Billy Dean is one of the many performers on this year’s Country Music Cruise. For Dean, his favorite part is a chance to catch the music by some of his fellow singers, ones he doesn’t get to see very often. “You get to see a lot of your old friends and buddies, you get to see how time…
Home Free kicked off the opening night of the Country Music Cruise with two back-to-back shows of nonstop music, both covers of songs like Little Big Town’s “Boondocks” and The Oak Ridge Boys‘ “Elvira,” along with several of their originals. The all-vocal group is part of an all-star lineup that includes Tracy Lawrence, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy, Joe Nichols, Darryl Worley and…
Fresh off his time on American Idol, where he came in an impressive third place, Colin Stough released “I Still Talk to Jesus.” It’s a song that Stough didn’t write, but sang with such passion and conviction as if he had penned it himself. “I just honestly hadn’t had time while I was out there to sit down…
Colin Stough captured hearts all over the country when he competed on the most recent season of American Idol. The Mississippi native came in third, long enough to make fans clamor for more of genre-bending music, and his soaring, rich vocals. Stough was an early stand-out from the beginning, when he auditioned in front of Luke Bryan, Katy…
Roy’s Meat Service is one of East Nashville’s most beloved restaurants, celebrated both for quality of food and service, and a favorite among locals and tourists alike. The popular eatery began in 2008 by Jeff Roy, who started Roy’s Meat Service after an elbow injury kept him from his job driving a delivery truck at Nashville Wholesale Meats, and…
Lauren Alaina got up close and personal to one of her musical heroes, namely Brenda Lee, when filming the NBC special, Christmas at the Opry. For Alaina, the “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” singer was an icon, and someone the American Idol alum has looked up to for most of her life. “I grew up in Rossville, Georgia, and…
Two food worlds collided for an upcoming episode of A&E‘s Legends of the Fork. The show features the popular baker, Buddy Valastro, as he visits iconic restaurants across the country to taste their food, meet the chefs, and hear the stories behind the secrets to their success. In this week’s episode, Valastro visited Chauhan’s Ale and Masala House, a…
When Brenda Lee recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” she was just 13 years old. She never imagined that the song would be the one people still wanted to her, more than six decades later. “I never, ever thought that it would be my signature song,” the 78-year-old admits to Everything Nash. “I always thought ‘I’m Sorry’ might be,…
Wynonna Judd is used to performing on TV shows in front of millions of fans, but hosting is an entirely different experience. Still, the Country Music Hall of Fame member was eager to host this year’s holiday special, Christmas at the Opry, airing on NBC on December 7 at 8:00 PM ET. The star-studded event featured performances by some…
Austin Brown and his wife, Amberly, are sharing details of their sweet love story. The Home Free singer began dating Amberly at the beginning of the pandemic, after being friends for several years, before that friendship blossomed into something more. “We became friends, and we were just casual friends. She friend-zoned me for a long time,” Brown tells Everything…
