Some songs are all about the words. Others, the melody. But for Tim McGraw, he is all about the songs that have both. Those don’t come along every day, but when they do, he records them. “For me, the perfect combination — and what you strive to find as an artist — are those songs… Read more »

Do you ever wonder what singers think of each other when they’re singing on each other’s albums? If Trisha Yearwood and Kelly Clarkson are any indication, every recording session is wonderful, magical and packed with mutual respect. Yearwood recruited Clarkson to sing with her for her new single “PrizeFighter,” and Clarkson had Yearwood join her… Read more »

Lee Brice’s “I Don’t Dance” was one of the love songs Jerrod Niemann had played at his wedding reception when he tied the knot with Morgan Petek on Oct. 12. He told the DJ at their reception in Puerto Rico he wanted him to be sure to add some Brice and some Randy Houser to… Read more »

Dolly Parton has been revealed at No. 4 on CMT All-Time Top 40: Artists Choice. A list of the most influential artists in history chosen by country stars themselves, another honoree is named each week on CMT Hot 20 Countdown. Parton was born into impoverished conditions in Sevier County in the Great Smoky Mountains region… Read more »

In this first full week following the CMA Awards extravaganza, Blake Shelton’s “Neon Light” glows at the top of Billboard’s country airplay chart, while Jason Aldean’s Old Boots, New Dirt bounces back as the No. 1 album. It took “Neon Light” a mere 12 weeks to make its chart ascent. Album sales went up a… Read more »

Ever go out and hit up two or three parties in one weekend? Or party hard almost every night of the week? Don’t lie. You’ve been there. Now you can go from party to party without the hangover. While you wait for Party Down South to return in February for a third season, get introduced… Read more »

You already know that when I was in Nashville for CMA Awards week, I pestered artist after artist about how to write a hit song. (I know, I know. If there was an instruction manual, we’d all be doing it — and we’d all be stupid rich with royalties.)   Still, there has to be… Read more »

Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild is not very good at keeping secrets. She is an open book. So whether she’s wearing sequins or a vintage Ramones T-shirt, she seems more than willing to share her fashion obsession with the world. And by world, I mean her 11,000 Instagram followers.   But for as many times… Read more »

In an age when all the country boys from Luke Bryan to Kip Moore to Florida Georgia Line are shaking it with reckless abandon onstage, you might think neo-traditionalist Justin Moore would be the last person to get in on this trend.   You’d be wrong. Moore, ladies and gentleman, is not afraid to get… Read more »

Jason Aldean had to gracefully back out of all the bedroom action in his latest video, the steamy “Burnin’ It Down.” On this week’s episode of CMT Hot 20 Countdown, the Georgia native talks to host Katie Cook about filming one of the sexiest music videos in recent memory. First of all, it seems like… Read more »