Author: Brennen Kelly

Earlier in the week, Billboard turned heads after releasing their staff-compiled “100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time” list. While there are some solid picks overall, there are some genuinely baffling picks and placements throughout. From Hank Williams Jr. only being placed at #57, Conway Twitty at #47 and Shania Twain securing a Top 25 placement at #21 despite a lackluster output in the back half of her career, there are certainly some interesting choices, to say the least. The Top 10 itself is honestly pretty damn solid with Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and George Strait all capturing…

Honoring the King. On a night that featured three major wins for Chris Stapleton, a long-awaited Entertainer of the Year award for Morgan Wallen and an Album of the Year win for Cody Johnson, all eyes were on George Strait yesterday when he received the highly-coveted Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award which is given to an iconic artist who has attained the highest degree of recognition in country music. The award recognizes those who have achieved both national and international prominence and stature through concert performances, humanitarian efforts, philanthropy, streaming numbers, record sales and public representation at the highest level. …

What a way to start the show. On a night that featured some stellar performances across the board with Carrie Underwood making a surprise appearance alongside Cody Johnson on “I’m Gonna Love You,” Eric Church delivering a soulful performance of “Darkest Hour” and Ashley McBryde throwing a curveball and covering Kris Kristofferson’s “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” Post Malone and Chris Stapleton kicked off this year’s CMA Awards in style and opened the show with a killer performance of their duet, “California Sober.” The performance, as expected, was absolutely electric with Stapleton showing off his world-class vocals and…

On a star-studded night that included Chris Stapleton winning Single and Song of the Year for “White Horse” and Male Vocalist of the Year, Carrie Underwood making a surprise appearance with Cody Johnson to perform “I’m Gonna Love You” and Old Dominion winning Group of the Year for seemingly the billionth time, all eyes were on who would win the biggest award of the night, Entertainer of the Year. With stacked competition that included Stapleton himself, Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson and Luke Combs, it was none other than Morgan Wallen who finally brought home the award after shockingly…

On a night filled with killer collaborations ranging from Chris Stapleton and Post Malone opening the show with “California Sober” to Brooks & Dunn and Jelly Roll’s orchestra-backed performance of “Believe,” Cody Johnson pulled out all the stops and brought out Carrie Underwood for a surprise performance of their current single, “I’m Gonna Love You.” Unlike Stapleton and Post as well as Brooks & Dunn and Jelly Roll, Johnson and Underwood’s performance was not announced during the show’s initial performance list which caused the internet to go into a bit of a frenzy after her surprise appearance. Unsurprisingly, the pair…

After making waves in the independent country scene with the release of “Two Way Drive” back in June, Hudson Westbrook has quickly become one of the buzziest up-and-comers in the genre over the past five months. Fresh off of the release of his debut, self-titled EP this past Friday, Westbrook is hitting the road with a plethora of dates on his first-ever headlining tour which will run from January to May 2025. The “9 to 5” singer took to Instagram moments ago to announce the tour: Westbrook looks to build off of the incredibly hot start to his career in…