The 2021 CMA Awards are returning to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. The event, which will take place on November 10, will allow a limited number of guests, as long as they can provide proof of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. “We are so excited to return to Bridgestone Arena for this year’s CMA Awards ceremony,” Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer,…
It is safe to say no one will soon forget Mickey Guyton‘s name anymore. The singer-songwriter just released her powerful debut album, Remember Her Name, a full decade after she first signed her recording contract. Since then Guyton, a Black female country artist, has faced what seemed like insurmountable odds, as she struggled to get her music heard, without…
Carly Pearce received not one but two CMA Awards nods, both for Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year. The Album of the Year nomination, for her bold 29 project, is the only EP in the category, and the only record by a female artist, a nomination that has Pearce happily surprised. “To see 29…
The 2021 CMA Awards nominees were just announced, with artists like Chris Stapleton, Eric Church, Gabby Barrett and Miranda Lambert among those with multiple nominations. As usual, there were a few happy surprises, and a few snubs that have us scratching our heads. Keep reading to see who should have been nominated, and whose name has been a welcome…
The nominees for the 2021 CMA Awards are out! Eric Church and Chris Stapleton lead the list of nominees with five nods each, with each of them nominated for Entertainer of the Year. Gabby Barrett follows with four nods, including for Female Vocalist of the Year. The 2021 CMA Awards will air live on Wednesday, November 10, at 8:00…
Dylan Scott is currently serving as the opening act on Luke Bryan‘s Proud to Be Right Here Tour, a gig he almost missed, thanks to a broken lawn mower. The Louisiana native was frustrated while trying to cut his grass, almost missing out on one of the most important phone calls of his career. “I was mowing my yard,”…
Jimmie Allen is speaking out about the crisis in Cuba, which is personal for him. The father of two reveals his brother-in-law is in the country, and unable to leave due to the conflict. “My heart is heavy for the people of Cuba right now,” Allen shared on social media. “Something has to be done. My brother in law…
If anybody is ready to get back on the road again, it’s Luke Bryan. The reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year had to postpone his Proud to Be Right Here Tour last year because of the pandemic, but recently revealed he is hitting the road in just a few months, with the rescheduled tour now scheduled to begin on…
Jimmie Allen had plenty of guests join him on his latest Bettie James album, including the late Charley Pride. Pride and Darius Rucker sing with Allen on “Why Things Happen,” one of the last things with Pride’s voice on it that was released before he passed away last year. “It was the best thing ever,” Allen gushes to…
Luke Combs is speaking out after images surfaced of him, earlier in his career, using the Confederate flag. The 30-year-old, during a panel discussion with Maren Morris as part of the virtual Country Radio Seminar, said he regrets his choices now, and was unaware at the time of how hurtful that image is to the Black community. “I apologize…
