Steve Nedved
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May 29
Tanya Tucker postpones CMT Next Women of Country: Bring My Flowers Now tour stops through August
Derrek Kupish / dkupish productions In light of the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tanya Tucker announced this week that her headlining CMT Next Women of Country: Bring My Flowers Now tour will postpone all its scheduled shows through August. “My heart is absolutely broken knowing that we will have to wait to be together again,” the star …
May 29
Old Dominion revisits their musical past, shares three old songs for the first time
Sony Music Old Dominion has combed through the archives of their career, and now they’re sharing three previously unreleased songs from three different points in their musical past. “We’re releasing NEW, old music,” explains frontman Matthew Ramsey. “Three songs, previously unreleased but that were recorded for our previous albums Meat and Candy, Happy Endings, as well as an EP …
May 29
“Fire and Flame”: Kip Moore unfurls ‘Wild World’ with blazing, anthemic new track
Universal Music GroupKip Moore’s new album, Wild World, came out on Friday, and the project is teeming with introspective anthems filled with passion and self-discovery. Just before the project came out, Kip premiered its third track, the high-octane “Fire and Flame,” on The Country Show with Bob Harris on BBC Radio 2. The song spotlights the quest for …
May 29
“Redwood Tree”: Cam’s new single is inspired by family, home and her favorite childhood climbing tree
Sharon Ochs/RCA Records Cam reflects on the bittersweet passage of time in her meditative new single, “Redwood Tree,” a song inspired in large part by a climbing tree that grew in her backyard when she was a child. Since then, her musical dreams and ambitions have taken her far away from her hometown and that old …
May 29
Watch now: King Calaway circles the globe to duet with Laine Hardy on Beatles’ classic
CeCe DawsonEven though King Calaway‘s still relatively new, they already have the distinction of being country’s most internationally-diverse band. In fact, two of its members have weathered the COVID-19 pandemic in their homelands: Jordan Harvey in Scotland, and Simon Dumas in Gibraltar. Like many other country acts, King Calaway was overseas for the Country to Country Festival when coronavirus began to …
May 28
Ingrid Andress, Gabby Barrett land on ‘Billboard’’s Grammy New Artist nominee watch list
ABC/Image Group LAIngrid Andress and Gabby Barrett have both been named as likely contenders to earn Grammy nominations for Best New Artist this year, according to a new list of potential nominees from Billboard. The two rising artists have been neck-and-neck on the charts this spring. In April, Gabby hit number one on the Country Aircheck chart with her debut single, …
May 28
Dolly Parton looks to a brighter future with “When Life is Good Again” music video
ABC/Lou RoccoJust hours after debuting her new, pandemic-inspired “When Life is Good Again,” Dolly Parton premiered the music video for the song via TIME magazine’s TIME 100 Talks. As the clip begins, Dolly sits alone in a dark room, setting up a video projector to watch a series of family-focused home movies dated 1994. But by the end of the video, it’s clear …
May 28
“You Kissed Me First,” quarantine style: Carly Pearce drops next “Social Distance Sessions” video
ABC Image Group/LAAs the COVID-19 pandemic continues to prevent artists from playing shows or seeing their fans in person, Carly Pearce and her band are finding creative ways to stay connected. This week, the singer dropped the second installment of her “Social Distance Sessions” music video series, and this time around, she and her band performed “You …
May 28
Reba McEntire, Jason Aldean and more sign on for star-studded CMT Celebrates Our Heroes line-up
ABC/Image Group LACMT Celebrates Our Heroes: An Artists of the Year Special is set to air next week, and the show is rounding out its star-studded lineup with a final list of performers. Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Jake Owen, Lee Brice and Zac Brown are the latest artists to be announced for the show. They’ll deliver performances from home to honor …
May 28
‘One World: Together at Home’ broadcast, featuring Keith Urban and more, nabs two Guinness World Records
ABC/Image Group LAThis week, Guinness World Records revealed that the One World: Together at Home broadcast, which aired in April and featured a massive roster of performers from all genres, has set not one but two world records. The international event, co-hosted by the World Health Organization and Global Citizen, has netted two new entries in the Guinness Book …
