The 17th annual Americana Honors & Awards ceremony will be live streamed via NPR on Sept. 12 at 6:30 p.m. CT from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Hosted by the Milk Carton Kids with musical director Buddy Miller, the Americana Awards will feature performances by k.d. lang, Buddy Guy, Irma Thomas, Rosanne Cash, John Prine, Robert Earl…… MORE
Macon, Ga., native Jason Aldean returned to his hometown on Sept. 6 to headline his third annual Concert for the Kids. Jason performed at the Macon Coliseum to benefit the city’s new Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital. Over the past two events, Jason has helped raise more than $1.2 million for the construction of the…… MORE
Kane Brown will hit the road in 2019 for his first headlining arena tour. The 22-date tour, dubbed the Kane Brown: Live Forever Tour, will kick off on Jan. 10 with dates through March 8. Granger Smith, RaeLynn, Danielle Bradbery and Jimmie Allen will serve as support on select dates. Pre-sale tickets are available Sept.…… MORE
After news broke on Sept. 6 that iconic star Burt Reynolds, 82, died of cardiac arrest, many country stars, including Blake Shelton, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Toby Keith and more, shared their remembrances of the Bandit. Extremely sad to hear about the passing of Burt Reynolds.. Possibly my favorite personality of all time.…… MORE
Emmylou Harris will be the featured subject of an upcoming exhibit—Emmylou Harris: Songbird’s Flight—at the Country Music Hall of Fame. Opening on Oct. 5 and running through Aug. 4, 2019, Songbird’s Flight will explore the musical and personal journey of the 13-time Grammy winner and Country Music Hall of Fame member. “From my first album…… MORE
The nominees for the 2018 People’s Choice Awards—voted on by we the people—have been announced. In addition to the Country Artist of 2018 category, a number of artists picked up all-genre nominations, including: Thomas Rhett (Male Arist of 2018) Carrie Underwood (Female Artist of 2018) Dan + Shay (Group of 2018) Sugarland (Group of 2018)…… MORE
Following the release of his self-titled debut album in December 2016, Kane Brown has announced he will drop his sophomore project, Experiment, on Nov. 9. Kane made the announcement via Instagram, revealing the album’s cover art as well as the availability of a new track, “Homesick,” on Sept. 6. The album is also available for…… MORE
After six studio albums and one Christmas album with Capitol Records Nashville, Lady Antebellum signed a new record contract with Big Machine Label Group, which is home to Taylor Swift, Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Reba McEntire, Sugarland, Midland and more. Under Capitol’s guidance, Lady A scored nine No. 1 singles and five No. 1…… MORE
Dolly Parton can add another honor to her Hall of Fame career: 2019 MusiCares Person of the Year. Following in the footsteps of past honorees like Paul McCartney, Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Tom Petty and more, Dolly will be presented with the award at the 29th annual benefit gala at the Los Angeles…… MORE
Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha’s “Meant to Be” is continuing its record-smashing run atop the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. “Meant to Be” is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the 40th week, which extends the record for most weeks atop the chart. The tune’s closest competitor is Sam Hunt’s…… MORE
