Tim McGraw’s Superstar Summer Night TV special will be repeated this Friday night at 8 PM ET on CBS-TV. The two-hour show originally aired in May, and was recorded the day after the ACM Awards in April. When Tim co-hosted Country Countdown USA, he told Lon Helton: “It was fun to do, it was a […]
Kip Moore co-hosts the Countdown this week. He’s on the road this summer with Toby Keith’s Hammer Down Tour. His current hit, “Hey Pretty Girl,” is in the Top 5. He’s working on some new music, and gives us an update. He talks about his acting debut in ABC-TV’s “Nashville.” Plus he has stories about […]
The Band Perry’s latest hit, “Done,” is the fastest rising song of their career. It was written by the two brothers, Reid & Neil. But Reid told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that Kimberly made a contribution: “It’s funny, we spent weeks, days, months writing and recording this song, but the one part everyone talks […]
Back in May, The Band Perry performed on the finale of American Idol. Live TV, 30 million viewers, plus the intimidation of the judges: Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Randy Jackson, and Keith Urban. Kimberly described it this way to Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “It was a crazy experience and opportunity. I remember the first poster […]
The Band Perry will co-host the Countdown this week. Their current hit is called “Done.” It’s from their latest CD “Pioneer.” They’re on the road now with Rascal Flatts. They recently returned from their first tour of Australia. They performed on the American Idol Finale in May. Lots of stories about Sheryl Crow, Carrie Underwood, […]
Zac Brown was one of a select group of artists asked to perform on the Grammy Tribute to Bruce Springsteen earlier this year. He talked about the experience with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I hung out with my whole CD collection that night. Everybody that was in my CD collection was wandering around there. On […]
Zac Brown is a huge fan of Kacey Musgraves. In fact, he calls her debut album, “Same Trailer, Different Park,” his favorite CD of the last ten years. He explained why to Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I’ve been listening to that record non-stop. I even called her yesterday and said, ‘I’m listening to your record right now.’ […]
Zac Brown co-hosts the Countdown this week. We did the show at Zac’s Southern Ground Studio in Nashville. His current Top 5 is “Jump Right In.” He performed at the Grammy Awards, and also did a benefit the night before with Bruce Springsteen. Then a couple months later, while performing in Australia, he ran into […]
Toby Keith was born, raised, and still lives in Oklahoma. So when deadly tornados hit his hometown of Moore, he was immediately moved to action. Toby spoke with Country Countdown USA this week about the rebuilding effort, and his benefit concert taking place next week. The day after the twister hit Moore, we saw you on […]
July 4th celebrates American Independence from the British. But it also celebrates those traits we consider distinctly American. Country music is a unique American artform. So it’s no surprise that many country stars have released songs that have become patriotic anthems. We’ve put together a list of songs that you’re likely to hear on the radio this […]
