Two years ago this week, Home Free performed with Alabama, singing “Christmas in Dixie,” as part of their Warmest Winter holiday special, The group recently shared footage from that performance, in honor of the late Jeff Cook, who passed away on November 7, after a ten-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. “It was two years ago this week that we had…
Scotty McCreery just celebrated his fifth No. 1 hit, with “Damn Strait.” McCreery followed the song, which spent three weeks at the top of the charts, with “It Matters To Her,” a song that is already in the Top 40 and climbing. The North Carolina native wrote “It Matters To Her” with Rhett Akins and Lee Thomas Miller, inspired…
Craig Morgan just released his the deluxe edition of his God, Family, Country album, featuring some of his previous hits, as well as four previously unreleased songs. The 58-year-old is now grateful that he released his latest record, even moreso since he was against the idea in the beginning. “We remastered some of the older stuff. It’s weird; I…
27 years ago today was a historic day for Martina McBride. It was on this day in 1995 that the powerful singer was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. “Becoming an Opry member was the most thrilling moment of my career,” McBride said of being part of the Grand Ole Opry (via The Boot).. “I’ll try to make the…
Dolly Parton recently received $100 million from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, through his Bezos Courage and Civility Award, to donate to the charities of her choice. For the already philanthropic singer, who has donated $1 million twice, to both fund research for a COVID-19 vaccine, and to research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the generous gift was overwhelming, in…
Tracy Lawrence has a special place in his heart for the homeless and the hungry in and around Middle Tennessee, which is why he donated to charities helping those members of the population, as part of Giving Tuesday. The Texas native gave $10,000 to six charities supporting those without homes and in need of food, including Safe Haven, People…
Garth Brooks is voicing his support for Nashville’s proposed domed stadium, which was recently agreed on by both the Tennessee Titans and the city of Nashville. The Country Music Hall of Fame member shared a letter with The Tennessean, which he wrote to the members of Metro Council. “The intent of this letter is to express my gratitude for thinking…
Scotty McCreery just dropped the lyric video for “Live A Little,” a song McCreery wrote with Aaron Eshuis and Blake Chaffin, and is part of his Same Truck: The Deluxe Album, out now. The uptempo song, which says in part, “I wanna go five hundred miles an hour / Kiss you on top of the Eiffel Tower / We…
Jackson Dean officially has a No. 1 hit on his hand. The Maryland native just celebrated his first chart-topping song, with his debut single, “Don’t Come Lookin,’” from his freshman Greenbroke album. “It’s hard to wrap my head around,” Dean says. “I wrote this with Luke Dick, my co-producer, as a way of explaining who I am and what…
Anne Wilson teamed up with Josh Turner for “The Manger” The song is the title track of her holiday six-song EP, released in October. The pair also released a video for the inspirational song, which is out now. “Sometimes the most simple places represent the most incredible days of our lives. The stable and the manger mark a day…
