Music

The good old days. Sadly, country legend Toby Keith passed away at the age of 62 after a long battle with stomach cancer in February, and I’m still sad about it… I know his friends and family will continue to miss him forever, and there will never be another one like him, that’s for sure.

Gotta do what it takes in this town. Nashville is filled with artists and songwriters who got where they are by never giving up and doing whatever it takes to get their music heard – and that includes Tim O’Connell. These days you may be more familiar with Tim’s son, Freddie O’Connell, who just so

Spoken like the honky tonk queen that she is. Miranda Lambert put out what has been one of my favorite albums of the year in Postcards From Texas back in September. It really did feel like a return to her Lone Star State roots, and the music that she cut her teeth on playing bars

Whether she’s on the CMA Stage or the side of a highway in small town Arkansas, Ashley McBryde is one of the best artists and human beings in all of country music. During last week’s CMAs, Ashley had the honor of performing “Help Me Make It Through The Night” with just her and a guitar

Country music stars banding together to make dreams come true. A boy in Central Texas who is currently battling leukemia recently got to meet some of his country music heroes, and it was all thanks to a state trooper that had a connection with Cody Johnson. Hudson Swinnea has been fighting cancer for almost a

The Why Not? Tour has come to an end. After a marathon three months’ worth of unbelievable concerts, Sturgill Simpson (or Johnny Blue Skies if you prefer), closed out his legendary return to the stage with two nights in Boston, Massachusetts. And during night one in Boston, he laid down a seven-minute version of “Midnight

Alright, ladies, listen up. Riley Green is telling us what kind of woman he likes—well, in a very indirect way. With the CMA Awards falling near the announcement of People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive, it only makes sense to ask the men and women of country music who they think is the most attractive country music

Only Kacey Musgraves. The country star appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert the other night, where she spoke a lot about her friend and mentor, the late, great John Prine . He inspired a song on her album Deeper Well that was released back in March called “Cardinal,” and Kacey previously explained that Prine

Cranking out the hits. Cody Johnson knows what he’s doing when it comes to choosing songs to cut and feature on his records, and that statement was solidified with his CMA Album of the Year win for Leather. The Texas native has a way of conveying emotion through his vocal delivery, hitting the soul of

Just got a little too excited. The 2024 CMA Awards are in the books, and honestly…there weren’t that many memorable moments. Of course the all-star tribute to George Strait was a highlight of the night as the King was honored with the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. But other than that, the best part of

Two of country music’s highly underrated artists are joining forces to lay down their version of a Danny O’Keefe ditty. Today the cigarette-scented band is teaming up with honky tonk rock and roller Rob Leines for a new single, “The Road.” While the single is new for these artists, the lyrics are not new as

Did you catch Billboard’s list of 100 greatest country artists recently? Ahead of the CMA Awards, the publication unveiled their list of who they consider the 100 greatest country artists of all time – and as expected, it was a complete joke. At the top of the list was Dolly Parton, so it’s hard to

What’s better than live music and the great outdoors? The Beech Mountain Resort in Beech Mountain, North Carolina does a great job of combining the two every year, but still, I don’t think anyone saw this coming. Located about 25 miles west of Boone, NC, the town of Beech Mountain is situated at the highest

Seems like Billy Ray Cyrus is a little salty about the CMA Awards. The “Achy Breaky Heart” singer took to his Instagram earlier in the week to congratulate CMA Award nominees, and then provided somewhat of a backhanded remark directed at the annual awards show for not giving more coverage to he and Lil Nas

Simone Biles is a 7-time gold medal winning Olympian – and if they gave out gold medals for stank eye, she would have gotten her eighth gold tonight. If you are wondering why Biles was even at the 2024 CMA Awards, the world class gymnast was there to present the “Female Vocalist of the Year”

Don’t call The Red Clay Strays country. Despite Brandon Coleman and his band being nominated for Vocal Group of the Year at the CMA Awards this year, they’d be the first to tell you that they don’t necessarily consider themselves country. Ever since the band from Mobile, Alabama burst onto the scene in 2022 (after

Any reason this was canceled? Garth Brooks was supposed to put on an exclusive, free concert on Jimmy Kimmel Live!… until he wasn’t. According to the US Sun, the “Friends In Low Places” singer was set to perform mini-concert for the late night program on Monday, November 25th. However, it now appears that Jimmy Kimmel

The update we were all waiting and hoping to hear. Yesterday, country music singer Darryl Worley shared that his daughter, Savannah, had been in a serious car accident. The “Have You Forgotten?” singer was out in New Mexico for a show when he got the scary call from his wife Kimberly that their daughter had

Sundance Head is still recovering from a scary incident that took place at his Texas ranch, but he’s now doing well enough to explain what happened in his own words. In case you missed it, an accidental shooting involving the former winner of The Voice took place last Friday. Thankfully, the gunshot wound that Sundance