ABC/Image Group LADierks Bentley is set to sing at next month’s WE Day, a gathering billed as “the world’s largest youth empowerment event.” The star-studded rally will draw 16,000 student and educators to The Forum in Los Angeles, with the goal of “motivat[ing] young people to continue to take action on pressing issues and effect …
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Mar 28
Girl Going Somewhere: Ashley McBryde’s so hot, her label’s running out of CDs
Warner Music NashvilleIt wasn’t “A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega,” but it’s as close as you can come in Music City. Tuesday evening, Warner Brothers hosted an album release party for Ashley McBryde‘s debut, Girl Going Nowhere, at Melrose Billiard Parlor. The classic Nashville haunt is in the basement, downstairs from the Sutler Saloon, just off 8th …
Mar 28
After a trip around the globe, Kelsea Ballerini will be staying up “Late Late”
ABC/Image Group LA Kelsea Ballerini will make her first appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden on April 10, performing her new single, “I Hate Love Songs.” You can catch the show at 12:37 a.m. ET on CBS. It’s a busy time for the “Legends” hitmaker. She’s barely back from an international tour that took her to both Europe …
Mar 28
From a 6-year-old onstage with Bill Monroe to the Country Music Hall of Fame, Ricky Skaggs preaches the country music gospel
ABC RadioInduction into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is the apex of a country artist’s career. But as the world learned that Ricky Skaggs will be entering the hallowed ranks in 2018, the six-time CMA winner, who was also the 1985 Entertainer of the Year, couldn’t help but go back to his …
Mar 27
Is FGL’s latest hit “Meant to Be” #1 on the pop chart?
ABC/Kelsey McNealFlorida Georgia Line’s collaboration with Bebe Rexha is proving to be unstoppable on the pop chart. This week, “Meant to Be” is #2 on Billboard’s Hot 100, making it the highest-charting crossover tune in eight years. Lady Antebellum was the most recent act to achieve such heights, making it to #2 in March of 2010 with “Need You …
Mar 27
Will Justin Timberlake return to sing with Chris Stapleton at this year’s Pilgrimage Festival?
ABC/Image Group LAChris Stapleton will return to headline the fourth annual Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Arts Festival on the outskirts of Nashville this fall. Last year, Stapleton made a surprise cameo during a performance by his pal Justin Timberlake, who’s one of the event’s producers. Considering the fact that Chris collaborates with Justin on his …
Mar 27
Miranda Lambert may be Livin’ Like Hippies, but her “Little Red Wagon” is overflowing
ABC/Image Group LAMiranda Lambert’s fans not only turned out to see the passionate dog-lover on her Livin’ Like Hippies tour, they also showered no-kill shelters in 22 cities with dog food, supplies, toys, treats and cash. It’s all part of the CMA Female Vocalist of the Year’s ongoing Fill the Little Red Wagon campaign, which …
Mar 27
FGL turns the Key West Songwriters Festival into a chance to help victims of Hurricane Irma
BMIFlorida Georgia Line will kick off this year’s Key West Songwriters Festival with a benefit to help the victims of Hurricane Irma. “Not many people know that when FGL first started playing shows, we would pile in to BK’s Tahoe and head south to perform in the bars and clubs all around Key West,” Tyler …
Mar 27
Luke Bryan makes “Good,” scoring his 20th #1 and setting a record
ABC/Paula LoboAs “Most People Are Good” ascends to #1 on the country chart this week, it becomes Luke Bryan’s twentieth career chart-topper. It’s also his twelfth #1 in a row, the longest streak of any current country artist. “I think that ‘Most People Are Good’ might be one of the best songs I’ve ever recorded,” …
Mar 27
Ricky Skaggs, Dottie West and Johnny Gimble enter Country Music Hall of Fame
Ricky Skaggs; R. Diamond/Getty ImagesTuesday morning in the rotunda of Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood announced this year’s inductees into the Hall of Fame: Ricky Skaggs, Dottie West and Johnny Gimble. Skaggs is in the modern category, West is in the veteran category, and Gimble is in the recording …