Embedded from www.youtube.com. Ten summers ago, country and hip-hop were strange musical bedfellows whose couplings were few and far between. However, for Jason Aldean — a country star five years past becoming a fixture on the top of Billboard’s singles and album charts in the genre — having two top-five Billboard album chart releases, including... Read more »

Ingrid Andress, who earned three Grammy nominations on the strength of her debut album Lady Like and breakthrough single “More Hearts Than Mine,” has announced a string of upcoming concert dates for late 2021 and early 2022 in the United States and in Europe. Andress’ Feeling Things tour will launch in Boston on Sept. 27... Read more »

Gabby Barrett has had a whirlwind year so far in 2021, notching her second No. 1 hit with “The Good Ones,” and welcoming her first child, daughter Baylah May, with husband Cade Foehner. Barrett recently chatted with Cody Alan for Alan’s Cody Cast about the highlights and lowlights of being a parent, as well as... Read more »

As noted via a press release, production is “well underway” in “the deep-rooted Nelson locales of Austin, Maui, Nashville, Los Angeles, and New York” on Willie Nelson and Family, reported to be the “definitive docuseries” on the life and times of Willie Nelson. Emmy Award and Grammy Award-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny and Academy Award-nominated &... Read more »

In honor of the 2021’s rescheduled edition of the Summer Olympics, the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon featured Fallon and his bandleader, The Roots’ Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, performed “This Olympics,” a song based on Florida Georgia Line’s hit Nelly collaboration “Lil Bit.” Swapping out the original’s lyrics for “It’s time to represent your country,... Read more »

Embedded from www.youtube.com. Carrie Underwood is expanding her 2020 holiday album My Gift, with the upcoming Special Edition version that will contain three additional tracks. The upcoming project includes the original track “Favorite Time of the Year,” which was previously released exclusively as part of an Amazon Original and included in Ring’s 2020 Doorbell Season... Read more »

Cole Swindell just notched his 10th No. 1 hit with “Single Saturday Night,” which has earned more than 122 million streams since its release. Swindell says that when he first heard the demo for the song (which was penned by Ashley Gorley, HARDY, and Mark Holman), “I knew it was something I wanted to record.... Read more »

Actress/creative Courteney Cox has returned to the headlines of late as the director of Brandi Carlile’s newest video for her just-released single “Right On Time,” the lead single for her forthcoming album, In These Silent Days, which will be released on Oct. 1. However, though the video is not as humorous as, say, Cox’s performances... Read more »

In 2012, Luke Bryan released “Drunk on You,” but initially he wasn’t sure about recording the track, he recently revealed to Kelleigh Bannen on Essentials Radio on Apple Music. Bryan said there was a key lyric which was penned by Rodney Clawson, Chris Tompkins, and Josh Kear, that made him hesitant to record the song.... Read more »

Recent sightings of Blake Shelton at his Ole Red bar in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, pointed at the idea that once he returned to the road, he’d have his new wife — and fellow vocal icon — Gwen Stefani with him. Two appearances this past weekend show that the married performers are indeed performing onstage together. Shelton... Read more »