On this day in 1983, a troubled country music star performed a benefit concert in Jackson, Mississippi. More than 6,000 people attended, with the money going to local charities. The show was the result of a plea bargain, after the singer was arrested on drug charges related to his use of cocaine. Who was it? …
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Sep 16
Dolly Parton praised by Miley Cyrus as “godlike” in TIME 100 list
TIME Dolly Parton is one of only two country artists, along with Kane Brown, who earned a spot on TIME magazine’s list of the most influential people of 2021. Dolly’s own goddaughter, Miley Cyrus, wrote the touching tribute for the country music legend. “At her core, she is the definition of a humanitarian,” Miley writes of Dolly. “She’s also the world’s most impeccably …
Sep 16
She “Never Wanted to Be That Girl”: Carly Pearce says “Don’t steal from my hometown”
Alexa Campbell In the early eighties, Ricky Skaggs topped the chart with “Don’t Cheat in Our Hometown.” Now, another Kentucky native’s changed that to “don’t steal from my hometown.” You see, on September 2, Carly Pearce traveled home to be honored with a sign that read “Welcome to Taylor Mill: Hometown of Country Music Star Carly Pearce.” Within the …
Sep 16
Nashville notes
Mark Chesnutt has recovered from both back surgery and contracting COVID-19. The singer says he has been given a clean bill of health from his doctor, and is planning on returning to touring by the end of September. The Isaacs are the newest members of the Grand Ole Opry. The family quartet was inducted into the Opry …
Sep 16
Carly Pearce was “fearful” no one would let her release “29”
Allister Ann When Carly Pearce had the idea to tell her truth in the song, “29,” she had no idea that it would become the launching pad for her next album. Carly wrote the song with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, even though at the time she wasn’t sure if anyone would ever hear it. “I remember when that song was …
Sep 16
Country star trivia
On this day in 1983, a troubled country music star performed a benefit concert in Jackson, Mississippi. More than 6,000 people attended, with the money going to local charities. The show was the result of a plea bargain, after the singer was arrested on drug charges related to his use of cocaine. Who was it? …
Sep 16
Dolly Parton praised by Miley Cyrus as “godlike” in TIME 100 list
TIME Dolly Parton is one of only two country artists, along with Kane Brown, who earned a spot on TIME magazine’s list of the most influential people of 2021. Dolly’s own goddaughter, Miley Cyrus, wrote the touching tribute for the country music legend. “At her core, she is the definition of a humanitarian,” Miley writes of Dolly. “She’s also the world’s most impeccably …
Sep 16
She “Never Wanted to Be That Girl”: Carly Pearce says “Don’t steal from my hometown”
Alexa Campbell In the early eighties, Ricky Skaggs topped the chart with “Don’t Cheat in Our Hometown.” Now, another Kentucky native’s changed that to “don’t steal from my hometown.” You see, on September 2, Carly Pearce traveled home to be honored with a sign that read “Welcome to Taylor Mill: Hometown of Country Music Star Carly Pearce.” Within the …
Sep 16
Lady A says their “intentions are true” amid ongoing legal battle over name
Jason Kempin/Getty Images When Lady A changed their name from Lady Antebellum amid the racial tensions across the country last year, they never imagined the firestorm that would follow. But when blues singer Anita White, who also goes by Lady A, balked at their name change, Charles Kelley, along with band mates Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood, had an initially pleasant and hopeful conversation …
Sep 16
Reba McEntire thanks firefighters after rescue from old building
Jason Kempin/Getty Images for CMA Reba McEntire is speaking out after the fire department had to rescue her from the second floor of a building in Oklahoma, when the stairs collapsed while she and her boyfriend, Rex Linn, were inside. “While my team and I were in Atoka, OK yesterday checking out an old historical …