Nashville News: Thursday, 10/1
Keith Urban might be getting by with a little help from some friends on his next album.
After sharing hits with Eric Church and Miranda Lambert, Keith is game for new collaborations.
He has been in and out of the studio working on the collection. One thing we know for sure --
the album will include the number-one hit “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16.”
Best wishes to Parmalee bassist Barry Knox and his girlfriend Kristin Joyner, who just announced their
engagement on Facebook.
While Lady Antebellum takes a hiatus, Charles Kelleyis releasing new solo music -- sort of. Charles dropped "The Driver" on Spotify and Apple Music yesterday. The new song is a collaboration
with Dierks Bentley and Eric Paslay.
Last month, Charles told Rolling Stone, "We're going to step away for a little while. As a band, we've talked about
wanting to get off the hamster wheel for a little bit and let the fans miss us for a second. We want to spend some
time to write a record like we did for our first record. But it's always been go, go, go, so we'll try to get reinspired
a little bit." At the time, Charles didn’t mention any aspirations to go solo.
Nashville News: Wednesday, 9/30
Maddie and Tae are offering a chance to win a flyaway trip for two to the 49th annual CMA Awards.
All it takes to enter is a donation to the Starkey Hearing Foundation. The charity promotes activism
and awareness of hearing impaired people around the world.
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have three daughters- Audrey, Maggie and Gracie and Tim says his biggest concern
as a father is raising confident, young woman. He says, “because of their mother, we’ve raised confident,
young women.” Tim recently saw a quote that he loved that fit his daughters perfectly- “Don’t let your
daughters worry about fitting into a glass slipper. Let ‘em worry about breaking a glass ceiling.”
Tim is preparing to release his new album, Damn Country Music, on November 6th- featuring his
new single, ‘Top of the World’ and a single with his daughter Gracie.
Nashville News: Tuesday, 9/29
Kacey Musgraves will get the opportunity to paint the stage pink on Oct. 27 when she "flips the switch"
at the Grand Ole Opry in support of breast cancer outreach efforts. Joining her on stage in support of the
cause will be Opry members Terri Clark and Montgomery Gentry.
Congrats to Cole Swindell for receiving a platinum certification for the second time with his single
“Ain’t Worth the Whiskey” from his self titled debut album. Following his other singles “Chillin’ It”
and “Hope You Get Lonely Tonight” this was his 3rd consecutive number one single as well. Cole also
recently announced his second annual “Down Home Tour.”
Beer cans, truck beds, dashboard lights… they’re all mentioned on Old Dominion’s upcoming album
Meat and Candy. The band says writing about everyday things is what inspires them most.
Old Dominion’s latest single “Break Up With Him” has gone gold. Meat and Candywill be available for
pre-order starting Friday.
Nashville News: Monday, 9/28
Keith Urban is number-one this week with “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16.” It’s the first number-one from his forthcoming album. It follows his recent number ones, “We Were Us” and “Raise Em Up.”
Kenny Rogers says he wants to spend more time with his family, and that's why his next tour will be his last.
The 77-year-old music legend made the announcement on the Today show, saying, "I'm going to do a big worldwide tour and it's going to be my last. I've done this long enough...
I really want to be there with my kids and my wife. They are very important to me, and I don't see enough of
them." Kenny says he also wants to spend time crossing some things off his bucket list.
Fans in Northeast Ohio will have a chance to see him one last time at the Hard Rock Rocksino on November 27th!