This past Tuesday evening, October 2nd, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum offered a sneak preview of its newest exhibition, Emmylou Harris: Songbird’s Flight. A lovingly curated display of instruments, photos and artifacts chronicling the career and life of the Hall of Fame legend. The unveiling was celebrated with an invitation-only event attended by Harris’s family and friends, fellow musicians […]
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Luke Combs Shares his Admiration for Jason Aldean
Country music artist Luke Combs has had a skyrocketing career since he first hit the Country Music Industry. The “When It Rains It Pours” singer is still learning about entertaining large crowds and has soaked up knowledge like a sponge while touring with Jason Aldean for the High Noon Neon tour. “His approach to the stage every night is, like I […]
Carly Pearce and her rise to the top of Country Music
Carly Pearce’s parents said they knew their young daughter’s talent and her passion for music. “At the age of 8, she confidently told us that she would perform on the Grand Ole Opry one day,” said Jackie Slusser, Pearce’s mother. But Carly’s parents were thrown a curveball the day she told them she wanted to […]
Kelsea Ballerini – a little bit Pop and a little bit Country
Female country singers are currently pop music’s top ambassadors at the moment. One Direction’s Niall Horan was accompanied on his world tour this year by Kacey Musgraves and Maren Morris. Morris also went on to collaborate with Zedd and Grey for the summer smash hit, “The Middle”. And now Kelsea Ballerini has released a duet with the […]
A Moment of Silence for the Lives Lost at Route 91
Country music as a community will be observing a “Moment of Silence” on the one-year anniversary of the Route 91 tragedy that occurred Oct. 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. An act of terrorism took the lives of 58 people, injured attendees and their families, leaving thousands of people’s lives changed indefinitely. On Monday, October 1, at […]
A Few Things to Know About the Billboard Charts This Week
1. “Reaching this milestone again is a dream for this band,” Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine tells Billboard of the group’s return to No. 1 on the Hot 100 (with its first leader in six years). 4. As “Killshot” bounds in at No. 3, Eminem earns his 20th Hot 100 top 10, a run that began with […]
The Very Best in Music Right Now
This week’s Artist 100 is out and musicians from every genre are a part of this one. We see a country act at the top, plenty of hip-hop and R&B artists spread throughout the top 10, and one very big rock act in between. Carrie Underwood is having a great year and she’s hit number […]
Kip Moore is the Hardest Working Man in Country Music
If there was an award for the hardest working county star in the business, it might go to Kip Moore. Kip just finished his ‘Plead the Fifth Tour’ and has announced another for the fall. On the tour, Kip will give a handful of deserving rising artists the chance to open, as he’s invited special […]
What’s Happening in Vegas and Nashville This Month?
Las Vegas and Nashville have a great deal in common; great food, terrific music, and gambling. Gambling money in Sin City and gambling lives for fame and fortune in the Music City. Both are incredible cities to visit. Here are a few live concerts this fall that will make both locations enticing… Wayne Newton will […]
Midland Announces Brief Fall Tour
The country band Midland began their musical journey in little old Dripping Springs TX in 2016, and after “Drinking Problem” broke through the top 5 in 2017, the boys in the band have never been the same. Their big break came as the opening act for Tim and Faith’s Soul2Soul World Tour in early 2017, […]