When Robert Counts went into a writing session with HARDY and Jake Mitchell, HARDY was still known as songwriter Michael Hardy, and all three men were still getting their start in country music. The result of that one co-write was “What Do I Know,” Robert’s current, and powerful single, which became the second most-added song at country radio when…
With the 2020 CMT Music Awards a little more than a week away, we now know the finalists for the Video of the Year category. The CMT Music Awards, which are entirely fan voted, narrowed down the lengthy list of nominees to six names, who will all compete for the night’s highest honor. The Video of the Year finalists…
Blake Shelton‘s “God’s Country” is being made into a TV drama! The song, written by HARDY, Devin Dawson and Jordan Schmidt, became a multi-platinum, No. 1 hit for Blake, and will now also soon be a new show, airing on NBC. According to Deadline, the show is being created by Blake, along with Gary Scott Thompson, producer of Las…
Drew Green’s new album, Dirt Boy Volume 1 is out! The banker turned songwriter turned artist wanted to put his own spin on his debut record, which is evident in all seven songs on the project. “Half of the songs I’ve had with me for about three years,” Drew told Everything Nash. “So they’ve kind of just traveled with…
Blake Shelton‘s “God’s Country” is the 2020 ACM Award winner for Single of the Year. The song, from Blake’s Fully Loaded: God’s Country album, was written by HARDY, Devin Dawson and Jordan Schmidt. “This is a complete shock and an absolute honor,” Blake said. “I want to take just a second to thank Scott Hendricks for producing this record,…
The 2020 ACM Awards are taking place on Wednesday night, September 16. Hosted by Keith Urban, the virtual event marks the first time in 55 years that the ceremony is being held in Nashville, at the Grand Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium and the Bluebird Cafe. We will keep updating the list of winners throughout the night, so keep…
Three more ACM Awards have been announced! The trophies, for Music Event of the Year, Video of the Year and Songwriter of the Year, were given out on Monday, September 14. “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” by Miranda Lambert with Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, Caylee Hammack and Elle King won for Music Event of the Year….
Lauren Alaina‘s Getting Over Him EP will be out on Friday, September 4. The six-song collection is all songs she wrote, mostly about her splits with both her longtime boyfriend, Alex Hopkins, and Christian comedian John Crist, with whom she split right before appearing on Dancing With the Stars, amid allegations against him of sexual misconduct. “The last couple…
Cole Swindell just did something he never thought he would have to do: film a video for a song without a bunch of people around him. But out of safety concerns because of COVID-19, the Georgia native was forced to come up with a new way to film the video for “Single Saturday Night,” which is his latest single….
This is the weekend thousands and thousands of country music fans were supposed to descend upon Nashville for the annual CMA Fest. The event, which last year drew more than 400 artists to perform and over 50,000 fans, will return in 2021. While it’s not the same, we rounded up five of our favorite memories from 2019 to at…
