Michael Ray‘s Higher Education EP, out on August 27, became a pivotal album for Ray, who determined to make a record that combined his love of traditional country and Southern rock. All seven songs exhibit the marriage of the two genres, but perhaps none as well as the title track, which includes Lee Brice, ZZ Top‘s Billy F….
Marty Stuart and Connie Smith have been married 24 years, a perhaps unlikely pairing that has stood the test of time. The two singers first met when Stuart was just a child, but even then he left an impression on Smith, in spite of their 17-year age gap. “I met him when he was 11,” Smith recalls to Apple…
Trace Adkins’ 25-track The Way I Wanna Go album, released on August 27, features an impressive list of collaborators, including Melissa Etheridge, Pitbull, Luke Bryan, Keb’ Mo’, Stevie Wonder, Snoop Dogg, and Adkins’ good friend — and current touring partner — Blake Shelton. The two combine their talents on “If I Was a Woman,” a song Adkins co-wrote, along…
Scotty McCreery just dropped another song from his upcoming Same Truck album. The 27-year-old released “Carolina to Me,” a song he wrote with Taylor Phillips and Jeremy Bussey, celebrating his love of his home state of North Carolina. “To me, North Carolina is just a little piece of Heaven on Earth, and I hope when I get to Heaven,…
Home Free might have outdone themselves with their latest video, with a cover of Huey Lewis and the News’ 1982 hit, “Workin’ for a Livin’.” The all-vocal group channeled the comedic Will Ferrell film, Anchorman, for roles in their new video, cast as Cameraman Tim Foust, Electrical Adam Rupp, Sound Guy Rob Lundquist, Director Austin Brown, and Anchorman…
Last weekend’s torrential rains, dropping as much as 17 inches in Middle Tennessee, wreaked havoc in parts of Humphreys, Hickman, Houston and Dickson Counties, all located just outside of Nashville. The flood waters claimed the lives of at least 20 people, including Loretta Lynn‘s ranch foreman, Wayne Spears, and damaged numerous homes and buildings. Several in the music community…
Tim McGraw wasn’t ready to admit he had a drinking problem for a long time. The Louisiana native, who quit drinking in 2008, lived the life of a celebrity, which included plenty of alcohol. But it was a moment at home with his wife, Faith Hill, and his three daughters, when he realized something had to change — and…
Todd Tilghman is showing off his spiritual roots with his new performance posted on social media. The Mississippi native just shared a video of him singing the hymn, “I’d Rather Have Jesus,” accompanied by just a piano. Tilghman was a minister until he moved to Tennessee after winning Season 18 of The Voice, but his faith remains just…
Michael Ray‘s Higher Education EP is out! The seven-track record is, in many ways, what Ray has always wanted to create, but never was able to, for a myriad of reasons, until now. “It’s what I’ve had in my mind for a long time,” Ray tells Everything Nash. “It’s truly what I was trying to get out for years….
Trace Adkins‘ ambitious, 25-track The Way I Wanna Go album is out! The Grand Ole Opry member co-wrote two of the songs on the project, which features an eclectic list of artists, including Melissa Etheridge, Pitbull, Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Keb’ Mo’, Stevie Wonder and Snoop Dogg. The project, out on Verge Records, celebrates 25 years since Adkins’ debut Dreamin’…
