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Newly crowned ACM Female Artist of the Year Maren Morris delivered one of the highlights of the 2020 ACM Awards on Wednesday night (Sept. 16), when she led her band in a warm, intimate rendition of “To Hell & Back” from the Ryman Auditorium stage. In a virtual press room after accepting her trophy, Morris admitted

The ACM Awards ended in a tie, and unlike in sports and politics, there’s no way to break it. Maybe Thomas Rhett and Carrie Underwood could have a karaoke contest — or they could arm wrestle? Of course, that would break CDC social distancing guidelines. If you missed it, ACM Awards host Keith Urban read two

On Wednesday night, Taylor Swift returned to the Academy of Country Music Awards stage for the first time in seven years to give the live debut of her Folklore cut “Betty,” which the pop star has released to country radio. We’ll have you, and we want you, @taylorswift13! It is so great to have Taylor back

Keith Urban dropped his new collaboration with Pink in advance of the 2020 ACM Awards. The superstars team for a soulful pop-country track titled “One Too Many,” which provides a new twist on an old theme, that they released online in the early-morning hours on Wednesday (Sept. 16). “One Too Many” is a classic drinking song on

There was something special about Nicole Kidman from the very start, Keith Urban admits. The country superstar says that after he first met the actor in early 2005, he knew she was worth fighting for. “She’s just the one, that was it,” Urban tells actor Dax Shepard on a recent episode of Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast

(Photo Credit: Dennis Leupold) Atlantic Records recording artist Kiiara has released her new single “Numb” (feat. DeathbyRomy and PVRIS) – listen HERE. The mesmerizing song was produced by Marco “MAG” Borrero (Noah Cyrus, Bebe Rexha, Charlotte Lawrence) and Louis Schoorl (5 Seconds of Summer, Kesha) and co-written with Melanie Fontana (Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Dua Lipa) and Michel “Lindgren” Schulz (BTS,

When Maren Morris takes the stage at the 2020 ACM Awards on Wednesday night (Sept. 16), it’ll be her first big awards show performance since giving birth to her son, Hayes Andrew Hurd, in late March. She’s hoping he’ll be able to watch the special moment, too. “I don’t know what time in the show

Brandi Carlile has posted an emotive cover of Tears For Fears’ “Mad World” that was captured at her Washington State home. The song was included as part of Carlile’s full-album livestream re-imagining of 2009’s Give Up the Ghost on September 13th. Seated at a keyboard and flanked by a series of guitars and a poster documenting

It doesn’t matter how sweet and sentimental a relationship seems in the honeymoon phase: Sometimes, things turn sour quick. That’s the kind of love that Caylee Hammack sings about in her new single, “Just Friends.” What begins as a promising friendship-turned-romance quickly gets rocky, and when it ends, it takes away all the good feelings the two pals

Lee Brice keeps his trio of ACM Awards prizes tucked away in his gun room now that he has three kids occupying his home. That means less chance of the country music mementos getting dinged or damaged, as the singer recently told Taste of Country Nights. He could add a fourth trophy to that collection later this week. The

“From corporate actions at one of the largest financial firms to losing everything andmoving back in with his mom only to re-emerge again re-shaping the music tech worldtoday.” During this Pandemic, rap artist and self-taught software developer Escoth has utilized his downtime time cranking away at code and recording songs for his new EP on

In 2010, Steel Magnolia — Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones, then a couple — scored a Top 5 country hit with their debut single, “Keep on Lovin’ You.” Released in September of 2009, the song was co-written by hit country writer Trent Willmon and now-superstar Chris Stapleton. At the time, Stapleton was in the

After a six-month delay as organizers figured out how (and where) to stage an awards show during a global pandemic, the 55th annual Academy of Country Music Awards finally announce their winners on Wednesday night. Dubbed “A Night of Heart and Hits Live From Nashville,” the ACMs, hosted by Keith Urban, will feature the requisite

Florida Georgia Line‘s new song “Long Live” harkens back to the duo’s first album and easily digestible singles like “Cruise,” “Round Here” and “This Is How We Roll.” Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley add some nostalgia to a lyric that finds them living just outside of what they sing. The pair are family men now, but

After teasing for a few months that he had something in the works — and sharing a couple of new songs in the process — Keith Urban is officially releasing his 11th studio album. Urban’s announcement came on May 8, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, as artists and fans alike have been forced to

