(*80*) Dolly Parton, the nation singer, songwriter, entertainer and entrepreneur whose rags-to-riches story, outsize persona and prodigious imaginative and prescient and expertise positioned her in a category by herself, died on Tuesday in Nashville. She was 80. The dying was introduced in a video posted on social media by her nephew, Bryan Seaver. No trigger…
On at the present time (May 19) in 1938, Jerry Stembridge was born in Atlanta, Georgia. History remembers him higher as Chip Young, the guitarist and producer whose distinctive thumb-style selecting graced a whole lot of hit songs from a few of the largest names in nation music. For occasion, he will be heard on…
LAS VEGAS — As a Southerner and a longtime nation music fan, I’ve been raving for weeks to anybody who would pay attention about how the face of the style has modified dramatically over the previous few years. I noticed that firsthand on the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday. As I sat…
The concert lineup is filling up for the 2026 York State Fair. Over the final six days, the Fair introduced three new additions to its 2026 concert schedule, with the most-recent announcement coming Monday morning when multi-platinum nation music trailblazer Brantley Gilbert was added to the lineup. Gilbert, who hails from Jefferson, Georgia, is thought…
Country music’s largest and brightest stars gathered at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday for the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Shania Twain. But the night time, in the end, belonged to Ella Langley — the new queen of modern country. The singer-songwriter dominated the ceremony, sweeping all…
Blake Shelton led Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena in a singalong of an anthem rightly referred to by host Shania Twain as “one of the greatest songs of all time” on Sunday night time (May 17) at the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards: “The Gambler.” Shelton, launched by Twain as “one of our…
Giddyap! The 61st Academy of Country Music Awards are tomorrow. The annual affair, which takes place this Sunday, May 17, in Las Vegas, brings collectively the brightest stars in nation music, from up-and-coming artists to a few of the style’s most beloved names. This 12 months’s awards present options a powerful roster of nation music…
On at the present time (May 15) in 1995, Alan Jackson launched “I Don’t Even Know Your Name” as the fifth and ultimate single from Who I Am. Later that 12 months, it grew to become the fourth single from the LP to succeed in the prime of the nation chart. It was his 11th…
If you had been an aspiring balladeer, you’d hope to be born with a voice like Vince Gill. The nation star, who’s additionally a restrained, but no much less jaw-dropping, guitarist, could also be finest identified for the way he is perfected the nation tearjerker. Country music has an extended historical past of lonesome singers,…
Country music’s largest stars are headed to Las Vegas as the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards return to the MGM Grand Garden Arena after three years in Frisco, Texas. Hosted by Shania Twain, the ceremony will have fun the style’s largest artists, songs and albums of the previous yr and stream stay on Prime…
