On June 15, 1963, Buck Owens landed his first No. 1 single: the song “Act Naturally.” A clever take on feeling down on your luck, the song stars a narrator who feels he’s so good at being heartbroken, he’d make a natural star actor: “They’re gonna put me in the movies,” Owens sings in “Act Naturally.”
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The country star will release Denim & Rhinestones (Deluxe Edition) on September 22 Date night can’t come soon enough for Carrie Underwood on her latest single “Take Me Out,” set to appear on the deluxe edition of Denim & Rhinestones when it arrives Sept. 22. She isn’t even particularly picky about where the night takes
Jo Dee Messina wasn’t kidding when she told The Boot back in April that her songwriting is “blowing up.” The ’90s country legend has had a massive career resurgence over the past year due to her collaboration with Cole Swindell on “She Had Me at Heads Carolina,” an updated version of her 1996 classic, “Heads Carolina,
Josh Turner and Jennifer Ford celebrate their wedding anniversary on June 14. The college sweethearts met at Nashville’s Belmont University, where Turner transferred in August of 1998, after a solid year of dealing with a vocal cord lesion that put him out of singing commission. Little did Turner know at the time that furthering his education would also
Music subscription service Vinyl Me, Please has announced The Story of Waylon Jennings vinyl box set, which collects eight of the legendary country artist’s albums in eight years. It’s part of its VMP Anthology series, which includes a podcast telling the story behind the albums in the set. The limited-edition Jennings set culls his “Imperial
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Tyler Childers will take the stage as the headlining act for this year’s Healing Appalachia benefit concert. Set for Sept. 21-23, the three-day event will be held at the State Fair of West Virginia fairgrounds in Lewisburg, W.V. Other artists tapped to perform during this year’s festivities include Trey Anastasio and Classic Tab, Gov’t Mule, Umphrey’s
The Georgia songwriter recorded his upcoming album at the home of the Allman Brothers, Capricorn Sound Studios Few artists embody the South quite like Brent Cobb — the guy is a walking bowl of greens. On his new song “Southern Star,” he summons the easygoing vibes and sounds of his native Georgia. Accented by Wurlitzer
Celebrated singer-songwriters and longtime friends Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin are hitting the road again this fall. On Monday (June 12), the pair revealed seventeen new dates across the U.S., continuing a long-running tradition of embarking on intimate, joint tours together. The pair will take the stage as a duo, sharing stories and memories
Jimmie Allen is facing another sexual assault lawsuit, this one filed by a woman who claims the country singer assaulted her in a Las Vegas hotel room and filmed them having sex without her knowledge or consent. In light of the second round of allegations, Rolling Stone can confirm that BBR Music Group, Allen’s label,
Big things are brewing in all aspects of Kimberly Perry‘s life. After releasing her new EP, Bloom, on Friday (June 9), she’s getting right back to work in the studio, with plans to expand the EP into a full album in the fall. “We’re recording the back half of that in June,” Perry tells Taste
The pop-punk hero also performed Lambert’s “Kerosene” at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium Miranda Lambert may have had the surprise guest of CMA Fest 2023 on Friday night as she brought out pop-punk hero Avril Lavigne during her performance at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium. Lambert introduced the moment by saying she was about to “make more badass happen
On June 11, 1970, Ray Price married Janie Phillips, and thus began one of country’s greatest love stories. Theirs was a love story that lasted 43 and a half years, before the country singer passed away on Dec. 16, 2013, after battling pancreatic cancer. Ray Price enjoyed a fantastic music career prior to his death, becoming a
The surprise collab was a highlight of “The Cadillac Three & Friends” Friday night lineup While technically a CMA Fest event, the Cadillac Three delivered a gritty and often improvised alternative to the highly produced TV taping going on across the river at Nissan Stadium on Friday night. During their concise, stout headlining set at
Eighteen years ago today (June 10, 2005) was an unforgettable day for Carrie Underwood: It was on that date that the Oklahoma native made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry, only a couple of weeks after she was declared the Season 4 winner of American Idol. During her first Opry performance, Underwood performed “Inside Your Heaven,” the
Forty-nine years ago today (June 8, 1974) was an historic day for Dolly Parton: It was on that date that the country legend landed at the top of the charts with her song “I Will Always Love You,” from her Jolene album. Chances are, Parton had no idea how monumental “I Will Always Love You” would
Christian Lopez recorded his just-released album Magdalena in self-imposed exile in a remote corner of New Mexico. But for his new video “Harpers Ferry,” the singer-songwriter-guitarist went home again. [embedded content] A West Virginia native, Lopez would frequently visit nearby Harpers Ferry, a historic site in the U.S. Civil War and beyond, as a kid.
