Part of the appeal of country music is its celebration of hard work during the week, with hopefully a little fun on the weekend. In honor of Labor Day, we counted down ten of the best songs in country music that celebrate the work we all do to survive. 10. “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett…
14 years ago was a sad day for country music fans. On August 10, 2009, Brooks & Dunn, the duo made up of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, announced that they were splitting up, to work on solo endeavors. The news came 18 years after Brooks & Dunn’s debut Brand New Man album was released in 1991. “It’s too…
Scotty McCreery is spending the next several weeks with Brooks & Dunn, serving as the opening act on their REBOOT 2023 Tour. Getting to watch the duo, made up of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, perform over and over again is a dream come true for McCreery, who is taking all of the notes he can while on the…
A new version of the classic duet between Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn is out now. The Country Music Hall of Fame members just dropped an acoustic version of “If You See Him, If You See Her.” The song was first released on June 2, 1998, as the title track of both McEntire’s If You See Him album,…
Arista Records, an imprint of Sony Music Nashville, has closed its doors. The label, home to Old Dominion, Brooks & Dunn, Ryan Hurd, Seaforth, Morgan Wade, Adam Doleac and Megan Moroney, is no longer in operation. Fortunately, it seems that all of the artists that were on Arista are being moved to other Sony Music Nashville imprints, and none…
Brooks & Dunn are heading back out on the road this year, with Scotty McCreery serving as their opening act for all dates. The award-winning duo, made up of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, announce their REBOOT 2023 Tour, kicking off on Thursday, May 4 in Kansas City, Missouri, playing in 17 cities, before wrapping up on June 17…
Nashville will once again ring in the New Year with a star-studded event. Brooks & Dunn, the Zac Brown Band, Kelsea Ballerini and Little Big Town will perform as part of the New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash, taking place on Saturday, December 31. The celebration will air on CBS and Paramount+. The show, which will begin at…
Keith Urban is on the road with Ingrid Andress, on his The Speed of Now World Tour., and will soon also be joined by Tyler Hubbard, but he’s no stranger to being an opening act. In fact, one of his earliest gigs was opening for Brooks & Dunn, when Urban was still part of the group, The Ranch. It…
Ronnie Dunn‘s solo 100 Proof Neon album is out on Friday, July 29. Dunn had a hand in writing seven of the 11 tracks on the record, writing both “Two Steppers, Waltzes and Shuffles” and “The Road to Abilene” by himself. Although more than three decades have passed since Dunn got his start in country music, as one-half of…
Kane Brown’s “Like I Love Country Music” features one of country music’s biggest acts, even though they aren’t listed in the track credits. The 28-year-old is joined by Brooks & Dunn‘s Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn on a portion of the song, not only giving the pure-country track an extra boost, but validating Brown and his own slightly eclectic…
