Dolly Parton is officially a member of the Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and now the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame! In honor of her 78th birthday, we rounded up 11 little-known facts about one of country music’s biggest stars. 1. Her father paid the doctor for her delivery with a bag of cornmeal….
This October, The Oak Ridge Boys will celebrate its 50th year with its current lineup, with Joe Bonsall being the last to join the group, in October of 1973. The group, which also includes William Lee Golden, Duane Allen and Richard Sterban, likely never imagined that they would all spend five decades together, an almost unheard of feat, in…
Michael Ray has been influenced by numerous artists over the years, but perhaps none as much as Gary Allan. It is Allan whose music resonated with Ray the first time he heard it, and who still serves as a guiding light in his own promising career today. “Gary Allan was a big influence to me once I started…
Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge is celebrating its birthday in style. The historic downtown venue will celebrate its 60th birthday on October 5 with its annual Birthday Bash, enlisting a slew of artists for the free event, including Chase Rice, Jon Pardi, Montgomery Gentry, Mitch Rossell, Randy Houser, Jelly Roll and more. “Tootsie’s Birthday Bash has become one of the…
Happy birthday, Dolly Parton! The East Tennessee native turns 76 on January 19. So, to celebrate, we rounded up 11 little-known facts about one of country music’s biggest stars. 1. Her father paid the doctor for her delivery with a bag of cornmeal. Dr. Robert F. Thomas delivered Parton at the rustic mountain home where her parents would ultimately…
The 2020 CMA Awards have officially come and gone! In spite of occurring during a global pandemic, forcing the ceremony to take place without an audience, and numerous artists canceling their scheduled performances because of positive COVID-19 tests, country music still showed up in a big way, with gracious and heartfelt speeches. See a list of winners below, and…
We now know more details about the upcoming BIG NIGHT (At the Museum), the virtual fundraiser for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, including who each artist will be honoring. Miranda Lambert will John Prine’s David Russell Young custom-made guitar. Ashley McBryde will play Loretta Lynn’s 1956 Gibson J-50 guitar, while Tim McGraw will Keith Whitley’s C.W….
We now know who is nominated for the 2020 CMA Awards! Carly Pearce and Luke Combs announced the nominees on Good Morning America, live from the Grand Ole Opry, on Tuesday morning, September 1, while Ingrid Andress and Gabby Barrett announced additional nominees on the CMA’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Miranda Lambert leads the list of nominees with seven…
Ashley Gorley is officially the most successful songwriter! The tunesmith just celebrated his 50th No. 1 single, with LOCASH’s “One Big Country Song,” marking the first time a songwriter has notched that many chart-topping singles, in any genre, in the history of both Mediabase and Billboard charts. “I love what I do,” Ashley said in a statement. “I love…
Wednesday night (June 3), more than a dozen artists gathered to perform for the televised CMT Celebrates Our Heroes: An Artists of the Year Special, honoring frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic. We’ve rounded up eight of our favorites, which can be seen below. 1. Thomas Rhett, “Be a Light” Thomas wrote “Be a Light” long before coronavirus forced…
