When Ben James joined The Oak Ridge Boys, he had some shockingly big shoes to fill. The 28-year-old took the place of Joe Bonsall, who retired from touring at the end of 2023, due to his deteriorating health. Generations apart from William Lee Golden, Richard Sterban and Duane Allen, the three longtime members of The Oak Ridge Boys, James…
We now know when Luke Combs‘ long-awaited Category 10 bar, restaurant and music venue will open, along with plenty of details about the new downtown space. The North Carolina native reveals that Category 10, which he is opening in partnership with Opry Entertainment, will open on November 10, 2025. Category 10 will have five different entertainment experiences: The Honky-Tonk,…
Cody Johnson is heading into the 2024 CMA Awards with an impressive five nominations. Johnson is nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year, for Leather, Single of the Year for “Dirt Cheap,” and two nominations in Music Video of the Year, for both “The Painter” and “Dirt Cheap.” Both “Dirt Cheap” and “The Painter” are also…
Chris Young is back at the top, for the 14th time in his career. The 39-year-old is celebrating his 14th No. 1 single with “Young Love & Saturday Nights,” the title track of his latest album. The song was written by Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure, Josh Thompson, with David Bowie also credited as a writer, thanks to a guitar…
The nominees for the 2024 CMA Awards have been announced, and while there are several surprising additions, like Mitchell Tenpenny, Riley Green and Nate Smith all receiving first-time nominations, there are also several artists who were inexplicably left out of the list of nominees. Keep reading to see ten artists who should have been nominated, but were not. 1. Kane…
The nominations for the 2024 CMA Awards are in! Morgan Wallen leads the list of nominees, with a total of seven nods, followed by Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton, who have five nominations each, and Post Malone and Lainey Wilson with three nods each. A host for this year’s ceremony has yet to be announced. The 2024 CMA Awards…
Keith Urban‘s wife, Nicole Kidman, is mourning the unexpected loss of her mother, Janelle Ann Kidman, who was 84 years old when she passed away. The Big Little Lies star was in Venice for the Venice Film Festival, where she was awarded Best Actress for her role in Babygirl, but left due to the loss of the family matriarch….
A new album is on the way from The Oak Ridge Boys. The legendary group announces the release of Mama’s Boys, a ten-track record out on October 25. The record marks The Oak Ridge Boys’ fifth project produced by Dave Cobb. It was Cobb who had the idea for the quartet to record “I Thought About You, Lord,” a…
Scotty McCreery is paying homage to his home state with a new version of his current “Fall of Summer” single, out now. The American Idol alum just released “Fall of Summer (NC State Version),” trading the words to reflect his love of North Carolina. McCreery first changed the lyrics to the song when both the men’s and women’s basketball…
A new song is out from Jon Pardi! The California native just dropped “Friday Night Heartbreaker,” from a forthcoming new album. “’Friday Night Heartbreaker’ kicks down the door of this next musical chapter,” Pardi hints. “I challenged myself to elevate in every aspect, and this is the tip of the spear for what’s to come. When I first heard…
