Steve Nedved
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Sep 15
Luke Combs will be ESPN’s College GameDay guest picker: “I wouldn’t miss it for the world”
ABC/Connie Chornuk In between a hectic touring schedule, Luke Combs is making a stop in his home state to be the guest picker for ESPN’s College GameDay this weekend. The star announced the news on social media, and he made it pretty clear what one of his picks is going to be: his alma mater, …
Sep 15
Little Big Town explains the years-long process that led them to finally cut “Rich Man” for ‘Mr. Sun’
Capitol Records Nashville Little Big Town’s 10th studio album, Mr. Sun, arrives on Friday, and the track contains a song that’s more than a decade old and that the band has actually tried to record at least once before. That’s “Rich Man,” a solo write by bandmate Jimi Westbrook that represents the first time LBT has …
Sep 15
Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid Festival airing on Circle Network, with performances by Chris Stapleton + more
Brandon Bell/Getty Images The 2022 Farm Aid Festival will once again broadcast live on the Circle Network. Featuring sets from Chris Stapleton, Willie Nelson & Family, Dave Matthews and Sheryl Crow, the event will air from Raleigh, North Carolina. Hosted by Runaway June bandmate Natalie Stovall, the annual music, food and farm festival will air …
Sep 15
Walker Hayes says “Y’all Life” tells it like it is about life in the South
ABC Growing up in Alabama, Walker Hayes has plenty of first-hand experience when it comes to life in the South, and he says his new song, “Y’all Life,” perfectly sums it all up. “Where I grew up — the song just says it like it is,” the singer tells ABC Audio. “From Alabama, it’s all football …
Sep 14
Nashville notes: John Michael Montgomery healing up after crash + more
Singer John Michael Montgomery is on the road to recovery after sustaining injuries in a bus crash last week, according to an update from his son and fellow country artist Walker Montgomery. The younger Montgomery wrote that his dad was “doing well” and that the family was “lucky” in an update on Twitter. Country-themed Fox …
Sep 14
Garth Brooks shed his “soccer dad” bod ahead of Croke Park shows: “I lost 50 lbs”
Terry Wyatt/Getty Images Garth Brooks is in the midst of a string of sold-out stadium shows at Dublin’s Croke Park to end his Stadium Tour, and as he takes the stage, he’s back in fighting shape. “I’m the same weight I was when I played here in ‘97, that’s what I want,” Garth told media …
Sep 14
Maren Morris is taking “I Can’t Love You Anymore” on a Humble Quest to country radio
Michael Loccisano/Getty Images Maren Morris is keeping the music coming with a fresh single off her Humble Quest album. For her next radio single, she’s selected “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” which is the third track on the project. “Next single let’s goooooooooooo,” Maren wrote on Twitter this week along with the single art for …
Sep 14
Breland’s Thomas Rhett collab got a very important seal of approval — from TR’s kids
Catherine Powell/Getty Images for BRELAND Breland and Thomas Rhett join forces on the boppy, gospel-inspired duet “Praise the Lord,” a song that is one of several mega-watt duets on Breland’s just-released Cross Country album. The duet sounds effortless, but Breland tells Billboard that getting Thomas on the song was actually a fairly involved process: It …
Sep 14
Ashley McBryde rounds up musical pals for ‘Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville’, a collection of story songs
Warner Music Nashville Ashley McBryde tells the stories of characters across small-town America in Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville, a new, 13-track collection that will showcase her unparalleled knack for writing story songs. And she’s not alone in the project: Lindeville is a collaborative effort featuring fellow artists like Brandy Clark and Caylee Hammack. Brothers Osborne‘s John Osborne produced the album. According …
Sep 14
Little Big Town’s Jimi Westbrook on the band’s new single, “Hell Yeah”: “We loved it from the start”
Capitol Records Nashville When Little Big Town‘s Jimi Westbrook and Phillip Sweet got into the room with Tyler Hubbard and Corey Crowder to write “Hell Yeah,” they knew they had something special on their hands. Corey had been ruminating on the title for a while, but couldn’t find the lyrics to complete the song. But when he presented the hook that transitions from “hell …