Author: Casey Nyman

This performance hands down wins the award for making you stop dead in your tracks and listen in awe. During last night’s fourth episode of American Idol Season 24, the final set of introductory auditions took place at Belmont University in Nashville, and one singer had the judges mesmerized. 22-year-old Bella Emry, a waitress from Bend, Oregon, captivated the panel of Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie with her stripped-down performance of Morgan Wallen’s “I’m A Little Crazy.” Emry noted pre-performance that her live singing skills had never left the small stages of school talent shows or her church.…

Imagine going to school on a Monday morning and getting to brag to all your friends that you played guitar at a Treaty Oak concert over the weekend. That’s some pretty epic street cred for a teenager like Ace Canady, Treaty Oak Revival’s youngest honorary band member. At their show this past Saturday, Feb 14, the little rocker joined the band with his electric guitar for a performance of their 2023 track, “Fishnets.” Crazy enough, this is Ace’s second show with Treaty Oak and another addition to his growing list of other big shows he’s taken part in alongside artists…

Fair warning: this audition is the ultimate tear-jerker. Last night, February 16, marked the fourth episode of American Idol’s 24th season. With Luke Bryan, season 4 winner, Carrie Underwood, and Lionel Richie seated at the judges’ table, the show continued its opening round of auditions, taped at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. In an incredibly heavy-hitting start to the night, one young artist completely stole the night with his tribute performance to his late mother. 22-year-old Mor Ilderton, who you may recognize from Michael Bublé’s team on The Voice season 26, returned to television with a heartfelt audition on American…

No matter how you feel about his songs, there’s no denying that Jelly Roll has one of the most remarkable origin stories in country music. Jelly Roll, formally known as Jason DeFord, is extremely vocal about his rise from a criminal background, addiction, and personal struggles to his most recent, insane weight loss transformation. Honorably, his years spent in and out of prison miraculously flourished into a massive career, blending his love for rap and country music. He often credits his success to his faith and the unwavering support of his wife, Bunny, both of which played a major role…

Somewhere out there in the world is a young man who can never listen to Eric Church’s “Springsteen” again, knowing that his parents conceived him to it. At Church’s show at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto last Thursday, February 12, he led into a performance at his pre-show meet & greet with a wild story he learned from a fan. Church told the crowd about how he got wrapped up in a conversation with a rambling gentleman that went from confusing to straight shocking, “You never really see yourself get old, you see everybody else get old. But not you…

Here’s your daily dose of goose bumps. Almost 15 years ago, country legend Ronnie Dunn blessed everyone’s ears with an incredible rendition of Sugarland’s 2007 platinum hit, “Stay.” Performed during CBS’s special tribute, ACM Girls Night Out, the thirty-time ACM award winner and one-half of Brooks & Dunn, absolutely crushed this powerful serenade in honor of his good friend, Jennifer Nettles.  The track is actually Sugarland’s only hit that was solo-written by Nettles, and safe to say the emotional song remains a classic. After being introduced by Sugarland partner, Kristian Bush, Dunn starts his tribute by telling Nettles, “Jennifer, my…