Sara Evans will be the next member of the Grand Ole Opry! The “Born to Fly” singer was invited to join by Bill Anderson, with a little help from Lady A and Carly Pearce. Evans was headlining her own show at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Sara Evans Still Restless – The 20 Year Celebration, in honor of the 20th anniversary…
CMA Fest is almost here, a four-day event that brings hundreds of artists, performing in front of more than 80,000 fans, from all over the world. While there is a charge for the nighttime shows at Nissan Stadium and Ascend Amphitheater, the daytime stages are free, with artists like Chapel Hart, Lauren Alaina, Mark Wils, Home Free, Travis Denning, Priscilla…
Carrie Underwood just celebrated her 15th anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry. The “Out Of That Truck” singer has won major awards and sold out large concert venues, but calls being an Opry member one of her crowning achievements. “It has always been just something that’s meant so much to me,” Underwood tells her record label….
Carrie Underwood just celebrated her 15th anniversary of being a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Underwood was joined for the special Opry show by Michael Ray and Deana Carter, among others. “Tonight I am honored to be celebrating my 15-year anniversary of being a member of the Grand Ole Opry,” Underwood said from stage. “I do want to…
Carrie Underwood is getting her own SiriusXM channel. The global superstar’s Carrie’s Country channel will launch in June, joining artists like Kenny Chesney, Eric Church and more who have their own channels. Underwood’s channel will feature not only her music, but music of artists who inspire her and helped shape her own career, along with songs by artists, of…
The Grand Ole Opry is helping kick off CMA Fest with two star-studded shows, featuring Carrie Underwood, The Oak Ridge Boys, Josh Turner, Bill Anderson and Lainey Wilson, among others. The back-to-back concerts will take place on Tuesday, June 6, only two days before CMA Fest officially begins in downtown Nashville. The Tuesday night Opry show will air on…
Not many people get to be introduced by Garth Brooks when they make their Grand Ole Opry debut, but Mitch Rossell isn’t most people. The singer-songwriter, who wrote Brooks’ 2017 hit single, “Ask Me How I Know,” performed for the first time at the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday, December 17, introduced as a surprise to Rossell by the…
The Grammy Awards nominations are out, with several of country music’s biggest artists in the running to receive the coveted trophy, including Miranda Lambert, Carly Pearce, Reba McEntire and more. Lambert leads in the country categories with a nomination in each of the four country categories. Lambert is nominated in Best Country Album, with Palomino; Best Country Song, with…
Garth Brooks will receive the Kris Kristofferson Lifetime Achievement Award later this year, even if the award’s namesake, Kris Kristofferson, is slightly embarrassed about Brooks receiving the honor. “It’s pretty damn embarrassing to give a man of Garth’s stature an award with my name on it,” Kristofferson says in a statement. “When Willie got one, he said he could…
Jamey Johnson is the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry! The singer was inducted on Saturday, May 14, by his close friend, and songwriting collaborator, Bill Anderson, fulfilling a dream Johnson held since he was a child. “I don’t have to tell y’all what this means to me,” Johnson said from stage. “Y’all know me; you know I’ve…
