There’s nothing more country than mama. Except mama’s home cooking. And just about every country singer has released a song about mama. Here is our Top 10 list of songs about mama: #10: Mama Don’t Forget To Pray For Me–Diamond Rio’s 1991 hit seemed appropriate for a new band with their first taste of success. […]
Miranda Lambert’s husband Blake Shelton is a coach on NBC’s hit TV show The Voice. She made an occasional guest appearance last year, but this year, she’s become a more frequent presence in the show. She spoke about that with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “It’s so cool to get to be part of it. […]
There were several amazing duet moments during the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. One brought together Rascal Flatts with actor/comedian Steve Martin. In addition to his many talents, Steve is a Grammy winning banjo player. So it was natural to include him in Flatts latest hit, […]
This week, Kip Moore has his first Top 10 with “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck.” Kip is from Tifton, Georgia. He’s been in Nashville for 9 years. He began work on this record over two years ago. His debut CD will be released this Tuesday. We sat down with Kip Moore to talk about his life and his music. […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (April, 21, 2012) Keith Urban was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry family this evening by Opry members Trace Adkins and Josh Turner. On stage after Urban had performed his hits “Days Go By” and “Without You,” Adkins presented him with his Opry Member Award and made membership official. “Thank you […]
Lady Antebellum’s Own The Night World Tour has been traveling around the country all year. Joining them are Darius Rucker and Thompson Square. So when T-2 picked up the Vocal Duo of the Year award from the Academy of Country Music, Lady A wanted to celebrate. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton was with the tour in Kansas […]
What a week for singer/songwriter Lee Brice. His hit song “A Woman Like You,” is racing up the chart. He’s about to release his second CD. And then he wins his first ACM Award, as writer of the ACM Song of the Year, “Crazy Girl.” We caught up with Lee backstage moments after he won […]
Back in January, Luke Bryan told us that he had been attacked by a pair of goats during the CMT Tour. This week, we got the story from the man who pulled the goat prank, Lee Brice. Turns out that it was an act of retaliation. Luke struck first, while Lee was on stage, singing […]
There are some new names to this week’s Top 30, including Dustin Lynch. His debut single, “Cowboys & Angels,” checks in at #28. We spoke to the young singer at the ACM Awards a couple weeks ago, and he told us he actually wrote his debut single: I wrote that song almost 2 years ago. […]
Keith Urban’s annual All For The Hall benefit concert in Nashville was a night of surprises. Start with unexpected appearances by legends Don Williams and Merle Haggard. But the biggest surprise came for the host himself towards the end of the night. Vince Gill stopped the show and asked Rascal Flatts, the Oak Ridge Boys, and […]
