Maren Morris is on the cover of Billboard‘s 2023 Pride issue, along with four of today’s most renowned drag queens: Eureka O’Hara, Landon Cider, Sasha Colby and Symone. As part of the cover story, Morris moderates a conversation between the four performers that dives into the recent onslaught of anti-LGBTQ+ bills aimed at limiting and
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On June 7, 2003, Kenny Chesney set a career milestone: He headlined his first stadium concert. According to CMT, Chesney’s stadium gig drew 61,780 people to Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. — home not just to the University of Tennessee, but also a place the native of nearby Luttrell knew well. “I sat right up
We’ve got our first taste of country on this season of America’s Got Talent. Mitch Rossell makes his emotional debut during Tuesday night’s (June 6) episode, both with his story and his song “Son.” As soon as Rossell introduces himself, it becomes clear this is going to be a tearjerker. The hopeful explains that he got into the music
America’s Got Talent returned to NBC on Tuesday night (June 6), and the second Golden Buzzer of the season has already been awarded! Golden Buzzer slaps are dealt out by one of the judges who is particularly impressed by a contestant. Judge Simon Cowell hit his Golden Buzzer for Putri Ariani, a singer and songwriter from Indonesia
Celebrated husband-and-wife duo Shovels & Rope are hitting the road this fall for a special tour supporting their latest album, Manticore. Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent will kick off their 2023 Bare Bones Tour with two dates in their hometown of Charleston, S.C., on Sept. 29 and 30. They’ll stop at venues across the
Miranda Lambert shows her soulful side throughout her new unrequited love song, “If You Were Mine.” R&B singer Leon Bridges joins the country singer to complete a striking vocal pairing. In fact, it’s Bridges’ impressive range that sets the tender ballad apart from anything in county music. Few men dare to live with him at
Jake Owen revealed a 12-stop, late summer tour that hits the midwest and west coast in 2023. The Loose Cannon Tour kicks off on Sept. 7 in Cleveland. The “On the Boat Again” singer will play several theaters and casinos on a six-week-long tour that features singer and songwriter Tyler Booth and Mississippi sibling trio Daves
Fresh off her historic ride into the Grand Ole Opry, Tanya Tucker wrapped up a whirlwind weekend with a stellar Sunday night performance at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on June 4. The 64-year-old talent was in high spirits as she celebrated the release of her twenty-sixth studio album, Sweet Western Sound, during the last of two consecutive headlining
Take a trip down memory lane and reminisce on how it all started in an original documentary film “CMA Fest: 50 Years of Fan Fair!” Get a backstage pass to never-before-seen footage, past CMA Fest performances and exclusive new one-on-one interviews with some of Country Music’s most notable artists including Bill Anderson, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks
The Music Event of Summer is back in action featuring performances by Country Music’s hottest stars including hosts Dierks Bentley, Elle King and Lainey Wilson! The three-hour primetime concert special from the 50th Anniversary of CMA Fest airs Wednesday, July 19 at 8/7c on ABC. Want to join the party in person?! Four-night and single
A rediscovered Kenny Rogers duet with Dolly Parton is a love song just as sincere as the one that made their partnership famous. It’s as warm as the song that closed their professional relationship 30 years later. “Tell Me That You Love Me” was recorded and released for a compilation album about 15 years ago, but
Tanya Tucker sure knows how to make an entrance. The country icon made Grand Ole Opry history on Friday night (June 2) by riding a horse onto the stage at the country music institution to kick off her scheduled performance. The singer, whose hits include “Delta Dawn,” “Texas When I Die,” “Two Sparrows in a
Taylor Swift brought an extra dose of country to her Chicago, Ill. show on Saturday night (June 3), thanks to a surprise appearance from Maren Morris. Morris hopped onstage with Swift for a live rendition of “You All Over Me,” which is a From the Vault track off of Swift’s 2021 Taylor’s Version of her
On Thursday (June 1), CMA Fest revealed additional performers set to take the Nissan Stadium stage in 2023. Jo Dee Messina, Tracy Lawrence, Tanya Tucker and Josh Turner have been added to the lineup. They join Miranda Lambert, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Tim McGraw and Luke Combs, who are just a few of the artists
Thirty-seven years ago today, on June 2, 1986, Randy Travis dropped his major-label debut album. Storms of Life was released on Warner Bros. Records. Storms of Life includes a re-release of Travis’ first chart-topping single, “On the Other Hand,” as well as “Diggin’ Up Bones” and “No Place Like Home,” two additional No. 1 hits for Travis. When the label first released
Country music fans have been blessed over the past 30-plus years with some great debut albums by budding stars. Selections range from Garth Brooks and Toby Keith’s opening statements to the more recent tides of change represented by Maren Morris and Luke Combs’ mainstream arrivals. The standard by which those artists get judged were set in
On June 2, 2003, Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett teamed up to release the pint glasses-clinking ode “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere.” The song appears on Jackson’s Greatest Hits Volume II album; the two men had also teamed up in 1999 to cover Buffett’s beloved “Margaritaville” on Jackson’s covers album, Under the Influence. “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” was
Luke Bryan has revealed the lineup for his upcoming 2023 Farm Tour. Kameron Marlowe, Chayce Beckham, the Peach Pickers and DJ Rock will accompany the country superstar on five dates on his annual tour, which takes place in September in 2023. Bryan launched his first Farm Tour in 2009, and the annual event awards college
Brandy Clark wasn’t looking to change producers when she started the process of making her fourth album, a self-titled record that arrived on May 19. For her two prior records, she’d worked with Jay Joyce, and been happy with the results. But when Brandi Carlile — an artist she had previously duetted with — made a striking
When Dolly Parton turned her country career toward the pop charts, she did it with a Cynthia Weil song. The legendary songwriter died on Thursday (June 1) at age 82. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and her husband Barry Mann were behind dozens of hit songs. They were a force in the