Though somewhat new to the LA music scene, Josh has been singing and songwriting his entire life. His talents were fostered by his musically-gifted family, who often spent time writing songs together and performing at their church. Keeping family in mind, Josh and his twin brother later took their high school band to great heights,

Twenty-four years ago today, on Sept. 13, 1996, LeAnn Rimes made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry. Rimes, who was 14 years old at the time and signed to Curb Records, sang her then-current single, “Blue,” the title track of her freshman album, along with “I Wanna Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart” and “Blue Moon

Taylor Swift will perform”Betty” live for the first time during the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards on Wednesday, September 16th. For the ACM Awards, Swift will deliver her Folklore track from Nashville’s Grand Ol’ Opry. The ACM performance will mark Swift’s first at the award show in seven years; the singer is a two-time

Singer-songwriter Skip Ewing found a new saddle in Wyoming, but didn’t necessarily give up on making new music. The tunesmith has a new album coming later this month, and the title track, “Wyoming,” is what it sounds like when an industry veteran finds his voice again. The colorful, sharply-written, wistful earworm finds Ewing leaving someone

Hit Nashville songwriter Troy Jones, whose credits included a Grammy nomination for the Billy Currington hit “People Are Crazy,” has died at the age of 64. According to industry sources on social media, Jones died in an accident at his home on Friday (Sept. 11), when a live electrical current touched his boat dock. According

Eleven years ago today (Sept. 13, 2009) might be a day that Taylor Swift would just as soon forget. What started out as a joyous occasion, with Swift giving a heartfelt acceptance speech after winning Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards, turned into an awkward moment, when she was interrupted by hip-hop artist Kanye

It may sound obvious, but Orville Peck doesn’t particularly go for casual dress. The masked entertainer tends to complement his signature facial fringe with bright colors and rhinestones, nods to a bygone era of country music when the entertainers lived large and wore the clothes to prove it. “That’s what I grew up loving,” Peck

Songwriter Luke Laird (Eric Church, Sam Hunt, Miranda Lambert) is relying on his own voice for songs from his new Music Row album. Tracks such as “Good Friends” find an easy groove between pop and traditional country. That’s not to say the song shoots straight down the middle, though. Steel guitar cries across the intro and

Twenty-six years ago today, on Sept. 12, 1994, George Jones had a birthday to remember, even if it wasn’t the way he had hoped: It was on that date that the singer had triple bypass surgery at Nashville’s Baptist Hospital, where he remained hospitalized for one week. Jones was rushed to the hospital the night

Seventeen years ago today, country music lost one of its most beloved stars: Johnny Cash. The legendary singer died on Sept. 12, 2003, of complications from diabetes; he was 71. Cash began his historic career in 1955 with his first single, “Hey Porter.” He went on to record more than 100 albums and release over 150

Gillian Welch has shared two more songs from her upcoming collection of previously unheard material, Boots No 2: the Lost Songs, Vol. 2: “Beautiful Boy” and “I Just Want You to Know.” “Beautiful Boy” is a sweet but devastating song in which Welch captures the anxiety and unease that often accompanies a newfound love —

Sadler Vaden‘s “Best Days” is both a prayer and a belief, the singer-songwriter says. Readers can hear the recently released track above. “I wrote “Best Days” during one of my worst days. Nothing was going right, and it was in the midst of the George Floyd protests,” Vaden shares of the new song. “I started

Carrie Underwood is singing the Sunday Night Football theme for an eighth season in 2020, and she says she’s grateful to still be part of the team — especially this year. “We all want to make each year feel special and unique,” Underwood says in a video that gives fans a behind-the-scenes peek at the making

Sixteen years ago today, on Sept. 11, 2004, Terri Clark was undoubtedly doing plenty of celebrating. It was on that date that her single “Girls Lie Too,” from her Greatest Hits 1994-2004 album, soared to the top of the charts, becoming her second single to take the No. 1 slot in the United States. The

“Everything I do is a temporary fix,” Maggie Rose laments in her new song “20/20,” written and recorded in the early days of the quarantine. Beginning as a gentle solo piano ballad, “20/20” transitions into a full-band swoon, with the Nashville soul singer finding a glimmer of hope in a really bad year. “I’ve seen