AtlanticExcitement about this year’s 50th Annual CMA Awards is spreading all the way from Nashville to Phoenix. Monday, October 24, Hunter Hayes will open a special exhibit at Arizona’s Musical Instrument Museum that pays tribute to the nominees and winners in the CMA Musician of the Year category. The display will include instruments on loan from Country …
Oct 14
Little Big Town, Meghan Trainer, Arsenio Hall and More Set for "CMT Artists of the Year"
CMTThe stars are lining up for CMT’s Artists of the Year special October 20 in Nashville. Kelsea Ballerini will join Best New Artist Grammy winner Meghan Trainor and R&B troubadour Jill Scott to pay tribute to Artist of a Lifetime honoree Shania Twain. Kelsea’s Greatest Hits co-host Arsenio Hall will also appear, likely to give the “Peter Pan” hitmaker the Breakout Award. Olympic Gold Medalists Aly Raisman and Madison Kocian have …
Oct 14
Miranda Lambert Launching Highway Vagabond Tour in January
Sony Music NashvilleMiranda Lambert is hitting the road in support of her upcoming double album, The Weight of These Wings. Miranda’s Highway Vagabond tour, with special guests Old Dominion and Aubrie Sellers — who’s Lee Ann Womack’s daughter — will kick off January 26 in Evansville, Indiana. So far, dates and cities are confirmed, but …
Oct 13
Cole Swindell Is Off to the Races
Warner Music Nashville Cole Swindell is off to the races, in more ways than one. The “Middle of a Memory” hitmaker is set to kick off this weekend’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City. Cole will wave the green flag Sunday at 1:30 CT to start the fifth race in the Chase …
Oct 13
Chris Young Partners with Toys for Tots to Play Santa This Season
RCA Records NashvilleNot only is Chris Young releasing his first holiday album this year, he’s also teaming up with Toys for Tots to play Santa this season. The “Sober Saturday Night” singer will collect presents for the 69-year-old charity run by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve on his I’m Comin’ Over dates from November 17 through December …
Oct 13
Robin Roberts Goes Honky-Tonkin' for Her 8th Annual CMA Special
ABC/Heidi GutmanRobin Roberts’ pre-awards specials have become a CMA tradition, and this year, for the 50th anniversary of country music’s biggest awards show, the Good Morning America anchor is doing something special. The former Music City resident will tape her eighth annual preview in front of a live audience at one of the world’s most …
Oct 13
Garth Brooks Invites You to "Lay Down and Dance" with New Single
Pearl Records, Inc.Garth Brooks is back with the first single from his forthcoming, 11th studio album. If “Baby, Let’s Lay Down and Dance” sounds like classic Garth, it’s likely because it’s a collaboration between the writers of mega-hits like “The River,” “If Tomorrow Never Comes,” and “Papa Loved Mama.” “[It] was just a fun title …
Oct 12
Carrie Underwood Explains Her Alternate, Offstage Personality
Photo Credit: Jeff LipskyIf you run into Carrie Underwood when she’s out and about living her everyday life, she warns you shouldn’t expect too much. In fact, she believes she’s pretty different than the superstar we’re used to seeing on stage and screen. “I love being on stage, but that’s different. That’s not Carrie,” the CMA Entertainer …
Oct 12
Shania Twain's Entire Catalog Comes to Vinyl This Friday
Mercury NashvilleThis Friday, Shania Twain’s entire collection of recordings will be available on vinyl for the first time ever. Even though she’s only made four albums during her career, she remains the best-selling female country artist in history. The vinyl reissues start with her self-titled debut from 1993, and continue with 1995’s The Woman in Me and 1997’s Come …
Oct 12
Little Bit Country, Little Bit Rock and Roll: Jennifer Nettles and Elle King Team Up on "American Supergroup"
PRNewsFoto/American SupergroupJennifer Nettles and rocker Elle King just may be the two busiest women in country music. The Sugarland frontwoman has both a new single from her Playing with Fire album, titled “Hey Heartbreak,” as well as a new holiday album, To Celebrate Christmas, due October 28. If that weren’t enough, she’ll also reprise her …