Category Archives: NCD News

The Music Business Association (Music Biz) will honor Reba McEntire and Maren Morris with awards at their 2017 luncheon on May 18. Reba will be the recipient of the Chairman’s Award for Sustaine...

To celebrate the upcoming release of his new album, From A Room: Volume 1, Chris Stapleton held a listening party for industry insiders at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A last night (April 5)....

It’s been exactly one year since the music world lost icon Merle Haggard, who died on April 6, 2016, on his 79th birthday from complications of double pneumonia. He had been in the midst of a co...

Jessie James Decker is a singer/songwriter-who just released her latest EP, Gold, featuring her current single, “Lights Down Low,” and a mom to two young children-but what you might not kn...

The Country Music Association announced its 2017 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees this morning (April 5):Modern Era: Alan JacksonVeteran Era: Jerry ReedSongwriter: Don SchlitzAlan JacksonMustachio...

Fresh from hosting the 52nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 2, Luke Bryan is making history. His current single, “Fast” hit the top spot on the Billboard Country Airplay ch...

Kenny Chesney may be taking 2017 off from touring, but he already has quite a few gigs lined up and he’s adding more. According to al.com, Kenny has put two Alabama shows on the books. The ̶...

Blake Shelton was a busy man last night (April 4) on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. In addition to going on a tour of Jimmy’s brand-new ride at Universal Studios-Race Through New York-B...

Dustin Lynch is a small-town boy who’s doing big things. The Tullahoma, Tenn., native stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night (April 4) to perform his new single, “Small Town Boy,” w...

Known for their commercials featuring scantily clad women biting burgers, CKE Restaurants-the parent company of Hardee’s/Carl’s Jr-has turned a marketing 180 . . . and they’ve enlist...