Keith Urban just dropped a new track, “Change Your Mind.” The introspective song, written by Matthew Bair and Fransisca Hall, is from his upcoming new The Speed of Now Part 1 album, due out on September 18. Keith also released “Superman” from the new record, which is one of 16 songs on The Speed of Now Part 1, including two…
Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium will host their first-ever livestream series, called Live at the Ryman, featuring Scotty McCreery, Cam, Brett Young and more. The six-week event, which will begin on Friday night, August 14 with For King & Country, will be available to fans at home as a way to slowly return to live shows in Music City. “Our company…
It’s a new day for Cassadee Pope! The singer is releasing her first acoustic album, Rise and Shine, on August 7, marking in many ways a new chapter for Cassadee, one that she initially didn’t plan on writing until much later. “I’ve always said I really want to make an acoustic album, but I felt like that was something…
Steven Battey is already a success story in the music world, writing and producing for Madonna, Justin Bieber, Flo Rida and more, before moving to Nashville to pursue writing for country music, scoring a No. 1 hit for Luke Combs with “One Number Away.” The Georgia native, who also appeared on Songland, could have kept on writing and producing,…
We now know more about what songs will be on Keith Urban‘s upcoming The Speed of Now Part 1 album, but there are still a couple of details we don’t know. The 52-year-old shared the track list on social media, but intentionally left out who his duet partners are on two songs. “This is THE SPEED OF NOW,” Keith…
The Nashville Predators are hoping to finish out the modified season with the Stanley Cup, as part of the NHL’s Return to Play, which allows 24 teams to compete, without a live audience. The team is currently in Edmonton, where they will go up against the Arizona Cardinals for their third game in the series, and are enjoying touches…
The BMI Country Awards will be held online this year instead of in Nashville, due to COVID-19. The annual event, which honors the biggest songwriters in country music, will be a virtual event, in light of the ongoing pandemic “While we would have loved to gather together for our annual tribute to the best in country music, it’s just…
When Caylee Hammack‘s debut album, If It Wasn’t For You, is released on August 14, it will include a duet with country music icon Reba McEntire, on “Redhead.” Caylee, who wrote “Redhead” with Trent Dabbs and Natalie Hemby, never imagined that her own musical idol would join her on the feisty track. “Reba was kind of a shot in…
Charlie Daniels’ son, Charlie Daniels, Jr., recently shared a touching way an Olive Garden in their hometown honored his father. In a new blog post, shared on the Charlie Daniels Band’s website, the only child of Charlie and his wife, Hazel, recalled the sweet moment that made him burst into tears. “I’ve been dreading writing this soapbox because it’s…
Lauren Alaina and Trisha Yearwood made musical magic together with the release of a duet version of “Getting Good.” The song, which is the title track of her latest EP, was already recorded, when Trisha offered to sing with Lauren on a song, after Lauren appeared on Trisha’s Southern Kitchen. “She sang ‘Getting Good’ to me when we were…
