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 Todd O’Neill. In July, Cumulus Media and Big Machine Label Group invited aspiring country artists and…
Chris Lane celebrated his first No. 1 single, “Fix,” with a party on Monday night (Oct. 10) at Nashville’s BMI on Music Row. While family and friends noshed on wraps, chips and salsa and cheese platters, Chris and the song’s co-writers, Sarah Buxton, Jesse Frasure and Abe Stoklasa, gathered onstage to thank family and friends…
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood revealed the album art for their new holiday duets record, Christmas Together, on Garth’s weekly Facebook series, Inside Studio G. Christmas Together, the first-ever duets collaboration from the couple, will be released on Nov. 11. In addition to duets, the collection will feature solo performances, as well as special guest…
There wasn’t a dry eye in the house last night (Oct. 10) during Week 5 of Dancing With the Stars where the theme of the night was your most memorable year. Each of the nine remaining contestants—Vanilla Ice and Babyface Edmonds were sent home in a double-elimination last week—picked the most memorable year of their…
Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Maren Morris, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban are the first round of performers to be announced today (Oct. 10) for the 50th annual CMA Awards Show on Nov. 2. The golden-anniversary show will be hosted by Brad and Carrie live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Carrie garnered a…
In the lead-up to the CMA Awards on Nov. 2, Nash Country Daily will be conducting its own election to let you—the readers—decide who should win each of the 12 categories at this year’s show. We’re taking politics out of the equation and letting the popular vote speak for itself. The good news is there…
No, this Coffee Talk is not the Saturday Night Live sketch with Mike Myers. It’s a Saturday morning Facebook Live chat with the multi-talented Trisha Yearwood, who posted the most recent installment on Saturday (Oct. 8) from Orlando. In each episode—labeled #TsCoffeeTalk—Trisha comes to viewers live from wherever in the world she may be, always…
When Thomas Rhett married his wife, Lauren, in 2012, he got more than just a beautiful bride and better half, he also got a women he could count on for an honest opinion about his music. “Lauren is so funny because Lauren is kind of a genre-less person, which is probably where I get it…
Nominations for the fan-voted American Music Awards were announced this morning (Oct. 10) across multiple platforms, including on Good Morning America, Snapchat and ABC News. Carrie Underwood picked up three nominations (Artist of the Year, Favorite Female Country Artist, Favorite Country Album). Carrie was the lone country star nominated in the all-genre Artist of the…
The Voice runner-up Meghan Linsey penned a lengthy Facebook post yesterday (Oct. 9) that revealed she was the victim of a sexual assault at the hands of a “very powerful man in the music business” during her 2010 tour with Steel Magnolia. According to the post, Meghan felt compelled to share the story after hearing…
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…