Dolly Parton‘s “I Will Always Love You” gained an entirely new fanbase after the song was featured in the the 1992 film, Bodyguard, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. Parton shared more details on having the song used in the film, while appearing on The Kelly Clarkson Show, revealing it was Costner’s idea to use the song, sung by…
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…
Amy Grant‘s entire world came to a screeching halt in July, when a bike accident left her unconscious for about ten minutes, followed by a nearly week-long hospital stay. The singer-songwriter thought the fall of 2022 would be her busiest, with a tour in support of the release of Behind The Eyes (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition). Instead, Grant found herself…
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…
We the Kingdom almost didn’t happen. The group came together at an unlikely time, while they were struggling with their church, in a season of hard losses when perhaps the least likely outcome was to start singing together. But as soon as they did, what they thought would be a one-time event became a passion project for all five…
