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 […]
One surprise at this year’s American Music Awards was in the category of Country Album. That award was won by Brantley Gilbert, over Garth Brooks and Eric Church. Brantley’s “Just As I Am” was released in May, and has already sold over 600,000 copies. Country Female was won by Carrie Underwood. Country Male was won […]
Luke Bryan Wins His First CMA Award – Entertainer of the Year! NASHVILLE – Top winner Miranda Lambert collected trophies and broke records, while Luke Bryan picked up the night’s top honor, winning his first-ever CMA Award for Entertainer of the Year at “The 48th Annual CMA Awards.” Lambert won four awards Wednesday, including her […]
It might have been the most exclusive Halloween party in Nashville: The city’s music media invited to an album party hosted by Garth Brooks. The setting was the Chet Atkins Chapel in the Sony Nashville building on Music Row. On a bare stage with a stool and an acoustic guitar, Garth Brooks talked about the […]
Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton has been named CMA National Broadcast Personality of the Year. It was his 7th time to win the award. Lon got the news from Luke Bryan, who called in during the show. Luke said, “I’ve got good news for you buddy. You are the CMA Broadcast Award winner for National Personality […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (Oct. 17, 2014) – The critically acclaimed Grammy®-winning vocal group Little Big Town (Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, and Jimi Westbrook) was formally inducted into the Grand Ole Opry Friday by Opry members Little Jimmy Dickens and Vince Gill. The group had been invited to join the Opry on Oct. 3 […]
It was a moment when Hollywood met Nashville, as the movies intersected with Music City. The Country Music Hall of Fame was the site for the Nashville premiere of the new movie “The Best Of Me.” The movie features an obviously country-oriented soundtrack, led by Lady Antebellum. The trio walked the red carpet with the […]
You know an artist is busy when it takes 6 months for him to celebrate a #1 song. But in Thomas Rhett’s case, it wasn’t only HIS schedule that was filled. Sometimes it takes a lot of people to make a #1 song, and some of them are also on the road a lot. The #1 […]
On Wednesday, Dierks Bentley was in Nashville celebrating his 12th #1, “Drunk On a Plane.” The next day, he was off on a three show run, wrapping his 2014 Riser Tour. Then Sunday, he was back in Music City to host his 9th annual Miles & Music benefit concert and motorcycle ride. Just another week in […]
Tim McGraw is doing a full court press this week to launch his new album “Sundown Heaven Town.” Sunday night, Tim hosted a small gathering of radio friends at a restaurant south of Nashville where he performed several songs from the album, including the current single “Shotgun Rider.” Wife Faith Hill was also there, as […]
