Nearly six years ago, Walker Hayes experienced an unimaginable tragedy, when he and his wife Laney lost their daughter, Oakleigh, shortly after her birth. It’s a loss Hayes still mourns, every day, even as his career soars. The “Fancy Like” singer reveals he wrote a song about Oakleigh, which he hints he might release in June. “It’s called…
Michael Ray has been influenced by numerous artists over the years, but perhaps none as much as Gary Allan. It is Allan whose music resonated with Ray the first time he heard it, and who still serves as a guiding light in his own promising career today. “Gary Allan was a big influence to me once I started…
Kenny Foster is celebrating the town he was raised in with “Somewhere in Middle America.” The song, the title track of Foster’s upcoming album, is part of the rising star’s way of honoring his early years, growing up in Joplin, Missouri, as well as his winding path to Nashville to focus on his music career. “This record is an…
We now know who some of the performers will be at the 2022 ACM Awards, which already promises to be a star-studded show. Thomas Rhett, Walker Hayes will take the stage, along with a collaboration by Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde. Pearce and McBryde will perform their current single, “Never Wanted to Be That Girl.” While Rhett and…
Reba McEntire is celebrating her faith with her upcoming new My Chains Are Gone: Hymns and Gospel Favorites project, which will be released on CD and DVD next month. The 12-track record, which includes some of McEntire’s favorite hymns, features several guest artists, including Trisha Yearwood and Kelly Clarkson on “Softly and Tenderly,” as well as The Isaacs on…
Jeannie Seely introduced herself to country music in 1964, with her debut single, “If I Can’t Have You.” 58 years later, Seely is still making music, which is still — thankfully — being played, including her current single, “So Far, So Good.” The song, from her An American Classic album, is one that Seely has loved for a long…
Ronnie Dunn still has a lot more music in him. The one-half of the hit duo, Brooks & Dunn, has a new song out, “Broken Neon Hearts,” from his upcoming new album, 100 Proof Neon, out this summer. The record is for Dunn a bit of a celebration of the music that shaped him, and still shapes him today….
Morgan Wallen kicked off his The Dangerous Tour earlier this month with two sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden. The tour comes a year after Wallen has tried to rebuild his image, following a video that surfaced of him uttering a racial slur. While some, like Eric Church and Luke Bryan, have seemed ready to put the incident…
Dolly Parton has accepted many awards and accolades over the years, but even she was stunned by her latest one. Parton was just nominated for induction into the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an honor that blew the Country Music Hall of Fame member away. “I was absolutely floored when I heard that,” Parton tells Billboard. “I’ve…
Jason Aldean is taking his country music on the road in 2022, with his Rock N’ Roll Cowboy Tour! The Georgia native will be joined on by Gabby Barrett, John Morgan and Dee Jay Silver for the tour, which kicks off on July 15 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. “I’m ready to get back out and feel the nights come alive,”…