Is there anything Dolly Parton cannot do? At 77 years young, the veteran country singer has been hosting awards shows, writing books and singing in holiday specials. And lately, she’s been setting new world records. There’s not too much empty space on Parton’s list of accolades, but there’s certainly room for not one, not two, but three new
Twenty-four years ago, Garth Brooks pivoted at the height of his fame to do something … uh, let’s call it “unexpected.” Instead of forging ahead in his unbridled country music success, he decided to create new music under the name of a fictitious rockstar, the brooding, soul patch-sporting Australian named Chris Gaines. If you’ve heard of
Maren Morris is on the cover of Billboard‘s 2023 Pride issue, along with four of today’s most renowned drag queens: Eureka O’Hara, Landon Cider, Sasha Colby and Symone. As part of the cover story, Morris moderates a conversation between the four performers that dives into the recent onslaught of anti-LGBTQ+ bills aimed at limiting and
On June 7, 1969, The Johnny Cash Show premiered on ABC. The country icon co-hosted the hour-long show with his wife, June Carter Cash, at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Naturally, Johnny Cash performed during each show — both solo and with special musical guests — and there were also appearances from comedians, as well as skits courtesy
Eric Church is not a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee just yet, but the Nashville institution will preview the inevitable with a new exhibit dedicated to the platinum-selling artist known as “Chief.” Eric Church: Country Heart, Restless Soul, opening July 13, will chart Church’s rise from late-night bar gigs to sold-out stadiums, with the North
America’s Got Talent returned to NBC on Tuesday night (June 6), and the second Golden Buzzer of the season has already been awarded! Golden Buzzer slaps are dealt out by one of the judges who is particularly impressed by a contestant. Judge Simon Cowell hit his Golden Buzzer for Putri Ariani, a singer and songwriter from Indonesia
David Nail has been married to his wife, Catherine Werne, since 2009. The singer says that he knew soon after he met his now-wife that she was the one for him; in fact, he even went as far as to boldly proclaim his intentions to her parents right after they started dating! “I was on the road, promoting my
Luke Grimes is taking a deeper look at his outlaw ways in his new song, “Playin’ on the Tracks.” The Yellowstone star co-wrote his new tune with Brent Cobb, and the rootsy, mid-tempo number finds Grimes pondering on his life voyage and decisions made. “Try to keep my mind on the present time / My pride
Fresh off her historic ride into the Grand Ole Opry, Tanya Tucker wrapped up a whirlwind weekend with a stellar Sunday night performance at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on June 4. The 64-year-old talent was in high spirits as she celebrated the release of her twenty-sixth studio album, Sweet Western Sound, during the last of two consecutive headlining
Seventeen years ago today, on June 1, 2006, Josh Turner earned the first gold certification of his career — the first two, in fact. On that date, Turner’s then-recent single “Your Man,” as well as his 2003 single “Long Black Train,” was certified gold, for sales of 500,000 copies. Turner had released “Your Man” just over
Taylor Swift brought an extra dose of country to her Chicago, Ill. show on Saturday night (June 3), thanks to a surprise appearance from Maren Morris. Morris hopped onstage with Swift for a live rendition of “You All Over Me,” which is a From the Vault track off of Swift’s 2021 Taylor’s Version of her
Thirty-seven years ago today, on June 2, 1986, Randy Travis dropped his major-label debut album. Storms of Life was released on Warner Bros. Records. Storms of Life includes a re-release of Travis’ first chart-topping single, “On the Other Hand,” as well as “Diggin’ Up Bones” and “No Place Like Home,” two additional No. 1 hits for Travis. When the label first released
When Dolly Parton turned her country career toward the pop charts, she did it with a Cynthia Weil song. The legendary songwriter died on Thursday (June 1) at age 82. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and her husband Barry Mann were behind dozens of hit songs. They were a force in the
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