When the Grand Ole Opry returns to live shows, it will be without one familiar voice. Longtime announcer Eddie Stubbs announces he is retiring on July 29, bringing an end to 25 years serving as host of 650 AM WSM, and the Opry. “I have had an extremely blessed 25 years at WSM, and as the third-longest tenured announcer…
Blake Shelton is returning to radio with a new single, “Happy Anywhere,” which will once again include his longtime girlfriend, Gwen Stefani. After the success of his platinum-selling, multi-week No. 1 hit, “Nobody But You,” also with Gwen, the Oklahoma native didn’t plan on releasing another song with Gwen, but couldn’t pass up the opportunity to include her on…
Josh Turner just gave one of the best performances of the National Anthem of any country artist. The Grand Ole Opry member performed from his home, ahead of the All-Star Race, which ended with a flyover by the famed Bandit Flight Team from Raleigh, N.C. The All-Star race, held at the Bristol Motor Speedway, continued with fans, in spite…
It’s been 15 long years since Faith Hill released a studio album of just her own music, but if her husband, Tim McGraw, had his way, that would soon be changing. Faith’s last studio album was Fireflies, released in 2005, followed by the Christmas Joy to the World record in 2008, and the duets album, The Rest of Our…
Canaan Smith just released his new single, “Colder Than You,” which is, in many ways, his reintroduction into country music, since it was three years since his former single, “This Night Back,” was released. His new single is his first of several coming from Canaan, which will be released on Round Here Records. Although Canaan didn’t expect to be…
When Jimmie Allen dreamed of releasing his Bettie James EP, pairing him with some of his favorite artists, he never imagined that much of the album would need to be recorded during the coronavirus pandemic. But while it’s not the way he planned on working on his new music, he does admit that it could be somewhat of a…
Rascal Flatts just dropped a new song, “Quick, Fast, In a Hurry,” featuring Rachel Wammack! The trio, which includes Gary LeVox, Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus, included it on their upcoming How They Remember You EP. “As soon as we heard this song, we knew we had to cut it,” Jay said of the song, which was written…
Almost everyone in Nashville knows who Kelly Sutton is, thanks to her role as a co-host on the morning talk show, Today in Nashville, along with Carole Sullivan, The media mogul, who was formerly an anchor on Fox 17’s morning news show for 12 years, can also often be found on the red carpet or covering events for One…
Leaving Austin and Cassadee Pope are opening up about their new collaboration, “American Avenue.” Leaving Austin, made up of Austin Machado, Michael Stevens and Davis Forney, already had the song written, when they realized that a female voice would work well on the song, and immediately thought of Cassadee. “We had played a show with Cassadee about four or…
Lindsay Ell is speaking out about not one, but two traumatic events in her life. The Canadian reveals she was sexually assaulted twice, both at age 13 and 21, sharing part of her story in a new song, “make you,” from her upcoming Heart Theory album. “I was raped when I was 13, and it happened again when I…
