Lainey Wilson is taking another big step beyond the stage and into the living room. Netflix has officially acquired her new documentary, Lainey Wilson: Keepin’ Country Cool, set to premiere globally on April 22, 2026.
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Look, not everyone wants to scream over drunk strangers at midnight. Some of us want good music, a solid drink, and the ability to be horizontal by 12:07 a.m.
Source: Country Music News BlogLeAnn Rimes Opens Up About Aging, Partnership, and Her Big Return to Acting
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LeAnn Rimes is entering a whole new era, and she’s doing it with honesty, grace, and that signature powerhouse spirit. After more than 30 years in the spotlight, the Grammy-winning country star is stepping back in front of the camera for the upcoming 9-1-1: Nashville, premiering October 9.
Jelly Roll & Post Malone Headline Country’s Big Moment at the 2025 MTV VMAs
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The genre-bending boys are taking their shot at the Moon Person — and we’re here for it.
Alright country fans, grab your snacks and set those DVRs — Jelly Roll and Post Malone are hitting the stage at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, airing Sunday, September 7 at 8PM ET/5PM PT on CBS, MTV, and Paramount+.
Source: Country Music News BlogDetails for Grand Ole Opry’s 100th Anniversary: Star-Studded NBC Special Hosted by Blake Shelton
January 28, 2025 by
The Grand Ole Opry is turning 100, and it’s doing so in style! On Wednesday, March 19, NBC will air Opry 100: A Live Celebration, a three-hour special hosted by none other than country superstar and Opry member Blake Shelton. The event will also be simulcast on Peacock, bringing this historic celebration to millions of fans across the nation.
TONIGHT: The 2024 CMA Awards – Performers, Winners, and more!
November 20, 2024 by
We’re updating as events unfold from “The 58th Annual CMA Awards”! Tune in TONIGHT at 8/7c on ABC to catch music’s biggest stars, unforgettable performances and the winners revealed LIVE.
How To Watch The CMA Awards LIVE
Here’s a list of local TV, streaming platforms and rewatch options.
You don’t want to be late! The show opens with an electrifying performance by Post Malone featuring Chris Stapleton that you won’t want to miss!
Plus, join us as we celebrate the legendary George Strait as he accepts the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, followed by an epic all-star tribute featuring Jamey Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson.
2024 CMA Award Nominees and Winners!
Entertainer of the year
Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Chris Stapleton
WINNER – Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson
Single of the year
Award goes to artist(s), producer(s) and mix engineer(s)
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey; Producers: Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry; Mix Engineer: Raul Lopez
“Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson; Producer: Trent Willmon; Mix Engineer: Jack Clarke
“I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen); Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins; Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore
“Watermelon Moonshine” – Lainey Wilson; Producer: Jay Joyce; Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce
WINNER – “White Horse” – Chris Stapleton; Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton; Mix Engineer: Vance Powell
Album of the year
Award goes to artist, producer(s) and mix engineer(s)
Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves; Producers: Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves, Daniel Tashian; Mix Engineers: Shawn Everett, Konrad Snyder
Fathers & Sons – Luke Combs; Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton; Mix Engineer: Chip Matthews
Higher – Chris Stapleton; Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton; Mix Engineer: Vance Powell
WINNER – Leather – Cody Johnson; Producer: Trent Willmon; Mix Engineer: Jack Clarke
Whitsitt Chapel – Jelly Roll; Producers: Andrew Baylis, Brock Berryhill, Zach Crowell, Jesse Frasure, David Garcia, Kevin “Thrasher” Gruft, Austin Nivarel, David Ray Stevens; Mix Engineers: Jeff Braun, Jim Cooley
Song of the year
Award goes to songwriter(s)
“Burn It Down”; Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey, Parker McCollum, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose
“Dirt Cheap”; Songwriter: Josh Phillips
“I Had Some Help”; Songwriters: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters
“The Painter”; Songwriters: Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins
WINNER -“White Horse”; Songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson
Female vocalist of the year
Kelsea Ballerini
Ashley McBryde
Megan Moroney
Kacey Musgraves
WINNER – Lainey Wilson
Male vocalist of the year
Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Cody Johnson
