When Dolly Parton was a teenager, all she really wanted to do was write songs. But what she needed to do was make money. So she found a job that let her kind of combine her efforts. In a new... Read more

Extremely blessed and privileged. That’s how Keith Urban describes his life in the latest issue of the Academy of Country Music’s Tempo magazine. And he admits that those blessings have come... Read more

There are two opportunities to catch Carrie Underwood on the small screen this weekend. On Saturday’s (Jan. 8) CMT Hot 20 Countdown, Underwood goes behind the scenes of her “Dirty Laundry” m... Read more

We all have songs like this. Ones we want to hear over and over. They are — to quote the Luke Bryan song — our play-it-again songs. Keith Urban’s is his “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” which tops B... Read more

Watch CMT’s two-part season premiere of Nashville. Juliette was the one who survived a plane crash, but it was Rayna who complained, “It was just a day.” She did have a lot on her plate, tho... Read more

Rodney Crowell will release his 15th solo album Close Ties on March 31 through New West Records. The autobiographical 10-song collection follows the 2015 duets album with Emmylou Harris, The... Read more

Don’t sign George Strait up for a lot of fancy mixers, cordials and cocktails. It sounds like he takes his drinks, well, straight. In a new Q&A with The Daily Beast, Strait explains how... Read more

Mrs. Ruth Musick “Mama Ruth” Jackson, Alan Jackson’s mother, died Saturday morning (Jan. 7) at her home in Newnan, Georgia, at age 86. Alan Jackson’s childhood memories of his mother inspire... Read more

It’s been over six months since we first announced Nashville was coming home to CMT, and trust us, waiting was not easy. Thursday night (Jan. 5), the two-hour premiere event confirmed what w... Read more

Zac Brown will receive the Country Radio Broadcasters’ CRS 2017 Artist Humanitarian Award at the organization’s annual conference in Nashville on Feb. 22. Founded in 1990, the honor is prese... Read more