl Crush” by Little Big Town, Lape performed “Wild as Her” from Tyler Joe Miller and Lori McKenna’s “Humble and Kind,” Cardonna sang Queen’s “Somebody to Love” and Michael Jackson’s “Bad” hit “The Way You Make Me Feel,” and Leatherwood performed “T-r-o-u-b-l-e” by Elvis Presley and “Don’t Close Your Eyes” by Keith Whitley.

It was now or never for The Voice’s Top 5 on Monday night. Either they were going to sing so stunningly that they convinced viewers to vote them into the winner’s circle, or they were going to perform so… adequately… that they had to settle for runners-up slots. Which of Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, John Legend and Camila Cabello’s contestants sounded like they had a real chance of scoring the title? Read on. I’ll blurp out my thoughts, then you can hit the comments with yours.

bodie (Team Blake), “Late-Night Talking” — Grade: B | Harry Styles’ poptastic bop...

Carrie Underwood stunned while performing a beautiful rendition of Vince Gill’s “Go Rest High on That Mountain” that left the country singer feeling emotional.

Underwood was among many of country’s biggest artists who took part in the television special “CMT Giants: Vince Gill”, honouring Gill’s remarkable achievements over the years.

Read More: Carrie Underwood Covers Stevie Nicks And Tom Petty Classic At Nashville Bar

During the special episode, which aired Friday night, Underwood entered the stage at Belmont University’s Fisher Center for the Performing Arts in Nashville in a gorgeous light blue shimmery gown and belted out the lyrics as a single spotlight shined down on her.

Carrie UnderwoodCMT Giants: Vince Gill, Stage, Nashville, USA – 16 Sep 2022 — Photo: Aff-USA/Shutterstock

The “Blown Away” singer included Gill’s new final verse in her performance- a verse he introduced in 2019- causing the singer-songwriter to get teary-eyed.

The Country Music Hall of Fame has announced a new group of inductees for 2022. Rock & roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis will be inducted in the Veteran category, neotraditionalist Keith Whitley will join the Hall in the Modern category, and former RCA Records executive will become a member in the Nonperforming category.

Brooks & Dunn handled the announcements in the Hall of Fame’s rotunda, marking the first time in two years that they’d been able to gather in person for the new Hall of Fame class. It was also an...

Throughout his career, bluegrass banjo master J.D. Crowe selflessly made room in his band the New South for innovators. Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, and Jerry Douglas all played in the group, which, under Crowe’s leadership, tested the limits of tradition-minded bluegrass culture by welcoming electric instruments and embracing songs from the folk and rock worlds.

In the late 1970s, he hired vocalist Keith Whitley and recalibrated the New South around the Kentuckian’s country music inclinations, in effect giving Whitley the platform he needed to launch his Nashville career in the 1980s.

J.D. Crowe, a Grammy winning banjo player whose mastery of the instrument inspired generations of bluegrass fans, died early on Friday morning, his family announced on social media. No cause of death or location was given.

“This morning at around 3 a.m,, our dad, Jd Crowe, went home. Prayers needed for all during this difficult time,” family members said in a post on his Facebook fan club page. Crowe had been active in music until 2019, when Copd forced him to stop performing.

Crowe’s death came a year after another bluegrass legend, guitarist Tony Rice, a former member of Crowe’s New South, died on Christmas a year ago.

Crowe’s career dates to the late 1950s, when he joined the Sunny Mountain Boys at age 19. In 1961, Crowe formed the Kentucky Mountain Boys, changing the name In 1971 to J.D. Crowe & the New South.

Under that name, the group recorded...

J.D. Crowe, a pioneering banjo player with his progressive bluegrass group the New South, died Friday morning, according to a post on the musician’s Facebook page. He was 84.

“This morning at around 3 a.m. our dad, Jd Crowe, went home,” Crowe’s family wrote. “Prayers needed for all during this difficult time.”

A seminal figure in the bluegrass world, Crowe was a disciple of Earl Scruggs and played banjo in Scruggs’ three-fingered style. Yet he was also an experimentalist and pushed the genre outside of its traditional, at times constrictive,...

Chris Young had just released the new single “Raised on Country” in January 2019 when he received a text from Joe Diffie. Young, in his drawling Tennessee baritone, name-checks Diffie in the chorus to the genre-referencing song, crediting the “John Deere Green” singer with giving him his “honky-tonk attitude.”

