As their Smart & Safe Florida campaign blazes on to over one million signatures, the Bellamy Brothers roll out their Old Hippie Stash Mobile for 4/20. The duo enlisted artist Mark Hannah, known for his sign painting and mural work in many local and regional areas in Central Florida, for the psychedelic transformation of a 1978 Volkswagen Westfalia.
The Amp at Log Still has announced a stacked lineup for the 2023 season. Powerhouse performances by headliners which include Lady A, Elle King, Brothers Osborne, Martina McBride, Dwight Yoakam and more. The season begins begins May 12 when Kentucky country music royalty, John Michael Montgomery, kicks off the season. To purchase tickets, click HERE.
Runaway June wraps a whirlwind tour entertaining troops around the world. Sponsored by Armed Forces Entertainment in partnership with Judy Seale's non-profit organization Stars for Stripes, the tour originally kicked off in 2021. However, the trio just finished the Europe and Asia Pacific leg this past month due to lifted Covid protocols in Japan and South Korea.
Inspired by the collective challenges of recent years, including the tragic passing of their manager, Flat River Band releases their uplifting new single "Wings of a White Dove," with a portion of proceeds benefitting the National Alliance of Mental Illness Tennessee. The single, available everywhere digitally today, is co-produced by Flat River Band and GRAMMY award-winning Tre Corley. People.com exclusively premiered the video which features the trio of brothers alongside "a satirical take on a modern married couple" (People.com).
Entertainment icon Tanya Tucker will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in the “Veterans Era Artist” category, the Country Music Association announced today. Born in Seminole, Texas, Tanya had her first country hit, the classic “Delta Dawn,” at the age of 13 in 1972. Since that auspicious beginning, she has become one of the most admired and influential artists in country music history, amassing 23 Top 40 albums and a stellar string of 56 Top 40 singles, ten of which reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard country charts. Tanya is also the recipient of numerous awards, including two CMAs, two ACMs and three CMT awards. In 2020, Tanya received two GRAMMY® Awards for Best Country Album: While I’m Livin’ and Best Country Song: “Bring My Flowers Now.” In December 2022, Tanya made her acting debut in a lead role in Paramount’s “A Nashville Country Christmas,” starring alongside Academy Award® winner Keith Carradine.
Melonie Cannon, whose trademark harmonies have been heard by millions both on records and on the road, honors "The Voice'' with A Tribute to Vern Gosdin. Available May 26 via My My My Music, LLC. and BFD/AUDIUM Nashville on CD, digital and vinyl, the album includes special collaborations with Willie Nelson, Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Jamey Johnson, Cody Jinks and more of Melonie's peers and friends. Vern's longtime electric guitar player, Mike Baker, and his harmony singer, Curtis Wright, also add a sense of the multi-CMA and ACM award winner's live shows.
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum has extended its exhibition Bill Anderson: As Far as I Can See through Monday, Sept. 25. The exhibit opened in December 2021 and was originally scheduled to close this month.
American Idol winner Taylor Hicks recently returned from an Armed Forces Entertainment tour, where he entertained troops at eight military bases across the Middle East in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Djibouti.
Widely known as an "international symbol of country music" (CMT.com), the Bellamy Brothers continue their mainstay overseas, selling out the Norway leg of their World Reboot Tour. After rescheduling their European Tour twice due to the pandemic, the highly anticipated shows were packed with fans every night of the 14-date leg.
Powerhouse vocalist and Season 22 of NBC's "The Voice" finalist, Morgan Myles "is making the song that changed the course of her career her own" (People.com) with the release of her version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and video. People.com exclusively premiered the track and video which was shot at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.