Lainey Wilson is grateful for the hard years. The 32-year-old spent several years living in a camper trailer in Nashville, motivated only by her dreams of having her songs heard in country music. While those dreams are now coming true, in ways she could have never imagined, Wilson credits those years of uncertainty with becoming the fuel for a fire…
Lainey Wilson is back at the top. The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year just scored her seventh No.1 hit with “Wildflowers and Wild Horses.” The song is her third, and likely final, single from her sophomore Bell Bottom Country album. “It’s such an honor to have ‘Wildflowers and Wild Horses’ No.1 at country radio,” Wilson says. “This song…
Cole Swindell was fortunate enough to be among the first to hear Randy Travis‘ new song, “Where That Came From,” ahead of its release. Swindell spoke out about the experience on social media, sharing the impact the Country Music Hall of Fame member has had on him and his own career. “Randy Travis has meant a lot to me…
Wade Bowen‘s new album, Flyin, will be out on May 10. The record includes the feel-good new song, “Mary Jane,” a song that Bowen, a talented tunesmith, did not write for the new record, but knew it was an important addition to the project. “I don’t cut a whole lot of outside songs,” Bowen tells Everything Nash. “I…
Reba McEntire has another trophy to add to her collection. The Oklahoma native just received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, at the Western Heritage Awards, honoring not her music, but her commitment to the Western way of life, something she has been part of for almost seven decades. “I never could figure…
Zach Williams had a multi-week No. 1 hit with Dolly Parton on “There Was Jesus,” released in 2019. The song, which earned the pair a Grammy Award, also forged a friendship between the Christian artist and the country music icon, one that ultimately led to their new collaboration, “Lookin’ For You,” out now. “We were shooting Dolly’s Christmas…
No one is more surprised than Jelly Roll that he received four ACM Awards nominations, including for the night’s highest honor, Entertainer of the Year. For Jelly Roll, who is also celebrating his first year as an ACM Awards nominee, his continued success is almost more than he can comprehend. Jelly Roll marked his first win at an awards show…
Blake Shelton joins his wife, Gwen Stefani, on a new song, “Purple Irises,” out now. Although the two may seem an unstoppable power couple at the moment, the song, from Stefani’s next record, was born at a time when Stefani was questioning a lot, including her security in her marriage to Shelton. “I had been going through those times…
Matthew West has another hit single on his hands, with “Don’t Stop Praying.” The song, which marked the biggest streaming debut in West’s 20-year career, is very personal to West, while also resonating with his fans all over the world. “I don’t know that I’ve ever had a song that I felt like was connecting with an audience…
It’s been more than a decade since Jason Aldean starred in his only acting role, for the 2013 film, Sweetwater, and with good reason. Although some artists, like Reba McEntire and Tim McGraw, have been able to enjoy singing and acting, Aldean is content, for the most part, to stick to being a country music artist. “What I do know…
