Keith Urban – Modern Country Music’s Guitar Guru It basically goes without saying that Keith Urban is one of the best guitar players that country music has ever seen. After fans leave his shows, you hear as many compliments about his guitar playing as you do about his singing. Urban’s skills as a guitarist are […] More
Even though Kelly Clarkson‘s birthday was on Tuesday (April 24), she had some important business to attend to. That business all had to do with The Voice, which was airing live that evening. The episode was an especially tense one, since it was the night that one of the top 12 contestants would be sent […] More
Seeing as this was the music video debut for their kids, it makes total sense that they’d join them on stage! During Little Big Town‘s Saturday (April 21) performance, the band brought up their children, while the music video for their song “Happy People” played on the screen behind them. Most of the kids were showing […] More
Even though Jason Aldean took home the night’s biggest award, Miranda Lambert was the real winner of the ACM Awards on Sunday night (April 15). Before the awards show began, she was tied for most ACM Award wins with duo Brooks and Dunn at 29. By the end of the night she held the record […] More
It has been six months since the the Route 91 shooting in Las Vegas, and the memories of that tragic day still weigh heavy on the minds of country fans and artists. On Sunday (April 15), country’s biggest and brightest stars turned out in Vegas for the 2018 ACM Awards. For many, it was their […] More
McGraw & Hill: Awards Show Fixtures Every time a country awards show rolls around, there are some stars you can almost always count on seeing. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are two of those. Within recent years, McGraw and Hill have been awards show fixtures. McGraw has generated a number of award nominations following the […] More
Next to the awards ceremony itself, the most anticipated part of the ACM Awards is the red carpet…or rather the “blue carpet.” Artists and their significant others plan out their red carpet ensembles weeks in advance. They spend the days leading up to the ceremony getting final fittings to ensure that everything looks just right. […] More
We already knew that Blake Shelton was going to perform “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” with Toby Keith at the 2018 ACM Awards. But he surprised everyone when he took to the stage for a solo performance, during which he sang his current single “I Lived It.” The sentimental new single is the latest release off […] More
While a large number of the ACM Awards are devoted to recognizing artists, others are meant to honor songs. The Single Record of the Year award is given to artists, producers, and the record label(s) and the award for Song of the Year is issued to songwriters, publishers, and artists. It’s the latter category that always […] More
In April 2016, Miranda Lambert and Anderson East walked their first red carpet together, just months after confirming their relationship. The awards show they attended was none other than the ACM Awards. From that point on, Lambert and East became a constant fixture on the red carpets of all of the major country awards shows. […] More
In late March, the ACM Awards host Reba McEntire surprised three artists with a special phone call. During that call, McEntire informed the artists that they were some of the 2018 ACM Awards‘ earliest winners. Those winners were Brett Young (New Male Vocalist of the Year), Midland (New Vocal Duo/Group of the Year), and Lauren […] More
Aldean & Lambert Collaborate When Jason Aldean revealed the tracklist to his album, Rearview Town, he unveiled a collaboration he had managed to keep secret for months. That collaboration is a track called “Drowns the Whiskey,” with Miranda Lambert as a featured vocalist. “Drowns the Whiskey” isn’t the first time that Aldean and Lambert have ever recorded together. The two sang […] More
