ABC/Paula LoboIn 2019, Farm Aid will return to “America’s Dairyland,” taking over the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin on Saturday, September 21. Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, and Dave Matthews are all set to perform, along with Brothers Osborne, Tanya Tucker, and Jamey Johnson, plus other music legends, including Bonnie Raitt. Look for more acts to be added …
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Jul 09
Old Dominion promises more new music before new album, but they’re not so sure about posing for the cover
RCA Nashville Old Dominion‘s self-titled third album is coming October 25, the band revealed Monday on ABC’s Good Morning America, before performing their latest hit, “One Man Band.” “We have wanted it out as bad as [the fans] have,” Matthew Ramsey tells ABC Radio, “so it’s nice to be able to give them something to …
Jul 08
Garth Brooks will “Dive” into his “Bar” tour at Joe’s on Weed Street in Chicago
ABC/Randy Holmes Garth Brooks will kick off his seven-city Dive Bar Tour next Monday at Joe’s on Weed Street in Chicago. The only way to get tickets is to win them through the local country radio stations. You won’t even have to leave your home to see Garth do the inspiration for the tour, however. Jimmy Kimmel …
Jul 08
Watch now: Newcomer Jon Langston spins a “Jukebox” tribute to Alan Jackson
EMI Records NashvilleNewcomer Jon Langston’s commemorating the twenty-eighth anniversary of “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” hitting number one on the country chart by releasing his cover of the Alan Jackson classic. Jon grew up in Loganville, Georgia, just an hour from Alan’s hometown of Newnan. For Jon, he was a pivotal influence. “When I was a kid, my granddaddy gave me …
Jul 08
Loretta Lynn turns out to see Ray Stevens’ CabaRay — and loves it
Hayden OothoutThere’s no doubt Loretta Lynn has had her share of health challenges in the past couple years. But this weekend, she was feeling well enough to go see soon-to-be Country Music Hall of Famer Ray Stevensat his Nashville CabaRay venue. “I was so honored that my very dear friend Loretta Lynn and her family visited the CabaRay Friday night,” Ray …
Jul 08
“Can’t Say I Ain’t…” Patriotic: How FGL is helping a dozen wounded veterans on tour
PR Newswire/Danilo LewisFlorida Georgia Line is teaming up with The Independence Fund to give all-terrain tracked wheelchairs to catastrophically wounded veterans on the Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Tour. Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley presented the first one to Greg Dotson onstage during kickoff weekend in Dallas, Texas. The Army veteran lost his leg to an IED in Iraq in 2007. …
Jul 08
All-female band melts faces in new video for Chris Stapleton/Ed Sheeran collabo “Blow”
ABC/Mark Levine “Blow,” the new collaboration between Chris Stapleton and pop superstars Ed Sheeran and Bruno Mars is your typical double-entendre rock and roll come-on, in which a guy tells a girl, “I’m comin’ for you/Pull my trigger/Let me blow your mind.” But the song’s video turns the idea on its head by flipping the gender, enlisting women to lip-sync along to Chris, …
Jul 08
Blake Shelton celebrates his biggest hit yet as “God’s Country” reaches #1
Warner Music NashvilleBlake Shelton is starting the week with something to celebrate. “Wow. ‘God’s Country’ is the #1 song at country radio this week and is already platinum,” he tweeted on Monday. “I can’t say thank you enough.” “Who would’ve thought that almost 20 years into my career I’d have my biggest hit yet?” he continued. “I love …
Jul 08
Old Dominion’s self-titled third album will arrive in the fall
ABC/Image Group LA Old Dominion fans still have a little more than three months to wait…but the band’s third album is on its way. Lead singer Matthew Ramsey revealed Monday on ABC’s Good Morning America that the follow-up to Happy Endings — which will be self-titled — is set to arrive on October 25. The CMA and ACM Vocal Group of the …
Jul 08
Jason Aldean ponders a world without albums: “That just sounds like it sucks to me”
BBR Both Blake Shelton and Sheryl Crow have revealed they’re no longer focused on albums as their main way to deliver music, since it seems fans have more of an appetite for singles in the digital age. But ACM Entertainer of the Decade Jason Aldean hopes to keep making full albums as long as he can. “I’ll make ’em as long …