Author: Brady Gray

“I wrote a love song and I gave it away.” Back in 2018, Jason Aldean released “You Make It Easy,” the first single off of his 8th studio album, “Rearview Town.” The song was a massive hit, selling 77,000 copies in its first week and went on to become Aldean’s 18th No. 1 hit at Country radio. It is also currently certified a whopping 6x platinum by the RIAA. You Make It Easy was written by Florida Georgia Line, Jordan Schmidt and Morgan Wallen. On top of playing it live at concerts, Morgan played an acoustic version during his Tito’s…

Turnpike doing their part. Just minutes ago, Evan Felker and the boys announced “An Intimate Evening With Turnpike Troubadours,” a concert benefiting the victims of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandle wildfires. Although it is now contained, the largest wildfire in Texas history has spent the last three weeks scorching 1,058,482 acres in the Texas Panhandle and portions of Oklahoma. Officials blame power lines in Hutchinson County for the start of the fire. At least three deaths, along with thousands of dead cattle, have been confirmed, and all hands on deck, including fire fighters in North Texas, have been deployed to…

This one hurts. It was just recently announced that Toby Keith is one of three inductees in this year’s Country Music Hall of Fame class. Serving alongside John Anderson (Veterans Era Artist) and James Burton (Recording and/or Touring Musician), Toby will be entered in 2024 as the Modern Era Artist. While we recently learned of the election rule that you can’t vote in anyone the same year as their death, we also discovered Toby was chosen before he passed away when the voting closed on February 2nd. The devastating news? He was supposed to find out on February 6th, the…

Toby Keith is one of three inductees named in this year’s Country Music Hall of Fame Class. Just 42 days after his passing, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn officially announced that Toby will be inducted as the Modern Era Artist, alongside John Anderson (Veterans Era Artist) and James Burton (Recording and/or Touring Musician). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Country Music Association (@cma) While the announcement that the “God Love Her” singer would be inducted came posthumously, the voting actually happened before Toby passed on February 5th, as there is actually a rule against voting in anyone…

You love to see it. Although one could argue that Tyler Childers walked so that artists such as Zach Bryan could run, it appears the Appalachian singer/songwriter is finally having a “mainstream moment,” if you will. Just last week, Childers was nominated for his first-ever CMT Award for Music Video of the Year with “In Your Love,” and now, according to country music chart insider, Chris Owen, the song has officially broke the top 40 on Mediabase country this week. “In Your Love” by @TTChilders climbs 2 spots to #39 on Mediabase country this week. Tyler’s first career top 40…

Chris Stapleton is heading back to Saturday Night Live. Just moments ago, it was announced that the 45 year-old country singer will officially make his third appearance on SNL when he serves as the musical guest alongside host, Ryan Gosling, on April 13th. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris Stapleton (@chrisstapleton) Chris is currently on his headlining “All American Road Show” Tour featuring A-list openers that include Lainey Wilson and Miranda Lambert, as well as the Turnpike Troubadours for a special event in San Diego. You can view more details here. Check out Stapleton’s past performances…