Carly Pearce will be the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry! The Kentucky native was invited by Dolly Parton last week. which was announced during Pearce’s performance on Tuesday, June 22. Pearce thought she was taping an invitation for fans to attend Dollywood, sharing her memories of Dollywood, when Parton surprised her. “First of all, I wanted to tell…
Ten years ago, on June 22, 2011, was a sad day for the country music community. It was on this day that Glen Campbell announced he had Alzheimer’s disease. “I still love making music,” Campbell told People at the time. “And I still love performing for my fans. I’d like to thank them for sticking with me through thick…
Brett Young is a true family man, both in his music and his life. The father of 19-month-old daughter, Presley, with another one on the way, wants to keep his music accessible to everyone, regardless of their age. “I’ve never once seen the necessity for art to cross that PG line in order to be art,” Young tells E!….
Brad Paisley has already spoken out about the need for Americans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and now he is doing even more. The country music singer will join Vice-President Dr. Jill Biden at a pop-up vaccination site in Nashville on Tuesday evening, June 22, to encourage Music City residents to receive the vaccine. The event will take place…
Home Free was in Europe, for their global Dive Bar Saints Tour last year when they had to abruptly come home, as the COVID-19 pandemic made its impact on the world. For a group that has spent much of the last several years mostly on the road, the sudden change was a shocking disappointment. “It was like whiplash,”…
Dierks Bentley is mourning the loss of a fan, who became more of a friend. Baylee Barradas battled neurofibromatosis 1 her entire life, resulting in a cancerous tumor in her leg, which was discovered last December. Barradas, an Arizona native like Bentley, was a big fan of the country singer, which is how he got to know the young…
Todd Tilghman and his wife, Brooke, release their encouraging new book, Every Little Win: How Celebrating Small Victories Can Lead to Big Joy on Tuesday, June 22. The book covers the highs and lows of their life, including Tilghman pastoring a small Mississippi church, their marriage almost ending shortly after it began, winning Season 18 of The Voice,…
Big news from Home Free! The all-vocal group just announced that they are hosting an album release show, for their upcoming Land of the Free record, live from the Grand Ole Opry! “You must already know that we have an album dropping on June 25th… but we have something else for y’all too: We’re going to be BACK…
Michael Ray has learned a thing or two about loss. The singer, whose song, “Picture,” is inspired by the death of his beloved uncle, Terry, also went through a painful — and public — divorce from Carly Pearce last year, while missing being able to be on the road meeting his fans. But the hardships ultimately provided Ray…
There’s a new side of Russell Dickerson, and his fans are about to hear it. The Tennessee native says he is working on a new set of tunes, which is likely to include at least a few sappy songs about his nine-month-old son, Remington. “There are definitely some dad songs, some father-son songs,” Dickerson tells Music Mayhem. “It just…
