New music is here from Jimmie Allen! The 34-year-old just dropped “Freedom Was a Highway,” a duet with Brad Paisley. The song is from Allen’s 2020 Bettie James EP. “When I was writing this song with my co-writers, I imagined myself driving down my favorite roads in Delaware,” Allen said of the song, which he wrote with Ash Bowers and Matt…
Charley Pride’s manager, Kevin Bailey, is refuting claims the singer contracted COVID-19 while at the CMA Awards last month to receive the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. “Charley was the best of anybody I knew with staying isolated,” Kevin told the Dallas News, “He and his wife were home all the time. And every time I went and had…
The nominees for the 2021 Grammy Awards are out, and it seems like the tide might finally be turning for women in country music. Four female artists, namely Ingrid Andress, Brandy Clark, Miranda Lambert and Ashley McBryde are nominated in the Country Album of the Year category, with the male and female quartet Little Big Town taking the fifth…
Maren Morris is the reigning CMA Awards Female Vocalist of the Year! Maren beat out Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde, Kacey Musgraves and Carly Pearce to take home the Female Vocalist of the Year trophy. This marks Maren’s first win in the category. “I love you so much, all the women in this category,” Maren said. “Thank you so much…
2020 has been hard on all kinds of businesses, including farmers. From dairy farmers struggling because of the closure of restaurants and schools, to job losses and more, farmers have faced an unprecedented loss, in an industry that has already been struggling. Now, several country music artists have stepped up to help. Dustin Lynch, Maddie & Tae, Mickey Guyton,…
With the 2020 CMT Music Awards a little more than a week away, we now know the finalists for the Video of the Year category. The CMT Music Awards, which are entirely fan voted, narrowed down the lengthy list of nominees to six names, who will all compete for the night’s highest honor. The Video of the Year finalists…
The 2020 ACM Awards will certainly go down in history, for more than one reason. After first changing both the date and the location, moving from April to September and from Las Vegas to Nashville because of COVID-19, the show also continued without a live audience. But most memorable might be that Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett both tied…
The 2020 ACM Awards are only two days away, and now we know more about the performances for the ceremony. Airing live from three locations in Nashville — the Grand Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium and the Bluebird Cafe — some of country music’s biggest stars will perform live. Keep reading to find out some of the most-anticipated performances…
Three more ACM Awards have been announced! The trophies, for Music Event of the Year, Video of the Year and Songwriter of the Year, were given out on Monday, September 14. “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” by Miranda Lambert with Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, Caylee Hammack and Elle King won for Music Event of the Year….
Taylor Swift is returning to the ACM Awards! The singer will take the stage of the Grand Ole Opry on Wednesday, September 16, to sing “Betty,” marking her first time at the ACM Awards in seven years. The song is from her recent Folklore album. Taylor teased the performance on social media, Bout to show up at your party…
