Rascal Flatts credit ‘The Church on Cumberland Road’ with helping start their legendary career, so it’s only natural that the trio performed the song as part of Taste of Country’s ‘Off the Record’ series. Continue reading…

Carrie Underwood will debut a new song, ‘Keep Us Safe,’ tonight during the broadcast of ‘ACM Presents: An All-Star Salute to the Troops.’ The songstress says she co-wrote the tune as a way to express her gratitude to the soldiers for their tireless work. Continue reading…

When it came time for Stewart Eastham to create videos for the songs off his critically acclaimed debut solo album, ‘The Man I Once Was’ — including the one for ‘Someone New’ that The Boot is premiering today — he selected someone he knew would do a great job: himself. Continue reading…

The music business is a new world and like many other stars Jo Dee Messina wasted no time finding a new way to do what she loves. Make music. Messina has charted nine number 1 hits and sold more than 5 million records in her 20-year career. After 16 years with Curb records the Massachusetts native is finally in charge …

If you have not had an opportunity to catch one of the Lone Bellow’s many Nashville performances over the past year, be sure to check them out at Bonnaroo this Year. This Brooklyn based group is likely to induce goosebumps with their soaring three part harmonies.

Alan Jackson’s gospel album, Precious Memories Volume II, was named Top Christian Album at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. The album is a collection of traditional hymns and was released last year as a follow-up to Jackson’s 2006 Precious Memories. “We had so many songs, of course, that we didn’t get to do on the first one,” Jackson …

The Boot rounds up today’s top stories from our news partners. Continue reading…

Radio giant Cumulus and Nashville-based Big Machine Label Group have partnered for NASH ICONS. Continue reading…

Photo by Scarpati Lee Ann Womack never intended to go almost seven years between records, but she knew when she released new music, she wanted it to be very special. For the Grammy-winner who’s one of the rare women to win the prestigious Country Music Association’s Album of the Year, she wanted an album made purely for the sake of …

Toby Keith is releasing a new CD package of five of his hottest records in one convenient package, ‘5 Rounds.’ Continue reading…