Warner Music Nashville While Zac Brown Band have lots of classic country hits, the band’s also known for musical experimentation, especially in projects like their 2019 record, The Owl. But frontman Zac Brown tells People that on their newest album, The Comeback, they were focused on making classic music for their fan base. “I’ve tried to …
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Oct 21
Chris Stapleton pushes three shows as he continues his doctor-mandated vocal rest
Mercury Nashville After announcing earlier this week that he’s recovering from laryngitis, Chris Stapleton will need a little more time off from the road. The singer, whose most recent album release was last year’s Starting Over, is postponing three scheduled shows due to his continued doctor-ordered vocal rest. Two of those shows, both set to …
Oct 21
Eric Church, Dan + Shay, Carly Pearce + more will perform at the 2021 CMA Awards
CMA Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Dan + Shay, Brothers Osborne and Jimmie Allen are among the first round of just-announced performers at the 2021 Country Music Association Awards. Blake will share a live rendition of “Come Back As a Country Boy,” his brand-new single. The song will be included on the deluxe version of his …
Oct 21
After a controversial name change and a “midlife crisis,” Lady A doubles down on ‘What a Song Can Do’
Big Machine On Friday, Lady A‘s eighth studio album, What a Song Can Do, arrives, completing the cycle started by June’s seven-song Chapter One. Recorded “around the same time” as the EP, the seven new tracks were chosen from “up to sixty songs” Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood wrote during the pandemic. “Obviously, we finished [2019’s] Ocean, we were preparing for that tour, …
Oct 20
Reba McEntire’s ‘Revived Remixed Revisited’ box set breaks onto multiple Billboard charts
UMG Nashville Reba McEntire is making her way up multiple Billboard charts this week, including her first-ever foray into the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart, thanks to her new triple disc, Revived Remixed Revisited. The project also lands her in the number-eight spot on Billboard’s all-genre Top Album Sales, and at number 12 on Top …
Oct 20
Nashville notes
Blake Shelton’s If I’m Honest album has achieved RIAA Platinum certification as of last month. The project came out in 2016; it features the hit single “A Guy With a Girl” as well as a duet with Gwen Stefani, “Go Ahead and Break My Heart.” Dustin Lynch has been announced as the third and final …
Oct 20
Scotty McCreery brings his newest single, “Damn Strait,” to the Kelly Clarkson Show stage
Jeff Ray Scotty McCreery reconnected with a fellow American Idol alum — Kelly Clarkson — this week, stopping by the stage of her talk show to perform his latest single, “Damn Strait.” Coming off his new Same Truck album, “Damn Strait” is a heartbroken ballad paying tribute to the King of Country, told from the …
Oct 20
Luke Bryan’s wife Caroline once slept on a makeshift bed of suitcases on his tour bus
ABC/Image Group LA Luke Bryan may be a massively successful country star these days, but early on in his career, both he and his wife Caroline made plenty of sacrifices so that he could chase his dream. Specifically, Caroline says in a new appearance on the Uncut with Jay Cutler podcast, she gave up the …
Oct 20
Carrie Underwood reveals what she wouldn’t put up with from her husband, “If I Didn’t Love You”
Connie Chronuk/ABC Carrie Underwood is exposing her husband’s bad habits in a hilarious new TikTok video centered around her latest single, a duet with Jason Aldean called “If I Didn’t Love You.” As the song plays in the background, Carrie pans the camera to piles of laundry on the floor, taxidermied animals hanging on the …
Oct 20
Eric Church’s “Heart on Fire” video tips its hat to his past hits
Joe Pugliese Eric Church adds another layer of nostalgia to his hard-rocking anthem, “Heart on Fire,” with a music video that looks back at the history of the singer’s career. Only true fans of the Chief will catch all the subtle references that the clip includes to past hit songs and videos. That emphasis on …