“’It’s time.’ As I try to make sense of a reality I never wanted to believe could be possible again, those words have now become a reality,” wrote country vocalist Jana Kramer in an April 21 Instagram post. “I’ve fought y’all. I’ve loved hard. I’ve forgiven. I’ve put the work in. I’ve given everything I……

“I mean, I don’t know that 29 is over…it’s still 29 but it’ll have another…yea…maybe?” During a recent appearance on KMLE Country 107.9’s Gunner & Cheyenne program in Phoenix, Arizona, Carly Pearce hinted at the idea that maybe she’d have a follow-up to her successful, February 2021-released EP, 29. As well, during a Country Now……

Blake Shelton could very well be country music’s busiest artist during the pandemic. For instance, last week, he was a host on The Voice, a performer at the 56th ACM Awards, plus surprised guests at the Nashville and Orlando Ole Red bar locations with surprise mini-concert appearances. The artist celebrating the 20th anniversary of his……

On Friday (April 23), Reba McEntire will release a new track, “Somehow You Do,” which is featured in the upcoming film Four Good Days, starring Glenn Close and Mila Kunis. The movie, which centers on a mother who desperately tries to help her daughter survive a drug addiction, will open in theaters on April 30….…

Last year, duo Maddie & Tae earned a Platinum-selling No. 1 hit with the ballad “Die From A Broken Heart.” The song’s vulnerable lyrics of a young woman turning to her mother for comfort and assurance after a bad breakup resonated not only with country fans, but with pop audiences, and the track was recently……

Embedded from www.youtube.com. Great songwriting knows no genre. So often in Kenny Rogers’ iconic country music career, his hits were penned by artists whose traditional output existed far outside the country spectrum. Especially in the midst of his 1980s-era countrypolitan explosion, “The Gambler’s” songwriting inspirations could often be found doing anything but donning a cowboy……

ZZ Top founder Billy Gibbons will get the tribute treatment in an upcoming concert set to tape May 16 in Nashville, featuring Eric Church, Brad Paisley, Lucinda Williams, and more. “A Tribute to Billy Gibbons” will include live performances at the Grand Ole Opry House, before a limited capacity, socially-distanced audience. The lineup also includes……

Embedded from www.youtube.com. While backstage at the 56th ACM Awards, award presenter (for Single of The Year) and well-regarded hit maker Martina McBride stated in a press conference that she’s both likely to release her first album in five years, plus hit the road for a tour during the second half of 2021. “Hopefully, I’m……

“I was riding around with a buddy of mine who lives in Charleston. We were just talking about that first moment when somebody comes over to pick up my kids for a date. And, just kind of being like, “What do you say?” In a conversation with CMT’s Cody Alan, Thomas Rhett noted his August-premiered……

Embedded from www.youtube.com. Keith Urban’s latest video is for “Out The Cage,” a September 2020-released track that pushes country music’s boundaries in the direction of danceable, pop-friendly rock via the inclusion of Urban’s longtime friend, pioneering bass guitarist, and producer Nile Rodgers, plus rising country crooner Breland. The track’s profound message carries forth into the……