Jo Dee Messina is back, and better than ever, with a new single. The songstress has released “Just To Be Loved,” written by Messina, along with Jess Cates, Jordan Mohilowski and Tim Nichols, and inspired by her own two sons. “I’m seeing things that are coming across my phone from 12, 13-year-old girls, and it’s blowing my mind,” Messina…
Country music is filled with stories of lost love and other tales of heartache. For decades, the genre has been known to sing about break-ups and tragedies, a trend that, for better or worse, continues today. While there are far too many to list, we counted down ten of what we consider to be the saddest songs in country…
Long before Lainey Wilson had any idea what being a country music artist really entailed, she knew she wanted to be one. The Louisiana native first rode through Nashville when she was a child, on her way home from a family vacation to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and felt an unmistakable, unforgettable pull to Music City. “I remember on the car…
Father’s Day is on June 18 this year, celebrating all of the men who take on the role of a father in some capacity. We have ten songs to help honor all of the men who deserve to be celebrated on Father’s Day — and every day. 10. “Watching You,” Rodney Atkins “Watching You,” which Rodney Atkins wrote with…
Lauren Alaina‘s Unlocked EP is out! The six-song project is Alaina’s first release on Big Loud Records, after announcing last year that she was leaving her longtime label, Mercury Records. “I’m so proud to have Unlocked out in the world today,” Alaina says. “Five years ago, I don’t know that I would’ve cut any of these songs; it took…
As promised, Lauren Alaina has just revealed two new songs from her upcoming Unlocked EP. The American Idol alum dropped both “A Walk In The Bar” and “Hangovers,” ahead of next week’s release of the record. Alaina wrote “A Walk In The Bar,” with Casey Brown, Lydia Vaughan and Parker Welling. “Hangovers” was written by John Byron, Greylan James,…
New music is coming from Lauren Alaina, this time on her new label home. The Georgia native announces the release of her six-track EP, Unlocked, out on June 9. Alaina wrote two of the six songs, including “Thick as Thieves,” a duet with Lainey Wilson, which also features Luke Bryan as one of the writers. “It’s been 13 years…
Lainey Wilson has already had hit duets with Cole Swindell and HARDY, and now Jelly Roll, but soon she will be combining her voice with a country music icon. The reigning ACM Female Vocalist of the Year will team up with Dolly Parton for a cover of The Judds‘ “Mama, He’s Crazy,” and it’s for a very worthwhile cause….
Chris Stapleton is officially the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year. The singer-songwriter was stunned when he took the stage to accept the honor, later reflecting on the significance of taking home the night’s highest honor. “I’m humbled by it,” Stapleton said backstage at the ACM Awards. “And I feel very thankful to the people that voted for me…
For the first time ever, Chris Stapleton is the reigning ACM Awards Entertainer of the Year. The father of five has been nominated a total of five times, winning in the category for the first time this year — a victory that he admits he did not expect. “By any imaginable metric, I don’t deserve this, but thank you,” Stapleton…
