2017 CMA Awards: The Winners
Here’s a complete list of winners at the 51st annual CMA Awards that took place Wednesday night (Nov. 8) at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Entertainer of the Year Garth Brooks Male Vocalist... Read more
When Chris Stapleton and Dave Cobb accepted the 2017 CMA Award for album of the year inside Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, outside the venue Grammy winner Sturgill Simpson busked and met wit... Read more
Forget the awards part of the CMA Awards show since you probably didn’t get one anyway. Instead, look at it as a live concert with a lot of annoying interruptions. Viewed from that perspecti... Read more
Carrie Underwood in Charge of Family Reunion
Fanily is what we’re calling the fans who make up the country music family. And Carrie Underwood may not have technically used the word “fanily,” but I know that’s what she meant when she ta... Read more
The ASCAP Country Music Awards show Monday night (Nov. 6) ran much too long, but it yielded some fascinating stories and vivid, emotion-drenched performances. Held at Nashville’s Ryman audit... Read more
Tuesday’s (Nov. 7) fifth annual Next Women of Country celebration at Nashville’s City Winery was the place to be during a hectic CMA Awards week 2017. Alumna RaeLynn and CMT senior vice pres... Read more
Years Later, Jake Owen Is Still North Bound
For Jake Owen, his memory lane happens to be a long stretch of I-65 North. Because that’s the road that brought him to Nashville from Tallahassee more than a decade ago, and he took his fans... Read more
Luke Bryan on Ups, Downs and Casseroles
It’s not an act, according to Caroline Bryan. On Monday night’s (Nov. 6) Living Every Day with Luke Bryan special, Bryan’s wife made it clear that he is the exact same person on and off stag... Read more
CMT and Courtney Cole revealed the eight community colleges in Louisiana that will be part of the network’s inaugural Empowering Education tour in spring 2018. The tour with Cole is part of... Read more
Miranda Lambert: Validation of a Nomination
It never gets old to hear your name, according to Miranda Lambert. “Believe me, it’s still surprising,” Lambert told Extra backstage during rehearsals for Wednesday night’s (Nov. 8) CMA Awar... Read more