Author: Abby Maratea

HARDY and Lainey Wilson took home the first award of the night for their collaboration on HARDY’s “Wait In The Truck.” “Wait In The Truck,” a modern country murder ballad featured on HARDY’s latest album “The Mocking Bird & The Crow,” secured the win for “Collaborative Video Of The Year” at tonight’s 2023 CMT Awards in Austin. The song is a dark one, shedding light on domestic violence, and the video is equally as heavy but DAMN, is it good. The award was presented by Stranger Things actor, Noah Schnapp. The duo accepted the honor and gave a quick speech…

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Megan Moroney gave fans a taste of new music with an Instagram post Friday morning, as she shared a short glimpse of a newly written song”Heaven by Noon.” Megan revealed she’s been working on more new music with two of the writers featured on her upcoming album “Lucky,” Jessie Jo Dillon and Matt Jenkins. Jessie Jo Dillon (daughter of renowned country hit writer Dean Dillon), and Texas singer/songwriter Matt Jenkins teamed up with Megan on “Girl in the Mirror,” one of the highly anticipated tracks we’ll see on the forthcoming record next month. As a songwriter, Jessie Jo Dillon is…

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Well deserved, and long overdue. Cody Johnson scored the title Best New Country Artist at the tenth annual iHeartRadio Music Awards, held in Los Angeles on Monday night. He secured the win over the four other nominees in the category, Bailey Zimmerman, Elle King, Elvie Shane and Priscilla Block. If you’ve been following the former bull rider since the days of “Dance Her Home” and “Me and My Kind,” you probably don’t consider CoJo a “new” artist. He’s been at this a while, but has only recently begun to get the recognition he deserves, with last night’s award being his…

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Luke Combs. You know, that muscular guy. Luke Combs joined forces with Barstool Sports podcast host Caleb Pressley, and comedians Theo Von and Grace Kuhlenschmidt in a skit promoting his new album, and it’s pure comedic gold. Caleb shared the video to social media this morning, and Luke followed shortly thereafter. He included the video in a tweet saying he “somehow knew that wasn’t going to go well.” Luke Combs and his “PR Guy” AKA Theo Von are seen outside a music store, where Von is trying to get straight-faced Luke to be more hyped to go inside and purchase…

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Drew Parker dropped “Middle of Nowhere Class” on Friday, just days after announcing his EP “At The End Of The Dirt Road” and sharing the track list shortly after. His EP will include six songs, including the title-track, released last month. He’s seen success with singles “Raised Up Right” and his most-streamed Spotify track “While You’re Gone,” but this EP will be Drew Parker’s first major label debut and is his most anticipated project to date. Growing up in Georgia, Drew Parker spent his childhood listening to superstars like Keith Whitley, Travis Tritt and fellow GA-native Alan Jackson, so it’s…

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The 2023 CMT Music Awards performers were announced earlier this month, and included Carrie Underwood, Cody Johnson, & Lainey Wilson, just to name a few. A second lineup for the event was unveiled yesterday – six additional artists set to take on the Ram Trucks Side Stage throughout the show, a tradition historically reserved for up-and-coming breakout acts. The added group consists of Avery Anna, Chapel Hart, Jackson Dean, Lily Rose, Megan Moroney and Nate Smith. And unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard of most of them, so you know this is some serious talent. If you haven’t,…

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