It was an emotional evening at this year’s CMT Artists of the Year ceremony, which brought some of the hardest-hitting road warriors and chart-toppers in country music – including Chris Stapleton, Florida Georgia Line, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean – to Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Launched in 2010 …
Read More »Maren Morris Talks Las Vegas Shooting, Response Song 'Dear Hate'
On Monday morning, Maren Morris woke up to 50 text messages from friends and family. Two nights after Morris had performed on the main stage at Las Vegas‘ Route 91 Harvest Festival, loved ones were frantically trying to reach her: Did she make it home OK? Was everyone she knew …
Read More »Hear Lee Ann Womack's Ethereal New Song 'Hollywood'
Sitting in a house in Palm Springs, California with Waylon Payne and Adam Wright, the writers with whom she penned the recently debuted “All the Trouble,” Lee Ann Womack and the pair set their collective imaginative gaze two hours west toward Tinseltown, conjuring the moody and mournful tune, “Hollywood.” The …
Read More »See Wade Bowen's Reverent Cover of Jason Isbell's 'Flagship'
Wade Bowen has been popping up a lot this year for his stellar interpretations of other artists’ work, country and otherwise. His latest video from his in-home Garage Mahal cover song series pays tribute to his peer Jason Isbell with a version of the 2015 recording “Flagship.” Bowen begins the …
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