Big MachineNew trio Midland not only has a #1 single, they now have a #1 album to match. The debut record from Mark Wystrach, Cameron Duddy and Jess Carson emerges at the top of Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart this week. The appropriately-titled On the Rocks features the band’s first single, “Drinkin’ Problem,” which claimed the top spot on the singles chart several weeks ago, …
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Oct 03
“Dear Hate”: You’ll be able to download Maren Morris’ response to the Las Vegas tragedy on Friday
ABC/Mark LevineAfter Maren Morris’ surprise release of the track “Dear Hate” in response to the mass shooting at a country concert in Las Vegas on Sunday night, the song will be available for download Friday. “Due to overwhelming response,” Maren tweeted, “‘Dear Hate’ will be available on iTunes Friday with proceeds going to the Music City …
Oct 03
Southern Accents: Lady A’s Charles Kelley, Randy Houser and more remember Tom Petty
Scott Legato/Getty ImagesAs the country community continues to reel from the mass shooting in Vegas this weekend, the news came that legendary rocker Tom Petty had passed away. The 66-year-old died Monday night after going into cardiac arrest at his Malibu home the previous evening. He was rushed to UCLA Medical Center but couldn’t be revived. Though …
Oct 03
“There are no words”: Jason Aldean posts new response to Las Vegas massacre
ABC/Randy Holmes Country superstar Jason Aldean posted a more lengthy response following the worst mass shooting in American history, which took place as he was closing out the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Aldean was still playing even as automatic gunfire began spraying the crowd, oblivious to the fact that suspected …
Oct 02
“They’re like family”: Keith Urban, Vince Gill, Alison Krauss and more show how country’s close connection to the fans links Nashville to Las Vegas
ABC RadioOn a windy, overcast fall evening in Music City, Grammy winners, Country-Music-Hall-of-Famers, actors, singer/songwriters and the mayor gathered in Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater to memorialize nearly 60 innocent people who lost their lives less than 24 hours earlier at a country concert in Las Vegas. “This is the kind of city that will wrap its …
Oct 02
Texas guitarist Caleb Keeter changes his mind on gun control, after experiencing Sunday’s violence in Las Vegas
ABC NewsAfter being in the crowd Sunday night as bullets rained down at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, one country musician is changing his mind about gun control. “I’ve been a proponent of the 2nd amendment my entire life,” Caleb Keeter, guitarist for the Texas-based Josh Abbott Band posted on social media. “Until the events of last night, I …
Oct 02
The Country Music Association organizes a Music City vigil for Las Vegas
ABC NewsThe Country Music Association is hosting a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Las Vegas shooting at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater Monday evening. At least 58 concert-goers were killed and 500 were wounded as a shooter opened fire Sunday night on the crowd at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, just as headliner Jason Aldean was delivering …
Oct 02
“Our angels were definitely watching over us”: A pregnant Brittany Aldean reacts to the Vegas shooting
C Flanigan/FilmMagicJason Aldean‘s wife, Brittany, is speaking out after Sunday’s deadly shooting in Las Vegas. “Our angels were definitely watching over us tonight,” 29-year-old Brittany shared. “No words for what happened… Just horrific. Praying for everyone,” she wrote. Jason was performing during the final night of the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Vegas when the shooting …
Oct 02
“We are not broken”: Stars work to forge a path ahead, after the worst mass shooting in American history
ABC NewsAs country music finds itself at the center of the worst mass shooting in modern American history, its biggest stars continue to reach out to the fans on social media, trying to bring comfort and make some sense of the tragedy. As the death toll grew to at least 58, with more than 500 …
Oct 02
Texas musician Josh Abbott was “just a few floors away” as bullets rained down on Route 91 Harvest Festival
ABC NewsTexas’s Josh Abbott Band had finished their Sunday afternoon set at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, when tragedy struck. “Everyone in our band and crew are safe,” Josh said on Facebook Monday. I had just left and was in the Mandalay Bay on the 20th floor with my fiancée during the shooting just a few …