NBCUniversalLuke Bryan, Maren Morris, and Brad Paisley will celebrate America’s birthday this year in the Big Apple, performing on Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular on NBC. The two-hour show will be hosted by World of Dance judge Derek Hough and singer/songwriter Ciara. You can tune in to watch live on July 4 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, with a one-hour encore presentation set …
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Jun 25
Countdown to “Country Music”: Dierks, Vince, Dwight, Skaggs and more star in PBS Ryman special
PBSThe countdown to filmmaker Ken Burns’ eight-part, sixteen-hour PBS documentary Country Music begins Sunday, September 8 with a special live concert recorded at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. The two-hour music special features both songs and performers that figure prominently in the epic re-tracing of country music’s history. Dierks Bentley sings Waylon Jennings’ “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way,” …
Jun 25
Trisha Yearwood is “Every Girl” in “FarmVille” as she goes on a “Country Escape”
Gwendolyn RecordsTrisha Yearwood’s already a best-selling author, a two-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, a Food Network star, and of course, wife of Garth Brooks. But now you can add one more thing to the list: resident of FarmVille. In the coming months, fans will start to see Trisha in the new version of the popular …
Jun 25
After 13 years together, Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman couldn’t be “Happier”
ABC/Image Group LA Thirteen years ago, Keith Urban and actress Nicole Kidman tied the knot during a ceremony in Manly, Australia. Today, the Aussie singer wished the Big Little Lies star a happy anniversary on social media. “Thirteen years of magic, music, romance, wild adventures, and the ongoing discovery of pure love,” he captioned a photo that showed him playing the …
Jun 25
“Her World [and] Mine”: Michael Ray & Carly Pearce party at the Palace on first anniversary
ABC/Image Group LA Michael Ray and Carly Pearce spent their first anniversary where their romance began: across the street from the Grand Ole Opry at the Nashville Palace, in the part of town known as Music Valley. “We have 5 hours together this week,” Michael shared on his socials, along with a picture of the couple in the bar. …
Jun 25
Miranda Lambert heads in a “different direction” for new album, is ready for new music “to be out yesterday”
ABC/Image Group LA Miranda Lambert hopes to have new music out before she sets her all-girl Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour in motion this fall. She tells Rolling Stone that she recently delivered the follow-up to 2016’s The Weight of These Wings to her record label. She switched producers, working with Jay Joyce, known for collaborating with Eric Church and Little Big Town, …
Jun 25
Why “Prayed for You” hitmaker Matt Stell stands head and shoulders above the rest
RECORDS/Arista Nashville Newcomer Matt Stell is on the verge of having his first top-thirty hit, as his debut single, “Prayed for You,” makes it to #31 on the country chart this week. At six-foot-seven, the Arkansas native easily qualifies as one of the tallest men in country music, alongside Lady Antebellum‘s Charles Kelley, Brett Young, …
Jun 24
Everything’s coming up “Blue Roses” for Runaway June
BBR Runaway June can’t wait until their debut album, Blue Roses, comes out on Friday. But in the meantime, the trio has plenty to celebrate. On Sunday night, they broke out the champagne as they marked the end of the first leg of Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty Tour. They’ll be busy working their own dates this summer, before …
Jun 24
Watch now: At LakeShake, it’s Miranda, Maren, Lauren, Cassadee, Lindsay…and U2
ABC/Image Group LA Who needs Bono when you’ve got Miranda Lambert and some of the best female voices in country music? Friday night at Country LakeShake in Chicago, the evening’s all-girl lineup tackled one of U2’s signature songs, their 1987 number one, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” Maren Morris, Lauren Alaina, Cassadee Pope, Lindsay Ell and Miranda’s fellow Pistol Annies — Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley — …
Jun 24
Granger Smith debuts new tattoo in honor of his son, while returning to the road in Chicago
ABC/Image Group LA Granger Smith returned to the road this past weekend for the first time since the death of his youngest son River a little more than three weeks ago. Medical personnel were unable to revive the three-year-old after a drowning accident in the family pool at Granger’s home in the Austin, Texas area. Sunday at Chicago’s …