Miranda Lambert just announced her first release as an independent artist. A collaboration with Leon Bridges called “If You Were Mine” is coming next week. The love song will be available on June 6. It’s the first of what the country singer teased as several collaborations she’s working on. A press release paints the song as coming from the
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Lindsay Ell says she was shocked to learn about the sexual assault allegations against Jimmie Allen earlier in May, after Variety published an extensive report detailing a civil lawsuit leveled against the singer by a former member of his day-to-day team. The woman, who identifies herself as Jane Doe in the lawsuit, is suing Allen
Little Big Town‘s voices meld like they were made for one another, and for two of the quartet’s members, Jimi Westbrook and Karen Fairchild, the band led them each other — and, eventually, true love. When Westbrook joined LBT, Fairchild was married, but after a few short years, a divorce left her single. That’s when
On May 31, 2013, Cassadee Pope released her song “Wasting All These Tears.” The track was her debut country single, but far from her first foray into the music business. Pope was no stranger to music and touring by the time she dropped “Wasting All These Tears”: The Florida native had spent the previous few years
America’s Got Talent returned for Season 18 on Tuesday night (May 30) and there are already a few contestants who have made a mark on the competition. One of those contestants is comedian Orlando Leyba, who used his time on stage to reflect on a recent trip he took to Yellowstone National Park to celebrate his friend’s marriage
Donny Osmond is opening up about whether he’ll ever work with his sister, Marie, again, and the news might not be welcome for their longtime fans. The 65-year-old singer has just wrapped a solo residency in Las Vegas titled Donny, and in a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, he hints that it’s unlikely he’ll ever
Dolly Parton is larger than life. She’s a superstar through and through, with a radiant personality, flashy style and penchant for always looking camera ready — and her husband, Carl Thomas Dean, is the exact opposite. In fact, Dean “doesn’t like to be seen,” Parton told Ellen DeGeneres in 2011 (hence why the photo to accompany this
Thirty-one years ago today (May 30, 1992), Billy Ray Cyrus sealed his fate as a bona fide country music star. The singer’s debut single, “Achy Breaky Heart,” from his freshman album, Some Gave All, landed in the No. 1 spot, where it stayed for five weeks. The Marcy Brothers originally recorded “Achy Breaky Heart” in 1991,
Shortly after CMA Fest’s 50th anniversary celebration in Nashville, happening in 2023, the music festival will take fans on a trip down memory lane in a new documentary. CMA Fest: 50 Years of Fan Fair will debut on Hulu on Wednesday, July 5. The full-length film will be a cinematic yearbook of artist interviews, festival
Thirty-one years ago today, on May 26, 1992, Brooks & Dunn were toasting to their success. It was on that date that the then-new duo earned their first gold album, signifying sales of 500,000 units, for their freshman record, Brand New Man. Brand New Man, which was released in August of 1991, featured four consecutive
Morgan Wade is set to undergo a double mastectomy this fall. The “Wilder Days” singer reveals that it’s a preventative surgery she chose to have after a recent diagnosis. On Instagram, Wade shared a headline from the New York Post’s Page Six, telling fans that she has been diagnosed with a Rad51D gene mutation. According to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Farmer Wants a Wife has roped itself another season on FOX. The network announced that the rural quest for love will return in 2024 with another season, and Jennifer Nettles will be back to host. The country singer shared her excitement on social media. “Woo-hoo!!! @farmeronfox (Farmer Wants a Wife) is picked up for a second
The best Memorial Day songs focus on the men and women who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice. These 20 country songs do that in deeply personal ways. Well-known titles by Tim McGraw, Toby Keith and the Statler Brothers are the go-to songs for any Memorial Day songs list. For this Top 20, we went deeper. Find
Although many country fans may not know him by name, Keith Gattis was a creative force who left a lasting impact on the genre. Born May 26, 1970, in Georgetown, Texas, the multitalented musician and songwriter moved to Nashville as a young adult, ready to chase his dreams. He signed a record deal in the
Phil Vassar became a force on the country music scene beginning in 1999, following the release of his self-titled debut album. That record included his first single, “Carlene,” which featured backing vocals from 90s country hitmaker and longtime friend Collin Raye and climbed to No. 5 on the country airplay chart. Not long after, he
Twenty-four years ago today, on May 28, 1999, Brad Paisley fulfilled a dream he’d held since childhood, when he gave his debut performance at the Grand Ole Opry. The West Virginia native’s first appearance on the revered stage came just as his debut single, “Who Needs Pictures” — which was the title track of his freshman
Whether you discovered Kenny Rogers through counterculture rockers the Fifth Edition, his staggering list of country hits, or his recurring role as Brady Hawkes in the The Gambler TV movies, your first close encounter with the legend’s music was millions of light years away from “Planet Texas.” Not long after Rogers jumped from RCA to
On May 27, 2016, Dierks Bentley released his eighth studio album, Black. Five years later, its title track and third single, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, went viral on the video-focused app TikTok — so much so, in fact, that there’s a Make My World Go Black EP, featuring songs from the
On May 27, 2008, Darius Rucker made the jump into country music: Fourteen years ago today, he released his debut country single, “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It.” By that time, Rucker was a decorated musician who had already experienced multi-platinum success in the 1990s with the pop-rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. “Don’t Think I
Twenty-nine years ago today (May 27, 1994), the Eagles reunited for the first time in 14 years to kick off their Hell Freezes Over Tour at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, Calif. The iconic band’s ’94 reunion came, at least partly, thanks to a country star. The Eagles split up in 1980, following the release of their Eagles