The Grand Ole Opry released a video of Chris Young debuting his touching new song, “Drowning,” on the Opry in June. Co-penned by Chris, Corey Crowder and Josh Hoge, “Drowning” was partly inspired by the death of Chris’ close friend, Adam, and features lyrics: “So tonight I’m gonna pull out pictures, ones with you in…
Decked out in tuxedos and backed by a cellist and pianist, Little Big Town performed a stylish rendition of their new song, “The Daughters,” on The Tonight Show on June 26. Written by Sean McConnell, Ashley Ray and LBT’s Karen Fairchild—who also provides lead vocals—“The Daughters” is expected to be the lead single from the…
Luke Bryan has given fans the first taste of his upcoming seventh studio album with the release of his new single, “Knockin’ Boots,” which is currently No. 14 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart after 13 weeks. Co-penned by Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson and Jon Nite, “Knockin’ Boots” was helmed by Luke’s longtime producers Jeff…
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After topping the charts with his fourth consecutive No. 1 single, “Good as You,” in May, Kane Brown will try to make it five in a row with the release of “Homesick.” Penned by Kane, Brock Berryhill, Matthew McGinn and Taylor Phillips, “Homesick” is featured on his 2018 album, Experiment, and will impact country radio…
Jim Casey talks with Aaron Watson about: scoring his first Top 10 hit with “Outta Style” in 2017 releasing his new 20-song album, Red Bandana, on June 21 writing all 20 songs on the new album by himself the “purposeful” nature of the new project preparing to make the new album by listening to records…
After only his 16th appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, Luke Combs was surprised by John Conlee, Chris Janson and Craig Morgan with an invitation to join the esteemed club on June 11. The Opry announced that Luke will be formally inducted during its showcase on July 16. Kelsea Ballerini, Joe Diffie, The Gatlin Brothers,…
No one in country music has had a bigger month that Maren Morris. In addition to notching her fourth Top 10 single with “Girl” (currently No. 8), Maren landed on cover of Women’s Health and scored a feature in Playboy. She’s also been hitting the touring trail, creating new music with supergroup The Highwomen (Brandi…
Kane Brown will be the musical guest on an upcoming episode of Nickelodeon’s newly rebooted sketch-comedy series, All That. Kane will be performing his hit song, “Lose It,” which became his third No. 1 single in December 2018. All That originally debuted in 1994—running for 10 seasons until 2005—and made stars out of many of…
After moving to Nashville in 1985, Alan Jackson singed his first major-label record deal with Arista Nashville on June 26, 1989—30 years ago today. Eight months later, Alan released his debut album, Here in the Real World, which spawned hits such as the title track, “Wanted” and “Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow.” The rest, as they…
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After an eight-year exploration, Ken Burns’ 16-hour Country Music documentary will premiere on PBS on Sept. 15. In celebration of the new film, PBS will air its all-star concert, Country Music: Live at the Ryman, on Sept. 8. Recorded at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium in March, the concert will feature performances by Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash,…
