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While on stage and accepting the CMT Performance of the Year trophy for her Halsey duet “The Other Girl” at the 2021 CMT Music Awards, Kelsea Ballerini made a pointed statement in regards to her desire to continue to blend country with a multitude of other musical genres: “There was a lot of chatter on……

Embedded from www.youtube.com. Sister duo Presley & Taylor return with a dramatic new track, “Don’t Even Know Your Mama,” penned by Tenille Arts and Adam Wheeler. The song’s protagonist ponders why she and her significant other too often relay between petty arguments and tender moments in their unsteady relationship–after all, as the duo sings, I……

Embedded from www.youtube.com. During her run on the first season of American Idol, where she became the very first winner of the televised talent competition, Kelly Clarkson showcased the incredible range of her vocal instrument, covering songs from Celine Dion and Aretha Franklin. Since her talk show The Kelly Clarkson Show debuted in 2019, the……

Country music artist and philanthropist Ty Herndon, in partnership with CMT, has revealed new additions to the lineup for the 2021 Concert for Love and Acceptance, set to take place on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Produced by Herndon’s charitable foundation, The Foundation for Love & Acceptance, the event returns as a star-studded online event, co-hosted……

The Academy of Country Music has revealed the recipients of its Special Awards for the Academy of Country Music Awards, to be feted at this year’s ACM Honors ceremony. Several artists, including Luke Combs, Toby Keith, Loretta Lynn, Dan+Shay, country trio Lady A and Rascal Flatts, are among the honorees. The ACM Honors will be……

When not enjoying the successful April release of the “Ultimate Edition” of his 2020-released, sixteenth studio album Here on Earth, iconic country vocalist Tim McGraw has other reasons for joy. A recent educational accomplishment by his daughter caused the “I Called Mama” vocalist to take to Twitter exuberantly: “We are so incredibly proud of our……

Sure, after nearly a decade since its 2012 release, it’s impossible to imagine anyone other than Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard harmonizing that a love they’re pining for is like “a song,” and makes them “wanna roll [their] windows down.” However, in a recent interview for A Taste of Country’s “Secret History”……

It turns out that Chris Young’s “Famous Friends” duet with Kane Brown was only scratching the surface of the personal, good-time vibes he’s been preparing for his new album — also entitled Famous Friends — due out on Aug. 6. “For me, this album feels like I’m putting my arms around a whole lot of……

Whether tuned in to CMT’s Top 20 Countdown, listening to Apple Music’s Color Me Country podcast or eagerly anticipating her promised, forthcoming new album, groundbreaking country performer and broadcaster Rissi Palmer’s unusually busy — but awfully easy to find — these days. Noteworthy as well is her work as an advocate for modern era BIPOC……

Embedded from www.youtube.com. Earlier this year, Niko Moon’s chart-topping debut single “Good Time” managed a feat no other song has done since Sam Hunt’s “Keep The Night On” in 2014: it simultaneously topped both Billboard’s Country Airplay chart and Hot Country Songs chart. When the infectious earworm was sent to country radio, Moon celebrated by……