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Dec 17
ABC/Eric McCandless Jimmie Allen saw his star skyrocket in 2021, capping off a big year with a Grammy nomination in the all-genre Best New Artist category. In a new interview with Billboard, he says the magnitude of that mention didn’t fully hit him until much later, during a conversation with a songwriter friend in the …
Dec 17
ABC “Write what you know,” the old saying goes, and nobody takes that more seriously than Thomas Rhett: He’s known for writing songs so autobiographical that they mention his wife and daughters by name. After welcoming baby Lillie Caroline last month, Thomas now has four kids aged six and under at home, so he has …
Dec 17
ABC Chris Stapleton’s making his Jazz Aspen Snowmass (JAS) debut next September, where he’ll hit the stage in style as one of the Labor Day Experience’s three headlining acts. The other headliners are rocker Stevie Nicks and pop/R&B star Leon Bridges. Set for September 2-4 in Snowmass, Colorado, the annual event is one of JAS’ …
Dec 17
ABC Kane Brown has had plenty of cross-genre collaborations, but “Memory,” his summer 2021 duet with pop songwriter/producer blackbear is extra special because it addresses some important subject matter. “I don’t really talk about it a lot, but it’s hard for an artist to go through depression because for us, we have to be on …
Dec 17
Triple Tigers Records Russell Dickerson is offering a stripped-down, acoustic perspective on three of his favorite songs from his latest album, Southern Symphony. The singer dropped his Studio 900 Sessions this week, including a wedding version of his romantic, chart-topping ballad, “Love You Like I Used To.” The track list also includes an acoustic version …
Dec 17
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Dolly Parton fans already know that the singer’s one in a million, and now it’s official: She’s adding three new entries to the Guinness Book of World Records, one of which breaks a record she already held. That record was for having more hits on the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart than …
Dec 17
Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images for for Paramount+ Fans will get to see Tim McGraw step into the role of James Dutton this weekend with the premiere of 1883, the highly-anticipated prequel series to Yellowstone that will stream on Paramount+. But now that the season’s filmed, the singer says he’s not slowing down: He’s about to kick …
Dec 16
Mickey Guyton and Brandi Carlile are on the bill for the 2022 MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute Concert, which will honor Joni Mitchell. The annual gala is set for January 29 in Los Angeles. Brandi also will serve as an artistic director for the event, along with musician and TV personality Jon Batiste. Maddie …
Dec 16
Hunter Berry/CMA Pistol Annies band mates Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe have been wanting to make a holiday record for some time, but apparently, the third member of the trio, Miranda Lambert, was the hold-out. Miranda simply felt that a lot of Christmas music feels cheesy and overdone, the trio explain in a new interview …
Dec 16
ABC Walker Hayes will be ringing in the new year in style on the West Coast: He’s joined the LA party segment of of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2022, which will air on ABC on December 31 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. He’s the sole country act on a bill that …
