Miranda Lambert brought a very special guest to this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas: Her grandmother, who she called Nonny. Miranda’s husband Blake Shelton was co-hosting the awards show, and he was unable to sit with Miranda. So Miranda sat with her Nonny, and she talked about it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon […]
Normally, #1 parties are held on Music Row, near all the record labels and recording studios. But for this one, Dierks Bentley invited the music industry to one of his favorite hang-outs, Arnold’s Country Kitchen, a local diner where the food is home cooked, the tea is sweet and the pie is topped with meringue. […]
Miranda Lambert co-hosts the Countdown this weekend. She just picked up two ACM Awards: Female Vocalist and Album of the Year. She is about to celebrate her first anniversary with husband Blake Shelton, and she shares her plans. She wrote her current hit, “Over You” with Blake, and she gives some insight into that experience. […]
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, […]
A few months ago, Rascal Flatts met NFL Quarterback Tim Tebow. At the time, Tim was with the Denver Broncos, and the band was performing a concert in the Mile High City. Two weeks ago, the group reunited with the newest member of the New York Jets at his annual Tim Tebow Charity Golf Tournament […]
You never know who you’ll run into in Nashville. That’s what Rascal Flatts lead singer Gary LeVox found out a few weeks ago. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “My eight year old daughter had a baseball game the other day, so I went with her, and there were four games going on at the […]
Jay DeMarcus & his wife Alison are expecting their second child this summer, and we now know the baby’s name! Rascal Flatts co-host Country Countdown USA this weekend, and Jay broke the news to host Lon Helton: “We really are thrilled to be having a boy, and we’re gonna name him Dylan Jay DeMarcus. My wife, being […]
Rascal Flatts join Lon to count down the week’s Top 30. Their current hit is called “Banjo,” and they also bring a live performance of it from their movie. The guys have great stories from this year’s ACM Awards, as well as the All For the Hall benefit. They just took part in the Tim […]
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 […]
