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WILDWOOD, N.J. (WPVI) — Three South Jersey teachers have been surprised with two four-day passes to this year's Barefoot Country Music Fest.On Friday morning, event organizers recognized three educators from Wildwood, New Jersey, for…

SCOTT HOLLIFIELD When everything explodes, I have a new job in mind: tour guide at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee.I tested it this weekend…

The Finger Lakes Country Music Festival promises to be a game-changing event for the Finger Lakes region and the host community of Palmyra, Wayne County. Festivals have become some of the most important events in the music industry. The…

Golden Guitar Award winners Fanny Lumsden and Travis Collins will be among the headliners at this year's Groundwater Country Music Festival. The first lineup for this year's event has been unveiled as organizers prepare for the biggest…

Ninety-seven years into its history and the Grand Ole Opry — through its groundbreaking NextStage program — is three years away from ensuring the future of country music continues to expand the idea. that the genre is accessible enough to…

Country music's strong roots in religion, family and celebration were tested on Sunday and proved resilient at the 2022 Country Music Hall of Fame medal ceremony.The event honored iconic black country-loving musician Ray Charles, The Judds,…

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 11: LeAnn Rimes attends the 2022 CMT Music Awards in Nashville ... Municipal Auditorium on April 11, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for CMT) Getty…

AFTER a massive second event, organizers have announced the date for the third annual Gippsland Country Music Festival in 2023. Scheduled for Saturday April 22, 2023, plans are already in place to make next year's…

Country music superstar Toby Keith will visit Macomb County this summer. With WYCD-FM (99.5) and Andiamo Restaurants as sponsors, the 59-year-old singer-songwriter from Clinton, Okla. will play Friday, August 7 at the Michigan Lottery…

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Jennifer and her husband Austin are the proud parents of a new baby girl. Jennifer revealed the news on Friday, confirming that she had given birth to a baby girl. “Lily Maria Moody, welcome to the…

A new trailer and poster have been released for the country music horror film, Torn hearts. The Blumhouse movie was directed by Brea Grant (best friends forever, 12 hour shift), from a screenplay written by Rachel Koller Croft (Lady Bits…

Special Award Winners, Songwriter of the Year Award,Studio Recording Awards and Industry Awardsto celebrate at the annual event the 15E ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC HONORS™ is an evening of live music and tributes celebrating the…

ABC american idol returned Monday evening (April 18) with the results of the American vote and huntress earned a spot in the Top 10. Donning a black leather fringed jacket over a sparkly brown dress, Huntergirl celebrated…

Offaly singer Alex Roe had reason to celebrate last week when he won his second major country music award. The Clara native was named Rising Male Country Music Artist of the Year at the Hot Country TV Awards…

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If there's one song that's synonymous with Alan Jackson, it's most definitely his super hit "Chattahoochee." When released as the third single from her album Lots of life (and a little love) in 1993 (the album title was taken from the…

A selection of country music stars, including recent Hot Country TV Awards winners Larissa Trmey from Kilbeggan, Alex Roe from Clara and Aishling Rafferty (who also won Glór Tíre 2022), plus Eurovision legend…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A week after a community hero was buried, WSM and Grand Ole Opry host Bill Cody remembers his contribution to country music. Jeff Carson was 58 when he died of a sudden heart attack. Although many…

WEATLAND, MO. (April 8, 2022) - The 30th Annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 presented by ProtecttheHarvest.com at Lucas Oil Speedway will be the largest Show-Me 100 in the event's history. Not only will the Show-Me 100!-->!-->…

When I was growing up in the semi-rural town of Sellersville outside of Philadelphia, country music was abundant. I remember dancing to Taylor Swift on the way home, the sound of Kenny Chesney coming off my dad's radio while going fishing,…

If it hadn't been for "the slap in the face," the biggest story in all of entertainment last week would have been that Eric Church chose to cancel his sold-out show on Saturday, April 2 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio so he can…

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The finalists have been announced, the fan votes have been cast, the program is set up quickly and once the…

Just one week after Aftershock, Discovery Park in Sacramento will host the first-ever GoldenSky Country Music Festival. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Another music festival is coming to Sacramento, and it's right after…

