Darius Rucker performed a cover of Randy Travis’ “Forever and Ever, Amen” on CMT Celebrates Our Heroes: An Artists of the Year Special on June 3. Penned by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, “Forever and Ever, Amen” is featured on Randy’s 1987 sophomore album, Always & Forever. Randy scored a No. 1 single with tune…… MORE
Randy Travis’ new book, Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life, was recognized by AudioFile with their Earphones Award, which is given out monthly to “titles that excel in narrative voice and style, characterizations, suitability to audio, and enhancement of the text.” Randy’s new book was narrated…… MORE
Kane Brown covered Randy Travis’ “Forever and Ever, Amen” in a 41-second clip that he posted to Twitter yesterday (April 19). In addition to getting more than 3,400 Likes and 1,200 Retweets from his followers, Kane got the seal of approval from Randy, who replied to the post by saying: “Sounds good my friend! Can’t…… MORE
Scotty McCreery had an unforgettable surprise on Friday night (Jan. 27) before his first concert of the year at the iconic Billy Bob’s Texas in Ft. Worth. Less than an hour before Scotty was set to take the stage, recent Hall of Fame inductee Randy Travis and his wife, Mary, made a surprise visit to…… MORE
Toby Keith left us 10 months ago. But his music keeps on keepin’ on in a big way. He just went GOLD and PLATINUM again. His whole catalog has seen a boost since he passed away from cancer in February at the age of 62. The RIAA honored him this week with four more certifications,…
While 2024 certainly had its moments of inspiration and incredible country music . . . we also lost more than a few country superstars. Here are some members of the country music family that passed away this year: 1. Toby Keith. July 8th, 1961 to February 5th, 2024 2. Kris Kristofferson. June 22nd, 1936 to…