When NASCAR driver Regan Smith’s wife Megan tweeted with Carrie Underwood in the middle of the night recently, she probably didn’t know we’d all be listening in on their conversation. But we were. I saw @carrieunderwood tweeted about 15 minutes ago. Makes me feel good to know I’m not the only mom up at 3am… Read more »

Gary Overton will step down from his role of chairman and CEO of Sony Music Nashville at the end of the month. It is a mutual agreement between Overton and Sony, the label confirmed to CMT.com. Overton has headed the label for five years. Sony Music Nashville’s label imprints are RCA, Columbia and Arista Nashville…. Read more »

This is Shania Twain’s advice to country songwriters: Go deeper, especially if you are writing songs women might sing. “It’s not about being tough or writing lyrics about being strong or sassy,” she said in a recent interview with Macleans, a Canadian magazine. “It is deeper than that. I think it’s about true self-awareness and… Read more »

Spring break isn’t just for college kids. Sometimes after a long, cold winter you just have to get away. Which is exactly what country singer Thomas Rhett is doing down in Key West. The Georgia native is taking advantage of time off by soaking up the sun and catching some monster-sized fish. Check out his… Read more »

Kelsea Ballerini, one of CMT’s Next Women of Country, is giving her fans a behind-the-scenes look at the music video for her debut single “Love Me Like You Mean It.” “I feel like I’ve been preparing for this day for a long time just because it’s my first music video, so I feel like I’ve… Read more »

Steven Tyler doesn’t seem like a very private person. I feel like he’d be more of an open-book kind of guy. He and Carrie Underwood teamed up for an episode of CMT Crossroads in 2012. In November, he made a cameo appearance with Underwood and Brad Paisley as they hosted the 2014 CMA Awards in… Read more »

There is a very, very long article on the gender disparity in country music being reported by Country Aircheck, the industry website and publication. There are statistics, charts, percentages and so on. But the most telling thing about the story, to me, is what Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild had to say. She was part… Read more »

The Zac Brown Band, Lady Antebellum and Kacey Musgraves will perform during the 2015 NCAA March Madness Music Festival taking place April 3-5 in Indianapolis. The festival coincides with the Final Four — the 2015 Division I Men’s Championship — to be held April 4 and 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The country… Read more »

Who’s to say what is right or wrong about the way a song influences another song? Well, in this case, a judge in California and an eight-person unanimous jury. Last week, the California court ruled Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams stole from Marvin Gaye‘s 1977 song “Got to Give It Up” when they collaborated on… Read more »

He’s already proven his singing and acting chops, but soon we will see … or rather hear, Tim McGraw in a whole new way. ESPN Films has announced that Louisiana native McGraw will narrate a new documentary about NBA great Shaquille O’Neal and his former Louisiana State University (LSU) basketball coach Dale Brown. The film,… Read more »