What: Avondale House "Hear Our Voices, Evening Embracing Autism"Or: River Oaks Country ClubPC time: Authors-composers-performers Phillip White, Brice Long and Marla Cannon Goodman arrived from their home in Nashville to entertain themselves…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Jeff Carson, country music artist and Academy of Country Music award winner, has died at the age of 58. According to a statement, Carson died of a heart attack Saturday at Williamson Medical Center in…

Rising country music artist Zach Bryan of Oologah has released a new single, "Highway Boys," which will appear on his upcoming third album and first for Warner Records. The album, "American Heartbreak", is due out May…

Grammy-nominated country music duo Thompson Square, honored as Vocal Duo…

Country singer Jimmie Allen will headline the 2022 SAC Waterfront Festival. SACRAMENTO, CA - Grab your cowboy boots and get dizzy! Old Sacramento Waterfront has announced that…

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) – Country music star Vince Gill will be coming to the Coronado Performing Arts Center in Rockford in July. Gill will appear with special guest Wendy Moten on July 20. Tickets will go on sale Friday, March…

I love musical anecdotes. I never get tired of it and I always learn from it. This was certainly the case…

Rhett has so much enthusiasm for Fritos that he had a hard time choosing just one favorite way to eat this snack. "Me again, because of my grandparents, I like to crumble the original," he said, "and put it on the chili."…

Los Angeles, California, March 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MusicFX.io ("MusicFX" or the "Company"), a…

Although an artist's most popular songs are often among their best, there are always great songs from the start of their career that are sadly overlooked and not as well-known. We are talking about deep cuts. Deep…

Each chapter of Chad Freeman's life is marked by the archetypal country musician. He bought his first pair…

This story has been updated. Hank Williams Jr. … excuse me … now Country Music Hall of Fame Hank Williams Jr. will tour in 2022 and give his fans the opportunity to celebrate his recent Hall of Fame induction on an expanded slate of…

Grammy-winning country music star Clint Black, who will release his 12th studio album in June, will bring 30 years of success to the Southern Tier this summer.Black, a Houston native whose 1989 debut album "Killin' Time" produced five…

Take your favorite traditional country vibes from the 90s, mix them with a good measure of songs heavily written in the musical tradition of Texas, and spice them up with a bit of Tejano squeezebox flavor from South Texas, and what…

VAN NUYS (CBSLA) – Woman demands over $500,000 from man and woman who she says scammed her into giving a loan in 2021 to a man she thought was singer Kenny Chesney, but was instead someone someone else with the same name who never paid it…

LOS ANGELES, March 4 (Reuters) - Dolly Parton will take center stage at the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards on Monday, hosting the Las Vegas event alongside fellow singer-songwriter Jimmie Allen and rising star Gabby Barrett.The awards…

Many of you may recognize Josh Ward as a Texas country music star. However, in August he was doing what he really loves, riding, when he was badly injured."He couldn't go anywhere. We were in a sticky situation, so when he left he put his…

For the past 15 years, a retired App State professor has kept one of Boone's jamming communities alive by fixing instruments from his workshop in the basement. Mike McKee, professor of economics, is also luthier. He repairs stringed…

Walker Hayes cemented his position as one of country music's most important emerging artists with a killer performance at the 2022 CRS New Faces of Country Music show in downtown Nashville on Friday night (February 25).The singer delivered…

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In a story that Saving Country Music was painstakingly trying to avoid, Sam Hunt's wife Hannah Fowler filed for divorce on Friday, February 18, alleging the "country" star's infidelity - specifically that he was "guilty of improper…

Alabama native, rising singer/songwriter Tiera Kennedy will make her first appearance at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as she performs the national anthem ahead of the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube on March 6. Kennedy, recording artist…

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From the very beginning of Miranda Lambert's career, when she was just 17, guitarist, songwriter and solo performer Scotty Wray had been by her side on stage and contributing songs in the studio. Scotty Wray also happens to be the…

There's a new sheriff in country music town and his name is Y'allternative. The word "y'alternative" is a mixture of "y'all" and "alternative". The style is a form of country music that moves away from modern or "stadium" country which…

Mike Kuster could not physically be there to support his wife as she…

Students at East Point Academy (EPA) in West Columbia received a special concert Thursday afternoon.South…

By the early 1980s, Ricky Skagg songs were dominating country radio. He honed his sound enough to eventually become a mainstream country star and chart topper. Since 1990, Skaggs has become a leader of the progressive bluegrass movement…

