When Scotty McCreery took the stage at the Ryman Auditorium on Friday, September 4, it marked the first live show he had played since March — which ironically was also at the Ryman — due to COVID-19. After first announcing the six-week Live at the Ryman series would be a livestream event only, the historic venue allowed 125 people,…
Manny Blu doesn’t want to be defined by one genre. The rising star is readying the release of his New Ink album, which he says is a bit of all of the styles of music he likes, combined in one EP that seamlessly blurs the lines between country, rock and more. “I would call it a country rock album,”…
PJ North is back with new music! The singer just dropped “Saturdays Are For the Boys,” inspired at least in part by fall’s favorite pastime, football. “It’s really funny how it all came together,” PJ North told Everything Nash. “I was at a write with just me and Tyler Anderson. We had just started writing at that point. We…
Ethan Payne had no idea when he attended a Luke Bryan concert in Dallas, Texas as a 13-year-old how much his entire life would change. Attending the concert, and getting to meet the superstar himself, was an opportunity given to Ethan through the Make-a-Wish Foundation, since Ethan has cystic fibrosis. But when Luke not only encouraged the young man…
When Lee Greenwood penned “God Bless the U.S.A.” in 1983, he had no idea how important the song would remain, decades after he wrote it. The song has been an anthem during some of the most trying times in the country, including the tragic 9/11 attack in 2001. “I guess you’d have to see it through my eyes, the…
Cory Marks’ new album Who I Am is pretty self-explanatory. The 13-track record, released on Better Noise, fuses his love of country and rock, a blend never more evident than on the track, “Outlaws & Outsiders,” which features Travis Tritt, Mötley Crüe’s Mick Mars and Five Finger Death Punch’s Ivan Moody. “I’m the first and only country artist signed…
It’s been 36 years since Stryper released its debut album, The Yellow and Black Attack. Since then, the group, fronted by lead singer Michael Sweet, released 13 studio albums, including their recent Even the Devil Believes, a surprisingly timely record that happened to come out when the world needed it the most. “What’s really interesting about this album is…
Sara Evans‘ Born to Fly memoir is out! The 49-year-old shared her life story in the autobiography, covering the exhilarating highs and painful lows of both her personal and professional life. “I was approached by the publisher about writing a book,” Sara recalled to Everything Nash. “At first I was like, ‘No, I’m not ready to write an autobiography….
When HARDY joined Devin Dawson and Jordan Schmidt for a writing session in early 2019, he had no idea that only a few months later, one of country music’s biggest superstars, Blake Shelton, would not only record the song, but make it a multi-platinum No. 1 hit as well. For HARDY, the success of the song changed almost everything…
HARDY‘s debut album, A Rock, is out! The 29-year-old co-wrote all 12 songs on the record — several since the start of the coronavirus pandemic — joining forces with hit writers like Ashley Gorley, Hillary Lindsey, David Garcia and more, to create a musical masterpiece expected of someone with decades of experience. “I love saying this: a lot of…
