Record Store Day 2022 is around the corner, and hundreds of exclusive releases have been slated to hit shelves in over 260 independent record shops around the world. This will be the 15th year of an exclusive collection of vinyl, CD, and cassette releases in celebration of physical media. Last month, to kick off the excitement, […]
The Academy of Country Music has just recently announced the first round of performers set to take the stage during the 2022 ACM Awards. Maren Morris, Walker Hayes, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, Kelsea Ballerini, Parmalee and Blanco Brown, Brooke Eden, Breland, and Ashley McBryde alongside Carly Pearce will all be performing at the big night. […]
Although Willie Nelson is anticipated to release his newest album A Beautiful Time in just a few months, the iconic musician has taken a big step back from performing indoors any time soon. This change affects a large number of Nelson’s planned appearances, including the CMA Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame on March 10th and 11th […]
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 […]