Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker will host the 2020 CMA Awards! Reba, who has hosted the CMA Awards five times, including co-hosting with Carrie Underwood and Dolly Parton in 2019, spoke out about the chance to host with Darius for the first time. “I’m thrilled that I get to be back hosting the CMA Awards and even more thrilled…
When Bill Anderson released his debut album, Still, in 1963, he likely never envisioned that, 57 years later, he would still be making music, but at 82 years old, he has no plans of slowing down. The Country Music Hall of Fame member just released his 73rd album, The Hits Re-Imagined, featuring ten of his biggest hits as a…
2020 has not been easy for anyone, but especially Carly Pearce. The “Next Girl” singer was forced to come off the road — her favorite place to be — because of COVID-19, and divorced her husband, Michael Ray, after only eight months of marriage. That might be enough to knock anybody down, but Carly Pearce isn’t just anybody. The…
Saturday, October 3, will be a night that goes down in history as one of the most memorable Grand Ole Opry shows ever. Vince Gill, Dierks Bentley, Lorrie Morgan and Terri Clark performed in front of 500 guests, marking the first time a live audience, albeit limited, was allowed into the Opry since mid-March, when the shows began taking…
The Grand Ole Opry is celebrating its 95th anniversary in October, with artists like Vince Gill, Carly Pearce, Little Big Town and more performing during the month-long celebration. Several country music artists, whether members or still patiently waiting to be invited to join, shard their favorite memories of the Opry with People. Read some of their answers below. Trisha…
Keith Urban might know how to write a love song, but he now knows how to live one as well, thanks to his wife, Nicole Kidman. The New Zealand native opened up about their relationship, and how she helps him learn how to communicate — a skill he didn’t have before her. “It took marrying Nic to learn all…
Tony Stampley has written songs for George Jones, Randy Travis, John Anderson, Travis Tritt and more, but his new song, “Colorblind,” is one he is releasing on his own. Written with his good friend, and frequent collaborator, Bonnie Swayze, the song is Tony’s response to the unrest that seems to be happening, with alarming frequency, all over the country….
Jake Owen received one CMA Awards nomination this year, in the Music Video of the Year category, for “Homemade.” The throwback video for the song, which is from his 2019 Greetings From … Jake album, was enough to earn the Florida native his third CMA Awards nomination, and first in 11 years, 14 years after his freshman Startin’ With…
Christmas in Nashville will be a bit sweeter, thanks to the Oak Ridge Boys. The quartet, made up of Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen, William Lee Golden and Richard Sterban, will perform a 29-show residency, Christmas in Tennessee, at Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center. “After decades of taking our big Christmas tour on the road, we are bringing it…
It’s been nine years since Scotty McCreery became the Season 10 winner of American Idol. The North Carolina native hasn’t slowed down since then, joining the ranks of artists like Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson as one of a few artists who have managed to parlay their time on the reality TV talent show into a success story. “My…
