Darius Rucker performed a cover of Randy Travis’ “Forever and Ever, Amen” on CMT Celebrates Our Heroes: An Artists of the Year Special on June 3. Penned by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, “Forever and Ever, Amen” is featured on Randy’s 1987 sophomore album, Always & Forever. Randy scored a No. 1 single with tune…
Randy Travis’ new book, Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life, was recognized by AudioFile with their Earphones Award, which is given out monthly to “titles that excel in narrative voice and style, characterizations, suitability to audio, and enhancement of the text.” Randy’s new book was narrated…
Kane Brown covered Randy Travis’ “Forever and Ever, Amen” in a 41-second clip that he posted to Twitter yesterday (April 19). In addition to getting more than 3,400 Likes and 1,200 Retweets from his followers, Kane got the seal of approval from Randy, who replied to the post by saying: “Sounds good my friend! Can’t…
Scotty McCreery had an unforgettable surprise on Friday night (Jan. 27) before his first concert of the year at the iconic Billy Bob’s Texas in Ft. Worth. Less than an hour before Scotty was set to take the stage, recent Hall of Fame inductee Randy Travis and his wife, Mary, made a surprise visit to…
Universal Music Group has just unveiled the rebranding of its Nashville operations to Music Corporation of America (MCA). The rebrand is led by recently appointed President/CEO Mike Harris and CCO Dave Cobb, with MCA continuing to operate and support their frontline labels: Mercury Nashville, EMI Nashville, Capitol Nashville and MCA Nashville, along with the newly…
During her final show of her Las Vegas residency on April 12, Carrie Underwood was reunited with Noel Miller, a Make-A-Wish recipient with a severe heart condition she first met 15 years ago. The country superstar also donated over $235,000 to the foundation, a portion of which came from her residency ticket sales. Underwood, who…
In a new interview clip featured on Spotify to promote his new album, Morgan Wallen discussed his collaboration with Post Malone on their just released track, “I Ain’t Comin’ Back.” The country superstar revealed how the song ended up on his upcoming album, I’m the Problem, instead of on Malone’s F-1 Trillion. “This was written…
Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, and LeAnn Rimes lead the list of performers who have just been added to the live lineup at the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards taking place on May 8. The other new additions to the ACM performance roster are Cody Johnson, Kelsea Ballerini, Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Clint Black,…
Drew Baldridge finds himself on the brink of possibly securing another No. 1 hit with his current Top 15 single, “Tough People,” following up the success of his groundbreaking self-released No. 1 hit from 2024, “She’s Somebody’s Daughter.” Working alongside Luke Combs to co-write the impactful song with Adam Sanders and Jordan Walker, Baldridge initially…