During a pop-up show at Nashville’s Exit/In last night (Jan. 17), Keith Urban revealed that his upcoming album will be called Graffiti U. In addition, Keith announced that he will embark on a 58-city Graffiti U World Tour with opener Kelsea Ballerini this summer and fall. “I’ve been full-on writing, recording, collaborating and creating with…
Brothers Osborne, Eric Church and Maren Morris will perform a tribute in honor of “victims of concert tragedies” at the Grammy Awards on Jan. 28. All of the aforementioned artists performed at the three-day Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas when a lone gunman opened fire on concertgoers on Oct. 1, killing 58 and…
Dolly Parton can add two Guinness World Records to her growing trophy case that already includes eight Grammy Awards, 10 Country Music Association Awards, five Academy of Country Music Awards and three American Music Awards. The Country Music Hall of Fame member was recently certified in the 2018 edition of the Guinness World Records for:…
Lady Antebellum and Darius Rucker will join forces for a co-headlining tour dubbed the Summer Plays On Tour. Kicking off on July 19 in Toronto, Ontario, the 30-date tour will make stops in Seattle, San Diego, Chicago and more. Russell Dickerson will serve as the opening act. Fans can purchase tickets beginning on Jan. 26…
Carrie Underwood will open Super Bowl 52 on Feb. 4 with a video for her new song, “The Champion,” which also features vocals from rapper Ludacris. Carrie, who has opened Sunday Night Football since 2013, co-penned the anthemic tune with Ludacris, Brett James and Chris DeStefano. “I love being the voice of Sunday Night Football…
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Dierks Bentley has released the first single, “Woman, Amen,” from his upcoming ninth studio album, The Mountain. The impetus for the album’s creation was Dierk’s June 2017 performance at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in the town of Telluride in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. Dierks returned to Telluride a short time later for…
In addition to his longtime responsibilities as the frontman for the Zac Brown Band, Zac Brown recently teamed with songwriter Nico Moon and producer Ben Simonetti to form a new Southern pop trio, Sir Rosevelt, which dropped its self-titled debut album on Dec. 15. The 11-track offering fuses the sounds of pop, dance, acoustic instrumentation…
Kenny Chesney has signed a record deal with Warner Music Nashville, leaving his longtime home of Sony Music Nashville. As part of WMN, Kenny’s music will be released on the Blue Chair Records/Warner Bros. Records label. “It is a big deal to change labels,” said Kenny. “To me, music is only complete when it gets…
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For the ninth year, music lovers packed more than 25 venues along the Florida Panhandle to hear 185 singer/songwriters perform during the 30A Songwriters Festival on Jan. 12–15. Highway 30A stretches for 28.5 miles along the Florida coast as it intersects picturesque beach communities like Sandestin, WaterColor, Seaside and Rosemary Beach. Despite this year’s blast…
Chris Stapleton will be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on Jan. 27 as Will Ferell tackles the hosting duties. Chris made his first appearance on SNL in January 2016. Of the 10 Best-Selling Country Albums of 2017, Chris copped the No. 1, 2 and 7 spots on the list with From A Room:…
Getting our kids to read in the summer can sometimes be challenging but there are lots of teacher approved ideas and incentive programs available to keep them on track! They can earn game tokens from our Friends at Chuck E Cheese who has tons of rewards ideas for being a good student and a good…