Category: Country

Brett Young Scores No.1 Spot on the Country Charts

Brett Young has scored his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. As his sophomore album, Ticket to L.A., arrives atop the tally with 37,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week. On the all-genre Billboard 200, Ticket boards at a career-best No. 15. “Having my second record out was already super-exciting, […]

Chris Stapleton, Emmylou Harris & Eric Church Join Willie Nelson Concert Celebration

Event producer Blackbird Presents has announced the addition of Chris Stapleton, Emmylou Harris, Eric Church and Jimmy Buffett for a concert celebration of Willie Nelson. Willie: Life & Songs Of an American Outlaw, a Willie Nelson All-Star Concerts Celebration is also adding performances from Bobby Bare, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson, Margo Price, Micah Nelson, Nathaniel […]

Toby Keith Explains Who Inspired ‘Don’t Let the Old Man In’ for ‘The Mule’

No one weaves a tale quite like Clint Eastwood, and Toby Keith knows a good hook when he hears one. The duo were sharing a golf cart last year at Eastwood’s charity tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif. is both a testament to their friendship and a stroke of good fortune. The encounter led Keith to pen […]

SiriusXM Presents Live Concert Lineup on New Year’s Eve

SiriusXM announced today that it will broadcast exclusive concerts, DJ sets, and special performances live on New Year’s Eve. SiriusXM’s New Year’s Eve Live Concert Lineup Includes: Post Malone at Barclays Center – airing on SiriusXM’s Hip Hop Nation Phish at Madison Square Garden – airing live on SiriusXM’s Phish Radio Lynyrd Skynyrd at WinStar […]

Garth Brooks Adds Second Minneapolis Show per Request of the State Govenor

Fans of Garth Brooks have Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton to thank as to why he’s adding a second concert when he visits Minneapolis. The country crooner told reporters during a call Monday that his upcoming stadium tour is “all about one special night.” But the 50,000 tickets for his May 4 show sold out within an hour Friday, […]

Alan Jackson Adds More Dates to his 2019 Tour

Country star Alan Jackson has added more dates to his 2019 North American tour. Following the announcement of four new shows earlier this week, Jackson has added an additional six dates to the tour that kicks off on January 25th at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Jackson will now play the Chesapeake Energy Arena […]

ASCAP, Academy Of Country Music & Bluebird Cafe Kick Off Songwriters Series

For over 20 years, ASCAP has hosted a Music Café in the heart of the Sundance Film Festival, featuring intimate performances by songwriters and artists. Next month, ASCAP continues the tradition, and in collaboration with the Academy of Country Music and the famed Bluebird Cafe, will present some of Nashville’s rising stars and country legends […]

Brandi Carlile and Elisabeth Moss Team up for Emotional Music Video “Party of One”

With this new music video Brandi Carlile wanted to articulate the thought of being told you’re unworthy of unconditional love is beyond inconceivable in today’s age, but when you finally have the right to it, and that it’s still worth fighting for.when she sat down to write the closing song of her Grammy-nominated By the […]

Zac Brown Announces Rebrand Of Southern Ground To Zac Brown Collective

Zac Brown, frontman of multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band, today announced the launch of Zac Brown Collective, a new entertainment and lifestyle branded parent company. Formerly known as Southern Ground, the reimagined company expands its portfolio of brands, further rising Brown’s artistic and entrepreneurial pursuits to new heights. Zac Brown Collective brings together the […]