Brent Cobb will take the quiet approach with a run of acoustic tour dates beginning in early 2020. Billed as “A Night of Fine Acoustic Country Music with Brent Cobb,” the trek will get underway February 21st in Austin, Texas. Stretching 16 dates in total, the acoustic tour will feature …
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Five years after ending her first Las Vegas residency, the wildly successful “Shania: Still the One” at Caesars Palace, Shania Twain returned to the city this weekend to kick off a brand-new engagement. This time, she’s at Planet Hollywood with a production titled “Shania Twain ‘Let’s Go!’ The Vegas Residency” …
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Visitors to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2020 will see new exhibits that spotlight a songwriting icon, one of the genre’s most accomplished female vocalists, and one of the most successful singer-songwriters of the past decade. Announced today, the exhibits will explore the lives and careers …
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Renowned Texas singer-songwriter/visual artist Terry Allen has announced Just Like Moby Dick, his first album since 2013’sBottom of the World. Featuring his longtime Panhandle Mystery band, Just Like Moby Dick was co-produced by Charlie Sexton and includes songs co-written by Joe Ely and Dave Alvin. Allen has released two previews …
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A group of new performers and surprise collaborators spanning genres and generations has been added to the lineup of the 2019 CMA Awards. The annual event takes place Wednesday, November 13th at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Kacey Musgraves, who claimed the CMA’s Album of the Year prize for Golden Hour at …
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Miranda Lambert made her case for Carrie Underwood to be crowned CMA Entertainer of the Year in November, posting on Instagram about her admiration for Underwood and her “iconic voice.” Lambert, who recorded the duet “Somethin’ Bad” with Underwood for her album Platinum, started off by weighing in on the …
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All for the Hall, the concert series benefiting the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will return to Nashville on Monday, February 10th. Hosted by Keith Urban, the all-star lineup at the Bridgestone Arena in downtown Music City includes Luke Combs, Brothers Osborne, Blake Shelton, Tanya Tucker, Chris Stapleton, …
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In 2016, Craig Morgan was giving serious thought to walking away from his country music career. That summer, the singer’s 19-year-old son Jerry drowned in a tubing accident on a lake near the Tennessee-Kentucky border and Morgan was, understandably, shell-shocked. He continued to tour, but he often found himself going …
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The lines outside Nashville’s biggest music venues ballooned last week, thanks to the influx of fans, bands, and music-industry personnel attending the 20th annual AmericanaFest. It was the festival’s biggest year to date, and Nashville — a city that’s grown exponentially, with more than a half million people moving to …
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Marty Stuart‘s led a willfully charmed life. As an 11-year-old, he met hit singer Connie Smith at a concert he attended, and told his mom he’d marry Smith some day (he did). He hit his career stride at 13 playing virtuoso mandolin and guitar with bluegrass architect Lester Flatt; he …
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