Blake Shelton loves everything about Independence Day. The 48-year-old has fond memories of celebrating the holiday as a child in Oklahoma, which in some ways was the end of his multi-week birthday celebration. “Fourth of July when I was a kid was extremely important, big deal to me because the fireworks stands, or we called them firecracker, they always…
Rusty Golden, son of William Lee Golden, has passed away. Rusy was 65 when he died on July 1 at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. “This is the hardest thing ever for a father to have to face,” The Oak Ridge Boys‘ member William Lee says. “I love my family more than anything. Rusty was a great musician, a…
The annual Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th celebration is almost here. The all-day event, held in downtown Nashville, features family-friendly activities, live music and of course, Music City’s famous fireworks display. Keep reading to find out everything to know about Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th. Location: Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th will begin…
Sam Williams is paving his own way with his own, genre-bending style of music. The grandson of the legendary Hank Williams, and son of Hank Williams, Jr., could have stayed within his pure country lineage and made music that, based on his name alone, would have garnered him almost instant success. Instead, Williams, whose debut Glasshouse Children record was…
Craig Campbell is heading to Eric Church‘s new bar. Campbell will play his new album, Class of ’89, in its entirety on Wednesday, July 3 at Chief’s on Broadway “I cut my musical teeth and got my big break performing on Broadway, so it only made sense to go back there and perform songs that had such an impact…
Kane Brown will have a full-circle moment next month, when Chris Young opens for him on Brown’s In The Air Tour, playing stadiums all over the country. It was Young who invited Brown to join him on Young’s Losing Sleep World Tour in 2018, a dream come true for Brown, who was heavily inspired by Young in the early…
Lainey Wilson‘s biggest dreams didn’t necessarily include where she is right now. The new Grand Ole Opry member knew from an early age — ever since she first visited Nashville when she was just nine years old — that she wanted to have a career in country music. The path to get there, however, was unexpectedly long, and one…
Keith Urban very clearly remembers the moment he realized he needed to scrap an entire record. The 56-year-old, who just announced his new album, HIGH, will be out on September 20, is sharing more details of the album that wasn’t, which he worked on in 2022. “At the time I was on tour,” Urban says. “I’d do a concert,…
Kelsea Ballerini is almost ready to share her new album with the world. The singer-songwriter has completed her next project, the follow-up to Rolling Up The Welcome Mat, a painfully honest collection of tunes that forever impacted how Ballerini will write and release music. “The record’s done, and so I can speak as a whole thematically, it is a…
Scotty McCreery has lived a lot of life in 30 years. The North Carolina native won Season 10 of American Idol when he was just 17 years old, the unexpected jumpstart to a career that has now included six No. 1 singles, sold-out tour dates, multi-platinum hits and more. McCreery also lost a record deal, propelling himself forward by…