Diffie was texting to thank Young for the gesture of respect and for shining a light on his legacy. A little over a year later, Diffie died from Covid-19. It was a tragic loss not just to country music but to Chris Young’s very being.

Pandemic? What pandemic? That seemed to be the vibe among the 68,000 people at Garth Brooks’ concert at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday night, the first major stadium concert anywhere in the U.S. since the arrival of Covid-19.

Social distancing? Nope. Masks? Maybe a few wore them. Heck, Brooks even shared M&m’s with the crowd at one point.

While there is certainly some trepidation about a mass indoor gathering right now — especially with the emergence of the more transmissible delta variant — the semblance of normalcy outweighed everything else on Saturday night.

Keith Whitley would have turned 66 this year. Born July 1st, 1955, in Ashland, Kentucky, the country singer died in 1989 from alcohol poisoning. He was 33. Still, the output from his brief career continues to influence fellow artists and inspire fans. An exhibit dedicated to the performer opened at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019, and it’s not a stretch to include him in any conversation about future induction into the hall.

At the start of Whitley’s career as an artist on RCA Records, he made numerous appearance...

All bets are off when it comes to “The Voice” Blind Auditions — so Blake Shelton shouldn’t have been surprised when Kelly Clarkson tried to use his own fiancée against him! On Monday’s all-new episode, hopeful singer Jordan Matthew Young took the stage for a heartfelt, acoustic performance of Keith Whitley’s “I’m No Stranger to the Rain,” earning chair turns...

Season 20 of The Voice started off on a high note Monday night. Not only did it return to the coaching panel Nick Jonas (sitting in for Season 19 victor Gwen Stefani), it found Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson and John Legend in excellent spirits as they ribbed one another and marveled at singers so promising, one even inspired our resident Egot winner to do something he’d never done on the show before. What was it, and who got him to do it? Read on…

Kenzie Wheeler (Team Kelly), “Don’t Close Your Eyes” — Grade: B | A self-proclaimed mama’s boy wholly...

Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists.

Rob Leines, “Drinkin Problem”

Occasional welder, full-time country-rocker Rob Leines dials up the Tele and the pedal steel on this undeniable barroom banger. There’s hints of Skynyrd and the Allmans, and a whole lot of Wet Willie’s Southern soul, as...

Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists.

Joy Oladokun, “Look Up”

Joy Oladokun follows her 2020 album In Defense of My Own Happiness (Vol. 1) with the new single “Look Up,” a meditation on hope that feels like much-needed medicine at the end of this very long year. “Hold on, cuz...

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will put to use some of the most iconic instruments in the genre’s history for its upcoming “Big Night” fundraiser, set for Wednesday, October 28th. Included among the newly announced instrument and artist pairings are guitars once owned by Johnny Cash, Mother Maybelle Carter, and Jimmie Rodgers.

The artist lineup for the event, which will be hosted by Marty Stuart, runs the gamut from contemporary stars like Miranda Lambert and Kane Brown to Americana favorites like Keb’ Mo’ and Lucinda Williams,...

Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists.

Josh Turner, “Country State of Mind” (featuring Chris Janson)

Josh Turner interprets Keith Whitley and Waylon Jennings, and even sings with Randy Travis, on his new covers album Country State of Mind (re-released on vinyl last week). But it’s the title track,...

Jon Pardi has released a new covers album that finds the country traditionalist interpreting songs by George Strait, Dwight Yoakam, Tom Petty, and the late Joe Diffie. Rancho Fiesta Sessions was surprise released early Friday morning.

Pardi recorded the project all in one night with his touring band at his Nashville area ranch — hence the LP’s title. In a statement, he says he chose songs by artists that “I admire and I look up to.”

“This one was for the fans, to let them hear something different… songs you may have heard before,...

In June 1997, singer-songwriter Billy Yates, whose hard-country vocals were reminiscent of Keith Whitley, released his self-titled debut album, populated with classic-leaning honky-tonk tunes all co-written by the Missouri native. Five years earlier, one of Yates’ most famous tunes became a minor radio hit and a major music-video event for country legend George Jones and a group of Jones’ disciples. “I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair” was a rallying cry aimed at country radio, whose narrow playlists were squeezing out older and more traditional country acts in favor of young pop-country hitmakers.

