Check out the 40 hottest hits for the week of October 14, 2019, based on the official Billboard Country Airplay Chart powered by Nielsen.… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2019
Dwight Yoakam to Receive BMI President’s Award
Born in Kentucky. Raised in Ohio. Perfected in California. That’s the ol’ Dwight Yoakam adage. It’s no secret the Kentucky native gave Nashville a try in 1977 before becoming disinterested with the city’s pop-country proclivity. Instead, he boot-scooted across the heartland to California, where he found himself better suited to the L.A. Cowpunk scene with…… MORE
Tim McGraw Announces Tour in Support of His New Fitness Book, “Grit & Grace”
Tim McGraw is going on tour . . . a book tour, that is. After collaborating with Jon Meacham to co-pen Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest and the Music That Made a Nation, Tim has authored a new fitness book, Grit & Grace: Train the Mind, Train the Body, Own Your Life. The new lifestyle…… MORE
The Song Remembers When: Morgan Wallen – “Whiskey Glasses”
We take you behind the scenes and explore the making of one of our favorite tunes with The Song Remembers When… This week, we take a look at Morgan Wallen’s three-week number one “Whiskey Glasses.” … MORE
Hero of the Week: Max Meza
A six-year-old comes to the aid of his teacher. Have someone who has made a difference in your life? Learn how you can nominate them as our Hero of the Week.… MORE
![Sam Hunt Drops Friendly New Single, “Kinfolks” [Listen]](https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/1305/2019/10/10175936/Sam-Hunt-CH.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
Sam Hunt Drops Friendly New Single, “Kinfolks” [Listen]
Sam Hunt dropped his first new single in more than a year with the release of “Kinfolks” on Oct. 10. Penned by Sam with frequent collaborators Zach Crowell, Jerry Flowers and Josh Osborne, “Kinfolks” will impact country radio on Oct. 14. “When I think of ‘kinfolks,’ when I think of that phrase, I think of…… MORE
Dolly Parton’s 50th Anniversary Show at the Opry to Air on NBC
If you don’t have tickets to Dolly Parton’s 50th anniversary show at the Grand Ole Opry on Oct. 12, you can still catch all of the action on TV—albeit six weeks later. The two-hour TV special, Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Grand Ole Opry, will debut on NBC on Nov. 26 at 9 p.m.…… MORE
CMT Announces Performers & Presenters for “Artists of the Year” TV Special
CMT announced that its Artists of the Year celebration on Oct. 16 at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center will feature performances by Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Thomas Rhett, Ashley McBryde, Sam Hunt, Lady Antebellum and more. Award presenters will include Vince Gill, Maddie & Tae, Bobby Bones, Johnny Galecki, Lauren Akins and Lonnie…… MORE
![Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge Celebrates 59th Birthday With Brantley Gilbert, Jamey Johnson, Lee Brice & More [Photo Gallery]](https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/1305/2019/10/10122209/Brantley-Gilbert-Jamey-Johnson-TA.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge Celebrates 59th Birthday With Brantley Gilbert, Jamey Johnson, Lee Brice & More [Photo Gallery]
Nashville’s legendary watering hole, Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, celebrated its 59th birthday on Oct. 9 with a free outdoor show that featured performance by Brantley Gilbert, Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, Lee Brice, Terri Clark and more—and, by “more,” we mean golfer John Daly and actor Johnny Galecki. Over the years, Tootsie’s has served as a songwriting…… MORE
![Take a Trip on Jason Aldean’s Ride All Night Tour in His New “We Back” Video [Watch]](https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/1305/2019/10/10103413/Jason-Aldean-TA.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
Take a Trip on Jason Aldean’s Ride All Night Tour in His New “We Back” Video [Watch]
Jason Aldean dropped a video for new single, “We Back, which is currently No. 23 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart after four weeks. Directed by longtime collaborator Shaun Silva (“Any Ol’ Barstool,” “Gonna Know We Were Here”), the new clip features footage from Jason’s Ride All Night Tour. “We’ve put out music videos in the…… MORE