Twas the week before Christmas… And on Music Row… Not a creature was stirring… And still there’s no snow. It’s very quiet now on Music Row in Nashville. The record companies and recording studios are closed for the holidays. I drove down 16th Avenue, past Blake Shelton’s record company, and they had a tree set […]
This week, Lon begins his countdown of the Top 70 hits of 2014. Along the way, you’ll hear highlights of conversations with his co-hosts from this past year. Among the stars: Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton, Jake Owen, Eric Church, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, and Florida Georgia Line. […]
Taylor Swift’s latest album is pop, but Tim McGraw’s teenage daughters still love it. Tim talked about it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “They love it, they love what she’s doing. She’s brilliant. She’s a great artist, and she’s great for all music. Look at what she’s done. Look what she did with her […]
Tim McGraw plans to focus on his family for the first half of 2015. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton he wants his oldest daughter to have a memorable senior year: “Well there’s a lot going on. It’s Gracie’s senior year in high school, it’s her last few months at home. We have a lot […]
With Christmas just two weeks away, Tim McGraw laughed when Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked him if he had finished his Christmas shopping. “It gets harder when the kids get older. There was a time when I could get clothes for them, and they’d like it. Now it’s jewelry, and even that gets hard. […]
Tim McGraw joins Lon this week to co-host the Countdown. His current Top 5 hit is “Shotgun Rider.” It’s from his latest album, “Sundown Heaven Town.” The big subject on Tim’s mind is it’s his daughter Gracie’s senior year in high school. He tells Lon that he’s going to focus his attention for the next […]
This week Garth Brooks co-hosted Country Countdown USA to talk about his new album, “Man Against Machine,” and play his new single, “Mom.” He spoke about his thoughts recording the song with host Lon Helton: “Yeah just getting a vocal performance on that song was tough. What was weird, of course I saw my mom’s […]
Luke Bryan’s CMA Night was memorable for a couple reasons. Obviously, because he won the CMA Entertainer of the Year. But also, because he met one of his childhood heroes, Garth Brooks. Back in September, when he co-hosted Country Countdown USA, Lon Helton asked him if he’d ever met Garth: (Luke) Garth falls into the […]
Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood are on the road right now, performing at sold out shows around the country. At the end of Garth’s set, Trisha joins him for the Grammy-winning hit “In Another’s Eyes.” The two spoke about that moment with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: (Trisha) “There’s an energy. Even though Garth & […]
Nominees for the 57th annual Grammy Awards were announced today. Quite a few familiar names among the nominees, including Tim McGraw, Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, and Keith Urban. Grammy Awards will be presented on Sunday February 8th on CBS-TV. Here are the nominees in the four Country Music Categories: 26. Best Country Solo […]
