Cody Johnson will soon have a new single out, this one honoring his wife, Brandi. The Texan announces the release of “The Painter,” written by Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins and Ryan Larkins, out on August 11. The song is from Johnson’s forthcoming new Leather album, which he hopes to release in the next few months. “My favorite lyric in…
Vince Gill and Paul Franklin’s Sweet Memories: The Music of Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys, is out now. The 11-track record was a labor of love for both Gill and Franklin, who last collaborated together ten years ago, on Bakersfield, out in 2013, honoring the music of Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. The two musicians had no idea when…
Granger Smith experienced every parent’s worst nightmare: the loss of his own child. River, Smith and his wife, Amber’s son, tragically passed away in 2019, after accidentally drowning in the family’s pool. It was Smith who discovered the three-year-old, with the memories of that fateful night haunting him, launching him into a downward spiral that at one time he…
Dan + Shay just released another song from their Bigger Houses album. “Always Gonna Be” is out now, a song Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney say is the first song they wrote together after their four-month separation in 2022. “In March of 2022, we met to discuss the future of the band,” Dan + Shay wrote in a hand-written…
More music is coming from Craig Campbell, and a lot of it. The singer-songwriter will release The Lost Files: Exhibit B on August 25, 17 more songs, six months after The Lost Files: Exhibit A was released. “As excited as I was to release Exhibit A, it is no comparison to how I’m feeling about Exhibit B,” Campbell says….
Keith Urban and Kix Brooks are among this year’s class of inductees into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The two will be joined by David Lee Murphy, Casey Beathard and Rafe Van Hoy, in a ceremony held in Music City this fall. Urban is responsible for writing several of his own hits, including “But For The Grace Of…
Luke Combs just wrapped up the United States leg of his massive World Tour, but in many ways, he is just getting started. The “Fast Car” singer never imagined he would be able to perform in so many venues all across the globe, but now that he has, Combs hints he might be just getting started. “This stadium tour…
Mitchell Tenpenny is spending the next few months serving as the opening act on Jason Aldean‘s Highway Desperado Tour. The “Bigger Mistakes” singer is thrilled to be out with his good friend for the next few months, while also celebrating a career first. “It’s been awesome,” Tenpenny tells Everything Nash. “It’s been our first opportunity to be direct support…
Two years ago today is a day Carly Pearce will never, ever forget. It was on August 3, 2021, when Pearce became a member of the Grand Ole Opry, fulfilling a dream she held since childhood. Pearce was invited by Dolly Parton to join, tricked into believing she was filming a Dollywood promo, when in fact it was Parton…
Jelly Roll and Morgan Wallen have been friends for years, so it only makes sense that the two would collaborate on a song together. The “Need a Favor” singer says there is no doubt he and Wallen will combine their talents on a track together, based on their close relationship. “I think the thing about Morgan is, it’s a…
