(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) You can’t really put “embrace risk” on your schedule. But come May 7,…
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) You can’t really put “embrace risk” on your schedule. But come May 7,…
Keifer and Shawna Thompson, the husband and wife who currently reign as the CMA and ACM top vocal duo of the year, learned early on in their career the beauty of a life-altering song. In…
NEW YORK CITY — When Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell‘s creative partnership began back in 1974, the death of Harris’s previous singing partner, country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons, was still a fairly fresh wound. But when…
(NASHVILLE SKYLINE is a column by CMT/CMT.com Editorial Director Chet Flippo.) The vinyl reissue of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band‘s epochal Will the Circle Be Unbroken three-album set after four decades has a special place…
Blake Shelton‘s work as a judge and mentor on NBC’s The Voice made him a household word in mainstream America and also led to a major honor as this year’s recipient of the Academy of…
The great irony of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band‘s landmark 1972 release Will the Circle Be Unbroken is that nobody realized how truly groundbreaking it was at the time. A generation-straddling collaboration between “West Coast…
With a new album and another season as a judge and mentor on NBC’s The Voice, Blake Shelton is a busy guy. His new album, Based on a True Story … , will be released…
At 24, Kacey Musgraves has arrived. Already this year, the Golden, Texas, native has secured two ACM nominations, a gold single for “Merry Go ‘Round” and an opening slot on Kenny Chesney‘s No Shoes Nation…
ST. LOUIS — Hauling a fleet of buses and trucks, Taylor Swift is putting the country on Red alert. The superstar’s Red tour stopped at the Scottrade Center in downtown St. Louis on Monday night…