With a twangy, honky-tonk sound that hearkens back to the 1970s, Alex Williams released his debut album, Better Than Myself, on Aug. 11. The 12-song offering boasts a dozen songs that Alex wrote or co-wrote, including “Pay No Mind,” a go-your-own-way tune that professes what really matters in life. Alex’s “Pay No Mind” was featured…
Lone Star State luminary Robert Earl Keen will once again hit the road this holiday season for his annual Christmas tour. This year’s holiday extravaganza is dubbed REK’s Fam-O-Lee: Back to the Country Jamboree Tour and will feature REK’s band members dressed as Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Dwight Yoakam. [Editor’s Note: I…
The Governor’s Books From Birth Foundation is auctioning off a painting of Dolly Parton to benefit her Imagination Library. In celebration of Tennessee’s Imagination Library Week, the 20-inch by 20-inch painting of Dolly by Nashville artist Arthur Kirkby is available via bid until Sept. 20 at 9 a.m. CT. Since its beginning in 1996 in…
Surrounded by 200 family and friends, LANCO frontman Brandon Lancaster wed his college sweetheart, Tiffany Trotter, outside of Nashville on Sunday (Sept. 17). Brandon’s LANCO bandmates—Chandler Baldwin, Jared Hampton, Tripp Howell and Eric Steedly—served as groomsmen. The couple will honeymoon in Mexico. LANCO’s current single, “Greatest Love Story” is No. 17 on Billboard’s Country Airplay…
Jason Aldean has been entertaining fans with his live show and albums for more than a dozen years. Now the two-time ACM Entertainer of the Year is hoping to entertain folks with a new book, Family, Friends & Fans. Written with Tom Carter, Family, Friends & Fans shares the stories that influenced Jason’s life, from…
Maybe you’ve seen it on tv, but maybe never in person. This is your chance to see Big Tex take his place at the State Fair of Texas! He will start being lifted into position at 10am in Big Tex Circle. The installation of Big Tex is free and open to the public. Parking for the…
After a cease and desist order was issued by Universal Music Group and American Recordings, Stormfront Radio has stopped using Johnny Cash’s 2003 recording of “I Won’t Back Down” as its intro music. Stormfront is an internet-based white nationalist organization. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Stormfront Radio replaced Cash’s tune with Johnny Rebel’s…
If you don’t have time to comb through social media all day, here’s what you’ve been missing over the last 24 hours or so in the country music world: Maren Morris catches her biggest fan on video. John Rich finally gets some water in his guitar-shaped pool. Shania teases the music video for her song…
Kelsea Ballerini celebrated the upcoming end to her single days by traveling to Las Vegas over the weekend for her bachelorette party. According to a few posts on Instagram, Kelsea’s jet-setting crew attended Jennifer Lopez’s All I Have residency at the AXIS auditorium at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, hit the town in a stretch…
Chris Stapleton, Brantley Gilbert, Brett Eldredge and Zac Brown Band came close to scoring No. 1 albums on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart this year. But “close” only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and . . . sometimes . . . slow dancing. Thomas Rhett is dancing! TR’s new album, Life Changes, hit No. 1…