Steve Nedved
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Sep 05
Who’ll be the People’s Choice? Keith, Carrie, TR, Sugarland and LBT up for November awards
ABC/Mark LevineThe nominees for this year’s People’s Choice Awards have been revealed. There are 43 categories in all, and in addition to odd ones like Animal Star of the Year, Bingeworthy Show of 2018, and Competition Contestant of 2018, there are plenty of country stars who’ve received nods. Keith Urban and Thomas Rhett compete for the mainstream Male Artist of …
Sep 05
Dolly Parton becomes first country music artist to be named MusiCares Person of the Year
ABC/Lou RoccoEach year, the Recording Academy salutes a music artist at the prestigious MusiCares Person of the Year gala. This year, MusicCares is honoring Dolly Parton, the first country music artist to receive the title. Parton will be celebrated at a ceremony in Los Angeles on February 8, 2019. The eight-time Grammy winner will be honored for “her considerable creative accomplishments …
Sep 04
Thomas Rhett takes “Life Changes” to #1, as he readies the deluxe edition of his album
The Valory Music Co.This week, “Life Changes” rises to the top of the chart, becoming Thomas Rhett’s fourth #1 in a row. In all, TR has traveled to the top spot eleven times, starting with “It Goes Like This” back in 2013. “There’s no way for me to explain how it feels to have 11 number …
Sep 04
Lady A leaves longtime record label to sign with Big Machine
ABC/Image Group LALady Antebellum is leaving their longtime record label, Capitol Nashville, to sign with Big Machine Label Group. “We have been truly blessed throughout our career to work with some of the brightest people in music,” Hillary Scott reflects. “We’ve watched [Big Machine Label Group] become the powerhouse they are from the sidelines and couldn’t be more excited to become part …
Sep 04
Is Kelsea Ballerini poised to have a pop hit with The Chainsmokers?
ABC/Mark Levine It looks like Kelsea Ballerini may be following in the footsteps of Maren Morris and Florida Georgia Line, as she seems to be readying her own potential crossover hit with Grammy-winning electronic duo The Chainsmokers. Maren scored a huge smash with “The Middle” by teaming up with Zedd and electronic duo Grey, while FGL did the same by collaborating with Bebe Rexha on “Meant …
Sep 04
Dierks Bentley is on a Rocky Mountain High after his Seven Peaks Festival
ABC RadioFans from 49 states and Australia traveled to Buena Vista, Colorado for Dierks Bentley’s first-ever Seven Peaks Music Festival over Labor Day weekend. “It’s going to take a few days, maybe weeks, for me to process that Seven Peaks actually happened, and happened at the highest possible level,” Dierks reflects. “Everything about this journey was …
Sep 04
Lindsay Ell pops the “Champagne” as she celebrates first headlining tour
BBR Music Group After her stints opening for Sugarland and Keith Urban in September, “Criminal” hitmaker Lindsay Ell will kick off her first headlining tour next month in Indianapolis. “I’m so excited to be teaming up with the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour for my first headlining run ever,” Lindsay says. “It’s going be a show we’ve never done before and I …
Sep 04
George Strait’s longtime drummer killed in Labor Day weekend accident
ABC/Image Group LA George Strait is mourning the loss of his longtime drummer Michael A. Kennedy, who was killed in a traffic accident over the holiday weekend. The 59-year-old’s vehicle collided with a tractor trailer on I-40 in Nashville on Friday, according to the Tennessean. Kennedy had played drums in Strait’s Ace in the Hole Band for nearly …
Sep 04
Thomas Rhett reveals “Life Changes” was “basically ripping pages out of a diary”
ABC/Image Group LA As Thomas Rhett‘s “Life Changes” assumes its place on top of the chart, the husband and father of two admits when he wrote the autobiographical tune, his life was morphing so rapidly he couldn’t help but express it in song. As you may recall, TR and his wife Lauren had nearly reached the finish line …
Sep 03
Cater waiters honored at the Hall of Fame: How Brothers Osborne have come full circle
ABC/Image Group LA This Labor Day, Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum happens to be honoring two of its best waiters in its American Currents exhibit. You see, before Brothers Osborne hit it big, they waited tables and worked in catering at the Hall. “There was a catering department here that TJ worked in,” John Osborne explains, “and that …