The 2020 ACM Awards just got a LOT more star power! Blake Shelton with Gwen Stefani and Carrie Underwood have been added to the list of performers, while Bobby Bones, Lauren Alaina, Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black, Cam, Lily Aldridge, Darius Rucker and Runaway June will present the trophies. Blake and Gwen will perform his current single, “Happy…
Trisha Yearwood has been added to the list of performers for the 2020 ACM Awards! The singer will perform “I’ll Carry You Home,” from her latest Every Girl album, out last year, honoring those who have recently passed away in the country music industry. Trisha announced the news on social media. https://www.facebook.com/TrishaYearwood/posts/10158876948075972 Trisha’s performance comes as her husband,…
When Keith Urban signed on to host the ACM Awards, he never imagined that the awards would take place not in April but in September, and not in Las Vegas but in Nashville, all due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Still, the New Zealand native is praising the Academy of Country Music for forging ahead, even if the ceremony…
We now know that the 2020 CMA Awards will be a virtual event, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Country Music Association announced the decision after the nominees were announced. “Capacity inside the event will be limited to essential personnel only, as outlined by local health authorities and CDC guidelines,” the statement said (via The Tennessean). “As we navigate…
We now know who is nominated for the 2020 CMA Awards! Carly Pearce and Luke Combs announced the nominees on Good Morning America, live from the Grand Ole Opry, on Tuesday morning, September 1, while Ingrid Andress and Gabby Barrett announced additional nominees on the CMA’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Miranda Lambert leads the list of nominees with seven…
Ashley Gorley is officially the most successful songwriter! The tunesmith just celebrated his 50th No. 1 single, with LOCASH’s “One Big Country Song,” marking the first time a songwriter has notched that many chart-topping singles, in any genre, in the history of both Mediabase and Billboard charts. “I love what I do,” Ashley said in a statement. “I love…
LAKEVIEW chose to highlight two Nashville bars, The Fox Bar & Cocktail Club and Tin Roof 2. in their new video, “She Drove Me To the Bar,” as a way to pay back to those businesses, and others, who have helped them since they moved to Nashville. The duo, made up of Jesse Denaro and Luke Healy, spoke to…
Nashville’s annual CMA Fest couldn’t take place this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, a three-hour TV special, CMA Best of Fest will air, highlighting some of the best performances over the last 16 years. Luke Bryan will host the entire event, which meant leaving his home during the coronavirus pandemic. But as soon as the show’s producer,…
Nashville’s popular CMA Fest was forced to cancel this year, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but thankfully, country music fans can still relive some of the best performances of the year. The Country Music Association just announced CMA Best of Fest, a three-hour special airing on July 13 (changed from the original date of July 9), hosted by…
Hit songwriters Nicolle Galyon and Lori McKenna teamed up to write “All the Things,” a song written for blogger and Instagram influencer Landyn Hutchinson’s brand-new podcast, Living With Landyn, which officially launched on Monday, May 11. Nicolle, who has co-written some of the biggest hits in country music, including Dan + Shay’s “Tequila,” Miranda Lambert’s “Automatic” and more, had…
