Brantley Gilbert is looking forward to a busy 2017 but he’s getting the ball rolling now with the release of his current single, “The Weekend,” the first tune from his upcoming album, The Devil Don’t Sleep, which will be available in January 2017. Although Brantley, who was known for his rough-and-tumble partying ways, has changed…
For the first time since the death of his wife, Joey, in March, Rory Feek returned to the Grand Ole Opry stage on Sept. 24 to introduce his friend Bradley Walker. But before Rory could address the crowd, the Opry faithful treated him to a standing ovation and a rousing round of applause. “My wife…
With the release of Wanderlust in June, Little Big Town formed a cross-genre alliance with producer Pharrell Williams and ventured off of the country path to explore the sounds of psychedelic pop and electronic music. After the short detour, Little Big Town is back to their harmonic roots in full force with their new single,…
Carrie Underwood released the music video to her current single, “Dirty Laundry,” last week (Oct. 13). And just like Miranda Lambert’s “Vice,” it’s a metaphorical promise land—full of animals, flaming doorknobs and, yes, dirty laundry. I decided to break down the video—frame by frame, metaphor by metaphor—and give you my two cents’ worth. Without further…
The Nash Next Challenge is down to its 10 finalists, and in the lead-up to the announcement of the champion on Oct. 25, NCD will be profiling each of the 10 finalists. Today, we are getting to know finalist Ashley Jordan. In July, Cumulus Media and Big Machine Label Group invited aspiring country artists and…
It’s hard to believe that in the midst of their 16-year career, the guys from Rascal Flatts—Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney—have yet to put out a Christmas album. Until now. The “I Like the Sound of That” trio is excited to release their first-ever Christmas album, The Greatest Gift of All, tomorrow…
It was a night of a thousand stars last night (Oct. 19). OK, maybe 10 or 12 stars, but still, it was a big night for Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett and Florida Georgia Line, who were honored at the CMT Artists of the Year show, which airs tonight (Oct. 20) on CMT.…
In addition to announcing her headlining Hero Tour yesterday (Oct. 19), Maren Morris stopped by the Ellen DeGeneres Show to perform her latest single, “’80s Mercedes,” which was co-written by Maren and busbee. With her name in neon amid the glow of purple and blue stage lights, the Texas songbird belted out her Top 20…
Lauren Alaina has released a powerful new video to complement her Top 20 single, “Road Less Traveled,” a song she co-penned with Meghan Trainor and Jesse Frasure about remaining true to who you are despite self-doubt and external pressures. As a 15-year-old on American Idol, Lauren was thrust into the national spotlight in 2011 and…
Maren Morris has announced that she will be hitting the road in the early part of 2017 for her first-ever headlining tour, The HERO Tour 2017. The HERO Tour kicks off on Feb. 2 in New York City with stops in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. With the release of her debut album, HERO, in…
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…