HOPE, Ark. - Hempstead Hall, the performing arts and conference center on the Hope Campus of the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana, has been nominated for the Arkansas Country Music Awards Venue of the Year. Voting takes place…

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WKRG) - Whether it's a hometown hero like Jimmy Buffet or fan-favorite Widespread Panic, the Wharf Amphitheater has hosted them all and now they're recognized as one of the best venues in concert by the Academy…

PALM HARBOR — Country music star Chris Young will headline a live concert at the end of the day on March 19 at the Valspar PGA Tournament at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor. Young will be joined by special Big & Rich guests in a…

Drawing inspiration from the exhibit galleries of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and an extensive collection of stage costumes and archival materials, Suiting the Sound: The Rodeo Tailors Who Made Country Stars…

Jimmie Allen leaves no room for interpretation when he says country music isn't racist. His Grammy nomination in the Best New Artist category proves it, he insists.Talk to Evan Paul on Taste of country nights, the "Freedom Was a Highway"…

BRISTOL – The Birthplace of Country Music Museum will present “Stories of Black Life and Music in…

photo: Alan Mercer Don't worry about the future of country music, ladies and gentlemen. If need be, Jesse Daniel will strap it onto his back and carry it himself into the future. This California-born, Texas-based, road-obsessed,…

Awards like the CMT Music Awards, American Country Awards, Grammy Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and BMI Awards spotlight country artists from the United States and around the world. While many of these artists represent states like…

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The various lists of nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — including the ballot for the Class of 2022 that was announced Wednesday — served as a reminder of just how inclusive the Cleveland museum has been over…

news, latest news, WHEN 18-year-old Charlotte Miller sings, she uses her music as an outlet to express her deepest emotions. Tamworth teenager Gomeroi has secured the opportunity of a lifetime after being accepted into the prestigious CMAA…

NASHVILLE — Hargus "Pig" Robbins, one of country music's most prolific session pianists and a key contributor to Bob Dylan's seminal 1966 album, "Blonde on Blonde," died Sunday. He was 84 years old.His death was announced on the Country…

Country music has a bad reputation, and it's not hard to see why with much of the work that has dominated the mainstream in recent years. These songs can be repetitive and shallow, filled with throwaway lines about beer, trucks, and other…

Greenville, SC (FOX Carolina) - Upstate County music fans had something to celebrate when one of the biggest…

Through The acorn stick | to January 27, 2022 Country music singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash arrives at the Fred Kavli Theater at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18 at 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand…

Warner Music NashvilleTuesday, Kenny Chesney dropped the news that the upbeat "Everyone She Knows" will be…

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“Our first dance was a mix of three songs. First was Allan Jackson's She's Gone Country, then The Hucklebuck and finally Footloose. What a laugh!THE HAPPY COUPLE Karina Gallagher and Paddy McFadden, both from County Donegal. THE DRESS I…

A huge country music festival is planned for Fontana later this year.The Tailgate Fest, which will feature…

Up-and-coming singer-songwriter Breland begins his conversation with The Tennessean by noting that exactly four minutes have passed since he walked through the front door of his Nashville home after a trip to Indianapolis.That attention to…

Tamworth Country Music Festival organizers have confirmed a stellar lineup for the rescheduled 50th anniversary event in April.Festival director Barry Harley has made the "difficult, but necessary" decision to postpone the event for a week…

NASHVILLE — Ralph Emery, the MC widely considered the most popular radio and television personality in country music history, died Saturday in a hospital here. He was 88 years old.His death, after a brief illness, was confirmed by his wife…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Look, up there in the sky. Is it a bird? Is it an airplane? Is it a... beard? You might not know it, but country music star Jamey Johnson and his unmistakable mustaches spent a few days here and there and above…

news, Country artists will literally be making a comeback as the majority confirm they will return for the 50th Tamworth Country Music Festival in April. Tickets were already back on sale Friday morning, festival director Barry Harley…

news, latest news, It's the night of Australian country music nights, and despite a last-minute date change, the 2022 Golden Guitar Awards are set to mark a magical moment in history in April. Postponed until April 20 due to the COVID-19…

Eric Ryan AndersonThe country music community honors Bob saget following his death. The beloved comedian and…

news, latest news, The state government has given major events the green light to proceed as planned in January, unless NSW Health considers the event "high risk." The way forward for the 50th Tamworth Country Music Festival remains…