We have a new artist in the Top 30 this week. A female singer from California named Cam. Her name is short for Camaron Ochs. She grew up on a ranch in Northern California, where the main music was classic country. That’s what she listened to, and that’s what she sang. She moved to Nashville […]
Luke Bryan’s 5th album, Kill The Lights, will be released this Friday. He joined Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton this week to preview several new songs from it. This is part of their conversation: Let’s start by talking about the fact that this new album is the follow-up to Crash My Party, that sold over […]
Kelsea Ballerini has her first #1 with “Love Me Like You Mean It,” so Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton and his co-host Easton Corbin called her to congratulate her. “I knew it was a possibility for me this week, but obviously I didn’t know if I would make it or not. My label called me, […]
It’s been a few years and a few big challenges since we had new music from Montgomery Gentry. But this week, the wait is over, and the obstacles have been overcome. Eddie & Troy are back better than ever with their eighth album “Folks Like Us.” They sat down to talk about it with Country […]
Billy Currington loves warm weather. When winter comes around, you’ll find Billy in Hawaii. So it’s appropriate that Billy titled his latest album “Summer Forever,” because if anyone lives that life, it’s Billy. But actually the album title comes from the last song on the record. Billy explained to Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton how […]
Tim McGraw is back on the big screen this weekend, appearing in the new Disney movie “Tomorrowland,” starring George Clooney. McGraw actually began work on the movie almost two years ago. At the time, he told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “It’s a great story. To me, the great thing about working on movies is […]
Kelsea Ballerini’s Nashville debut was sold out, and her 90 minute show Tuesday night was a powerful statement that there’s a new contender in the Country Female category. The site was 3rd & Lindsley, a club that was the launch-pad for many of today’s top stars, including Lady Antebellum. The show was part of CMT’s Next […]
Zac Brown’s new album Jekyll & Hyde will be released on April 28th. It contains 16 songs, including the current hit, “Homegrown.” Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton spoke with Zac about making the album: What will we hear on it? “I think you’ve got the best of what people would expect from our other records, […]
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 […]
