Country

Keith Urban will be part of an all-genre bill leading the Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix next month, an event that’ll kick off race weekend in Las Vegas, Nev. Urban is the lone artist repping country music during the show. The other performers are Andra Day, Bishop Briggs, J Balvin, Journey, Steve

Jelly Roll, Luke Bryan, Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton and Carly Pearce are just a few of the stars who’ll serve as performers at the 2023 CMA Awards. Many of the performance details have been revealed ahead of this year’s show. Wilson, Stapleton and Pearce will all be performing relatively fresh material: Stapleton’s playing his new

The Voice returned for another round of Battles on Tuesday night (Oct. 24). During the latest edition of showdowns, Gwen Stefani matched up two of her younger contestants, Calla Prejean and Chechi Sarai, to fight to keep their spot on her team. Stefani challenged the two hopefuls with leaving their mark on Lady Gaga’s “I’ll Never

As the holiday season approaches, Jamie O’Neal and Ty Herndon, two Grammy-nominated artists with a long history of friendship and musical collaboration, release the poignant Christmas single titled “Merry Christmas Baby.” American Songwriter exclusively premiered the track here. This emotional track is featured on Jamie O’Neal’s deluxe edition album, Spirit & Joy, and promises to touch

Jason Aldean’s latest single, “Try That In A Small Town,” has topped the Country Aircheck/Mediabase charts, marking the Georgia native’s 28th career No. 1. The single hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart earlier this year following some controversy, and marks the first No. 1 from Aldean’s 11th studio album, Highway Desperado, out Nov. 3. The new project features

Caroline Jones‘ new album has grit and perseverance as its main messages, and she comes by those lyrical threads honestly.  The singer-songwriter changed the trajectory of her entire life on the way to the new music, first by getting married, and then by getting pregnant with her first child. None of that is by happenstance,

Lee Brice put his musical talents on display recently and helped raise more than $570,000 for pancreatic cancer research. The country singer was on hand for the 10th Annual Homecoming Golf & Concert event benefitting the Nikki Mitchell Foundation. That amount is a new record for the fundraising event. “The Nikki Mitchell Foundation is excited

Chris Young turned to social media to share the results of his workout regimen, and fans were suitably impressed with the results. The country singer posted a shirtless picture to Instagram on Friday (Oct. 20), showing off a newfound definition in his biceps, chest and abs. “Just gonna leave this here,” he writes to accompany

Tanya Tucker and Patty Loveless were the two well-known stars inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday (Oct. 22), but both took a moment to recognize the third. Songwriter Bob McDill finally got his moment, as well. The annual Medallion Ceremony at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum allows for three tribute

Fifty-one years ago today, on Oct. 16, 1972, Loretta Lynn became the first woman to win Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards. Lynn had just released her 18th studio album, Here I Am Again, when she won Entertainer of the Year. She had already notched 25 Top 10 singles, including the No. 1 hits

Seventeen years ago today, on Oct. 17, 2006, Hollywood confirmed what Nashville already knew: Tim McGraw was a major celebrity. It was on that date that the singer received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Both McGraw’s wife, Faith Hill, and actor Billy Bob Thornton, who starred in Friday Night Lights with McGraw, attended his Hollywood Walk of

Happy birthday, Alan Jackson! The singer was born 65 years ago today, on Oct. 17, 1958, in Newnan, Ga. Jackson was born to Joseph Eugene and Ruth Musick and was the youngest of five children — and the only boy. He and his family lived in a tiny home, built around his grandfather’s tool shed, on

LeAnn Rimes is mourning the death of her stepfather, Ted Miller. In a social media tribute, the singer celebrated the life of a man who always reminded her to enjoy her childhood, even when she was juggling the demands of country music stardom at a very young age. “Goodbye, Ted. Rest well! Your joy and childlike

Craig Morgan rushed into the crowd to rescue his wife after he learned of gunfire at the Texas State Fair on Saturday (Oct. 14). Afterward, he had nothing but praise for local law enforcement. Morgan was the headliner for Saturday night’s concert at the Texas State Fair in Dallas. A gunman opened fire in the food court,

Brad Paisley‘s 10th European tour will feature concerts in Iceland, Sweden, Norway and more. The singer announced 2024 Son of the Mountains World Tour on Monday (Oct. 16). Five of the nine stops are C2C Festival dates, announced the same morning that event revealed its 2024 plans. The tour is named after Paisley’s upcoming album,

Lynyrd Skynyrd endured one of the worst tragedies in music history on Oct. 20, 1977, when a plane carrying the band and their entourage crashed in Mississippi, killing several members of the group. But the band would rise again to bring the music of Skynyrd to an entirely new generation of fans. The pioneering Southern

It was 32 years ago that Clint Black wed his wife, Lisa Hartman Black. The couple tied the knot on Oct. 20, 1991. The couple met in 1990, when the actress and her mother attended the country singer’s New Year’s Eve concert in their shared hometown of Houston, Texas. Sparks immediately flew between the two, but

Luke Bryan lashed out at a music critic who said he “phoned it in” during a recent concert in Minnesota. Then, he told another country music publication to “kiss my a–.” Bryan’s show at the Xcel Energy Center in Minneapolis received an unfavorable review from the St. Paul Pioneer Press, a daily newspaper that serves the

Apparently, not even Dolly Parton‘s closest musical friends have ever texted with her. During a recent appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, while fielding a question about her last text exchange with her fellow country legend, Reba McEntire revealed that she and Parton have never used that form of communication. “Dolly does

What do Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood have in common with a former U.S. President and First Lady? Plenty. Over the years, the country power couple have grown close to President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn over their mutual passion for building affordable housing through Habitat for Humanity builds and the Jimmy and Rosalynn