Happy birthday to Keith Urban! The singer turns 54 on October 26. To celebrate, we rounded up 11 facts about one of country music’s reigning superstars, including his favorite food, biggest pet peeves, and more. 1. He wasn’t born in Australia. Urban is known as one of Australia’s biggest celebrities, but he was actually born in Whangārei, New Zealand….
Reba McEntire and Rex Linn were friends for years before their relationship turned into romance. The Country Music Hall of Fame member and seasoned actor opened up about their relationship, in two episodes of Season 2 of her podcast, Living & Learning with Reba McEntire, revealing that they bonded over the shared loss of their own mothers. “It was later…
It’s hard to believe that Jake Hoot once wondered if he would ever be a singer, but it’s true. The Season 17 winner of The Voice, who recently opened for Alabama and Darius Rucker, admits he once doubted he had the talent to make a full-time living out of music. “I think I always struggled with the confidence…
For KING & COUNTRY have a new song out, “Kingdom Come,” with their own sister! The sibling duo, made up of Joel and Luke Smallbone, join their sister, Rebecca St. James, on the new song, which is the title track of St. James’ upcoming album, scheduled to be released on February 18. “Kingdom Come” is a bit of…
Jacob Bryant’s new song, “Devil & an Old Six String,” is out. The song, from his upcoming Bar Stool Preacher album, was inspired by his own faith, combined with his own personal struggles, which all come out in his new song. “It’s autobiographical,” Bryant tells Everything Nash. “I had always been in and out of church. I started in…
Alan Jackson‘s daughter, Mattie Selecman, opens up about the tragic loss of her husband, attorney Ben Selecman, after less than a year of marriage, in her upcoming book, Lemons on Friday. The book became Selecman’s way of dealing with her grief, and grappling with her faith in the midst of so much sorrow. “When I lost my husband, the…
Garth Brooks fans will have yet another chance to see him perform in Nashville. After more than 22,000 people tried unsuccessfully to obtain tickets to Brooks’ back-to-back Ryman shows on November 19 and 20, a new show, Garth, The Opry House and You, has been added, this time at the Grand Ole Opry, on November 18. Brooks hinted last…
Scotty McCreery had a multi-platinum, No. 1 hit with “Five More Minutes,” and now the hit song is being turned into a movie! According to Billboard, a Christmas movie called Five More Minutes, based on the song, will premiere on the Hallmark channel next month. The movie, which stars Nikki DeLoach and David Haydn-Jones, is about a woman…
Tim McGraw had a No. 1 hit in 2016 with “Humble and Kind,” but he almost didn’t even record it. The song, written by Lori McKenna, is on McGraw’s 2015 Damn Country Music album. McKenna sent the song to McGraw, who had an immediate emotional reaction to the tune, but wasn’t initially convinced it was for him. “She was…
Zach Williams is spreading holiday cheer with his first-ever holiday album! The record, I Don’t Want Christmas to End, is filled with classics like “Silent Night” and “Run, Run, Rudolph,” along with the original title track. Williams recorded the project at the renowned FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. “We knew we wanted it to have a rock and…
