Two years ago today, on May 19, 2020, Todd Tilghman made history. It was on this day the father of eight was crowned the Season 18 winner of The Voice, when he was 42 years old, making him the oldest contestant ever to win the reality TV talent show. Tilghman’s experience on The Voice was unique also because the contestants…
It was during the public memorial service, Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration for Naomi Judd that her daughter Wynonna announced that she would continue The Judds‘ planned farewell The Final Tour, in honor of her mother. Fortunately, Wynonna won’t have to face the shows alone. The Kentucky native just announced an impressive rotating list of opening acts,…
Keith Urban once couldn’t imagine the life he has now, and now he can’t imagine it any other way. A former alcoholic, who has been sober since 2006, the 54-year-old finds it hard to even remember what he was like when his life revolved around drugs and alcohol. “I guess I used to do a thing where I’d work…
Few artists are having as much of a meteoric rise as Alexandra Kay. The singer-songwriter rose to fame covering country songs on TikTok, including Tim McGraw‘s “Don’t Take the Girl,” which earned her a spot on his current McGraw Tour 2022. Kay has been continuing to cover country hits, including recently posting her take on songs like LeAnn Rimes’…
For KING & COUNTRY will wrap up their cross-country What Are We Waiting For? Tour in their hometown. The duo, made up of brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone, will perform on Sunday, May 22 at FirstBank Amphitheater in Franklin, Tennessee, located just outside of Nashville. as the final date on their latest tour. It’s a fitting bookend for the…
George Strait might be one of Scotty McCreery‘s biggest musical heroes, but the American Idol winner just proved he can sing one of the King of Country Music’s biggest hits. McCreery performed a cover of Strait’s 1997 hit, “Carrying Your Love With Me,” ahead of his recent performance in Bristol, Tennessee. It was Strait who inspired McCreery, even as a…
Carly Pearce knows how to work hard. The Kentucky native quit school and moved to East Tennessee to work at Dollywood when she was just 16 years old, later moving to Nashville at 18, all with a singular goal of having a career in country music. But the path, although brave, was filled with rejections, setbacks and heartache, with…
Lorrie Morgan is speaking out about the posthumous induction of her late husband, Keith Whitley, into the Country Music Hall of Fame . The singer, who passed away in 1989 when he was just 34 years old, will be inducted in a ceremony later this year, along with Jerry Lee Lewis and Joe Galante. “In my heart, this feels like…
Adam Wakefield is a dad! The current member of Texas Hill, and former contestant on The Voice, welcomed his first child, daughter Fern Templin, with his wife, Jenny Leigh. The baby was born on April 16, with the couple announcing the good news one month later, by sharing the release of their duet, “Finding Time,” out on Friday, May…
Nashville’s popular The Basement East club just received a huge honor. The popular music venue and bar just won the first-ever ACM Club of the Year Award, a little more than two years after The Basement East was heavily damaged in the March 2020 tornado, with recovery and rebuilding efforts severely hampered by the pandemic. “It’s so humbling to…
