We now know all of the artists performing for the televised CMA Fest TV special, CMA Fest Presented by SoFi. The three-hour show, airing on June 26 on ABC, will be hosted by Cody Johnson and Ashley McBryde. Johnson will perform both “The Fall” and “She Hurts Like Tequila,” the latter a collaboration with Carín León. McBryde will perform…
In recent years, Nashville has become known for its food scene, almost as much as its nonstop live music. The city has drawn in renowned chefs, from all over the world, to put their mark on the culinary scene, with diverse menus, inspired locally and globally. While there are by now hundreds of restaurants, for every palate and price…
Lainey Wilson‘s extraordinary career is being honored with a new exhibit, Tough as Nails, opening next month at the Country Music Hall of Fame. The exhibit will feature items from Wilson’s life and career, including her rural, small-town upbringing in Baskin, Louisiana, all the way to her present-day superstar career. “It’s a dream come true to have my own…
Lainey Wilson has a Top 30 hit with “Somewhere Over Laredo,” a song she wrote with Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson and Andy Albert, from her forthcoming Whirlwind Deluxe album. For a songwriter who has had a long string of hits in the last five years, even Wilson knows that there is something special about “Somewhere Over Laredo.” “I’m very…
Luke Combs has just made history in country music. Combs now has four diamond-certified songs, with sales of more than ten million, making him the only country music artist to have four diamond-certified songs. The newest song with diamond certification is “She Got the Best of Me,” an ironic song to make history, at least according to Combs. “Honored to…
Michael Ray just performed a new song, “Smoke,” inspired by his longtime girlfriend, Audrina Partridge. Ray performed the song while he and Partridge were guests on Howie Mandel’s Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast. Ray also reveals he is working on a new project, this one on a brand-new record label as well. “I’m about to start working on a new…
Alexandra Kay is expanding her business empire. The singer-songwriter is opening her own coffeeshop, appropriately called The Coffee Girl, in her hometown of Waterloo, Illinois. The Coffee Girl opens on Thursday, June 19, just part of a busy week for the rising star. “So much happening this week!” Kay writes on social media. “The opening of my first coffee…
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Cody Johnson is once again showing off his patriotism. At a recent concert in Michigan, the Texan praised those in the military, law enforcement, first responders and more, before urging his fans to embrace unity instead of division, as the crowd began chanting “USA.” “In the last five years, me being an adult, a dad, a husband, a business…
Happy anniversary to Scotty McCreery and his wife, Gabi! The couple got married on June 16, 2018, in their home state of North Carolina. Scotty and Gabi began dating while he was in high school, although their romance goes back even before then. In kindergarten, Gabi already predicted she would someday marry Scotty. “We go way back,” Scotty said…
Lauren Alaina had an emotional Father’s Day. The 30-year-old and her husband, Cam Arnold, welcomed their first child, daughter Beni Doll Arnold, into the world on June 11. Alaina marked Arnold in a social media post, in honor of Father’s Day. “Happy first Father’s Day to my husband,” Alaina writes. “I have always said one of my things that…
