Blake Shelton‘s For Recreational Use Only album is out on May 9. Shelton put a lot of thought and intention into every detail on he 12- track record, Shelton’s first on BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville— except the title. “One of my least favorite things to do is name tours and name albums,” Shelton admits on Country Countdown USA. “I’ve…
Eric Church is heading out on tour this fall. The singer-songwriter will kick off his Free the Machine Tour on September 12. Elle King, Marcus King Band and Charles Wesley Godwin will take turns as Church’s opening acts. “From front to back, these shows will be different than anything you’ve ever seen or heard from us before,” Church hints,…
A duet is coming from Megan Moroney and Kenny Chesney! Moroney announces on social media that “You Had To Be There,” with Chesney will be out on May 9. “7 years later got a different point of view…” Moroney captions the photos, with one of them showing Moroney’s ticket purchase to Chesney’s 2018 Trip Around the Sun Tour. Chesney also…
Rascal Faltts are nominated for Group of the Year at the upcoming ACM Awards. The trio at one time was a mainstay at awards shows, winning in the category seven years in a row. But they haven’t won an ACM Award for Vocal Group since 2008, and haven’t even been nominated since 2016. Their return is not only triumphant,…
Keith Urban is a big, big fan of Lainey Wilson. Urban still vividly remembers hearing her voice for the first time, long before Wilson was a household name. “I heard her voice before she put anything out.,” Urban recalls on MuchMusic, adding that a friend of his happened to be working with Wilson at the time. “I got access to…
Mark Chesnutt is a different man than he used to be. The 61-year-old is now proudly sober, after struggling with alcohol addiction for most of his career. He is also better physically, after having emergency quadruple bypass heart surgery, plus a serious back surgery, one that came with a lot of risks. But now, Chesnutt is physically better than…
Blake Shelton still isn’t over the loss of Toby Keith, and likely never will be. More than a year after Keith passed away, from stomach cancer, Shelton still misses his good friend, and musical mentor. “He will be remembered as having the same impact as Merle Haggard or Waylon Jennings,” Shelton tells The Tennessean. “For me, losing his leadership…
Eric Church is a much different person and artist, than he used to be. Church by his own admission, struggled to have hits at radio in the beginning. It was a sharp cry from what Church expected when he moved from North Carolina, with a singular goal of being a country music superstar. “I expected to go into Nashville…
Riley Green is opening up about his friendship with Ella Langley. The two have had two hit singles out together, and are nominated for four ACM Awards for their “You Look Like You Love Me” collaboration, including for Song of the Year and Music Event of the Year. “I’ve been a big fan of Ella Langley for a long…
Cole Swindell is back at the top of the charts, for the 13th time in his career. The Georgia native is celebrating his 13th No. 1 hit with “Forever to Me,” a song he wrote about his now-wife, Courtney. The song is from Swindell’s latest Spanish Moss album, out on June 27. “Anytime you get to celebrate a No….
