On Saturday, Lauren Alaina was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry with the honor presented with Trisha Yearwood–who initially surprised Alaina with an invitation to join the Opry back in December. During Alaina’s induction, she and Yearwood were to duet the latter’s own “Walkaway Joe.” But, before they could begin, Yearwood gave the newest member […]
Orville Peck has entered the next chapter in his career, as he has just announced his second album Bronco, an upcoming tour kicking off in April, and has just dropped a brand new music video for “Cry Baby, Cry.” Bronco, the follow-up to his 2019 album Pony, will be fully released on April 8th. In the meantime, the […]
The nominations for the 2022 ACM Awards were revealed yesterday, featuring many of country music’s biggest and best stars. Chris Young has the most nominations with seven, including both Album and Single of the Year. Miranda Lambert, with her 16th Female Artist of the Year nomination, has just tied a record initially set by Reba […]
While Florida Georgia Line has not officially broken up, the country duo consisting of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley has confirmed that they are “taking a break.” “I think ‘taking a break’ is the proper term, as opposed to breaking up,” Hubbard said in a recent interview. “We’re not going our separate ways,” Kelley added. […]
Morgan Wallen, the controversial country singer who was filmed using a racial slur, included a cover of Jason Isbell’s “Cover Me Up” on his most recent album. The album, and, subsequently, the track, ended up having a high number of sales, downloads, and streams due to the controversy. Due to Wallen’s actions, Isbell has pledged […]
Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett will officially be joining Dolly Parton as co-hosts of the 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards on March 7th at 8 PM EST on Prime Video. Allen, last year’s new male artist of the year, and Barrett, the new female artist of the year, are both up for several nominations, […]
Sam Williams, the son of country singer Hank Williams Jr., recently made a public plea to be released from a conservatorship he says his father put him in more than a year ago. In a since-deleted YouTube video, Williams silently called for help in a series of signs explaining the alleged conservatorship. According to the 24-year-old […]
It was just announced that Dolly Parton will be hosting the 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards. The Queen of Country had her ACM Awards hosting debut in 2000 and will now be returning to the show 20 years later. Parton was first nominated for Top Female Vocalist in 1970, earning 10 ACM trophies ever since. […]
Yesterday came the announcement of the 2022 nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, featuring a long list of some of music’s most beloved names across all genres. To be eligible for this year’s class of inductees, artists or bands have to have released their first commercial recording by 1996. In addition to ballots […]
It was just announced that Mickey Guyton will be singing the National Anthem at Super Bowl LVI, where the Los Angeles Rams will be facing the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium on February 13th. Guyton, whose debut album Remember Her Name dropped in 2021, is the first-ever Black artist nominated for best country album at the Grammys. […]