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…
Dolly Parton will serve as the headliner for the inaugural Kiss Breast Cancer Goodbye Concert. The event, held on Sunday, October 24, at the CMA Theater inside the Country Music Hall of Fame, will also include performances by Dennis Quaid, Collin Raye, Linda Davis, Artimus Pyle Band and more. All proceeds will benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation. “We…
Walker Hayes and his wife, Laney, experienced every parent’s worst nightmare, when they lost their seventh child, daughter Oakleigh, shortly after her birth in 2018. The loss devastated Hayes, but it also gave him a new perspective on his life and career, unexpectedly finding gratitude from the most unimaginable heartache. “It’s just hard not to be grateful for a…
Scotty McCreery just celebrated his fourth consecutive No. 1 single, with “You Time.” The song was inspired by the American Idol alum missing his wife Gabi, when he was on the road and she was working as a nurse. “2.5 years ago our lives were as busy as ever,” McCreery said in a touching post shared on social…
Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge is celebrating its birthday in style. The historic downtown venue will celebrate its 60th birthday on October 5 with its annual Birthday Bash, enlisting a slew of artists for the free event, including Chase Rice, Jon Pardi, Montgomery Gentry, Mitch Rossell, Randy Houser, Jelly Roll and more. “Tootsie’s Birthday Bash has become one of the…
Brooks & Dunn have been nominated for the CMA Award for Vocal Duo of the Year an astonishing 22 times, taking home the trophy 14 times. Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn are nominated for it again this year, and while they are happy with the industry recognition, they admit that taking home another CMA Award is no longer as…
Josh Turner has never hidden his love of Randy Travis‘ music. So when he decided to record his first-ever Christmas album, King Size Manger, the father of four looked to his own favorite holiday album growing up, Travis’ An Old Time Christmas, released in 1989. “I just had it ingrained in my mind that you got all this other…
John Rich says there is much more to unite us than divide us, even now. The 47-year-old, who has been vocal about his political views, his beliefs about the COVID-19 vaccine and more on social media, insists that in spite of how divisive the country seems right now, there is still more to unite people than divide them….
