Jean Ann Crenshaw from Kentucky was involved in a freak balloon accident at a Garth Brooks concert back in Nashville for a Dec. 9, 2017, concert at Bridgestone Arena. Crenshaw’s nose was broken, scar tissue blocked her tear ducts and she still feels occasional shooting pain from nerve damage near the eye when a planned balloon-and-confetti drop […]
SiriusXM, the country’s leading audio entertainment company, today announced the return of SiriusXM Top of the Country in partnership with the Canadian Country Music Association® (CCMA). This nationwide search for Canada’s next big country music star provides emerging artists with a national platform, performance opportunities at some of Canada’s biggest country music events, SOCAN songwriting […]
The nature of Willie Nelson’s work has universal appeal, and so does the range of talent who took the stage to celebrate the life and career of Nelson at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena for Willie: Life & Songs Of An American Outlaw should have come as no surprise. With star studded guest performers, such as old […]
Florida Georgia Line’s Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Tour starts June 13th in Rogers, Ark. with Dan + Shay and Morgan Wallen. HARDY and Canaan Smith will join the tour on various dates before it wraps Sept. 28 in Irvine, Calif. Tickets go on sale Jan. 25 through Live Nation’s Megaticket. Brian Kelley promises this […]
Just a day after Barack Obama included her “Girl Goin’ Nowhere” on his list of his favorite songs from 2018, Ashley McBryde stopped by CBS Saturday, December 29th, to perform the song and talk about her breakout year. McBryde discussed her reaction to learning that her album Girl Going Nowhere was nominated for a Best […]
Even though Kacey Musgraves is on the bill at California’s Coachella and New York’s Governors Ball, the country songstress is slated to perform at this June’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. The in demand Golden Hour songwriter is one of many country and Americana artists highlighting the 2019 lineup, set for June 13th through 16th in […]
Steve Ripley, leader of the country rock band The Tractors, died Thursday, January 3rd, at his home in Pawnee, Okla. at the age of 69, surrounded by his family. He unfortunately has lost his battle with cancer. Born Paul Steven Ripley on Jan. 1, 1950, he played in bands from junior high through college and continued […]
Country music star and Oklahoma native Toby Keith will be among the performers at a series of events marking the inauguration of incoming Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt. The three inaugural events will take place between Jan. 10 and Jan. 14 in Lawton, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Stitt announced Tuesday that Keith would be performing at […]
Trisha Yearwood has debuted her new album, Let’s Be Frank, at Williams Sonoma. The tribute to Frank Sinatra, Yearwood’s first full-length solo record in over a decade, arrives Thursday, December 20th at Williams Sonoma stores nationwide and will be available everywhere February 15th on Yearwood’s Gwendolyn Records. “I’ve talked about doing a standards album for […]
Country stars Carly Pearce and Michael Ray have announced their engagement just five months after publicly confirming their relationship. The duo took to Instagram on Saturday night, December 22nd, to share the happy news from their vacation in Tulum, Mexico. “Dec 19, 2018 My life forever changed for the better,” Ray wrote on Instagram. “I got […]