Ian Flanigan is proudly sober, a battle that was hard-fought for him. It came after years of finding his music career intertwined with imbibing, working hard to successfully extricate the two from each other. “This April, I’ll actually be eight years alcohol-free, and from any narcotics or anything,” Flanigan tells Everything Nash. “I started playing dive bars when I…
Craig Campbell is a husband, a father, a singer, a songwriter, the head of his own Grindstone Recordings record label, and a coffee shop owner. The Tennessee native and his wife, Mindy opened Grindstone Cowboy in 2022, a full-service coffee shop, with a wide variety of coffee creations and other beverages, along with a full menu, cocktails, live music…
Ashley McBryde‘s “Light On In The Kitchen” is quickly climbing up the charts. The song, from her forthcoming new album, was written by McBryde, along with Connie Harrington and Jessi Alexander, and — perhaps surprisingly — inspired by the challenges of life brought on by the pandemic. It was Harrington who had the title of “Light On In The…
Scotty McCreery‘s priorities have shifted in the best possible way, now that he’s a father. The 29-year-old no longer feels the need to say yes to everything that is asked of him, a freedom he finds both liberating and necessary. “The power of saying ‘no’ to some things is becoming a big thing for me,” McCreery told Us Weekly,…
TobyMac has released the video for his powerful new single, “Cornerstone,” featuring Zach Williams. The song is from the gospel singer’s latest studio album, Life After Death, and was inspired after the tragic loss of his 21-year-old son Truett, due to an accidental drug overdose in 2019. “This song was birthed at my firstborn’s funeral service,” TobyMac tells People….
Nashville is still reeling from the tragic Covenant School shooting last month, which cost the lives of three children and three adults. As the city continues to recover from the tragedy, several country artists, including Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett, are combining their talents for A Night of Joy Celebrating The Covenant School, to raise money for necessary resources…
Morgan Evans has a new EP coming out soon, and a new video, available now. The Aussie announces the release of his Life Upside Down EP, which includes both “Over For You” and his latest track, “On My Own Again.” The songs were written in the wake of his split from Kelsea Ballerini, after almost five years of marriage….
New music is coming from Michael Ray! The Florida native is putting the finishing touches on his forthcoming Dive Bars & Broken Hearts EP, scheduled to be released on June 23. The project marks the first time Ray is working with producer Michael Knox, best known for the country-meets-rock sound of Jason Aldean. “I took some time to really…
Allie Colleen might be the daughter of country music royalty, but her mother also had a lot of influence in her music, influences that reverberate through all of Allie’s music now. “Mama listened to 2000s’ R&B and punk music,” Allie tells Everything Nash. “Anything from Cher to Christina Aguilera to Michael Jackson, to a lot of Destiny’s Child and…
Matthew West just released the video for “Maker,” one of the tracks from his 22-track My Story Your Glory double album, released earlier this year. The song, which features David Leonard, appears on the Your Glory part of the project. “I’ve been overwhelmed by the response to the new album, and it feels like we are just getting started,”…
