ABC/Ida Mae AstuteTaylor Swift has been an early champion of country artists like Kelsea Ballerini and Devin Dawson, and now she's sharing more of her favorite country songs in a new playlist. On Monday, Taylor shared a 43-song Spot...
ABC/Image Group LADierks Bentley and Luke Bryan won't be hosting the 2018 ACM Awards. During a Q&A session Monday at the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, Dierks broke the news as a photo of him and Luke from the ACMs appeared on s...
ABC/Image Group LAJon Pardi is taking viewers back in time with the cinematic black and white video for his latest single, "She Ain't In It." Directed Jim Wright, the clip was filmed on a ranch outside Thousand Oaks, Calif. The singer says th...
ABC/Image Group LAAlan Jackson and Bill Anderson are two of the newest inductees of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The country artists and songwriters will join a versatile 2018 class that includes rocker John Mellencamp, R&B sta...
ABC RadioChris Janson was in the midst of performing a sold-out headlining show at Ryman Auditorium Monday night when Keith Urban joined him for a cover of John Michael Montgomery's hit, "Sold." What happened next was life-changing ...
Comstock/ThinkstockThis became Garth Brooks first number-one hit in December of 1989, four months after it was released. Co-written with Kent Blazy, it was the second single off his self-titled debut album. Can you name the chart topper?...
ABC/Lou RoccoLauren Alaina was runner-up on American Idol season 10, so she can speak to the new version of the show that will debut on ABC next month. She told ABC Radio at Monday's Country Radio Seminar in Nashville why she thinks Luke Bryan, in pa...
Burke/Triolo Productions/Thinkstock Shenandoah will release Reloaded, their first album in 20 years, on March 16. The album includes nine of the band's previous hits performed live as well as three new tracks, produced by Rascal Flatts' ...
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for DirecTVNewlyweds Morgan Evans and Kelsea Ballerini had a memorable weekend getaway in Minneapolis for the Super Bowl, and it allowed Morgan to check something off his bucket list. Being Australian, Evans admits the Super Bowl was the very first NFL game he'd ever attended and he calls it an "incredible, incredible experience."
"We got invited up by the family that owns Kelsea's record label and it was a last-minute invite," Morgan told ABC Radio at Monday's Country Radio Seminar in Nashville. "And of course, we were like, 'We're free those days? Yes! Let's go!' It was the ultimate spectacle."
The biggest highlight for the singers was seeing Justin Timberlake's Super Bowl halftime show live in person. As Morgan explains, there were several different stage setups that you could would only see if you were there in person.
"We could see like, 'Woah, they're going from over there to over there,' and you see all the people run over and then when he ran into the crowd, everyone went ballistic!" Morgan recalls. "As someone that makes music to connect with people, the idea of playing to that many people is insane, and I don't even know how many people were watching it...some ridiculous number of millions."
He adds, "It's aspiring and inspiring and, I guess, more like respect, too. That guy's been doing it for a long time and he's still at the highest level. And the hits that he played span such a long time, as well."
The spring, Morgan will be hitting the road with Chris Young and Kane Brown; this week, Kelsea kicks off a headline tour with Walker Hayes as a supporting act.
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James MinchinWillie Nelson fans hoping for a chance to catch the country legend live this month will have to wait a little longer. A month after cancelling his January tour dates, Willie has also cleared his calendar for February. A statement...
