Long before Blake Shelton began dating Gwen Stefani, he was a fan of her music. So although the couple has been dating for five years, the country music superstar admits it’s still hard for him to believe that the former No Doubt singer writes songs about him. “It’s still hard for me to wrap my heard around it: Gwen…
When Jimmy Buffett was asked by the Eli Young Band to join them in the new “Fins Up” version of their song, “Saltwater Gospel,” he jumped at the chance. The 73-year-old spends a lot of time on the water, and felt a personal, and important, conviction in doing the song. ““We have all partied by the ocean. Let’s just…
Runaway June just released their first-ever holiday EP, When I Think About Christmas. The five-track project is another first for the trio, marking the first set of tunes for the trio since the addition of Natalie Stovall, who joins Naomi Cooke and Jennifer Wayne, replacing the space left vacant when Hannah Mulholland left earlier this year. But the idea…
Matt Stell loves piecing things together, whether it’s a motorcycle or a song. The 36-year-old has been spending much of his time off the road trying to get a 1978 Honda CB400T ready for the road, using a system that he says is similar to how he writes songs. “There are mechanics to how songs work, with what goes…
The 2020 CMT Music Awards will have a new category for the first, and hopefully, last time: Quarantine Video of the Year. The category includes both serious and comedic, with ten nominees in the category. The nominees for Quarantine Video of the Year are: 1. Big & Rich, “Stay Home” 2. Brad Paisley, “No I In Beer” 3. Carly…
If Garth Brooks could be anywhere right now, it would be the stage. The Oklahoma native was well into his scheduled three year Stadium Tour when COVID-19 forced him, and every other artist, off the road and into their own homes. For Garth, the time off the road has been devastating for him, for very personal reasons. “The blessing…
2020 is shaping up to be a big year for Russell Dickerson! Not only did the singer welcome his first child, son Remington, with his wife, Kailey Dickerson, but he also just released a new song, “Never Get Old,” from his upcoming Southern Symphony album. The record will be out on December 4. “Southern Symphony is hands down the…
Ashley McBryde has been added as a co-host to the CMT Music Awards! The singer joins previously-announced hosts Kane Brown and Sarah Hyland, in hosting the annual show, which will air on multiple networks simultaneously. “I am beyond excited, and maybe a little nervous, to host an awards show for the very first time,” Ashley said of the honor….
When Lauren Daigle wrote “You Say” with Jason Ingram and Paul Mabury in 2015, she had no idea how much that song would resonate with people, becoming an anthem of hope that people are still clinging to, two years after it was released. The song, which set a new record at Billboard for most weeks at the top of…
When Robert Counts went into a writing session with HARDY and Jake Mitchell, HARDY was still known as songwriter Michael Hardy, and all three men were still getting their start in country music. The result of that one co-write was “What Do I Know,” Robert’s current, and powerful single, which became the second most-added song at country radio when…
