Tim McGraw isn’t immune to the struggles of being stuck at home. The father of three planned on being on his Here on Earth Tour this year, but instead finds himself at home, like much of the rest of the world. Still, Tim has learned the best way to maintain a good mindset, even when life is hard: by…
Thomas Rhett had big plans of being out on his Center Point Road Tour right now, which unfortunately had to be canceled due to coronavirus. Still, the Georgia native has found an unexpected perk of being forced to stay home: the ability to create more music. “During quarantine, I mean it’s been 60 something days, I’d probably say I’ve…
This is the weekend thousands and thousands of country music fans were supposed to descend upon Nashville for the annual CMA Fest. The event, which last year drew more than 400 artists to perform and over 50,000 fans, will return in 2021. While it’s not the same, we rounded up five of our favorite memories from 2019 to at…
Author Jake Brown is back again with another book, this time Behind the Boards: Nashville. The book takes an in-depth look at the stories behind some of Music City’s biggest songs, through the eyes of the producer. Music industry veteran Tony Brown, whose numerous credits include Reba McEntire, Lionel Richie, Trisha Yearwood, Brooks & Dunn and more, gave the…
Wednesday night (June 3), more than a dozen artists gathered to perform for the televised CMT Celebrates Our Heroes: An Artists of the Year Special, honoring frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic. We’ve rounded up eight of our favorites, which can be seen below. 1. Thomas Rhett, “Be a Light” Thomas wrote “Be a Light” long before coronavirus forced…
Alexis Wilkins is focusing on those in need right now. The rising star just dropped “Holdin’ On,” a song she co-wrote with Mitch Rossell, which took on an entirely different meaning in light of all that is happening in the world right now, including the coronavirus pandemic. For that reason, the generous singer is donating all of the proceeds…
Keith Urban could likely now get invited to any wedding he wanted to attend, but that wasn’t necessarily the case early in his career. The Aussie recalled one incident, when he was just a rising star, and he crashed a wedding, only so he could play the couple a song. “Early on in my career, I was over here…
Keith Urban‘s upcoming The Speed of Now Part 1 album includes “Polaroid,” a song that he didn’t write, but fell in love with the first time he heard it. The video shows snapshots of people hanging out by a pool, something that was fortunately shot right before the coronavirus pandemic forced everyone to self-isolate. “We were lucky with the…
For Karen Waldrup, there’s only one way to go, and it’s up. The Louisiana native is back with “Breakthrough,” a new single that reflects not only her growth as an artist, but as a person as well. “I had gone through a really hard time and after I came out of it, I was holding on to some pain…
It’s been 13 years since Lady Antebellum introduced themselves to country music fans with their debut single, “Love Don’t Live Here,” which came out in 2007. Since then, each of the band members –– Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood –– have gotten married, had children and weathered plenty of both personal and professional storms. What they haven’t…
