There was a lot of talk about Number Ones as Kane Brown sat in the lobby of the Canopy by Hilton in Dallas, Texas, last Friday night. Fresh off topping the Billboard 200 album chart with his Experiment LP, Brown was performing for a small gathering of Hilton Honors members, …
Read More »2018 CMA Awards Crown Keith Urban Entertainer, Highlight Special Guests
Karen Fairchild had to compose herself as she opened the envelope for Album of the Year at the 52nd CMA Awards in Nashville on Wednesday night. Surrounded by her Little Big Town bandmates, she closed her eyes, her face relaxing as though silently giving thanks, then said, gently, “This is …
Read More »See Willie Nelson Sing Protest Anthem 'Vote 'Em Out' on 'Kimmel'
Willie Nelson delivered a two-for-one performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday, paying tribute to one of the all-time vocal greats and offering up a humorous, no-nonsense political protest song. Nelson opened his performance with a breezy, smooth “Fly Me to the Moon,” off his recent Frank Sinatra tribute album …
Read More »Kelsea Ballerini Plots Headlining 2019 Miss Me More Tour
Kelsea Ballerini will visit a series of arenas and amphitheaters next spring when she embarks on the headlining 2019 Miss Me More Tour in April. Named for Ballerini’s current single, which appears on her second album Unapologetically, the tour gets underway April 11th in Salisbury, Maryland and continues through May …
Read More »See John Prine's Somber Performance of 'Summer's End' on 'Austin City Limits'
Forty years ago, John Prine made his Austin City Limits debut in the venerable music series’ third season. Prine has since returned to the ACL stage several times and will do so again this weekend, performing a mix of classic material and new songs from his most recent album, The …
Read More »Hear Keb' Mo', Rosanne Cash's Timely New Duet 'Put a Woman in Charge'
Grammy-winning artist Keb’ Mo’ has enlisted singer-songwriter and fellow activist Rosanne Cash for the anthemic and timely “Put a Woman in Charge.” A lively, upbeat tune backed by a driving rhythm, the song was penned by Keb’ Mo’ with Beth Nielsen Chapman (“This Kiss,” “Happy Girl”) and John Lewis Parker …
Read More »Carrie Underwood Reveals She Suffered Three Miscarriages in Emotional Interview
Carrie Underwood revealed she has suffered three miscarriages in the past two years and how the experience informed her new album Cry Pretty in an emotional interview with CBS Sunday Morning. “I’d kind of planned that 2017 was, you know, going to be the year that I work on new …
Read More »Hear Terri Clark Seize the Day in 'Young As We Are Tonight'
Terri Clark has announced her first new album in four years: Raising the Bar will arrive September 14th. Ahead of its release, the Canadian country singer shared the carpe diem track “Young As We Are Tonight.” Backed by an aggressive beat and featuring Clark’s rich, twang-tinged vocals, the tune extols …
Read More »See Sturgill Simpson's First Appearance in New CBS Streaming Series 'One Dollar'
“We’re all doomed,” Sturgill Simpson says in the official trailer for One Dollar, a CBS All Access program that finds the Grammy winner swept up in a world of murder, mystery and Rust Belt desperation. Already a familiar face on late-night television, the songwriter makes his debut as a TV …
Read More »Hear Kane Brown's Laid-Back New Song 'Weekend'
Kane Brown gets into a laid-back state of mind with his new song “Weekend,” the second taste of an upcoming release that follows current single “Lose It.” Brown shared the song on Wednesday, promoting it along with scenes from a new video on Twitter. Rather than the maxed-out country-rock of …
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