Martina McBride joins Lon this week. She talks about her tour this winter with George Strait, and seeing photos of his new grandson. Her current hit is “I’m Gonna Love You Through It.” She also talks about her “teenage daughters.” Martina responds to comments from Taylor Swift & Ronnie Dunn about that song. Martina also has […]
Kenny Chesney has been working on his next album. This picture shows Kenny & team at Ocean Way studio in St. Barth’s. Kenny gave Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton a progress report: “I’m well into the process. I feel like we got some great songs. I’ve worked more on music this off-time in previous off-times. I’ve been […]
Back in September, Kenny Chesney joined Taylor Swift on stage in Nashville as she sang his hit “Big Star.” Kenny tells Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that the song choice was no accident: “You know, Big Star is kind of Taylor’s story. She’s lived every part of that. Like the character in that song, the girl in […]
Last week, a couple thousand radio station programmers descended on Nashville for an annual event called Country Radio Seminar. Among the memorable events: George Strait performed at the Ryman Auditorium, Faith Hill previewed songs from her next album, and Carrie Underwood debuted her new single. Thursday afternoon, Alan Jackson gave radio programmers a tour through […]
Kenny Chesney’s Brothers of the Sun tour, featuriing Tim McGraw, won’t even begin until June 2nd, but he shared details of it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton. First question: Who goes on first? Tim or Kenny? “Tim’s going to go on, then I’m going to go on, and then we’re going to be on together. […]
Kenny Chesney is part of Lionel Richie’s all-star country duets album, “Tuskegee.” The song Kenny sings is “My Love,” originally a 4-week #1 from 1983. But that’s not why Kenny chose the song for the project. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I just remembered loving that song as a kid. I wasn’t sure I was […]
Kenny Chesney co-hosts the Countdown this week, talking about his Brothers of the Sun tour, featuring Tim McGraw, kickin’ off in June. Kenny explains how the tour came about, what fans can expect, and why they’re only doing stadium shows this year. Kenny also gives and update on his next album, and his reaction to being […]
Keith Urban is good friends with fellow guitar-slinger Brad Paisley. The two had a #1 duet a few years ago with “Start A Band.” So when it was reported that Keith was going on vocal rest for a few weeks after his vocal surgery, Brad said he wanted to do a silent jam with Keith: […]
We all have those days when we’re running late. Keith Urban had one of those days the morning he did Country Countdown USA. He arrived about ten minutes late, but was proud to say “I have an excuse! My producer wrote me a note.” Just like in school. So here’s a picture of Keith’s note, written by […]
Back in November, the country music world was stunned to hear that one of its biggest stars, Keith Urban, was about to have surgery on his vocal chords. Then last month, Keith made his first public appearances since the surgery, with a #1 party in Nashville, and a performance at the Grand Ole Opry. Shortly […]
