Kelsea Ballerini on the Unreal and the Real
It sounds like Kelsea Ballerini is managing to be all things to all people. She is trying to stay real. But she’s also completely embracing the unreal. First, the unreal. In an recent interv... Read more
At the start of Brandy Clark’s sold-out Saturday (July 30) show at Chicago’s City Winery, she told the crowd she was going to talk as little as possible. Which was fine, because her songs sa... Read more
Luke Bryan Defines His Art
Who’s to say what makes one artist better at his craft? Or worse, what makes an artist not artistic enough? It’s all so subjective, and yet, Luke Bryan knows that not everyone sees it that w... Read more
Somebody wake up the charts. They’re in a deep slumber. About the only excitement lies in the fact that Eric Church’s doleful “Record Year” now stands proudly atop Billboard’s country airpla... Read more
It’s got to be hard to give some of your best songs away. But when Florida Georgia Line‘s Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard are giving them away to Jason Aldean, they’re cool with it. Because t... Read more
Meet country music’s newest lady boss: Clare Dunn. The songwriter, singer, masterful guitar player and producer can do it all. Dunn grew up on a farm and ranch in southeast Colorado where ag... Read more
Eric Church on the Songs Between the Hits
Eric Church’s Chief album has been one of his most successful so far. But according to Church, he didn’t automatically love what came with that success. He came to love it eventually, but he... Read more
Keith Urban Lists His Favorite Girls
Way to stump Keith Urban, Billboard. When a Billboard reporter asked Urban for his list of the top five greatest female country acts of all time, he had a tough time narrowing it down. “That... Read more
The 125 Behind Dierks Bentley’s Black
It takes a village. A village of about 125 people to put together an album as solid and a tour as strong as Dierks Bentley did this year. And he’s in the center of it all. So his new video e... Read more
On Monday (Aug. 1), the Band Perry celebrated its Comeback Day by releasing the new single “Comeback Kid,” sharing new details on an upcoming third album and by giving back in Nashville. And... Read more