Steve Smith is offering a cash reward for employees at any of his downtown bars who choose to get vaccinated. Smith, who owns Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, Honky Tonk Central, Rippy’s and The Diner, among others, says he will pay his employees $500 if they receive one of the COVID-19 vaccines. According to WSMV, Smith “wants to make sure his staff…
The full line-up for the 2022 Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam has been announced, and it is stacked with talent. The event, which was postponed from 2021 due to the pandemic, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with three days of performances by some of country music’s biggest stars, including Florida Georgia Line, Old Dominion and Brooks & Dunn, who…
Brantley Gilbert has quietly released a new song, “Gone But Not Forgotten,” honoring the 13 American soldiers who were killed outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. “13 brave American heroes made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom this week,” Gilbert posted along with the song. “In hard times like this, I always find myself turning to music….
John Legend might be one of the reigning pop and R&B superstars, but he is no stranger to country music either. The 42-year-old has collaborated with artists like Carrie Underwood and Kane Brown, and is a good friend to Blake Shelton, thanks to their time together on The Voice. “Those boundaries are artificial anyway, to begin with,” Legend tells…
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….
