Category Archives: Country News

Brantley Gilbert’s bringing his ‘Tattoos’ to you

Brantley Gilbert’s bringing his ‘Tattoos’ to you

Courtesy of The Valory Music Co.If you love Brantley Gilbert’s latest album, Tattoos, you’re in for a treat.Brantley is hitting the road in 2025 for his Tattoos Tour. It’ll kick off Feb. 27 in Everett, Washington, and hit Bloomington, Illinois; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Athens, Georgia; Portland and more before wrapping April 26 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.Travis Denning, Payton Smith, Austin Snell, Colt Ford and Black…read more »

Jelly Roll + OneRepublic team up for new track, ‘Hurt’

Jelly Roll + OneRepublic team up for new track, ‘Hurt’

Courtesy of Mosley Music/Interscope RecordsJelly Roll has joined Grammy-nominated pop band OneRepublic for a new track, “Hurt.”The original song first appeared on OneRepublic’s latest album, Artificial Paradise, which dropped earlier this year.The collaboration with Jelly Roll includes a new music video directed by Isaac Rentz, known for his work on OneRepublic’s “I Ain’t Worried” and “Sink…read more »

2024 ‘Billboard’ Music Awards: Morgan Wallen + Zach Bryan among top finalists, Dolly earns Top Rock Album nod

2024 ‘Billboard’ Music Awards: Morgan Wallen + Zach Bryan among top finalists, Dolly earns Top Rock Album nod

dick clark productionsThe 2024 Billboard Music Awards finalists have been announced, with country music’s Morgan Wallen and Zach Bryan among the top finalists.Zach leads the 2024 BBMA finalists list with 21 nominations, while Morgan notches 15 nods.Other country artists with nominations include Luke Combs, Post Malone, Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, Shaboozey, Bailey Zimmerman, Megan Moroney, Zach Brown Band and Kenny Chesney.Dolly Parton’s acclaimed debut rock album, Rockstar, scored her a Top…read more »

Jordan Davis broke a little holiday tradition this year

Jordan Davis broke a little holiday tradition this year

Disney/Scott KirklandJordan Davis is a Christmas-decorations-up-after-Thanksgiving kind of guy.But things are looking a little different this year in the Davis household.”My in-laws just left today so the last three days have been, you know, craziness. Awesome, but craziness,” Jordan tells ABC Audio in a little holiday update during CMA Awards week. “[The children are] getting to like,…read more »

Nashville Notes: Fresh tunes from Belle Frantz, Kashus Culpepper + Kameron Marlowe

Nashville Notes: Fresh tunes from Belle Frantz, Kashus Culpepper + Kameron Marlowe

Universal Music Group Nashville newcomer Belle Frantz has dropped her piano-driven rendition of Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December.” It follows her debut three-track stripped-down release of Reba McEntire, George Jones and Conway Twitty covers.Big Loud Records’ Kashus Culpepper has dropped “Pour Me Out,” a new track he co-wrote with Ben Burgess and Diego Urias. Sonically, “Pour Me Out”…read more »

Megan Moroney responds to TikTok criticism about her 2024 CMAs hair

Megan Moroney responds to TikTok criticism about her 2024 CMAs hair

Disney/Scott KirklandMegan Moroney is proving she can handle the spotlight — even when it comes to criticism.Following her appearance at the 2024 CMA Awards on Wednesday, a TikTok video critiquing her hair went viral, with the user pointing out what they described as a color mismatch in her extensions.The video, which now has over 1 million views, shows a…read more »

‘Run It’ with Jelly Roll on ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’

‘Run It’ with Jelly Roll on ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’

BBR Music Group/BMG/Republic RecordsA new genre-blending track from Jelly Roll has arrived.Jelly wrote his newest release, “Run It,” with OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder, hit DJ David Guetta and songwriter Sean Cook, and it’ll be featured in Sonic the Hedgehog 3.Over an electronic-pop production, Jelly sings, “We do this everywhere we go/ I think you know/ This ain’t no one horse rodeo/…read more »