Carrie Underwood‘s My Savior album has earned her two Gospel Music Association Dove Award nominations. The country music superstar’s gospel album was nominated for Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of the Year, while her “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” collaboration with CeCe Winans was also nominated for Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year. Winans was also nominated for both Gospel Artist of the…
Jordan Davis enlisted some serious star power for his latest single, “Buy Dirt.” The song, which is the title track of his latest EP, was written by Davis and his brother, Jacob, along with siblings Josh and Matt Jenkins, during the pandemic, and includes Davis’ good friend, Luke Bryan, on both the song and in the video. “I met…
Some artists, like Dan + Shay and Thomas Rhett, used their time off the road to write and record entirely new albums. And some, like Justin Moore, found it more of a struggle to be creative, while he wrestled with what was happening across the globe. “If you’d told me, ‘You’re gonna be a year and a half off…
Add novel author to Dolly Parton‘s extensive list of accomplishments. The 75-year-old reveals she has written her first novel, Run, Rose Run, with acclaimed author, James Patterson. Run, Rose, Run, will be published by Little, Brown and Company on March 7, 2022. Parton will also drop an album of the same name, featuring 12 original songs, on the book’s…
Martina McBride is eager to head out as the opening act on Blake Shelton‘s upcoming Friends and Heroes Tour, and not just because she will get to sing night after night on stage. The 55-year-old is also excited to spend time with Shelton, who has been a friend of hers for a long, long time. “I love Blake,” McBride…
Jason Isbell was among one of the first artists to announce he would require a COVID-19 vaccine, or negative test, to attend his show, and he isn’t backing down. The 42-year-old, who fronts the band Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, explains why he is so insistent on implementing the policy, as numbers of the delta variant of COVID-19…
The Isaacs will be the next members of the Grand Ole Opry! The family group, which includes mother Lily, daughters Lily and Sonya and son Ben, were invited to join by Ricky Skaggs during their performance at the Opry on Tuesday, August 10. The Isaacs were celebrating the release of their new album, The American Face, when Skaggs approached…
Blake Shelton‘s long-awaited Friends and Heroes Tour will kick off next week. The tour, which includes Martina McBride, Tracy Byrd and Trace Adkins, along with special guest Lindsay Ell, had multiple dates postponed last year, because of the pandemic. For Shelton, after spending so much time off the road, he was pleasantly surprised to find he still likes performing, which he discovered when…
The upcoming 2021 Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam, held in Panama City Beach, Florida, and headlined by Chris Stapleton, Old Dominion and Brooks & Dunn, has been moved to 2022. The new dates are June 3 to 5, rescheduled from the original dates of September 3 to 5, which is Labor Day weekend. The 2020 Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam was held this past…
Carly Pearce is enjoying life on the road, serving as direct support for Lady A on their What a Song Can Do Tour. For Pearce, the tour not only gives her a chance to perform night after night, but also to spend time with Hillary Scott, who has quickly become one of Pearce’s closest friends and confidants. “I…
