Carly Pearce is enjoying life on the road, serving as direct support for Lady A on their What a Song Can Do Tour. For Pearce, the tour not only gives her a chance to perform night after night, but also to spend time with Hillary Scott, who has quickly become one of Pearce’s closest friends and confidants. “I…
Trace Adkins will release his ambitious 25-track The Way I Wanna Go album on August 27. The record, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of Adkins’ debut Dreamin’ Out Loud record, was created by Adkins not for any other reason than it was because it was what he wanted to do to celebrate the milestone anniversary, a freedom that the…
Carly Pearce played the Grand Ole Opry more than 80 times before she was invited to become a member. After watching some of her peers, like Luke Combs and Kelsea Ballerini, achieve her career goal ahead of her, the Kentucky native says that the wait only instilled in her a desire to work harder than ever before. “I don’t…
Hunter Metts made it into the Top 10 on Season 19 of American Idol, wowing the audience week after week with songs like “Chandelier,” “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” “You’ll Be In My Heart” and more. For Metts, who worked in computer coding before appearing on the show, just getting to audition in front of Luke Bryan, Lionel…
Carly Pearce has a powerful 15-track album coming out, 29: Written in Stone on September 17. The newest member of the Grand Ole Opry, who will be inducted on Tuesday, August 3, co-wrote all 15 songs, teaming up with co-writers like Kelsea Ballerini, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Natalie Hemby and more to share deeply personal songs. 29: Written…
NEEDTOBREATHE‘s Bear Rinehart has collaborated with Carrie Underwood. not once but twice this year. The father of three joined Underwood on “Nothing But the Blood of Jesus,” from her recent My Savior album, with Underwood returning the favor on “I Wanna Remember,” from NEEDTOBREATHE’s just-released Into the Mystery album. “It was kind of a hope and a prayer,” Rinehart tells…
Nolan Sotillo is right about his place in country music, especially with his new single, “Prove Me Wrong.” Written by Sotillo and Trafton Harvey, “Prove Me Wrong” was produced by GRAMMY-nominated producer, Brad Hill, (Maren Morris, Brothers Osborne), inspired by a personal event in Sotillo’s own life. “‘Prove Me Wrong’ is a song inspired by the humbling experience of…
NEEDTOBREATHE‘s upcoming eighth studio album, Into the Mystery, would not have happened without the pandemic. The band, which had just released Out of Body in 2020, found themselves all off the road and at home. Lead singer Bear Rinehart could have chosen that time to focus on other projects, or spend the time absorbed in self-pity over the…
Shane Michael Taylor just released the video for a new song, “I’m Giving In,” which he wrote. For Taylor, the song is especially meaningful — and personal — as it reflects some of his own challenges as a singer, songwriter and speaker, who happens to have spastic cerebral palsy. “It was a cold, gray, fall day in New England….
As their single, “Magnetic,” quickly makes its way up the charts, the Newsboys just announced a new album! Stand, which includes “Magnetic,” will be out on October 1. Drummer Duncan Phillips previously hinted that their new record would also be a a bit of a new musical chapter for them as well. “I feel like we’re just getting…
