John Alexander’s career path has been anything but linear. The former country music executive, who has run companies and is credited with helping launch the careers of both Patty Loveless and Kelsea Ballerini, also worked with the New York Mets and in pro-wrestling. His life’s interesting trajectory is detailed in Alexander’s new book, Mat Memories: My Wild Life in…
The first time Kelsea Ballerini heard herself on the radio was not at all like she envisioned. The then-21-year-old had just released her first single, “Love Me Like You Mean It,” and was still too broke to afford much of anything — including heat in her Jeep. “I just remember being in my car, freezing, wrapped up in a…
The 2021 ACM Awards nominations are out, with several stars taking to social media to express their gratitude — and some cases, sheer surprise. Carly Pearce, who just released her telling 29 EP, earned three nominations, for Female Artist of the Year, Single of the Year and Music Event of the Year, the latter two for “I Hope You’re…
We are only a couple days away from knowing who the nominees are for the 2021 ACM Awards! The Academy of Country Music announced today that Kelsea Ballerini and Brothers Osborne will announce the nominees on Friday, February 26. The nominees will be announced on CBS This Morning at 8:30 AM ET, with additional nominees announced via ETOnline.com. Ballerini…
Kelsea Ballerini recently had an embarrassing — and painful — moment, and it happened in front of one of her biggest musical idols, Miranda Lambert. In a recent appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Ballerini shared the now-humorous moment, although she admits she was mortified at the time. “I embarrass myself a lot,” Ballerini admitted. “I went to the…
Kelsea Ballerini planned the biggest tour of her career in 2020, to celebrate the release of her third studio album, Kelsea. Instead, she had to cancel the tour, and was unable to promote her album that she had poured her heart and soul in, due to the pandemic. But, while the year had more than its share of disappointments,…
Morgan Evans was already a big star in his native Australia when he made the decision to relocate to Nashville, Tennessee, the country music capital of the world, in 2015. The move halfway around the world meant not only starting at as a new artist all over again, but leaving behind his family, his band, his home and more,…
Kelsea Ballerini is already becoming respected as one of the best songwriters in country music, but she might not have ever even started writing if not for a personal heartache she endured, which became the catalyst for her entire career. “A little back story: so I started writing songs when I was 12 years old,” Kelsea shared on kelsea…
We already knew that Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins would host this year’s CMA Country Christmas, but now we know who some of the performers will be as well! Tim McGraw, Kelsea Ballerini, Dan + Shay, Gabby Barrett, Lady A, Little Big Town and Darius Rucker with Lindsey Stirling will all take the stage for the virtual holiday special. “The idea for…
Miranda Lambert and Carly Pearce with Lee Brice are among early CMA Awards winners! Miranda won the CMA Award for Music Video of the Year, for “Bluebird,” while Carly and Lee took home the CMA Award for Musical Event of the Year, for “I Hope You’re Happy Now.” In addition to the early CMA Awards winners, more performance details…
