Steve Nedved
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Sep 21
Willa Gray can spot Thomas Rhett on the radio, but Bruno Mars is her favorite
The Valory Music Co.Sure, Thomas Rhett has a #1 album on both the all-genre chart and the country ranking, as well as a top-ten song with “Unforgettable.” But it’s likely the recognition of one single fan that means the most to him: that would be his adopted daughter from Uganda, Willa Gray. “You can tell she loves music,” …
Sep 20
Dolly Parton takes a trip to “Rainbowland” with Miley Cyrus
Tyler Golden/NBCIf there are two things Dolly Parton loves as much as butterflies and blonde wigs, they’re likely rainbows and Miley Cyrus. The superstar gets the chance to combine the two in a new duet on the pop star’s upcoming album. Dolly recorded “Rainbowland” for Miley’s sixth studio project, Younger Now, which comes out September 29. Dolly’s first children’s …
Sep 20
Nashville memorial for Country Music Hall-of-Famer Don Williams to take place next Wednesday
Webster Public RelationsCountry Music Hall-of-Famer Don Williams will be remembered in a memorial service next Wednesday in the Hall’s CMA Theater. The man known as “the Gentle Giant” passed away earlier this month at the age of 78 after a short illness. The Nashville service will start at 4:30 p.m. CT and be open to Williams’ family, …
Sep 20
“Just Gettin’ Started”: Jason Aldean refuses to give up in the fight against breast cancer
ABC/Image Group LA Jason Aldean’s annual Concert for the Cure will take place this year during his They Don’t Know tour stop in Louisville, Kentucky. October 20, the two-time ACM Entertainer of the Year will give a part of the proceeds from every ticket he’s sold all year to the breast cancer organization Komen Kentucky. …
Sep 20
From Comedy Central to a new singing show, Shania Twain is “NOW” ready to take over your TV
Mercury NashvilleGet ready to see a whole lot more of Shania Twain, as she amps up her TV appearances to promote her new album, NOW, which comes out next week. First, Shania guest stars as a fictionalized version of herself on the Comedy Central series, Broad City. The show centers around two twenty-something Jewish women trying to make it …
Sep 20
A divorce, a boyfriend and “The Weight of These Wings”: Miranda Lambert lets fans inside her life during PBS concert
ABC RadioMiranda Lambert came to Nashville’s Marathon Music Works to record a new episode of the PBS show Front and Center, but she ended up delivering some of the most personal insights yet into both her split from Blake Shelton and her subsequent relationship with Anderson East. The Tuesday night CMA Songwriters Series concert paired the Texas native with the …
Sep 20
Little Big Town taking Midland and Kacey Musgraves on the road for The Breakers Tour
ABC/Image Group LALittle Big Town is hitting the road, and taking Midland and Kacey Musgraves along for the ride. The group has announced The Breakers Tour, which will kick off February 8 in Oklahoma City and stop in 26 cities, including a show at New York’s famed Radio City Music Hall. All three acts will appear on The Tonight Show Starring …
Sep 19
Another reason to “Die a Happy Man”: Thomas Rhett reflects on an “Unforgettable” week
ABC/Mark LevineThomas Rhett is feeling the love this week: his new album, Life Changes, tops both the all-genre Billboard 200 and the country albums chart. “It blows my mind to have a #1 album,” he tells Billboard. “I feel like we started working on this project the moment we put out Tangled Up in 2015, so it’s the end of a couple …
Sep 19
Texans Clint Black, Don Henley and Lyle Lovett come together to help after Hurricane Harvey
ABC/Image Group LA Native Texans Clint Black, the Eagles’ Don Henley, and Lyle Lovett are coming together to stage their own fundraiser for the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Helping Texans: A Hurricane Harvey Benefit Concert will take place Tuesday, November 28 at Bass Hall in Fort Worth, Texas. “We all watched on the news as Harvey destroyed much of Southeast Texas …
Sep 19
Shania “NOW:” A lot has changed, except when she hits the stage
Mercury NashvilleIn a little more than a week, we’ll get to hear Shania Twain’s first studio album in 15 years, in its entirety. NOW is the Canadian superstar’s first new project since 2002’s diamond-certified Up!. “A lot has changed since then,” Shania writes in a new essay in the current issue of InStyle. “I’m divorced and remarried, been diagnosed …