Country Music Hall of Famer Randy Travis has teamed up with rising country star Drew Parker for a new rendition of a classic Keith Whitley Christmas song “There’s A New Kid In Town.” “We’re looking for the King / The new Messiah / We’re following the star / Shining brighter / Old man won’t you…… read more
Rising country star Lainey Wilson has been named Billboard’s Top New Country Artist Of 2021. “It’s crazy – when I first got here, everyone was saying, ‘It’s a 10-year town, it’s a 10-year town,’ and I thought, ‘I’m going to do this in less time.'” But you know what? It’s like 10 years and one…… read more
Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album has topped the year-end Billboard 200 albums chart. The album debuted at No.1 on the weekly Billboard 200 chart dated January 23 within a few days of its release. It reigned atop the chart for 10 weeks, the most weeks at No. 1 after Drake’s Views spent 13 weeks…… read more
Clay Walker and Tracy Lawrence have announced plans to embark on a short co-headlining tour in the spring of 2022. The nine-date tour kicks off on March 3 at Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte, North Carolina, and wraps up on March 19 at Owensboro Sports Center in Owensboro, Kentucky. Tickets are on sale now. Both artists…… read more
Spotify has unveiled the list of the most globally streamed artists, albums, songs, and podcasts of the year. For the second year in a row, Puerto Rican Reggaeton star Bad Bunny takes the title of most-streamed artist in the world on Spotify. He received more than 9.1 billion streams without releasing a new album this…… read more
Ariana Grande and Kelly Clarkson, two coaches on NBC’s “The Voice” this season, face off against each other in a new preview for Jimmy Fallon’s “That’s My Jam.” “That’s My Jam” is an upcoming one-hour long music and comedy variety game show hosted by “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon. the series is set to…… read more
Don McLean has shared the sweet gift Taylor Swift sent him after breaking his long-held record for the longest song to reach the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. The 10-minute 13-second version of “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” broke the record held by McLean’s 8-minute and 42-second-long song “American Pie” since 1972.…… read more
Country music icon Dolly Parton is among four winners of this year’s “People of the Year: award. Actress Sandra Oh, U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and the teachers of America are the other winners of the award, which People magazine presents to celebrities and educators honoring their transformative work every year. Parton has always done…… read more
Kelly Clarkson covered alt rock legends the Pixies’s classic “Where is My Mind?” during the “Kellyoke” segment on her daytime talk show “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on Monday, November 29. Clarkson gave her own pop twist to the classic rock song as she was accompanied by her band Y’all. “With your feet on the air…… read more
Garth Brooks has announced a Stadium Tour stop in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in April of next year. The concert will be held at LSU’s Tiger Stadium beginning at 7 p.m. on April 30. This will be the country music superstar’s first show at Tiger Stadium. It will also be his first time in Louisiana in…… read more
Keith Urban has announced 2022 North American tour dates as part of his first world tour in four years. Ingrid Andress will join Urban to open “The Speed Of Now World Tour,” which kicks off on June 17 at Tampa, Florida. The tour is named after Urban’s 2020 album, The Speed of Now Part 1.…… read more
Zac Brown Band’s “Same Boat” has reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. “Same Boat” rose from No. 4 to the top spot of the chart dated December 4. The single recorded 28.2 million audience impressions, up 9%, in the week ending November 28, according to MRC Data. Zac Brown Band earned its 14th…… read more
Country music star Chris Stapleton has announced dates for the Canadian leg of his “All-American Road Show.” The Canadian leg of the tour will include stops at London’s Budweiser Gardens, Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre, Montreal’s Centre Bell, Regina’s Brandt Centre, Saskatoon’s Sasktel Centre, Winnipeg’s Canada Life Centre, Edmonton’s Rogers Place, Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome, and Vancouver’s…… read more
Reba McEntire has announced that she will open a dining and entertainment venue in southeastern Oklahoma next year. The county music superstar plans to convert an old Masonic Temple in downtown Atoka into a multi-use bar, restaurant and concert space and name it Reba’s Place. She revealed plans to enter the celebrity restaurant business during…… read more
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’ covers album Raise The Roof has debuted in the top 10 on the all-genre Billboard 200. The 12-track Raise the Roof, which dropped on November 19, is a collection of covers like the pair’s previous album Raising Sand, which was produced by T-Bone Burnett, who also worked with Plant and…… read more
Country star Jimmie Allen’s 6-week-old daughter was finally released from the hospital after a five-day stay. The country singer’s wife, Alexis Allen shared the news on social media on Sunday, November 28. “We’re going home,” the mom of two captioned a photo of Zara. Last week, Allen had slammed the “lazy doctors” who discharged his…… read more
Taylor Swift has continued to reimagine even the most obscure corners of her back-catalogue, sharing a suave, swing-inspired redux of her 2019 holiday song “Christmas Tree Farm.” Swift has released an “Old Timely Version” of “Christmas Tree Farm” exclusively on Amazon Music. Swift recorded the song in London’s epochal Abbey Road Studios, with back up…… read more
Country star Mitchell Tenpenny got engaged to longtime girlfriend Meghan Patrick on Wednesday (November 24). Tenpenny popped the question to his fellow country artist at the popular Losers Bar & Grill in Nashville. Tenpenny told People that he decided to propose this week as he wanted his and Patrick’s families to be present in Nashville.…… read more
A new teaser for the “Yellowstone” prequel “1883” shows country stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, starring as James and Margaret Dutton in the show, taking a bath together. The two-minute teaser clip for the Taylor Sheridan drama shows a smiling Hill holding Tim’s face before he wraps her up for a long kiss. The…… read more
Taylor Swift’s re-recorded version of her 2012 classic “All Too Well” is ranked first on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart dated November 27. “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” earned 54.4 million U.S. streams, 286,000 radio airplay audience impressions and 57,800 downloads sold in the tracking week beginning on November 12, as per MRC Data. The…… read more
Don McLean has graciously reacted to Taylor Swift breaking his long-held record for the longest song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The 10-minute 13 second version of “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” recently broke the record held by McLean’s 8 minute and 42 seconds-long song “American Pie” since 1972. “Let’s face…… read more
Taylor Swift’s Evermore and Kanye West’s Donda were reportedly added to the list of Grammy nominees at the very last minute. The 2022 Grammy nominations were announced on Tuesday, November 23, but according to a New York Times report, the Recording Academy expanded its number of nominees from eight to ten in its big-four categories:…… read more
The Long Road Festival has announced that its 2022 edition will feature The Cadillac Three, Marty Stuart, Lauren Alaina and many others. The U.K.’s The Long Road Festival, which is set to take place August 26-28, 2022 at Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, announced a stellar line up over 30 acts. Other performers include Brandy Clark, LOCASH,…… read more
Pop superstar Adele’s “Easy on Me,” featuring Chris Stapleton, has entered the Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. The song debuted at No. 25 with 5.4 million audience impressions, according to MRC Data. This is Adele’s first entry on a Billboard country chart. “Easy on Me,” which dropped on October 14, is a single from Adele’s latest…… read more
Country singer Jimmie Allen has slammed the “lazy doctors” who discharged his 5-week-old daughter, only for her to be rushed again to a second hospital. “Attention Doctors, if the parent of your one month old patient tells you the child [is] having a hard time breathing and the only thing your lazy self wants to…… read more
