Category Archives: NCD News

It's been four years since then-teenagers Maddie Marlow and Tae Dye of Maddie & Tae strummed their way into our country music consciousness with their breakout No. 1 hit, "Girl in a Country Song."...

Clare Dunn has been one of my favorite artists since releasing singles “Move On” and “Tuxedo” a few years ago. If you’re not familiar with her name, I suggest you catch h...

Kelsea Ballerini took her talents to NYC on Aug. 1 to perform her current single, “I Hate Love Songs,” on Late Night With Seth Meyers.“I Hate Love Songs,” which is No. 33 on th...

The Country Music Association announced that Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will return to host the 52nd annual CMA Awards for the 11th time on Nov. 14. The show will air live from Nashville’...

The Academy of Country Music announced the additions of performer Chris Stapleton and presenters Kip Moore, Ricky Skaggs and Bobby Bones at the 12th annual ACM Honors ceremony, which will take place o...

John Prine dropped a new animated video for “Egg & Daughter Nite, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone),” a tune featured on his 2018 album, Tree of Forgiveness.Created By Neighborhoods ...

For the last six months, Garth Brooks and his crew-notably engineer Matt Allen-have been culling songs for a new live album that were recorded during Garth’s three-year World Tour. Keep in mind,...

Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney of Dan + Shay took over the outdoor stage at Jimmy Kimmel Live in Hollywood on July 31.In addition to performing their recent No. 1 hit, “Tequila,” the duo treat...

Jake Owen scored the seventh No. 1 single of his career as “I Was Jack (You Were Diane)” reached the top of both the Billboard Country Airplay chart and Mediabase chart this week.Jake ackn...

One week after being named an honoree at the upcoming Kennedy Center Honors ceremony, Reba McEntire will be getting another distinguished award.The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame announced that Re...