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CBS announced today that the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards, to be carried live on the network, will air Sunday, April 15, 2018, from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The show, billed as Country Music’s Party of the Year, is slotted for 8-11 p.m., airing live ET.  CBS said the show “will […]

Luke Bryan is back on top. The Georgia native scored his 19th No.1 hit with “Light It Up,” the debut single from his recent What Makes You Country album. The song was written by Bryan, along with Old Dominion’s Brad Tursi.  “Light It Up” is just one of 15 songs on What Makes You Country, which Bryan says […]

Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night talk show Monday night with son Billy in tow to provide an update on his son’s health, and to once again call on Congress to fully fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).  Kimmel thanked the doctors and nurses at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles before making an impassioned plea […]

Jethro Tull will mark their 50th anniversary in 2018, and part of the celebration will include a deluxe 40th-anniversary reissue of the band’s 11th studio album, Heavy Horses on Feb. 9.  The “new shoes” edition of the LP boasts three CDs, including a new Steven Wilson stereo remix of the original track listing as well as […]

Three women who have accused President Trump of sexual misconduct detailed their allegations at a press conference Monday and demanded a congressional investigation to hold him accountable. Samantha Holvey, Rachel Crooks and Jessica Leeds appeared at a press conference Monday with Robert Greenwald, the founder of Brave New Films. A video the film company produced […]

An ISIS-inspired terrorist with a crude bomb strapped to his chest injured three people and himself and caused panic inside a busy Midtown subway station Monday morning in the latest terror attack on New York City. The suspect, Akayed Ullah, detonated an “improvised, low-tech explosive device,” similar to a pipe bomb, at 7:20 a.m. as […]

Country music fans may already be planning a trip to Florida’s South Walton County next January for the ninth annual 30A Songwriters Festival. Set for January 12th through 15th, 2018, the event will include appearances from Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Patty Griffin, Lee Ann Womack, North Mississippi Allstars, Shawn Mullins, The Zombies, Indigo Girls’ singer Emily Saliers […]

Singer-songwriter Katie Armiger is facing another lawsuit from her former label, Cold River Record, and the artist has established a GoFundMe to help pay for her legal fees.  Armiger was sued in 2016 by Cold River Records “for refusing to perform the remainder of her contracts with the label.” Armiger countersued, claiming that the label […]

Slaughter vocalist Mark Slaughter has released the official music video for the title track of his sophomore solo album, “Halfway There”. The single was issued in May and was the follow-up to 2015’s independently released “Reflections In A Rear View Mirror”. Produced and co-mixed by Slaughter with John Cranfield, “Halfway There” is described as “a blistering showcase of seemingly never-ending vocal abilities” […]

Legendary Irish rock band U2 have made history when it’s new album, Songs of Experience, hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts this week. Not only is this the band’s eighth No. 1 album, but it is the only time in history that a group has earned a No. 1 album for four consecutive decades, […]