Rising country star Brit Taylor‘s new single “At Least There’s No Babies” wraps up her debut album, Real Me. Released on Friday (June 4), the brand-new song is one of three on forthcoming deluxe edition of the project, due out next month. “The album Real Me told my story, and it wasn’t always easy to share
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Allie Colleen isn’t relying on her famous surname to make it as a country singer. Instead, the 24-year-old graduate of Belmont University is strategically doing her own thing and has paid her dues without riding the coattails of her father, Garth Brooks, or her stepmother, Trisha Yearwood (though she did work for a time as one of her dad’s backup singers).
This August, Gabby Barrett will hit the road with Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell and a special guest: Her baby daughter, Baylah. Barrett — a nine-time Billboard Music Awards nominee — opened up to Entertainment Tonight about what she imagines motherhood will look like once the Center Point Road Tour ticks off. “What it’ll kind of look like, we’ll have a tour bus. We’ll
Matthew McConaughey is publicly crediting Trisha Yearwood for giving him a break that transformed his acting career. In a new interview, the Oscar-winning actor acknowledges the country superstar for giving him a pivotal role in her now-classic video for “Walkaway Joe,” which helped launch his career. Yearwood and her husband, Garth Brooks, served as guest hosts on
Though Chris Stapleton has only been widely known as a solo superstar for a few years, he’s been working in music for nearly two decades. Throughout that time, he’s collaborated with countless artists as a songwriter and more than a few as a performer in his own right, bringing a soulful, gritty and downright beautiful sound to traditional
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
June 3 is unofficially Bobbie Gentry Day, as that’s the day the singer’s most famous character jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge in the smash hit “Ode to Billie Joe.” Fifteen years later, Gentry herself would jump to obscurity … but why? This week’s episode of the Secret History of Country Music Podcast explores Gentry’s sudden disappearance after the 1982 ACM Awards, and revisits
Soon after releasing “Some Gave All” as part of a multi-platinum album of the same name, Billy Ray Cyrus recorded a performance that lives on today as necessary viewing for Memorial Day. Fans were able to watch the performance during an ABC television special released in February 1993, nine months after Some Gave All achieved unprecedented
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
Twenty-nine 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,
Wynonna Judd first rose to popularity with the music she made with her mother, Naomi Judd, as the Judds. The mother-daughter duo cultivated a large fan following and a massively successful career, releasing five studio albums and landing more than a dozen hits at the top of the country charts. But Judd has also had a
Seventeen years ago today (May 29, 2004) was a life-altering day for Gretchen Wilson: It was on that date that her debut single, “Redneck Woman,” claimed the No. 1 spot on the charts and stayed at the top for an impressive five weeks. “Redneck Woman” comes from Wilson’s freshman album, Here for the Party, which also
The best weekend of Garth Brooks‘ life ended on a very, very sad note. Hours after the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony in Washington D.C., a man whose song was instrumental in getting him there died. Dewayne Blackwell wrote many hit songs over many decades, including “Mr. Blue” for the Fleetwoods in 1959, and “I’m Gonna
Drew Parker‘s major-label debut single, “While You’re Gone,” is also the title track of his newest EP. And while it may be the first time many country fans are hearing Parker’s voice on the radio, it’s unlikely to be the first time they’ve heard his words: He’s a seasoned songwriter who helped create “Homemade” for Jake
Dierks Bentley and Live Nation revealed on Wednesday (May 26) that the Seven Peaks Music Festival will return on Labor Day weekend in 2021. The three-day camping and music festival experience will take place in the mountainous Buena Vista, Colo., from Friday, Sept. 3 through Sunday, Sept. 5. Dierks Bentley’s Seven Peaks Music Festival debuted in 2018, and he spoke
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, is popular 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
Every morning, Chase Rice makes it a priority to talk to God a little bit. And in one particular, pre-pandemic conversation, the North Carolina native had a rather an interesting request. “I remember telling Him that I needed some real in my life, because I truly didn’t know what was real anymore,” Rice remembers in
Twenty-nine 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
Thomas Rhett made a special stop on The Voice on Tuesday night (May 25), appearing remotely to perform his current single, “Country Again.” “Country Again” is the title track of his latest release, Country Again: Side A, which came out in late April and is the first installment of a double album. It’s one of the most traditional
Nineteen years ago today (May 25, 2002), Alan Jackson rode to the top of the charts with his single “Drive (For Daddy Gene).” But while the singer was quite used to being in the No. 1 slot by that time — the song was Jackson’s 20th to hit the top of the charts — this particular