PBSTonight, the epic Country Music documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns concludes on PBS. The final episode covers the years 1984 through 1996, and is titled “Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’.” If you’re wondering why the film stops without examining the past two decades, Burns says it’s something he thought through very carefully. “1996 is the height of Garth Brooks‘ popularity,” …
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Sep 24
Watch as Chris Young memorializes Route 91 Harvest Festival victims in moving “Drowning” video
RCA Nashville Chris Young adds director to his resume with the emotional new music video for his latest single, “Drowning.” The song is about dealing with the loss of someone who passed away. The clip opens with Chris holding a picture of Adam Carnes, his longtime friend who inspired the song. As the video continues, spouses, children, …
Sep 24
Brantley Gilbert’s ready to deliver some ‘Fire & Brimstone’ on Broadway for Tootsies’ 59th birthday
Courtesy of TootsiesYou can think of it as a little Fire & Brimstone on Lower Broadway: Brantley Gilbert will headline Tootsies’ Birthday Bash in downtown Nashville next month. The celebration of the 59th anniversary of the famed Music City honky tonk will come just a few days after the release of Brantley’s sixth studio album, titled Fire & Brimstone, on …
Sep 24
Garth Brooks sings for nearly six thousand fans during a Texas-sized stop on the Dive Bar Tour
ABC/Randy HolmesLeave it to Garth Brooks to metaphorically bust the walls out of a venue on one of his current tours. At Monday night’s Dive Bar Tour stop at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas, Garth not only played for a capacity crowd of 800 inside the legendary dancehall, he also set up multiple big screens and …
Sep 24
Miranda Lambert plays her ‘Wildcard’ — literally — but doesn’t show all of her hand
ABC Radio Monday evening at Nashville’s iconic Exit/In, Miranda Lambert played the majority of her new Wildcard album for an invitation-only group of Music City insiders. In addition to already-released tunes like her current hit “It All Comes Out in the Wash,” “Locomotive,” “Mess with My Head,” “Bluebird,” “Pretty B****in’,” and “Way Too Pretty for Prison” — with Gwen Sebastian singing …
Sep 24
Kenny Chesney’s ready for some Chillaxification with FGL and OD in 2020
Warner Music NashvilleKenny Chesney may’ve skipped his usual stadium tour this year in favor of playing smaller venues, but he’ll make up for it by bringing the star power in 2020: Both Florida Georgia Line and Old Dominion will join him on next year’s trek. The Chillaxification Tour 2020 will kick off Saturday, April 18 at the home of the …
Sep 24
CMA New Artist of the Year nominee Ashley McBryde is just starting to rock a little with “One Night Standards”
Walt Disney Television/Lorenzo BevilaquaCMA New Artist of the Year nominee Ashley McBryde is hinting she may be ready to rock out a little on her sophomore album. “[My band and I are] so proud of our country roots and our bluegrass roots,” she explains. “[But] we have this tendency to be on this rock-y edge of it. …
Sep 23
Dierks Bentley’s “Living” life to the fullest as he tops the country chart in the U.S. and Canada
Capitol NashvilleDierks Bentley grabs the nineteenth number one of his career this week, as “Living” tops the country charts in both the U.S. and Canada. “It started as this joke between the band and me about how little living we were actually doing during the daytime hours before our shows,” Dierks explains. “It grew into a perspective shift that …
Sep 23
‘Heartache Medication’ for everybody: Jon Pardi preps full schedule around new album
Capitol NashvilleJon Pardi fans will get a full dose of Heartache Medication this Friday, when the California native’s third studio album arrives. The “Head over Boots” hitmaker will play New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom that same day, and make an appearance on YouTube’s Build series as well. From there, Jon heads to Los Angeles to play the outdoor stage on ABC’s Jimmy …
Sep 23
Kelsea Ballerini eyes spring for new album: “This one’s just like, ‘Here you go, try and figure this out!'”
Black River EntertainmentKelsea Ballerini just scored the highest debut of her career so far with her new single, ‘homecoming queen?’ — but it sounds like we may have to wait a bit longer more new music from the “Miss Me More” hitmaker. She tells the British publication Music Week that her third album won’t be out until next spring, though …