Douglas Corner Cafe, a premier Nashville venue that has hosted performances by artists as varied as Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, Guy Clark, Kevin Costner, Jon Bon Jovi, and Neil Diamond, will close its doors for good after 33 years. A key destination in the city’s Eighth Avenue South neighborhood, the club has been shuttered since March 15th due to the Covid-19 pandemic and Nashville’s subsequent stay-at-home order.

Douglas Corner owner Mervin Louque, a one-time recording engineer who initially partnered with businessman Rick Martin to open the cafe in...

The 2020 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees will be announced in just a few weeks. Which two country superstars will be selected this year for an induction ceremony slated for next October? Could this finally be the year for Tanya Tucker, who just won her first ever Grammy Awards after a career beginning back in the 1970s? Or will it be a more recent artist now eligible, such as Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw or Shania Twain?

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The criteria is pretty simple to get in but it’s an exclusive group since only 2-3 people are inducted each year. One person will be from the Modern Era category (an artist who came to prominence at least 20 years ago). Another will be from the Veterans Era (an artist who came to prominence at least 45 years ago). A third inductee would be a non-performer,...

A&e’s two-night Biography event Garth Brooks: The Road I’m On dives headlong into the complicated psyche of the best-selling solo artist in U.S. history. With commentary from musical friends James Taylor, Billy Joel, and Keith Urban, and in-depth interviews with Brooks, his three daughters, ex-wife Sandy Mahl, and wife Trisha Yearwood, the two-part special explores Brooks’ childhood, his rise to fame, and the personal struggles that would accompany his becoming, on a global scale, the most famous country artist of the Nineties. Here are 12 of the...

“Anyone have a Triple A card?” asks Midland’s Mark Wystrach, climbing into the middle row of a Pepto-Bismol-colored vintage Cadillac limo that’s currently parked outside of a hip East Nashville bed and breakfast called, appropriately, Urban Cowboy. Though it looks impossibly cool, the interior of this thing is more aging New York taxicab than luxury vehicle — the circulation is minimal, the seats shellac themselves to thighs like athletic tape, and it may or may not emit borderline lethal amounts of exhaust. And it’s hot. So hot. The tiny,...

The 2019 class of tunesmiths set for induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame have been revealed: Larry Gatlin, Dwight Yoakam, Marcus Hummon, Kostas, Rivers Rutherford, and Sharon Vaughn will be honored during an October ceremony.

Representing literally hundreds of familiar hits covering the past five decades, the inductees will officially join the 213 existing members of the organization at the 49th Anniversary Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala, set for October 14th at the Music City Center in downtown Nashville.

Inducted in the songwriter/artist category, Dwight Yoakam was among...

By mid-1984, Texas honky-tonk heartthrob George Strait was on a hot streak at country radio. Since his first Number One hit, “Fool Hearted Memory,” in 1982, he’d had four more chart-toppers, all of them in a row. Thirty-five years ago today, on June 25th, 1984, he was at Nashville’s Sound Stage recording studio on Music Row, recording another. But had circumstances been a bit different, the song could have been a major hit for the artist Strait first heard singing it.

Although the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth are just 30 miles apart,...

When Keith Whitley died 30 years ago this month on May 9th, 1989, Vince Gill was inspired to honor the Kentucky country singer’s memory by writing a new song. It became “Go Rest High on That Mountain,” which Gill completed four years later after the death of his older brother Bob. Since then, it’s become a staple at funerals, especially in the country music world, with Gill famously performing a voice-cracking rendition at a ceremony for George Jones in 2013.

On Monday night’s episode of The Voice, contestant Rod Stokes offered his own version,...

Chely Wright and Austin Jenckes take different approaches to chronicling the journey to meet their partners in a pair of excellent new tracks, the Sisterhood aim for summer radio dominance with “Get Up and Go” and Tenille Arts pays tribute to her mother in this week’s group of must-hear songs.

Chely Wright, “Revival”

The title track from Chely Wright’s new Ep finds the singer/songwriter ruminating over past relationships, all of which helped shape her into a worthy partner for her wife. A moving song about closure and forgiveness,...

Despite a tragically short career, Keith Whitley left an indelible footprint on country music before his death from alcohol poisoning in 1989 at age 33. As a teenage bluegrass picker, he was good enough to join no less than Ralph Stanley’s band. As an interpreter of songs, he was keen in choosing hits. And as a singer, his resonant tone was unmatched. It’s that vocal prowess that permeates Still Rings True: The Enduring Voice of Keith Whitley, a new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in...

