This year’s 2018 CMA Awards nominations were announced this morning on live television by Luke Bryan. The upcoming November 14th show will be hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, and be broadcast live on ABC. Here are the relevant nominations and categories… Song of the Year Jason Aldean & Miranda Lambert, “Drowns the Whiskey” […]
Category: Country
What’s On Top of The Charts This Week?
“Drowns The Whiskey” by Jason Aldean Featuring Miranda Lambert sits atop many of the country music charts this week, with “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset” from Luke Bryan, “Kiss Somebody” by Morgan Evans, Thomas’s Rhett’s “Life Changes” “Get Along” Kenny Chesney, “Mercy” from Brett Young, and Dan + Shay’s “Tequila” scoring in the top 10. In album […]
How About Some Country Congrats!?
Our fist congratulation goes to country star Kassi Ashton who was chosen her to be the spokesperson or public face of a Budweiser offering called ‘Reserve Copper Lager. Kassi was in Los Angeles last week recording the commercial. Out second congrats go to Clay Cook of the Zac Brown Band, as he and wife Brooke […]
Friday Country Music News Headlines
Kacey Musgraves will join the lineup for the 2018 ‘Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100,’ which takes place December 2nd in Johannesburg, South Africa. The music festival is a celebration to the country’s iconic symbol of peace and struggle for equality Nelson Mandela. The festival includes Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams and more – Trevor Noah […]
Dustin Lynch Invited to Join Opry, Caught Speechless
Something magical happened this week in the Music City, and if you’re a Dustin Lynch fan you may already know details of perhaps the most exciting thing that ever happened to Dustin. It seems that Dustin was on stage at the Opry with his own anniversary when Trace Adkins invited Dustin to become the newest […]
Devin Going Solo This Fall
Devin Dawson is the hardest working man in country music, or at least it seems that way to us. Talk about busy – Devin spent much of the year opening for Brett, Tim, and Faith, but after pulling down a nomination for the 2018 ACM ‘New Male Vocalist of the Year’ he’s decided to go […]
2018 Farm Aid to Air on AXS-TV Channel Live September 22nd
If you’re busy September 22nd and you can’t make it to the festival in Connecticut for the 2018 Farm Aid, no worries, as AXS-TV will be broadcasting the show live, starring Willie Nelson, Chris Stapleton, Nathaniel Rateliff, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Kacey Musgraves, Sturgill Simpson, and Margo Price. Earlier that day on the AXS-TV network, […]
Shania’s ‘Real Country’ Reality Show is Coming on USA This November
Shania Twain is busy working on an upcoming country music singing reality show that will leverage her talents as performer and producer called ‘Real Country,’ with an eight-episode project scheduled to make its debut on the USA Network November 13th 10pm Est. Using the successful reality show formula, contestants will compete in front of judges […]
Here’s Your Dolly Update
Dolly Parton announced this week the most expensive expansion project ever for her Dollywood theme park, and has been speaking aloud about a ‘9 to 5’ film re-boot. As that wasn’t enough news, she was also honored this week with an award named after, her! She received the award named after her, the ‘Dolly Parton […]
Move Over Garth, Luke Now the Highest Paid Country Star
If you have talent and persistence, you can make a great deal of money in country music. Forbes recently announced its list of highest paid artists in 2018, and sitting at the top of country singers is Luke Bryan, pulling down over $50 million in the past 12 months. Garth Brooks had owned that top […]