"Country Music's Biggest Night" had big winners for the 56th Annual CMA AWARDS last night (11/9) at BRIDGESTONE ARENA in NASHVILLE, starting with Entertainer of the Year winner LUKE COMBS (for the second year in a row), who also took home the award for Album of the Year for "Growin' Up" (Producers: LUKE COMBS, CHIP MATTHEWS, JONATHAN SINGLETON, Mix Engineers: JIM COOLEY, CHIP MATTHEWS). Female Vocalist of the Year went to LAINEY […]
Ashley McBryde and Carly Pearce Earn Trophies for CMA Musical Event of the Year, While Cody Johnson Wins for CMA Music Video of the Year NASHVILLE—The countdown is on! With “The 56th Annual CMA Awards” airing in just a few short hours, early winners were revealed this morning in two categories. Ashley McBryde and Carly Pearce earn trophies for their CMA Musical Event of the Year nomination, produced by Shane McAnally and […]
Nashville, Tenn. (November 8, 2022) — Jeff Cook, founding member and legendary guitarist of the supergroup ALABAMA, has died. Cook, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Musicians Hall of Fame, Fiddlers Hall of Fame and Gibson's Guitarist of the Year, passed away peacefully yesterday, November 7, with his family and close friends by his side at his beach home in Destin, Florida. He was 73. The multi-award winning […]
BROTHERS OSBORNE, BRANDY CLARK, LUKE COMBS, CAYLEE HAMMACK, CODY JOHNSON, ELLE KING, PATTY LOVELESS, ASHLEY McBRYDE, REBA McENTIRE, JOHN OSBORNE, KATY PERRY, PILLBOX PATTI, CHRIS STAPLETON, COLE SWINDELL, THE BLACK KEYS, THE WAR AND TREATY, AND THOMAS RHETT TO PERFORM AT “THE 56TH ANNUAL CMA AWARDS” Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning Host Country Music’s Biggest Night™ LIVE from Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 8/7c on ABC NASHVILLE— The Country Music […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JERRY LEE LEWIS, THE LAST ORIGINATOR OF ROCK, DIES AT 87 Photo Credit: Sean Gowdy MEMPHIS, Tenn. (October 28, 2022) - Somewhere in the world, in a mean little honky-tonk or big music hall or church basement rec room, someone is playing a Jerry Lee Lewis song. Wherever there is a piano, someone is shouting… You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain Too much love drives a […]
The COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION (CMA) has selected EMI RECORDS NASHVILLE artist ALAN JACKSON as the recipient of its 2022 WILLIE NELSON Lifetime Achievement Award. JACKSON will accept the honor during “THE 56TH ANNUAL CMA AWARDS,” airing live on ABC from NASHVILLE’s BRIDGESTONE ARENA on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9th. The COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME member will also be feted during the show with a musical tribute from DIERKS BENTLEY, JON PARDI, […]
BLANCHARD, Okla. - Grammy award-winning recording artist Jody Miller passed away this morning in Blanchard, Oklahoma from complications related to Parkinson’s Disease. She was 80 years old. Miller first signed to Capitol Records as a folk artist in 1962, landing her first single “He Walks Like a Man” on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964. Best known for her 1965 Grammy-winning hit “Queen of the House,” Miller became a country star […]
Nashville, Tenn. (October 4, 2022) — The country music community is reacting following the death of the iconic Loretta Lynn. The "Queen of Country" passed away today, October 4, at the age of 90-years-old. "England just recently lost their Queen, and today we have lost ours. It’s a very sad day for the music industry. Loretta Lynn has gone on to her heavenly home. She did more for women in Country […]