The Oak Ridge Boys—Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen, William Lee Golden and Richard Sterban—are getting a jump on the Christmas season by announcing an upcoming holiday record that will be released this fall. Produced by Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton), the new holiday collection follows the Oaks’ 2016 yuletide offering, Celebrate Christmas. In…… MORE
Jim Casey talks with Dillon Carmichael about: growing up in the small town of Burgin, Kentucky his musical pedigree, including uncles John Michael Montgomery and Eddie Montgomery getting offered a publishing deal as a 17-year-old moving to Nashville as a 19-year-old working with producer Dave Cobb on his debut album, Hell on an Angel, which…… MORE
The Academy of Country Music announced the Industry Award and Studio Recording Award winners for the 12th annual ACM Honors ceremony, which will take place August 22 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The ceremony will recognize the special honorees and off-camera category winners from the 53rd ACM Awards. The ACM Honors will pay tribute to a…… MORE
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The nominees for the 2018 Americana Honors & Awards were announced today on May 15, and a familiar name is front and center: Jason Isbell. Jason, who has won six Americana Awards since 2012, leads the pack with four nominations in 2018, including Album, Artist and Song of the Year, as well as an additional…… MORE
Jim Casey talks with Randy Rogers about: his very successful 2017 writing his first songs as an 11-year-old the best song he’s ever written, “In My Arms Instead” the healing power of music getting his start singing in the church choir picking up the guitar for the first time as a 12-year-old the path that…… MORE
Singer/songwriter/musician—and all-around bad mo-fo—Jason Isbell has a new album in the works, The Nashville Sound. The new 10-song offering, which is scheduled to drop on June 16, addresses a range of real-life subjects, according to the press release, including politics and cultural privilege (“White Man’s World”), longing nostalgia (“The Last of My Kind”), love and…… MORE
Following in the tire tracks of Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton, producer Dave Cobb has secured his own Ram Truck commercial. The spot features the song “The Way Home,” a tune by Rich Robinson that appears on the 2016 concept album Southern Family, which Dave conceived and produced. “Dave Cobb likes his music honest, raw,…… MORE
Morgan Wallen’s new album “I’m the Problem” isn’t due out until May 16th, but it’s already upsetting Swifties everywhere. First, he named his album a popular lyric from Taylor Swift’s song “Anti-Hero” . . . and now he’s taking records away from her, too. Morgan’s new song “Just in Case” came in at #4 on…
Luke Combs – one of the biggest names in all of country music. He regularly sells out huge stadiums . . . he owns 30% of all diamond certified country songs . . . and out of the 18 singles he’s released in his career so far, 16 have made it to #1. So, he…