Happy birthday, Carly Pearce! The singer turns 31 on April 24. We are celebrating her big day by finding 11 fun things to know about one of country music’s rising stars. 1. Pearce isn’t her last name. Pearce’s real name is Carly Cristyne Slusser. She chose Pearce as her stage name, after her grandparents, since it was from them…
Martina McBride is ready to get back to work. The country music star announced backstage at the 2021 ACM Awards that she is working on new music, and plans to hit the road later this year as well. “We’re working on new music,” McBride teased. “Just trying to get it all together. It’s been exciting to be back in…
Martina McBride was one of the reigning country artists of the ’90s, along with other female singers like Faith Hill, Sara Evans, Trisha Yearwood, Shania Twain and more. But as country music leaned more towards the bro-country era, artists like McBride got pushed out, making the genre no longer interesting to her. “As a country music fan, it’s not…
The 2021 Grammy Awards took place on Sunday, March 14, and resulted in several country artists walking away with brand-new trophies, including Miranda Lambert, who won the award for Best Country Album, for Wildcard. “We are such a family in country music, so I feel like holding this right now, I’m holding this for all of us,” Lambert said…
Trace Adkins doesn’t do anything halfway, including his albums. The 59-year-old reveals he is releasing a brand-new record this year, with 25 songs on the project. “We’ve been doing a lot of new stuff in the studio,” Adkins revealed on Fox News. “I’m gonna have a new album come out this year, with 25 brand-new songs on it, because…
Jimmie Allen is reliving simpler times of his life with his current single, “Freedom Was a Highway,” Allen wrote the song, which is a duet with Brad Paisley, with Ash Bowers and Matt Rogers, recalling the freedom that he enjoyed in his younger years. “I am super sentimental,” the Delaware native admits to CMT‘s Cody Alan. “I love my…
Morgan Wallen is now reaping the consequences of using a racial slur. The 27-year-old saw his career come to a screeching halt after video appeared, via TMZ, of Wallen using the N-word when speaking to one of his friends. The incident took place after a group appeared to be arriving at his house following what seemed to be a…
Blake Shelton‘s current single, “Minimum Wage,” is quickly climbing up the charts, but not everyone was a fan of the song. While the 44-year-old received some criticism for the message in “Minimum Wage,” since his successful career has made him one of the wealthiest artists in country music, Shelton says he still relates to the person who is barely…
Michael Ray‘s current single, “Whiskey and Rain” is rapidly climbing the charts. The song, from his upcoming third studio album, is a throwback to the country music of the ’90s that he grew up on, which he also alludes to in the video as well. “Sean Hagwell directed that video, and he also directed ‘The One That Got Away’…
The details for Charley Pride‘s funeral have been announced. The 86-year-old, who passed away from complications from COVID-19, will be honored with a private wake and memorial in Dallas this week, attended by only family and close friends. A public memorial will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donation to The Pride…