Earl Thomas Conley, who enjoyed a nearly unbroken streak of 18 Number One hits in the Eighties — including “Holding Her and Loving You,” “Angel in Disguise” and the duet with Emmylou Harris “We Believe in Happy Endings” — died in Nashville early Wednesday morning, following a battle with a condition similar to dementia. He was 77.

An influential singer who also wrote or co-wrote the bulk of his hits, Conley was memorialized in a Twitter post by Blake Shelton, who wrote: “My heart is absolutely destroyed today… Earl was my all time favorite singer,...

One of the most influential country and bluegrass singers of his generation, Keith Whitley will be remembered on the 30th anniversary of his untimely death with an all-star concert featuring Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Mark Chesnutt, Tracy Lawrence, Joe Diffie and more.

Set for May 9th at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Cma Theater, the memorial tribute concert will be hosted by Whitley’s widow Lorrie Morgan and their son Jesse Keith Whitley, who will also perform. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 29th, at 10 a.

Country superstar duo Brooks and Dunn will be the latest inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The duo was announced on Monday morning in Nashville along with singer/songwriter Ray Stevens and producer/executive Jerry Bradley will be inducted at the 2019 ceremony in October. Watch the official video above.

Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn are two-time Grammy winners, sold over 30 million albums and charted 20 number one songs. Those tunes have included “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” “My Maria,” “Brand New Man” and “Believe.” Stevens made his debut in 1962 and has had such hits as “Everything is Beautiful,” “Gitarzan” and “The Streak.” Bradley ran RCA Records from 1973 to 1982 and was a longtime member of the Country Music Association board. He follows both his father Owen Bradley and uncle Harold Bradley into Hall of Fame induction.

See Acm Awards host Reba McEntire was ‘disapointed’ by nominations: ‘I wanted to hear some women...

Reba McEntire will announce the 2019 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees on Monday, March 18. Which two country superstars will be selected this year for an induction ceremony slated for next October?

The criteria is pretty simple to get in but it’s an exclusive group since only 2-3 people are inducted each year. One person will be from the Modern Era category (an artist who came to prominence at least 20 years ago). Another will be from the Veterans Era (an artist who came to prominence at least 45 years ago). A third inductee would be a non-performer, songwriter or musician. The artists chosen last year were Ricky Skaggs (modern), Dottie West (veterans) and Johnny Gimble (musician).

Seeacm Awards host Reba McEntire was ‘disapointed’ by nominations: ‘I wanted to hear some women in there’ [Watch]

McEntire herself was already inducted in 2011. Other recent inductees have included Garth Brooks, Roy Clark, Charlie Daniels, Alan Jackson,...

Only two weeks into Season 16, The Voice is taking a month off from its Tuesday episodes. We’ll still get our regular two-hour Mondays, but with our weekly dose of covers, both inspired and un-, being cut by a third, I was looking for something amazing as the Blind Auditions continued, something with the emotional resonance of an Addison Agen tearjerker or the vocal fireworks of a Chris Blue showstopper. Did any of the contestants on Night 4 deliver? Read on, and we’ll discuss.

Betsy Ade (Team John), “Hunger” — Grade: B | This 40-year-old single mom chose a hell of a...

Fifty-three years ago today, on March 1st, 1966, construction began on the barn-shaped structure that would for several decades house the original Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Music Row. Now located in downtown Nashville, the museum anchors a booming tourist industry and, with more than 350,000 square feet, tells the ongoing story of country music through exhibits featuring the genre’s stars past and present. That tradition continues in 2019 with the museum’s just-announced schedule, which will shine a spotlight on recent Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves, hit duo Brooks & Dunn,...

Aaron Lewis will return with his third full-length country album in 2019. The Staind vocalist will release the follow-up to 2016’s Sinner, titled State I’m In, via Big Machine imprint Valory Music on April 12th.

Produced by Buddy Cannon, State I’m In features 10 tracks, six of which Lewis had a hand in writing. Songwriting collaborators on the album include Dan Tyminski, Keith Gattis and Waylon Payne, among others. There’s also a recording of “Burnt the Sawmill Down,” written by Jim Elliot with the late Keith Whitley. Preorders for the album begin Friday,...