Blake Shelton has plenty of awards and accolades, but his biggest accomplishment might be marrying Gwen Stefani, at least according to him. The 45-year-old will include the song he wrote for Stefani, “We Can Reach the Stars,” for their intimate wedding ceremony, on his upcoming Body Language Deluxe album. For Shelton, it’s a way to honor his new bride, while…
Walker Hayes is back with a new video for “Fancy Like,” this time featuring pop star Kesha. The song, which Hayes originally released by himself, was born of his own celebrating of the simple ways he enjoys life, never anticipating it would become a viral hit after he posted a dance with his daughter Lela on TikTok. “This song…
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill celebrated 25 years of wedded bliss on October 6. The couple fell in love and got engaged while Hill was opening for him on his Spontaneous Combustion Tour, although McGraw’s proposal was anything but typical. “We had dated for a while,” McGraw shared in a video he posted on social media, in honor of…
Reba McEntire was devastated when her marriage to Narvel Blackstock ended in 2015, 26 years after they said “I do.” But for all of her heartache, the split did teach McEntire a valuable lesson: to take control of her own life and career. “Things started going south with my marriage. Narvel Blackstock, my manager and husband at the time…
If there wasn’t a Johnny Cash, Keith Urban would likely not be a country music superstar. The New Zealand native credits his love of country music to his earliest days, when his father was enamored by the Man in Black. “I sat down and thought about my journey and when did that begin, and the very first thing that…
It’s the end of an era for another historic Nashville restaurant, this time the Hermitage Cafe. The restaurant, which has been serving breakfast and lunch at its location on Hermitage Avenue for the past several decades, has announced they are being forced to close next month. “We know there are some about the diner closing,” a statement reads…
Scotty McCreery‘s Same Truck album, out now, is filled with 12 songs he co-wrote, sharing a new side of him as an artist, songwriter and person, a decade after he burst onto the country music scene by winning Season 10 of American Idol. Of all the songs on the record, including his recent No. 1 hit, “You Time,”…
Alan Jackson‘s daughter, Mattie Selecman, is opening up about the loss of her husband, Ben Selecman, in an accident on a boat dock in 2018, less than a year after they were married. Selecman, who wrote about her journey in the upcoming Lemons on Friday book, out in November, says the loss was not only devastating for her, but…
Home Free‘s Austin Brown and Tim Foust recently stepped out on their own for a collaboration of “My Maria.” The song, written by B. W. Stevenson and Daniel Moore and released by Stevenson as a single, was a No. 1 hit for Brooks & Dunn in 1996. Although the two singers have made a name for themselves singing all-vocal…
Mitchell Tenpenny will headline his first-ever show at the Ryman Auditorium, on October 10, as part of his To Us It Did Tour. The proceeds from Tenpenny’s Ryman show will go to his own non-profit, the 10Penny Fund, created to honor his father, who passed away from cancer in 2014. Every year on October 10 (10-10), the singer…
