Steve Nedved
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Jun 26
Sam Hunt's “Back Roads” are paved with platinum
Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images via ABCSeems Sam Hunt’s “Back Roads” are likely paved with platinum. The Georgia native’s chart-topping single, “Body Like a Back Road,” has just passed the double platinum mark. Released on February 1, the song took only three months to make it to number one, where it spent three weeks. The tune …
Jun 26
The Wedding Singers: Rascal Flatts surprises Wisconsin couple
BMLGRascal Flatts not only played the Country USA festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on Saturday, they also did a little moonlighting as wedding singers. Gary LeVox, Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus surprised one lucky couple this weekend by showing up to sing “Bless the Broken Road” at their wedding at Sugar Island Barn in Watertown, Wisconsin. A family member reached …
Jun 26
Plankinton man accused of rape
Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that Robert Lincoln Will III, 35, Plankinton, was arrested on one count of rape in the first degree, class C felony, punishable by up to life imprisonment and/or $50,000 fine. Charges stem from an incident that occurred in a Plankinton residence involving a minor child. Will is presumed …
Jun 26
Toby Keith to headline first Nashville show in 13 years
Greg WatermannToby Keith is cranking up his highly successful Interstates & Tailgates tour once again and will visit more than 30 cities over the next few months. Following a thirteen-year absence from any major Nashville concert stage, fans will finally get a chance to see Toby on July 20th when he headlines Music City’s Ascend …
Jun 23
You can Netflix and chill with Brad Paisley and The Hoff on August 15th
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesBrad Paisley will be playing for big laughs on August 15th when Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo debuts on Netflix. The show was filmed earlier this year when Brad hosted two comedy shows at Zanies Comedy Club in Nashville as part of the Wild West Comedy Festival. He’s wrangled a bunch of great talent …
Jun 23
Watch Willie Nelson's smokin' cameo in Toby Keith's new “Wacky Tobaccy” video
Show Dog MusicToby Keith has rolled out a video for his new single “Wacky Tobaccy” and, as promised, there is a brilliant cameo from one of music’s most famous wacky tobaccy aficionados, Willie Nelson. The three-minute video features Toby on the bus with his band jamming to the song, which has plenty of references to …
Jun 23
Sara Evans' upcoming Words album features all female songwriters
Born To Fly RecordsPlatinum-selling country artist Sara Evans is the epitome of female empowerment. That fact will be on full display when she releases her album Words on July 21. The project will not only be released on Sara’s own record label, Born to Fly Records, but the 14-song collection boasts songs from fourteen separate …
Jun 23
Kenny Chesney calling on college students to create his next video; awarding scholarships to the winner
Blue Chair Records/Columbia NashvilleKenny Chesney is calling on Nashville-area college students to create the music video for his latest single, “All The Pretty Girls.” Chesney asked students from Nashville’s Belmont University and Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN to submit a video they’ve created for the song, including lyric videos, live action, notion, animation …
Jun 23
So many country acts wanted to perform with Earth, Wind & Fire for Fridays CMT Crossroads episode, they had to take the concert outdoors
John Shearer/Getty Images for CMTSome of country’s biggest stars have teamed up with legendary funk/R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire for a first of it’s kind outdoor CMT Crossroads, premiering tonight. Filmed during the CMA Music Festival earlier this month, the group took to a stage in Downtown Nashville outside the Bridgestone Arena to welcome …
Jun 23
Carrie Underwood to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Image Group LA/ABCIt’s no exaggeration that Carrie Underwood‘s rise to stardom has been non-stop since she won the fourth season of American Idol thirteen years ago. Her latest career milestone? Her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Carrie’s one of eight recording artists on the list to be honored as part of the …