The Academy of Country Music has announced the first round of performers set for the 11th annual ACM Honors at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Aug. 23. The awards ceremony and concert event... Read more
The writers of such hits as “Set ‘Em Up Joe” “(There’s) No Gettin’ Over Me,” “Live Like You Were Dyring,” and “Chattahoochee” are the newest inductees elected to the Nashville Songwriters Ha... Read more
Jimmy Webb wrote some of Glen Campbell’s most famous songs while inadvertently leading him to at least one hit he didn’t — “Southern Nights.” Webb, whose credits include “By the Time I Get t... Read more
When Sam Hunt went to Charleston, South Carolina, in November to write with Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne and Zach Crowell, he told the told the group, “I have an idea for a song, but I don’t... Read more
When I leave a Miranda Lambert concert, all I want to do is sing all of her songs at the top of my lungs. But when fans left her New Braunfels, Texas, concert on Friday night (Aug. 4), they... Read more
Thomas Rhett had no idea just how much his life would change in the first grade. That’s when he first met his current wife, Lauren Akins, and his love for her has provided inspiration for so... Read more
It was hard to escape Glen Campbell in the late ’60s. His music was everywhere. Outside the country genre, he played guitar on Elvis Presley’s Viva Las Vegas, the Monkees 1966 self-titled de... Read more
Glen Campbell, whose weekly network television show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, introduced country music to millions of Americans, has died at age 82 after a struggle with Alzheimer’s... Read more
If you could go back 25 years and give yourself some advice, would you? Toby Keith probably would not. Keith told Billboard Country Update that he had some things to learn when he got his st... Read more
At 1:35 on Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 8), Glen Campbell’s family shared the sad news that he had died after a struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we annou... Read more
