Before Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn formed Brooks & Dunn, both singers wanted to be solo artists. The two would have never even met, or formed a duo, if not for a music industry executive, who saw the potential long before either of them did. “We were kind of tricked by Tim DuBois,” Dunn admits on Apple Music Country’s…
Live music shows are finally returning, including the popular Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam. Originally scheduled for 2020, the event was rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic, now taking place June 4 to 6. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Brad Paisley and Luke Bryan will headline the three-day event, which will also include performances by Cole Swindell, Brothers Osborne, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lindsay…
Matthew West will return this year to host the K-LOVE Fan Awards, taking place on May 30 at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. West is also nominated for Male Artist of the Year, a category he shares with Crowder, Danny Gokey, Tauren Wells, TobyMac and Zach Williams. West has been nominated for numerous awards over the years, including…
Todd Tilghman and his wife, Brooke, will release their telling book, Every Little Win: How Celebrating Small Victories Can Lead to Big Joy, next month. The book details both the highs and lows of their lives, including their surprising rise to fame after Tilghman’s win on Season 18 of The Voice. For the mother of eight, the decision to…
Jake Owen has had two back-to-back No. 1 hits, with “Homemade” and “Made for You.” Although not a stranger to landing at the top of the charts — he’s already been there with songs like “The One That Got Away,” “I Was Jack (You Were Diane)” and more — these two chart-topping singles feel even sweeter considering the circumstances…
Russell Dickerson will hit the road later this year on Florida Georgia Line‘s I Love My Country Tour, but he’s been friends with both Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley for years. The “Home Sweet” singer went to college, at Belmont University, with both Hubbard and Kelley, and has remained close with the duo since then. “I wasn’t as into…
Home Free is releasing a special song ahead of this Memorial Day weekend. The group just announced on social media that they would release “Travelin’ Soldier,” a Bruce Robison song made popular by The Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks), this Friday, in honor of the servicemen and women, who are away serving their country. “Our new song and video…
A new music festival is coming to just outside of Nashville, with an all-star lineup. Matthew West, Michael W. Smith, Joe Nichols, Newsboys, Danny Gokey and more will perform for the three-day event, Lifest Music City. The event will take place on the grounds of the former home of Johnny Cash, at Hideaway Farm in Bon Aqua, Tennessee, located…
Allie Colleen is kicking off her own country music career, with the release of Stones earlier this year. The rising star could quickly amass millions and millions of fans, just by branding herself as the daughter of Garth Brooks, but she is determined to do it all on her own. “I’ve already been called that my whole life,” Allie tells…
SmithField is setting the country music world on fire with their new single, “Something Sexy.” The song, written by duo members Jennifer Fiedler and Trey Smith, along with Adam Wood, is an homage to several of country music’s sexiest songs, including Chris Young’s “Gettin’ You Home,” Keith Urban‘s “Raining on Sunday,” Tim McGraw and Faith Hill‘s “Let’s Make Love,…
