What exactly constitutes a new artist of the year? Is it all about the talent? The personality? The look? Or is it a package deal culminating in all of the above? When you line up Dan + Shay, Brett Eldredge, Tyler Farr, Sam Hunt, Kip Moore, Thomas Rhett, Chase Rice and Cole Swindell, it’s easy… Read more »

It’ll be “Wheels Up” for Lady Antebellum on Feb. 28 as they kick off their 2015 tour of the same name. For Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood, labeling the concert series was a big concern coming off the success of their latest album, 747. Nothing less than epic would have been adequate. “’Wheels… Read more »

Big & Rich made a guest appearance on ABC’s The Bachelor Monday night (Feb. 9). The episode, taped in Deadwood, South Dakota, featured the duo helping the show’s female contestants write songs expressing their feelings for Bachelor Chris Soules. Soules, a farmer from Iowa, is a proud country fan himself and used Big & Rich’s… Read more »

On his way out to a cabin to write songs with Jerrod Niemann, Lee Brice called Chicago radio station WUSN to talk about his upcoming Chicago tour date. But since the Grammy Awards are still on everyone’s minds, talk turned to his favorite moment of the show. “Miranda!” Brice said, noting Miranda Lambert’s “Little Red… Read more »

Charles Kelley is already sexy as hell — from his soulful voice to his signature beard. Now, he’s making even more women swoon by showing off his sweet side. Kelley created a romantic Valentine’s Day playlist for his wife, Cassie — and yes, it includes a Lady A song. She’s posted it on her blog,… Read more »

Just days after winning two Grammys, the soundtrack to the documentary Glen Campbell … I’ll Be Me is now streaming exclusively on CMT. Through Monday (Feb. 16), all 10 tracks on the album can be heard on GlenCampbell.CMT.com and on the CMT Artists App. Check out this awesome Album Premiere from Glen Campbell! The soundtrack… Read more »

At 9 a.m. on a winter Friday, the call is connected to Wynonna. Just a few nights earlier, she’d played a theater date on her Stories & Song tour in Louisville, Kentucky. True to the title, her all-new show relies on anecdotes and acoustic instruments to survey her 30 years as an entertainer. Along the… Read more »

Everybody’s got to start somewhere, even (King) George Strait. He’s got access to private jets and the finest touring coaches nowadays, but back in the early ’80s when he was just getting his start, he was tooling around the Southwest in this bare-bones Dodge van. Post by Music of New Braunfels. A writer for the… Read more »

It’s only been a month since Little Jimmy Dickens died, so his good friends are still missing and mourning him every day. Especially Brad Paisley. When Paisley was in Chicago on Thursday (Feb. 5), I had a chance to ask him how he was doing since Dickens passed. “We all thought he was gonna live… Read more »

Valentine’s Day is Saturday, which doesn’t leave you much time to find romance if you are single. Good thing country music has been supplying pick-up lines suited for every approach. There are no guarantees these lines will lead to ever-lasting love, but they might just break the ice. After that, you are on your own…. Read more »