Mitchell Tenpenny‘s Midtown Diaries EP is out! The eight-track project was written entirely by Tenpenny, alongside hit writers like Jordan Schmidt, Brad Tursi, HARDY and more. “It’s a combination of about three years of songs,” Tenpenny tells Everything Nash. “It’s hard to pick eight songs on an EP when you’ve written 500, and a lot of great songs with…
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…
If you don’t have any plans tonight, and you love country music, you’re in luck. The three-hour CMA Summer Jam TV special airs Thursday night, September 2, on ABC, with performances by Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton (which includes a Gwen Stefani duet), Thomas Rhett, Brothers Osborne, Lainey Wilson, Luke Combs and more. CMA Summer Jam was filmed…
Last weekend’s torrential rains, dropping as much as 17 inches in Middle Tennessee, wreaked havoc in parts of Humphreys, Hickman, Houston and Dickson Counties, all located just outside of Nashville. The flood waters claimed the lives of at least 20 people, including Loretta Lynn‘s ranch foreman, Wayne Spears, and damaged numerous homes and buildings. Several in the music community…
Michael Ray is celebrating the release of his upcoming Higher Education EP with a hometown show. The 33-year-old announced on social media that he will take the stage at Nashville Palace for on August 31, performing his weekly Honky Tonk Tuesday show live in Music City. “Let’s goooo!!! See #honkytonktuesday live at the to celebrate the…
Morgan Wallen appears to be back, six months after he was largely blacklisted from country music when he was caught on video uttering a racial slur. The Tennessee native marked a return to the concert stage with a surprise appearance at Luke Bryan‘s sold-out show, as part of Bryan’s Proud to Be Right Here Tour, at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena…
Cole Swindell is celebrating his tenth No. 1 hit, with “Single Saturday Night.” The song, which is the debut track from an upcoming new album, resonated with Swindell the first time he heard it, while life was shut down because of the pandemic. “Ashley Gorley and HARDY sent me the demo for ‘Single Saturday Night,’ and I knew it…
Another new song from Michael Ray‘s highly-anticipated new album will be released next week. The country music hitmaker says the song is very true to his own life, even though it was written by Michael Hardy, Ben West and Josh Miller instead. “This song really feels autobiographical for me,” Ray shares of the upcoming track. “It touches on…
The Academy of Country Music is returning with their annual Party For a Cause, this year held on Tuesday, August 24, at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater, with proceeds benefiting their charitable Lifting Lives program. Trisha Yearwood and Lee Brice have been announced as performers, along with Brett Eldredge, Mickey Guyton, Sam Hunt, Old Dominion and Tenille Townes, with more artists…
Carly Pearce has just been announced as the host of the upcoming ACM Honors! The announcement comes with the news that Lady A, Ashley McBryde, Lee Ann Womack, Lauren Alaina, HARDY, Chris Janson, Sara Evans, RaeLynn and Devin Dawson will also perform, with more performers expected to be announced shortly. “I am humbled and excited to be hosting the…
