From playing in hometown bars to commanding the attention of thousands at stadium shows, Jason Aldean‘s career has been a wild ride. For starters, Aldean’s 2005 self-titled debut album almost never happened. After two failed record deals, Aldean gave himself six months to find success in Nashville before moving back to Georgia. Thankfully, Aldean’s dreams
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Jason Aldean might be one of the biggest names in country music today, but it hasn’t always been smooth sailing for the “Hicktown” singer. The now-superstar was signed, and then released from two different record companies before finding a home at Broken Bow Records. Aldean learned to play guitar from his dad, with whom he spent
Alan Jackson was a dozen studio albums into his successful country music career when he decided to do something he’d never done before: release a gospel album. Precious Memories — what turned out to be the first of two projects by the same name — arrived 15 years ago, on Feb. 28, 2006. Jackson had previously
Happy birthday, Jason Aldean! The singer, who turns 44 today, was born on Feb. 28, 1977, in Macon, Ga. Aldean, whose birth name is Jason Aldine Williams, grew up with a love of both sports and music. Raised by his mother, after his parents divorced when he was 3 years old, Aldean spent summers at
Twenty-nine years ago, on Feb. 29, 1992, Travis Tritt fulfilled a lifelong dream when he became an official member of the Grand Ole Opry. “The Grand Ole Opry stands still as one of the biggest traditional gods, if you will, that we pay homage to in the business,” Tritt writes in his 1994 autobiography, Ten Feet
Country-meets-R&B newcomer Tiera ended 2020 with a new publishing deal (with the all-women Songs & Daughters, as their flagship songwriter), a spot in CMT’s Next Women of Country class and her own Apple Music Country show, The Tiera Show. In short, she’s starting 2021 on fire. Tiera quickly added new music to that list of adventures and
Elle King and Miranda Lambert have teamed up for the exhilarating new duet “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home),” which marks the former tourmates’ second recorded collaboration after the CMA-winning cover of “Fooled Around and Fell in Love.” King wrote the uptempo “Drunk” with Martin Johnson (who also produced the track) and it was
Zach Bryan is a rare bird in today’s landscape of country music. Unlike the popular approach of singers cutting their teeth in Downtown Nashville honkytonks, or worse, manufactured in an office for TikTok… Zach became a trailblazer of his own. As an Okie stationed in Washington state, he unexpectedly launched his music career by uploading
It’s a big day in the Underwood-Fisher household as Carrie Underwood’s son, Isaiah, is turning six and the country singer shared the celebration with her followers Saturday morning (February 27). The “Blown Away” songstress gave fans a sneak peek at the momentous occasion via Instagram, posting a picture of her son’s epic birthday cake and
Johnny Cash is not just a country music icon; he’s a music icon, period. With the Man in Black’s celebrity came many, many public moments, both good and bad — but all unforgettable. From “Chicken in Black” (yes, that was really a thing) to his incredible “Hurt” music video, Cash’s decades-long career is full of musical treasures
Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Country superstars Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban joined forces together for one epic song: “Highway Don’t Care.” This happened nearly eight years ago for McGraw’s Two Lanes of Freedom – his first album with Big Machine Records after twenty years of tenure with his previous label. Written by Mark Irwin,
Brandy Clark has recruited Lindsey Buckingham for an updated take on the country singer’s “The Past Is the Past,” off the upcoming deluxe edition of her 2020 LP Your Life Is a Record. Buckingham both produces and plays guitar on the new version of the track. “A few years ago, Lindsey heard a demo of
Oh, HELL yes. Miranda Lambert and Elle King just released their lively, alternative new song and music video for “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” and the badassery levels are off the charts. Co-written by King and Martin Johnson, it’s a fun tribute to staying out till dawn and drinking the night away (remember
Carrie Underwood shines alongside a gospel great in the newly released “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” teaming with CeCe Winans for a spiritual standout. Part of Underwood’s upcoming album of gospel hymns, My Savior (out March 26), the tender track highlights two of the country superstar’s most celebrated attributes — her soaring vocals and equally powerful
Without question, Johnny Cash was a larger-than-life musical icon. Throughout his multi-decade long career, the Man in Black turned out hit song after hit song, including the classics “I Walk the Line,” “Ring of Fire,” “A Boy Named Sue” and “Folsom Prison Blues.” But Cash’s influence extends far, far beyond country, and far, far beyond music. His work
Johnny Cash songs are some of the most iconic in the history of modern music. Beginning with “Cry! Cry! Cry!” in 1955, Cash enjoyed an almost unprecedented run of hits that crossed many genre lines. The Man in Black began his career at the legendary Sun Records as a rocker, but he would go on to
Carrie Underwood is in good company. Sure, a reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year has been shut out of a gender-specific artist category before, but you have to go back a long time to find that instance, and even then, there were extenuating circumstances. While Underwood, the 2020 ACM Entertainer of the Year, has one nomination for the
Eric Church has words to the wise in his new song, “Never Break Heart.” Penned by Church and Luke Dick, the bluegrass-leaning song (tinged with a twinkling banjo) finds the singer encouraging the listener to walk fearlessly through life with a heart that’s open to the elements. “Don’t let fear steal your brave heart /
An impending jail sentence sets the scene for a final 24 hours of debauchery-filled freedom in Koe Wetzel‘s new “Good Die Young” music video. The Texas star makes the most of the time, that’s for sure. “Bud, you’re about to go to prison for a very long time. You’ve got 24 hours. What the hell
Alan Jackson’s debut album, Here in the Real World, straddles the musical and chronological line between the Class of ’89 — a neo-traditionalist new wave marked by the debut albums of Clint Black, Garth Brooks, Lorrie Morgan and others — and the more commercial-driven rise of ‘90s country. Jackson became the first signee of Arista Nashville on
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