Warner Music Nashville/Atlantic RecordsDevin Dawson wrote his new song, “He Loved Her,” as a tribute to his grandfather, Jerry Durrett. To make the music video for the song, Devin went straight to the source: He cast his grandparents as the...
Courtesy of No Shoes ReefsKenny Chesney’s love of the ocean is longstanding and well-documented, and now, the singer’s helping launch a new initiative to give back to the oceanic ecosystem off Delray Beach, in Palm Beach County, Florida....
ABCTwo particularly digital-savvy country superstars -- Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs -- are partially responsible for a 19 percent increase in the genre’s on-demand listening in 2020 over the previous year, according to data from Rolling Stone....
ABC/Stewart CookAmerican Idol will return to ABC for its 19th season next month, and it just might be the show’s most emotional season to date.
The show will be extra special this time around, in part because it marks Idol’s return to full-scale -- but COVID-safe -- production after being affected by the pandemic in 2020. Then, of course, there’s the simply fact that fans and artists alike have been deeply missing live music during quarantine.
The show’s judges, Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan, certainly aren’t immune to the magic of a powerful voice, either. In fact, according to a promo clip shared in advance of the premiere, Luke even gets misty-eyed watching one contestant audition.
“This is the first time just someone singing made me cry,” the country star says during the emotional moment.
2020 has been a wild ride for the “One Margarita” superstar, whose current single, “Down to One,” is currently inside of country radio’s Top 20. He’ll return to his role as judge on Idol when the show resumes on February 14 on ABC.
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ABC/Image Group LALike every other aspect of the music industry, country stars’ merch offerings have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. For Kacey Musgraves, that meant getting creative, swapping out tour t-shirts for things like bath bomb...
Capitol RecordsAs a beloved member of the former global superstar group the Bee Gees, you’d think Barry Gibb wouldn’t have a reason to be intimidated by anyone in the music industry. But in an interview with Billboard, he admits that ...
Comstock/ThinkstockOn this day in 1979, this Country Music Hall of Fame member topped the country charts with his signature hit, "Tulsa Time." Can you guess who it is? ANSWER: Don Williams. By Cillea HoughtonCopyright © 2021, ABC Audio. All r...
ABC/Image Group LAAfter Blake Shelton took a beating on social media over the timing of his new song "Minimum Wage," his buddy and fellow Okie Ronnie Dunn has come to his defense. Some people thought releasing a song about how love "can make a man...
ABC Luke Combs first announced his engagement to longtime girlfriend Nicole Hocking in November of 2018, and officially put a ring on it a little less than two years later, in August of last year. Whether you realized it or not, the Nort...
Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockCaylee Hammack has shared a cover of Patsy Cline's "Crazy," which she calls her "go-to" song during her first trip to Nashville when she was 13. An exhibit dedicated to famed bluegrass venue Stati...