Category: Music News (Page 33 of 35)

2018 ACM Awards – A Look Ahead

April 13, 2018 / Chris Armstrong

The ACM Awards are taking place a few days from now, and the show is promising to be inspiring, entertaining and poignant.

Going into Sunday night’s show, Chris Stapleton leads the list of nominees with eight nods in five categories, including Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Single of the Year for “Broken Halos,” Song of the Year for “Whiskey and You” and Album of the Year for From a Room, Vol. 1. He’s won numerous awards over the past few years, and while he’s grateful for every single trophy he takes home, he has a special affinity for the Album categories.

CMT’s Nashville touches down in UK tomorrow for final time

April 13, 2018 / Chris Armstrong

The hit show, Nashville have taken to the skies and for a final time they’ll showcase their talent and music to us in the UK and Ireland as they embark on the final spin off tour. Esten,
Bowen, Carmack, Jackson, and Palladio will host eight shows in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland for their Farewell UK Tour. The Belfast gig is booked into the SSE arena for Tuesday 24th April.

Carrie reveals new song “Cry Pretty” to Country Music

April 13, 2018 / Chris Armstrong

Wednesday (April 11) is when Carrie Underwood’s highly anticipated new single “Cry Pretty” hit shelves. Ahead of that she shared with her fans a little update as to what has been going on behind the scenes.

In a very personal letter to her fan club, Underwood shares a little bit of everything that has been happening in her 2018 so far.

Country star Lindsey Ell debuts music video for ‘Criminal’ as song climbs U.S. Radio chart

April 10, 2018 / Chris Armstrong

Highlighted as a standout performer at this year’s Country to Country (C2C) festival following the UK/Ireland release of her debut album ‘The Project’, country star Lindsay Ell has revealed the cinematic music video for her radio hit ‘Criminal’, which premiered over the weekend on Entertainment Tonight.

Swift comes full circle as she appears in “The Round”

April 10, 2018 / Chris Armstrong

Patrons at Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe on Saturday night (March 31) not only got what they paid for, which was an evening of songs and stories with the Grammy-winning hitmaker Craig Wiseman.

Aldean gears up for return to Vegas after Route 91 Shootings

April 10, 2018 / Chris Armstrong

The mass shooting that happened during Jason Aldean’s closing performance at Las Vegas’ Route 91 Harvest Festival was a nightmare no one should ever experience.

New single from Ashley Monroe

April 9, 2018 / Chris Armstrong

Ashley Monroe has released another song – ‘Wild Love’ – from her forthcoming album ‘Sparrow which is due out 20th April.

After releasing her Grammy-nominated LP The Blade in 2015, Ashley Monroe started writing songs that realised themselves in unexpected ways – nudged loose after working through trauma and turmoil from her childhood. “I was unpacking a lot of stuff,” she says. “I was singing, and identifying what it’s like to be left. No one told me what I should do, back then, when the world started to crumble.”

Ashley McBryde Album Out Now

March 30, 2018 / Chris Armstrong

Ashley McBryde‘s long-awaited major label debut ‘Girl Going Nowhere’ is out now and available to download/stream everywhere today! The album is already getting an incredible reaction from fans and critics:

“… among the most varied, warm and effortlessly confident country music albums of the past few years.” –Jon Caramanica, The New York Times

“…an unabashed, Southern-rooted, honest-to-gawd great country record.”
– Chris Willman, Variety

Chris Janson inducted to ‘The Opry’

March 23, 2018 / Chris Armstrong

Garth Brooks welcomes US country star into “the family”

KATE ELLIS TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘I BELIEVE’ OUT TODAY

February 23, 2018 / Chris Armstrong

KATE ELLIS NEW SINGLE ‘I BELIEVE’ OUT TODAY

With her debut album ‘Carve Me Out’ declared a highlight on ‘Best of 2017’ lists across multiple music blogs and radio shows (Your Life in a Song; Laurel Canyon Music; Mike Ritchie on Celtic Music Radio among others) and hundreds of thousands of fans streaming her songs and videos across the world; one of London’s most exciting independent acts Kate Ellis has announced her next single will be the fan-favourite ‘I Believe’, along with a run of tour dates from February – April.