Reba McEntire was the star of the hit TV show, Reba, which aired for six seasons, from 2001 to 2007. The show, which also starred her good friend, Melissa Peterman, was on the WB network for five seasons, and the CW network for one, before the show was canceled. Still, the country music hitmaker would love for the show…
Dylan Scott is currently serving as the opening act on Luke Bryan‘s Proud to Be Right Here Tour, a gig he almost missed, thanks to a broken lawn mower. The Louisiana native was frustrated while trying to cut his grass, almost missing out on one of the most important phone calls of his career. “I was mowing my yard,”…
Laine Hardy has marked another milestone off of his bucket list. The Season 17 winner of American Idol just made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry, performing “Authentic” and “Other LA,” both from his forthcoming Here’s to Anyone album, out on September 17. “I just want to say I’m very grateful to be where I am here today,”…
Marty Stuart and Connie Smith have been married 24 years, a perhaps unlikely pairing that has stood the test of time. The two singers first met when Stuart was just a child, but even then he left an impression on Smith, in spite of their 17-year age gap. “I met him when he was 11,” Smith recalls to Apple…
Last weekend’s torrential rains, dropping as much as 17 inches in Middle Tennessee, wreaked havoc in parts of Humphreys, Hickman, Houston and Dickson Counties, all located just outside of Nashville. The flood waters claimed the lives of at least 20 people, including Loretta Lynn‘s ranch foreman, Wayne Spears, and damaged numerous homes and buildings. Several in the music community…
Michael Ray‘s Higher Education EP is out! The seven-track record is, in many ways, what Ray has always wanted to create, but never was able to, for a myriad of reasons, until now. “It’s what I’ve had in my mind for a long time,” Ray tells Everything Nash. “It’s truly what I was trying to get out for years….
Trace Adkins‘ ambitious, 25-track The Way I Wanna Go album is out! The Grand Ole Opry member co-wrote two of the songs on the project, which features an eclectic list of artists, including Melissa Etheridge, Pitbull, Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Keb’ Mo’, Stevie Wonder and Snoop Dogg. The project, out on Verge Records, celebrates 25 years since Adkins’ debut Dreamin’…
If there wasn’t a Reba McEntire, there may not be a long line of successful female country artists, including Trisha Yearwood. It was McEntire who Yearwood says blazed a trail for other female artists, inspiring an entire generation of women who followed in her footsteps, including superstar female artists like Yearwood, Lee Ann Womack, Shania Twain and more in…
Scotty McCreery has won a major reality TV television show, sold out large venues all over the country, sold millions of albums and had eight Top 20 singles, with three consecutive No. 1 hits. It’s a lot for anyone to accomplish, but there is one big goal McCreery still wants to achieve: becoming a member of the Grand…
It was June 11, 1996, and Garth Brooks appeared to be at an all-time high. The Oklahoma native had released his seventh album, Fresh Horses, one year before, and had already had a series of No. 1 hits, including “If Tomorrow Never Comes,” “The Thunder Rolls,” “The Dance,” “Friends in Low Places” and more. His superstar status made him stay…
