The main thing on Eric Church’s mind right now is the personal and professional convergence that’s about to take place. He & his wife are expecting their second child, and Eric is performing at the Grammy Awards, where he’s got four nominations. Eric told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton they might happen at exactly the same […]
Brantley Gilbert turns 30 years old today! When he co-hosted Country Countdown USA a few months ago, Lon Helton asked him how he felt about the big day: “The honest to God truth, I’ve got a little lady who’s special to me in my life right now, her mom was telling me that 30 was […]
Carrie Underwood’s latest album, “Greatest Hits: Decade #1,” features more than Carrie’s voice. She also wrote the majority of the songs on the project. Many of those hits were written in a secluded cabin near Nashville that she owns specifically for writing songs. She spoke with Country Countdown USA’s about her little getaway: A few […]
Carrie Underwood’s latest album is “Greatest Hits: Decade #1,” covering ten years of hits, two CDs, and 25 songs. But when does Carrie begin Decade #2? Carrie tells Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that she hasn’t actually set a deadline: “I hate stamping a done date on things before it’s done, but it’s always been […]
Carrie Underwood and her husband Mike Fisher are expecting their first child, a boy, in a few months. Carrie told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that she and her husband have already had some conversations about raising their son: “He keeps trying to push the name “Bo” for our little guy. I just won’t have […]
This week, Kenny Chesney joins Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton to preview the concert tour of the summer, The Big Revival Tour, featuring Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Jake Owen, Brantley Gilbert, and Cole Swindell. Kenny tells Lon he’s about to begin rehearsals here in Nashville, and the tour will begin in March, with stadium shows […]
Taylor Swift didn’t attend this year’s CMA Awards. But that didn’t mean she was ignored. Hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley did a parody of “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes,” with lyrics about Taylor: “Who’s going to fill her shoes? Who’s going to stand that tall? Who’s going to be country and poppy and sing […]
One of the great moments during this year’s CMA Awards was when Brad Paisley “slipped” and let the world know that Carrie Underwood was having a boy. It seemed like an accident, but it was actually planned in advance. Brad shared the story with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “When we started brain-storming about the awards show, the […]
The new duo Maddie & Tae got to meet one of their heroes: Shania Twain! It happened a couple weeks ago, the same day they found out their debut hit “Girl In a Country Song” went to #1. They shared this story with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton and his co-host Brad Paisley: (Lon) Where […]
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 […]
