Crowder is celebrating the holidays with his Milk & Cookies: A Merry Crowder Christmas album, out now. The Texas native had an unlikely incentive to do the holiday project: a Marvel TV special, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, filmed in his Georgia home. “Everybody’s gotta do a Christmas album, and I’ve been putting off the Christmas album,”…
ERNEST had his first big hit at country radio earlier this year, with his “Flower Shops” collaboration with Morgan Wallen. ERNEST wrote the song with Ben Burgess and Mark Holman, taking an idea from a country music legend to craft the clever song. “I iterally pulled my truck up in Ben’s yard, told him to hop in, we’re gonna…
Scotty McCreery has plenty to be thankful for this season, especially his new baby, Merrick Avery. McCreery and his wife, Gabi, welcomed their son, whom they will call Avery, into the world on October 24, and McCreery has been enjoying every minute at home since then as a family of three. “I’m a pretty go-with-the-flow kind of guy,…
Tyler Braden enjoyed a No. 1 hit on SiriusXM The Highway earlier this year with “Try Losing One.” The song, from his debut What Do They Know EP, out last year, instantly became a hit when it was released to radio, even though that wasn’t the first version of the emotional tune. “I actually wrote that song more than once…
Opry Country Christmas is almost here! The annual holiday celebration, held at the Grand Ole Opry, kicks off on November 27, featuring performances by Lauren Alaina, Scotty McCreery, Mandy Barnett and more. Alaina, who became a Grand Ole Opry member earlier this year, will perform for Opry Country Christmas on December 1, the perfect way for her to kick…
The Grammy Awards nominations are out, with several of country music’s biggest artists in the running to receive the coveted trophy, including Miranda Lambert, Carly Pearce, Reba McEntire and more. Lambert leads in the country categories with a nomination in each of the four country categories. Lambert is nominated in Best Country Album, with Palomino; Best Country Song, with…
Ashley McBryde is sharing details of her horse accident in September, which resulted in canceling a few of her shows. The future Grand Ole Opry member is now revealing more details about the incident, and how severely she was injured. It was McBryde’s assistant, Dayna Slaughenhoupt, who arranged for McBryde to go horseback riding at Bart and Wendy Morris’…
Brantley Gilbert‘s latest album, So Help Me God, is out. The ten-track record includes “Heaven By Then,” his collaboration with Blake Shelton, which also features Vince Gill. “‘Heaven By Then’ came out of a conversation during a writers retreat in Texas that we do every year,” Gilbert says. “A guitar ended up in HARDY’s lap, which is usually a…
Jason Aldean has sung with Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Miranda Lambert and more, but there’s another female artist he wouldn’t mind singing with some day — his own wife, Brittany! “Brit’s a great singer,” Aldean boasts on Audacy’s Stars and Strings. “It’s one of those things where, to me, it all comes down to the song. If you find…
Tyler Hubbard officially has his first No. 1 single as a solo artist. After years with Florida Georgia Line, both Hubbard and his former duo partner, Brian Kelley, decided they wanted to launch their own solo careers instead. Hubbard’s first release was “5 Foot 9,” a song he wrote with Jaren Johnston and Chase McGill, from his forthcoming self-titled…
