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
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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
If the rest of Ashley McBryde‘s new The Devil I Know album is as raw as the song she released on Friday (June 2), her fans might need to ask for the day off work. The Devil I Know is McBryde’s fourth studio album on WMN, following Lindeville from 2022. In April she released the title track.
Twelve years ago today, on June 2, 2011, Shania Twain‘s celebrity status reached a new level. It was on that date that the singer received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, celebrating almost two decades of success in the music industry. Twain’s star was unveiled by President and CEO of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Jelly Roll is one of country music’s hottest new artists, with fans clamoring for tickets on his upcoming 2023 Backroad Baptism Tour. But in a new interview, he says his past felony conviction still makes things complicated for him — even in his work. In December of 2022, he even sold out a hometown show at
Kimberly Perry recounts her difficult road to motherhood in a new mini-documentary that centers around “If I Die Young” and its follow-up sequel song, the recently released “If I Die Young Pt. 2.” In the five-and-a-half-minute video, Perry says that shortly before she wrote the “Pt. 2” version of the song, she suffered a pregnancy
Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh has just bought a bungalow in California, and pictures show a luxurious property fit for a rock star — or his son. The legendary singer-songwriter and instrumentalist plunked down $2.345 million for a 3-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,446-square-foot bungalow in Sherman Oaks, and though it’s not a massive mansion, the home has all
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John Osborne and Lucie Silvas are a musical power couple who came together thanks to (what else?) music. The pair first met in 2007, at a songwriting session. In a 2016 interview with The Bluegrass Situation, Osborne — one-half of Brothers Osborne — joked that he had “ulterior motives” for the collaboration. “I wasn’t there to
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
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