Record Store Day is tomorrow April 21st, nationwide, a day set aside to celebrate the local record store owner and the memory of running down to your neighborhood little record store to buy a single. The day is also designed to feature special releases that are primarily vinyl from today’s artists or promote reissues of […]
Here’s a fact that you are already aware of; country music is good business, and country music fans represent a sizable and influential sector of the American music industry pie. Here’s a recent real-world example; in spite of the much ballyhooed James Comey interview Sunday night, the overall broadcast ratings for the ACM awards was […]
The 2018 Billboard Award nominees have been announced, with a few surprises revealed. The nominations were announced live on the Today Show this week by pop stars Khalid and Bebe Rexha. Sam Hunt, Chris Stapleton have the most nominations, Taylor Swift is here, and Florida Georgia Line ‘s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley have three […]
A few days after the wonderful ACM Awards, life and the business of country music get back to the hustle and bustle of airplay and sales. What are the top country albums this past week? ‘Golden Hour’ by Kacey Musgraves ‘Seasons Change’ by Scotty McCreery ‘Brett Young’ by Brett Young ‘Kane Brown’ by Kane Brown […]
Country Music’s 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards proved to be the healing this nation needed, having been held in Las Vegas last night, the site of one of the worst mass shooting in our nation. The night’s biggest award went to Jason Aldean who was on stage that dreaded October night when the shooting […]
The 53rd annual ACM Awards is scheduled for April 15th, live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, 8 pm EST on CBS. A few weeks ago the Academy announced a few early winners; Midland earned the New Group of the Year Award, while Lauren Alaina and Brett Young were given the early nod. As […]
The 53rd annual ACM Awards is this Sunday, live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, 8 pm EST on CBS. We won’t know all the winners until the end of the night, but here are five things you may not have known about the ACM Awards… Yes, Reba is the host for the ceremony, […]
It’s no surprise that a great county band was born in Nashville. What is surprising is how good Old Dominion really is, earning the coveted New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year from the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2016, or earning nearly 10 nominations from various established academies. Old Dominion has toured […]
In 2002 a group of talented musicians from Atlanta thought it would be cool to start a band and see of anybody would come to their concerts, or listen to their music. Little did the members of the Zac Brown Band know that they would be one of the most mainstream country acts today? Years […]
Lady Antebellum and Darius Rucker have joined forces to create a different kind of fun; a live concert tour that’s being called the ‘2018 Summer Plays On’ tour with plenty of dates to choose from. Lady Antebellum has earned the Country Music Association Award for ‘New Artist of the Year’ award in 2008, while Darius […]