The wait is almost over for new music from Scotty McCreery! The American Idol alum just announced his fifth studio album, Same Truck, will be released on September 17. McCreery co-wrote the title track, one of 12 songs on the project, with McCreery having co-writing credits on ten of the tracks. “My last album was about me as a…
Michael W. Smith is re-recording his iconic Worship album, this time as Worship Forever with a live Nashville show, featuring a few special guests. The album, which was first released on September 11, 2001, will be recorded again, from start to finish, accompanied by a full symphony orchestra. Amy Grant, Matt Redman and Tauren Wells will join Smith for the…
2020 wasn’t easy for anyone, but especially Carly Pearce. The singer went through a very public divorce with fellow country music singer Michael Ray, while being forced to stay away from the one thing that brought her comfort: the stage. “I truly thought I was going to die at the beginning of quarantine,” Pearce admits to The Christian Post….
Zach Williams and for KING & COUNTRY are among the artists who took home trophies at the K-Love Fan Awards. Both acts scored double wins during the ceremony, with Williams winning Male Artist of the Year and Song of the Year, for his “There Was Jesus” collaboration with Dolly Parton. for KING & COUNTRY won for both Group of…
The holidays just got a little bit sweeter thanks to Maddie & Tae! The duo, made up of Maddie Font and Taylor Kerr (formerly Marlow and Dye, respectively), announced they will release their first holiday album, We Need Christmas, on October 23. “We are so proud of this project and loved recreating some of our favorite Christmas classics as…
Old Dominion‘s Brad Tursi is launching his own solo career. The singer, songwriter and guitarist announces the release of his own Parallel Love album, out on July 19. Tursi wrote or co-wrote all ten songs on the project. “This process was purely creative,” Tursi says. “I wasn’t even sure I’d release a project, but when I played it for…
It’s a sad day for the music community, and especially for Jay DeMarcus. The singer is mourning the loss of gospel music writer, Don Koch, co-founder of Red Street Records. Koch passed away from cancer on Monday, January 15. “Don Koch and I started the Red Street Records journey together in 2018,” Demarcus writes. “It seemed so fitting that…
Old Dominion‘s video for “Memory Lane” is out! The song, written by band members Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen and Brad Tursi, along with Jessie Jo Dillon, appears on their just-released Memory Lane (Sampler), ahead of their forthcoming new album. “’Memory Lane’ has already become such a special song for us,” says Old Dominion’s Matthew Ramsey. “This is one of…
The 53rd annual Dove Awards winners have been announced, with Anne Wilson taking home two awards, both for New Artist of the Year and Pop Contemporary Song of the Year, the latter for her debut “My Jesus” single. It’s a long way from where Wilson thought she would be at this stage in life, switching from her dreams of…
Dierks Bentley is extending his Beers On Me Tour into 2022, with a series of shows in Canada. The Arizona native just announced the new dates, which will kick off on January 6 in London, Ontario. “People think we are crazy to go to Canada and the Northwest in January, but we’ve learned from previous tours that it’s a…
