Country Music AssociationFor the second year in a row, Cracker Barrel will sponsor the free Country Roads Stage at Ascend Amphitheater during CMA Fest in downtown Nashville The nightly entertainment on the Riverfront in Music City kicks off Thursday, June 7, with Broken Bow artists Chase Bryant, Craig Campbell, Lindsay Ell, Chase Rice, Runaway June, and Granger Smith taking the stage. On Friday, Lee …
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May 09
Coffee talk, Kirkland’s and new music: Trisha Yearwood’s busy working on next album
ABC/Image Group LA Trisha Yearwood is back in the studio working on her next album with longtime producer Garth Fundis. Trisha updated fans on her progress during a special edition of T’s Coffee Talk on Facebook, where she showed off her new line of home goods at Kirkland’s. The two-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year revealed she’s currently …
May 09
Take Me Out to the Ball Game: Lauren Alaina and Trent Harmon to play in this year’s City of Hope matchup
City of HopeAmerican Idol alums Lauren Alaina and Trent Harmon are suiting up to play in this year’s City of Hope Celebrity Softball Game, taking place the weekend of CMA Fest. Football stars Jay Cutler and Marc Mariani will also join HGTV’s Property Brothers, Drew and Jonathan Scott, for the Saturday, June 9 event at Nashville’s First Tennessee Park. Naomi Judd has signed on to do play-by-play, with newcomer Tegan Marie and Billy …
May 09
No more #GrammysSoMale? Cam and Sheryl Crow among artists named to Recording Academy task force on diversity and inclusion
ABC/Image Group LA On Grammy night earlier this year, Neil Portnow, the head of the Recording Academy, sparked outrage when he told reporters that women need to “step up” to be better represented at the ceremony. Now the Recording Academy has formed a special task force to examine “barriers and biases affecting women and other underrepresented …
May 09
“This Is It”: Scotty McCreery accepts his new identity as a golfer
Triple Tigers RecordsEven after winning American Idol and having #1 songs and albums like “Five More Minutes” and Seasons Change, Scotty McCreery is finding he can still fly under the radar, for the most part. “Flight attendant looks at me, realizing she recognizes me,” he explains on social media, “but unsure where from.” “Then she gets it,” Scotty goes on. “Looks at …
May 09
Coming soon: Jason Aldean will park his “Big Green Tractor” at new Kitchen + Roof Top Bar in downtown Nashville
TC Restaurant GroupJason Aldean‘s Kitchen + Roof Top Bar is on track to open this June, in time for the 2018 edition of CMA Fest. The four-story, 27,000-square-foot complex is located between 3rd and 4th Avenue in downtown Nashville. In addition to its 250 dining seats, Jason’s new destination will have six bars, music on …
May 08
Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On: FGL’s Brian Kelley and wife Brittany launch their line of denim
Kevin MayaLittle Big Town‘s Phillip Sweet, Shay Mooney from Dan + Shay, and the band A Thousand Horses were just some of the folks who turned out to support Florida Georgia Line‘s Brian Kelley and his wife Brittany Marie as they launched their new line of denim. Tribe Kelley Denim is American-made and features vests, jackets and jeans for both men and women. It comes in …
May 08
Sam Hunt, Dierks, Darius and Alan Jackson to be honored by the ACM in August
Academy of Country MusicSam Hunt, Dierks Bentley, Darius Rucker, and Alan Jackson are just some of the stars who’ll be front and center this year at the 12th Annual ACM Honors. Recent Country Music Hall-of-Fame inductee Alan Jackson will accept the Cliffie Stone ICON Award, while Darius will be given the Gary Haber Lifting Lives honor for his charitable work. …
May 08
Maren Morris goes back to the Bluebird to recreate “My Church” for new documentary
ABC/Image Group LA Long before Maren Morris‘s “My Church” became her breakthrough, top-ten, Grammy-winning hit, she debuted it at Music City’s revered Bluebird Cafe. Next week, she’ll recreate that moment for a new documentary about the famed Nashville hot spot — and you can be there too. The Texas native will host a songwriters’ circle Thursday, …
May 08
Ashley McBryde trades in “A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega” for a trip to a Tennessee distillery
Taylor StrategyAshley McBryde may be known for “A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega,” but later this month, she’ll be doing her drinking a little closer to the source. The Arkansas native will kick off the 2018 Porch Sessions concerts at Cascade Hollow Distilling Co. in Tullahoma, Tennessee on May 19. If you don’t immediately recognize the name …