Courtesy of Country Music Association The Country Music Association has announced the 2024 inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Toby Keith, born Toby Keith Covel, will be inducted into the Modern Era Artist category. Among his chart-topping hits are “Should’ve Been a Cowboy,” “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry Man),” “As …
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Mar 18
Hailey Whitters joins Ben Rector on “Color Up My World”
Courtesy of OK Kid Recordings / Big Loud Records Hailey Whitters has teamed up with Nashville-based singer/songwriter Ben Rector for a new collab, “Color Up My World.” The banjo-driven song is the first time the singers have teamed up in the studio, outside of the opening slots on Dan + Shay‘s ongoing Heartbreak On The Map Tour. …
Mar 18
Tigirlily Gold on the success of their “Shoot Tequila” video
Courtesy of Monument Records Rising duo Tigirlily Gold recently earned their career-first nominations at the 2024 CMT Music Awards in the Duo/Group Video of the Year and Breakthrough Female Video of the Year categories for “Shoot Tequila.” The success their debut single is something sisters Kendra and Krista Slaubaugh don’t take for granted, especially after years of hard work. “You know, it just makes …
Mar 15
Nashville notes: Kameron Marlowe’s ‘Keepin’ The Lights On’ + Kylie Morgan’s Gold
Kameron Marlowe has announced his sophomore album, Keepin’ The Lights On, with the release of its title track. “I feel like I discovered a lot about myself while making this record. I got to reflect on a lot of life from when I was a kid to life today. This album explores everything from loss to …
Mar 15
Step into a ‘Deeper Well’ with Kacey Musgraves
Kelly Christine Sutton / Courtesy of Interscope/MCA Nashville Kacey Musgraves‘s long-awaited fifth album, Deeper Well, has arrived. The 14-track collection features the previously released title track and “Too Good to Be True,” as well as “The Architect,” which Kacey performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday. “Grateful to be alive and continuously inspired …
Mar 15
Kenny Chesney reflects on losing loved ones in “Wherever You Are Tonight”
Lisette M. Azar/CBS Kenny Chesney is pulling back the curtains on grief in his new song, “Wherever You Are Tonight.” Out now, the pensive ballad, which hit songwriters Mike Reid and Gary Burr penned, chronicles one’s perspective on loss and the permanent absence of a loved one by their side. “Hearts will break, we cry, we grieve/ We die, we go, but …
Mar 15
Thomas Rhett recounts failed attempt at public disguise with wife Lauren
ABC How do the stars go incognito in public? Sometimes with a cowboy hat — which is what Thomas Rhett did recently. Thomas, who typically doesn’t sport a hat onstage, recently recounted his hilarious failed attempt at not being publicly recognized thanks to his wife, Lauren Akins. “Lauren: why are you wearing a cowboy hat at the …
Mar 15
Take a trip to “Vegas” with Tyler Hubbard
Courtesy of EMI Records Nashville Tyler Hubbard has rolled out a new track, “Vegas.” Authored by Tyler, Jordan Schmidt and Andy Albert, the upbeat tune finds a guy confessing his desire to elope with a girl he’s head over heels with. “I would’ve took you to Vegas, right then and there/ Found us a chapel and somethin’ to …
Mar 15
ERNEST’s new album will feature collabs with Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll + more
Delaney Royer / Courtesy of Big Loud Records ERNEST has announced his sophomore album, Nashville, Tennessee. Arriving April 12, the expansive 26-song collection features collabs with Morgan Wallen (“Hangin’ On”), Lainey Wilson (“Would If I Could”), HARDY (“Creep”), Jelly Roll (“I Went To College/I Went To Jail”) and Lukas Nelson (“Why Dallas”). The latter two duets, …
Mar 15
Darius Rucker talks playing detective in CMT Video of the Year-nominated “Fires Don’t Start Themselves” video
Courtesy of UMG Nashville Darius Rucker is up for CMT Video of the Year with his cinematic music video for “Fires Don’t Start Themselves.” If you’ve seen it, you know it’s not like your typical music video. Instead of singing his tune to the camera, Darius is tapped to play a detective in an under-five-minute-long crime movie. …