Author: Brady Gray

Country music singer/songwriter and Middle Tennessee State University alum, Michael Hardy (better known by his stage name of just HARDY), had the privilege of his returning to his old school this past weekend to give the commencement address to over 2,000 graduating students. On top of speaking to the first class of 2024, the country/rock singer finally received his diploma in person, 11 years later after not attending his own graduation. During his speech, HARDY detailed his first encounter with a then-nobody, Morgan Wallen: “About 8 years ago, my publisher called me and he asked if I wanted to write…

Reba’s been a busy woman. From coaching on season 25 of The Voice, to working on her new NBC sitcom, “Happy Place,” the 69 year-old country star has showed no signs of slowing down at this stage in her career. And on top of those time consuming gigs, Reba has also been working on a new album and debuted a brand new song for the first time live last night on the hit singing competition show. “I Can’t,” written by Victoria Banks, Tania Hancheroff and Tia Sillers, is a powerful anthem and the first new music from the country star…

This morning, the lineup for the 22nd annual Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas was announced and it features some of the biggest names in all of music. The massive lineup consists of artists from multiple genres, including headliners Blink-182, Dua Lipa, Tyler The Creator, Pretty Lights, Leon Bridges, Khruangbin, and country acts Chris Stapleton and Sturgill Simpson. The other country artists set to perform during the 6-day event this fall include The Red Clay Strays, Braxton Keith, Tyler Halverson and more. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ACL Festival (@aclfestival) Austin City Limits will…

This is one you won’t want to miss. This morning, the lineup for the 5th annual Greenville Country Music Festival in Simpsonville, South Carolina, was announced and it features some of the hottest names in all of country music. Jon Pardi, Whiskey Myers and Megan Moroney will headline the three-day event, with a ton of other great artists including 49 Winchester, The Red Clay Strays, Muscadine Bloodline, Wyatt Flores, Flatland Cavalry, Chase Rice, Dylan Marlowe, Tucker Wetmore, Ole 60, Charley Crockett and more. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greenville Country Music Fest (@gvlfest) Greenville Country Fest…

Two of the best country has to offer. Last night, George Strait and Chris Stapleton kicked off the second leg of their joint stadium tour at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN, and to say the 70,000 fans in attendance got their moneys worth would be an understatement. Not only did The King announce that his new album, ‘Cowboys and Dreamers,’ is coming “soon,” he also debuted a brand new track with Chris titled, “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame.” “I’ve always said we have the best fans in the world, and to see so many of them show up for…

Confirmed. I’ll be the first one to admit it – I assumed this was an older unreleased recording from Randy Travis. However, we now officially know that an AI voice clone was used to create the 64 year-old country star’s first recording in over a decade. After a developing a respiratory infection that led to viral cardiomyopathy, and suffering a stroke just days later back in 2013, Randy Travis has had trouble not only walking, but speaking. Unfortunately since that time, the country legend has not been able to perform or record new music…that is until AI revolutionized every day…