Cody Johnson is so excited about his inaugural role as a host of the three-hour CMA Fest TV special. For Johnson, the chance to show the world the power of country music is important for the genre’s future, and for him as an artist. “This is not just a festival that there are a certain, select few acts,” Johnson…
Lainey Wilson lives by words Ashley McBryde once told her. McBryde, whose 2018 freshman Girl Going Nowhere album came out three years before Wilson’s Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin‘ debut, told Wilson something that became a driving force in how she looks to other artists coming after. “Ashley McBryde a long time ago told me that we got to help…
Rascal Flatts‘ long-awaited Life Is A Highway: Refueled Duets is out. The ten-track record is the trio’s first since Back to Us came out in 2017. Keep reading to find out everything to know about Rascal Flatts’ new project. What Songs Are On ‘Life Is A Highway: Refueled Duets’ Nine of the ten songs on Life Is A Highway:…
Megan Moroney has a No.1. hit in the country with “Am I Okay?” The song is the title track and debut single from her sophomore album, released last July. Moroney was inspired to write the song by a short-lived relationship with someone she was dating at the time. “I was like a month in and I was like, ‘Wait,…
32 years ago was a monumental day for Toby Keith. It was on June 5, 1993, when Keith scored his first of many No. 1 singles, with “Should’ve Been a Cowboy.” “Should’ve Been A Cowboy” was the first song released from Keith’s eponymous freshman album. Keith wrote all but two of the songs on the record, penning “Should’ve Been…
Luke Combs is not at all the man, or artist, he used to be. The 35-year-old has been part of the landscape of country music for eight years, since his debut This One’s For You record was released in 2017. In the years since then, Combs has had a long line of No. 1 singles, toured the globe, sold-out…
Dolly Parton is still adjusting to life without Carl Dean. The couple would have celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary last month, if Dean had not passed away on March 3, 2025. For Parton, who met Dean when she was just 18 years old, she is moving on, with Dean always close by. “I really feel his presence,” the 79-year-old…
Gretchen Wilson is opening up about her time on The Road. The new TV show, which will air this fall on CBS, is executive-produced by Blake Shelton, along with Taylor Sheridan. Wilson is the tour manager for the entire series, which has aspiring singers travel across the country, opening for Keith Urban, and trying to win over his fans. The…
Ella Langley is the recipient of Billboard‘s latest Rising Star Award. Langley was presented the trophy by her good friend, and biggest cheerleader, Lainey Wilson. “As soon as I met her, I knew she was different,” Wilson says of Langley. “She had this spark and this go-getter attitude that I was drawn to, and the kind of attitude that…
Tim McGraw is ready to do another TV show, even though they are a lot of hard work. The 58-year-old most recently starred in 1883, a spinoff of Yellowstone, alongside his wife, Faith Hill. With that show now a thing of the past, McGraw says he is ready to step in front of the camera again, if he can…
