Michael Ray‘s Higher Education EP is out! The seven-track record is, in many ways, what Ray has always wanted to create, but never was able to, for a myriad of reasons, until now. “It’s what I’ve had in my mind for a long time,” Ray tells Everything Nash. “It’s truly what I was trying to get out for years….
Trace Adkins‘ ambitious, 25-track The Way I Wanna Go album is out! The Grand Ole Opry member co-wrote two of the songs on the project, which features an eclectic list of artists, including Melissa Etheridge, Pitbull, Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Keb’ Mo’, Stevie Wonder and Snoop Dogg. The project, out on Verge Records, celebrates 25 years since Adkins’ debut Dreamin’…
If there wasn’t a Reba McEntire, there may not be a long line of successful female country artists, including Trisha Yearwood. It was McEntire who Yearwood says blazed a trail for other female artists, inspiring an entire generation of women who followed in her footsteps, including superstar female artists like Yearwood, Lee Ann Womack, Shania Twain and more in…
Scotty McCreery has won a major reality TV television show, sold out large venues all over the country, sold millions of albums and had eight Top 20 singles, with three consecutive No. 1 hits. It’s a lot for anyone to accomplish, but there is one big goal McCreery still wants to achieve: becoming a member of the Grand…
Ashley McBryde will kick off three consecutive headlining shows at the Ryman Auditorium on Thursday, August 26. For McBryde, who grew up dreaming of being a country music singer-songwriter, to headline the Mother Church of Country Music is more than anything she could have dreamed up on her own. “One of my crew members actually nailed it. He said,…
It was June 11, 1996, and Garth Brooks appeared to be at an all-time high. The Oklahoma native had released his seventh album, Fresh Horses, one year before, and had already had a series of No. 1 hits, including “If Tomorrow Never Comes,” “The Thunder Rolls,” “The Dance,” “Friends in Low Places” and more. His superstar status made him stay…
2021 is shaping up to be a big year for Lauren Alaina. The American Idol alum will release her album, Sitting Pretty On Top Of The World on September 3, followed by her book, Getting Good at Being You: Learning to Love Who God Made You to Be, out on November 23. Both the record and the book…
CMT Giants: Charley Pride aired on Wednesday, August 25, with artists like Alan Jackson, Lee Ann Womack, George Strait, Luke Combs and more honoring one of country music’s biggest trailblazers. Jackson performed “Where Do I Put Her Memory?,” which became a No. 1 hit for Pride in 1979. Womack sang “Crystal Chandeliers,” included on Pride’s 1967 The Country Way…
Jason Aldean is mourning the loss of one of his own. Aldean’s longtime friend and security guard, Ryan “Rhine” Fleming, has passed away. Aldean shared the heartbreaking news on Instagram, revealing it was Fleming who saved his life during the tragic Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting. “Man this is a hard post to write,” Aldean said. “We lost one…
Luke Bryan is only a few weeks away from kicking off his Farm Tour, which takes place in rural fields all over the country. Aside from giving Bryan the chance to perform in front of diehard fans, who otherwise may not be able to see him perform due to their distance from major arenas, the Georgia native is grateful…
