“Don’t Get Above Your Raisin'”: Ken Burns explains why ‘Country Music’ stops at 1996

PBSTonight, the epic Country Music documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns concludes on PBS. The final episode covers the years 1984 through 1996, and is titled "Don't Get Above Your Raisin'." If you're wondering why the film stops witho...

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Nashville notes

Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockKenny Chesney, Florida Georgia Line, Kane Brown, Brett Young, Tyler Rich, and more will play Buckeye Country Superfest next year at Ohio Stadium on June 20, 2020. If you missed Zac Brown Band&...

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Watch as Chris Young memorializes Route 91 Harvest Festival victims in moving “Drowning” video

RCA Nashville Chris Young adds director to his resume with the emotional new music video for his latest single, “Drowning.” The song is about dealing with the loss of someone who passed away.  The clip opens with Chris holding a p...

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Brantley Gilbert’s ready to deliver some ‘Fire & Brimstone’ on Broadway for Tootsies’ 59th birthday

Courtesy of TootsiesYou can think of it as a little Fire & Brimstone on Lower Broadway: Brantley Gilbert will headline Tootsies’ Birthday Bash in downtown Nashville next month. The celebration of the 59th anniversary of th...

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Garth Brooks sings for nearly six thousand fans during a Texas-sized stop on the Dive Bar Tour

ABC/Randy HolmesLeave it to Garth Brooks to metaphorically bust the walls out of a venue on one of his current tours. At Monday night’s Dive Bar Tour stop at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas, Garth not only played for a capacity crow...

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Miranda Lambert plays her ‘Wildcard’ — literally — but doesn’t show all of her hand

ABC Radio Monday evening at Nashville’s iconic Exit/In, Miranda Lambert played the majority of her new Wildcard album for an invitation-only group of Music City insiders. In addition to already-released tunes like her current ...

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Country star trivia

Comstock/ThinkstockTwenty-five years ago this week, Joe Diffie topped Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart with this song, which was also the title track of his 1994 album. Can you name it? ANSWER: "Third Rock from the Sun." Copyright &co...

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Country star trivia

Comstock/ThinkstockTwenty-five years ago this week, Joe Diffie topped Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart with this song, which was also the title track of his 1994 album. Can you name it? ANSWER: "Third Rock from the Sun." Copyright &co...

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CMA New Artist of the Year nominee Ashley McBryde is just starting to rock a little with “One Night Standards”

Walt Disney Television/Lorenzo BevilaquaCMA New Artist of the Year nominee Ashley McBryde is hinting she may be ready to rock out a little on her sophomore album. “[My band and I are] so proud of our country roots and our bluegrass...

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