About eight years ago, Jake Owen had a deep cut on his Easy Does It album called “Every Reason I Go Back.” He wrote it with Casey Beathard and Dave Turnbull. It’s about growing up in a small... Read more
It ended with “From the Beginning.” And what a finish it was for Little Big Town. The band took the Ryman Auditorium stage on Monday night (Nov. 27) for the last show of their artist residen... Read more
After Brett Eldredge wraps his performances on Blake Shelton’s Country Music Freaks Tour, he’ll be ready to launch his first national headlining tour. Eldredge’s The Long Way tour with Devin... Read more
A story in this week’s Billboard Country Update all about the bad news has one little bit of good news. And it comes from Kenny Chesney. Between the Las Vegas shooting, allegations of sexual... Read more
It’s been a while coming, but Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are back atop Billboard‘s country albums chart this week with their joint effort, The Rest of Our Life. McGraw last peered out from th... Read more
Chris Stapleton heads to the 60th annual Grammy Awards as the lead country nominee with a total three nominations. The nominees were revealed Tuesday morning (Nov. 28). Stapleton’s nominatio... Read more
When I was in Nashville earlier this month, I saw a shirt I had to have. It said, “Nashville is Always Live.” I bought it right away, because I’d just never seen a graphic tee shirt with suc... Read more
You give country stars a few days off, and they really pack a lot in. From Brett Eldredge‘s Thanksgiving go-kart race to Tim McGraw‘s big fish, the artists did so much over the holiday break... Read more
The full-length debut from the rising band LANCO arrives on Jan. 19. Titled Hallelujah Nights, the 11-song collection was written and co-written by frontman Brandon Lancaster and produced by... Read more
Cole Swindell‘s first arena-headlining tour, the Reason to Drink Tour, kicks off Feb. 15 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Joining Swindell for the run are Chris Janson and Lauren Alaina. A limite... Read more
