CMT To Honor Lainey Wilson As Breakout Artist Of The Year

CMT To Honor Lainey Wilson As Breakout Artist Of The Year

CMT will honor Lainey Wilson as its Breakout Artist of the Year at the 2022 CMT Artists Of The Year event. The 90-minute special event will debut at 9p/8c on October 14 on CMT. “This past year has been a wild ride,” Wilson said in a statement. “To be considered for this award reinforces that…Read More

Blake Shelton Sells Catalog Of Master Recordings To Influence Media

Blake Shelton Sells Catalog Of Master Recordings To Influence Media

Country superstar Blake Shelton has sold the ownership of his commercially-released master recordings from 2001-2019 to Influence Media Partners. According to a statement from Influence Media Partners, “During that time (2001-2019), Shelton accumulated 27 No. 1 singles on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, including top hits “Boys ‘Round Here,” “Honeybee,” “Nobody But You” (with Gwen Stefani),…Read More

Mickey Guyton, HAIM To Appear On New Season Of ‘Sesame Street’

Mickey Guyton, HAIM To Appear On New Season Of ‘Sesame Street’

Mickey Guyton and HAIM are among the stars set to feature as guests on the upcoming 53rd season of iconic children’s show “Sesame Street.” The 53rd season of “Sesame Street” will premiere on November 3 on HBO Max, with a new episode arriving every Thursday. Further, the season will stream on PBS KIDS in fall…Read More

Trisha Yearwood To ‘Flip The Switch’ For ‘Opry Goes Pink’

Trisha Yearwood To ‘Flip The Switch’ For ‘Opry Goes Pink’

Trisha Yearwood is set to flip the switch on the Grand Ole Opry’s signature barn backdrop for the “Opry Goes Pink” show on October 14. The Grand Ole Opry joins with Susan G. Komen in the fight against breast cancer. “We all have friends and family members who are battling, have won, and those who…Read More

HARDY Cancels, Postpones Shows After Tour Bus Crash

HARDY Cancels, Postpones Shows After Tour Bus Crash

HARDY, who was injured in a tour bus accident last week, announced that he will cancel or postpone two upcoming tour stops. In a video message he shared on social media, HARDY said that Ernest will step in to fill the opening slot for the show on October 8 in Arlington, Texas, which is part…Read More

Darius Rucker, Chapel Hart Shares ‘Ol’ Church Hymn’

Darius Rucker, Chapel Hart Shares ‘Ol’ Church Hymn’

Darius Rucker recently released redemptive ballad “Ol’ Church Hymn,” featuring rising Mississippi vocal trio Chapel Hart. The song was written by Rucker together with Ben Hayslip, Josh Miller and Greylan James. The gospel-inspired love song features Rucker’s rich baritone vocals, praised by Billboard as “one of the most distinctive voices of country’s modern era.” The…Read More

Country Music Legend Loretta Lynn Dead At 90

Country Music Legend Loretta Lynn Dead At 90

Country music legend Loretta Lynn died on Tuesday, October 4. She was 90 years old. According to a statement from her family, Lynn passed away in her sleep at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. “Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her sleep at home at her beloved…Read More

HARDY Sustains ‘Significant Injuries’ In Tour Bus Crash

HARDY Sustains ‘Significant Injuries’ In Tour Bus Crash

HARDY was hospitalized after sustaining injuries in a road accident involving the tour bus he was travelling in. The bus overturned before dawn on Interstate 40 West, outside Nashville, on Sunday, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. “Following last night’s show, our tour bus was in an accident on our way home from Bristol. There…Read More

Parker McCollum To Return To RodeoHouston For Opening Day

Parker McCollum To Return To RodeoHouston For Opening Day

Parker McCollum will return to RodeoHouston to headline for Opening Day of the 2023 Rodeo on February 28. For the first time in 2023, the Rodeo will host a special Opening Day celebration that includes a performance by a local band on the Stars Over Texas Stage, presented by Phillips 66, and closing out with…Read More