If there wasn’t a Johnny Cash, Keith Urban would likely not be a country music superstar. The New Zealand native credits his love of country music to his earliest days, when his father was enamored by the Man in Black. “I sat down and thought about my journey and when did that begin, and the very first thing that…
Carly Pearce never could have imagined that the best season of her life would come after the darkest one. The 31-year-old wrote about her heartache over her divorce, to fellow singer Michael Ray, in her 29 EP, which earned her a CMA Award nomination for Album of the Year. Pearce, who will wrap up her run serving as…
Bobby Bones is home, and that has nothing to do with where he lives. The award-winning host of the Bobby Bones Show feels at home wherever he is, thanks to his new bride, Caitlin. “The thing I’m most grateful for is that I’ve never had a family,” Bones tells Nashville Lifestyles. “Ever. There was never that sense of…
Lady A were just trying to do the right thing when they decided to change their name from Lady Antebellum to Lady A. The trio, made up of Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood, announced the news after George Floyd was tragically killed, never imagining the negative backlash they would face as a result of that decision. “…
It takes a brave person to open up about their own struggles with mental health, especially someone as in the public eye as Dan + Shay‘s Dan Smyers. Fortunately, Smyers is not only unafraid to share about his own mental health challenges, but willing to admit what makes him struggle the most. “Full disclosure, my mental health lives in…
Montgomery Gentry‘s Eddie Montgomery is embarking on a new chapter, this time as a solo artist, four years after his bandmate, Troy Gentry, passed away. The 58-year-old announces the release of his debut solo record, Ain’t No Closing Me Down, out on October 29. “Troy is with me and will always be with me. He helped me write this…
Ben Gallaher is making his mark at radio with his current single, “Every Small Town.” The rising star was inspired to write the song by his upbringing in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, as well as what he has experienced by spending the last several years on the road. “When I wrote ‘Every Small Town’ with Jim Collins and Ash Bowers,…
Scotty McCreery‘s Same Truck album, out now, is filled with 12 songs he co-wrote, sharing a new side of him as an artist, songwriter and person, a decade after he burst onto the country music scene by winning Season 10 of American Idol. Of all the songs on the record, including his recent No. 1 hit, “You Time,”…
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…
Blake Shelton‘s upcoming Body Language Deluxe album features a few special guests. In addition to Gwen Stefani , who joins him on their No. 1 hit, “Happy Anywhere,” and the Swon Brothers, who join him on the title track, the new deluxe version also features both HARDY and Brooks & Dunn. HARDY, who co-wrote three of the tracks on Body…
