ABC/Image Group LA Drinkin’ Hours will officially kick off for Cole Swindell on Friday. That’s the title of the fifth EP in Cole’s popular Down Home Sessions series, but this time, he’s doing it a little bit differently. For Drinkin’ Hours: Down Home Sessions V, the Georgia native will put out a new song every month for the next five months. …
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Jun 20
“Cowboy hats off” to best-selling author Tim McGraw
ABC/Image Group LATim McGraw can now add another honor to his long list of accolades: best-selling author. This week, his new book, Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation, debuts at #2 on the New York Times’ list of Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers. “Very proud and grateful for Songs of America reception,” his co-author, Pulitzer …
Jun 20
Trisha Yearwood’s proud, and “very surprised,” to carry the torch for “Every Girl in This Town”
ABC/Image Group LA Even though Trisha Yearwood‘s been in the music business for nearly thirty years, her latest single, “Every Girl in This Town,” is the highest-debuting song of her career so far. The two-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year confesses it caught her a little off guard. “I probably shouldn’t say this,” Trisha admits, “but I’m …
Jun 20
Granger Smith talks candidly about son’s death, vows to return to the road with his family for “healing”
ABC/Image Group LA Two weeks after his youngest son River died in a drowning accident, Granger Smith is breaking his silence on social media to update fans and friends on how his family is doing after the tragic passing of the three-year-old. “The finality and mortality brought on by death makes life feel fragile…” Granger’s lengthy post begins. “It can remind …
Jun 20
Brantley Gilbert is excited “What Happens in a Small Town” is doing big things for Lindsay Ell
ABC/Image Group LA “What Happens in a Small Town” rises to number sixteen on the country chart this week, even though it has Brantley Gilbert in a quandary. He’s not sure if he’s more elated because it’s the biggest U.S. hit so far for his duet partner, Lindsay Ell, or because it written about his relationship with his …
Jun 19
TR, Dan+Shay, Kelsea, Kane, Kacey and more are this year’s Teen Choices
FoxThomas Rhett, Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Kane Brown, and Kacey Musgraves are all up for two trophies each at the Teen Choice awards this summer. All five are up for both Choice Country Artist and Choice Country Song, with Brett Young also making an appearance in the Artist category. Maren Morris also nabs a nod for Song for “Girl,” while Kacey’s up …
Jun 19
Report: It’s “Game On” over Carrie Underwood’s “Sunday Night Football” theme
ABC/Mark Levine Singer/songwriter Heidi Merrill is suing Carrie Underwood over her 2018 Sunday Night Football theme, according to TMZ. Merrill claims she pitched her song “Game On” to Carrie’s frequent producer, Mark Bright, in August of 2017, but was told Carrie passed on the song. Carrie’s new NFL theme premiered in the fall of 2018, and also happened to be called “Game On.” The track was written …
Jun 19
Scotty McCreery is “In Between” country star and country life in new video
Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery gives his fans a glimpse of his life both onstage and off in his new video for “In Between.” “One of the things I’ve learned through traveling around the country is that people are a lot more alike than we are different,” the American Idol winner explains. “We’re all rarely 100% one thing or …
Jun 19
“Ole Dog” Blake Shelton gets a smooch from a seal on his birthday
Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images via ABCBlake Shelton spent his birthday on Tuesday in the Windy City, touring Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, as his girlfriend Gwen Stefani revealed in an Instagram post. “Happy b day to my favorite human!!! Can’t believe your [sic] mine,” she posted, adding the hashtag #GreatestGuyIKnow. Gwen also included a collection of photos of the Oklahoma native, …
Jun 19
Carrie Underwood feels “beyond blessed” with a “perfect little bundle of a smiley guy” named Jacob
Courtesy PEOPLECarrie Underwood’s youngest son, Jacob, will be five months old on June 21, and according to Carrie, he’s simply “this perfect little bundle of a smiley guy.” But before Jacob arrived in January, the “Love Wins” hitmaker had a particularly difficult time, losing three babies in the two years prior. In a new People cover story titled …