Thomas Rhett wed Lauren Akins, in October of 2012, one year before his debut It Goes Like This album came out. The singer was still learning how to be married, while adjusting to life as an artist, which is why Rhett and Akins’ early years as husband and wife were spent largely on the road. It was Akins’ father,…
A new album is on its way from Home Free! The five-man group just announced the release of The Sounds of Lockdown, out in May. The record is made up of songs Home Free recorded while off the road due to the pandemic. The news comes only a few days after Home Free posted an April Fool’s joke, announcing…
It was a bittersweet weekend for Carrie Underwood. The American Idol alum took home her eighth Grammy Award, for Best Roots Gospel Album, with My Savior, on the same day she bid a final farewell to her beloved dog, Ace. “Last night my sweet Ace left this world…he will forever live on in our hearts and be forever missed,”…
Walker Hayes was in Las Vegas over the weekend for the 2022 Grammy Awards, where he was nominated for Best Country Song, for “Fancy Like.” Hayes didn’t win the Grammy, which went to Chris Stapleton for “Cold” instead. But even without the coveted trophy, the Alabama native says he already feels like a winner because of the industry…
Dierks Bentley‘s Seven Peaks Music Festival will return for a third year, this time in a new location. The Arizona native reveals the three-day event, held September 2 to 4, will take place this year in Villa Grove, Colorado, after being formerly held in Buena Vista, Colorado. “I can’t overstate how much it means to be able to say…
Jimmie Allen just announced the release of his third album, Tulip Drive. The record, which will be out on June 24, is a collection of deeply personal songs, honoring his family’s legacy. The record’s name is the street his late grandmother grew up on, paying tribute to his grandmother, Bettie Snead, who passed away in 2014, and his father…
The 2022 CMT Music Awards just added a lot more star power, with the addition of The Judds. The mother-daughter duo, made up of Naomi and Wynonna Judd, will perform together for the upcoming ceremony, marking the first time in more than 20 years that The Judds perform on a nationally-televised awards show. The Judds, who will be introduced…
Chris Stapleton, Brothers Osborne and Carrie Underwood all have new trophies to add to their collection. Stapleton was the biggest country artist winner of the night, with three trophies. The reigning ACM Male Artist of the Year won Best Country Solo Performance for “You Should Probably Leave,” Best Country Album, with Starting Over, and Best Country Song for “Cold,”…
Austin Burke‘s Changed Everything EP is out. The five-track record, co-written entirely by Burke, reflects on his childhood, raised in Arizona and exposed to a lot of different styles and genres of music. “You’ll hear a lot of my west coast upbringing in this project,” Burke tells Everything Nash. “Things like the trap beat in ‘Slow Kissing in a…
Walker Hayes‘ entire life and career changed after his “Fancy Like” song went viral on TikTok. But Hayes might not be one of the reigning superstars in country music, if not for his wife, Laney, who encouraged him to keep going, time and again, when he was ready to give up. “In a very humble way, she would…
