A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report reveals new details behind the tragic plane crash that killed Grammy-winning country songwriter Brett James on September 18 in North Carolina, along with his wife Melody Carole and stepdaughter Meryl Wilson. Piloting a Cirrus SR22T, James was attempting a visual approach to land at Macon County Airport when,…
Kenny Chesney, June Carter Cash, and Tony Brown were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday (October 19). The new inductees joined the 155 previous Hall of Famers in a ceremony where they were honored by performances and tributes by George Strait, Eric Church, Vince Gill, Trisha Yearwood, Kacey Musgraves, Kelsea Ballerini,…
Waylon Jennings’ posthumous compilation, Songbird, which was curated and mixed by his son Shooter Jennings, has scored Waylon his first-ever Top 10 debut on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart at No. 6. The project also premiered in the Top 10 on four other Billboard charts in its first week of release, reaching No. 6 on…
Steve Martin and Alison Brown created their star-studded new bluegrass album, Safe, Sensible and Sane – released Friday (Oct. 17) via Compass Records – through an organic, collaborative process that began with writing songs remotely and grew into a full project featuring acclaimed artists like Vince Gill, Indigo Girls, Jackson Browne, Sarah Jarosz, Della Mae,…
Morgan Wallen notches his 19th career No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with “I Got Better,” the fifth chart-topping single from his blockbuster May release, I’m the Problem. The track rose two places to claim the top spot on the chart, bolstered by a 13% increase from the previous week to reach 32.7 million…
During the final show of his High and Alive World Tour at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Friday night (October 17), Keith Urban humorously reacted when a fan revealed her name was “Nicole,” a playful nod amid his recently announced divorce from Nicole Kidman after 19 years of marriage. Crouching to ask the fan’s name while…
Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl spends its second consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, earning 338,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. for the week ending October 16, a 92% drop from its record-breaking 4 million debut. Despite the significant decline in sales from its historic opening week, this…
JERUSALEM (AP) — The fragile ceasefire in Gaza faced its first major test Sunday as an Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory was halted after Hamas militants killed two soldiers, and Israeli forces launched a wave of deadly strikes. The military later said it resumed enforcing the ceasefire, and the…
Keith Urban had to cancel his scheduled show on Thursday (October 16) in Greenville, South Carolina, due to laryngitis. The 57-year-old country star has been placed on complete vocal rest as advised by his laryngologist at the Vanderbilt Voice Center, though he is expected to be able to perform at his homecoming show at Bridgestone…
Rising country stars Kaitlin Butts, Tyler Halverson, and Braxton Keith took center stage in East Nashville on Thursday night (September 25) for a lively celebration hosted by Rolling Stone and Dickel Whisky as part of the Rolling Stone’s Writers’ Room series. The event featured performances and interviews highlighting each artist’s unique sound and stories behind…