WINNER – Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Vocal group of the year
Lady A
Little Big Town
WINNER – Old Dominion
The Red Clay Strays
Zac Brown Band
Vocal duo of the year
WINNER – Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War and Treaty
Musical event of the year
Award goes to artists and producer(s)
“Cowboys Cry Too” – Kelsea Ballerini (with Noah Kahan); Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym
“I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen); Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins
“I Remember Everything” – Zach Bryan (ft. Kacey Musgraves); Producer: Zach Bryan
“Man Made a Bar” – Morgan Wallen (feat. Eric Church); Producer: Joey Moi
WINNER – “you look like you love me” – Ella Langley (feat. Riley Green); Producer: Will Bundy
Musician of the year
Tom Bukovac – Guitar
Jenee Fleenor – Fiddle
Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
Rob McNelley – Guitar
WINNER – Charlie Worsham – Guitar
Music video of the year
Award goes to artist(s) and director(s)
“Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson; Director: Dustin Haney
“I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen); Director: Chris Villa
“I’m Not Pretty” – Megan Moroney; Directors: Jeff Johnson, Megan Moroney
“The Painter” – Cody Johnson; Director: Dustin Haney
WINNER – “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” – Lainey Wilson; Director: Patrick Tracy
New artist of the year
WINNER – Megan Moroney
Shaboozey
Nate Smith
Mitchell Tenpenny
Zach Top
Bailey Zimmerman
2024 CMA Broadcast Awards
Broadcast personality of the year (by market size) WINNERS ALREADY ANNOUNCED
Weekly national
“American Country Countdown” (Kix Brooks) – Cumulus/Westwood One
“Country Gold with Terri Clark” (Terri Clark) – Westwood One
WINNER – “Crook & Chase Countdown” (Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase) – Jim Owens Entertainment
“Highway Hot 30 with Buzz Brainard” (Buzz Brainard) – SiriusXM
“Honky Tonkin’ with Tracy Lawrence” (Tracy Lawrence and Patrick Thomas) – Silverfish Media
Daily national
WINNER – “The Bobby Bones Show” (Bobby Bones, Amy Brown, “Lunchbox” Dan Chappell, Eddie Garcia, Morgan Huelsman, “SZN Raymundo” Ray Slater, “Mike D” Rodriguez, Abby Anderson, “Kick Off Kevin” O’Connell, and Stephen “Scuba Steve” Spradlin) – iHeartMedia
“Michael J On Air” (Michael J. Stuehler) – iHeartMedia
“Nights with Elaina” (Elaina Smith) – Westwood One / Cumulus Media
“PickleJar Up All Night with Patrick Thomas” (Patrick Thomas) – PickleJar / Cumulus Media
“Steve Harmon Show” (Steve Harmon) – Westwood One / Cumulus Media
Major market
“The Andie Summers Show” (Andie Summers, Jeff Kurkjian, Donnie Black, and Shannon Boyle) – WXTU, Philadelphia, Pa.
“Chris Carr & Company” (Chris Carr, Kia Becht, and Sam Sansevere) – KEEY, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
WINNER – “Frito & Katy” (Tucker “Frito” Young and Katy Dempsey) – KCYY, San Antonio, Texas
“The Morning Wolfpack with Matt McAllister” (Matt McAllister, Gabe Mercer, and “Captain Ron” Koons) – KKWF, Seattle, Wash.
“The Most Fun Afternoons With Scotty Kay” (Scotty Kay) – WUSN, Chicago, Ill.
Large market
“Dale Carter Morning Show” (Dale Carter) – KFKF, Kansas City, Mo.
“Heather Froglear” (Heather Froglear) – KFRG, Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif.
WINNER – “Jesse & Anna” (Jesse Tack and Anna Marie) – WUBE, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Mike & Amanda” (Mike Wheless and Amanda Daughtry) – WQDR, Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
“On-Air with Anthony” (Anthony Donatelli) – KFRG, Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif.
Medium market
“Brent Michaels” (Brent Michaels) – KUZZ, Bakersfield, Calif.
“Joey & Nancy” (Joey Tack, Nancy Barger, and Karly Duggan) – WIVK, Knoxville, Tenn.
“New Country Mornings with Nancy and Woody” (Nancy Wilson and Aaron “Woody” Woods) – WHKO, Dayton, Ohio
“Scott and Sarah in the Morning” (Scott Wynn and Sarah Kay) – WQMX, Akron, Ohio
WINNER – “Steve & Gina In The Morning” (Steve Lundy and Gina Melton) – KXKT, Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa
Small market
“Dan Austin Show” (Dan Austin) – WQHK, Fort Wayne, Ind.
“Dave and Jenn” (Dave Roberts and Jenn Seay) – WTCR, Huntington-Ashland, W. Va.
WINNER – “The Eddie Foxx Show” (Eddie Foxx and Amanda Foxx) – WKSF, Asheville, N.C.
“Hilley & Hart” (Kevin Hilley and Erin Hart) – KATI, Columbia, Mo.
“Officer Don & DeAnn” (“Officer Don” Evans and DeAnn Stephens) – WBUL, Lexington-Fayette, Ky.
Radio station of the year (by market size)
Major market
KCYY – San Antonio, Texas
KKBQ – Houston, Texas
KYGO – Denver, Colo.
WXTU – Philadelphia, Pa.
WINNER – WYCD – Detroit, Mich.
Large market
WIRK – West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, Fla.
WMIL – Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.
WINNER – WQDR – Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
WSIX – Nashville, Tenn.
WWKA – Orlando, Fla.
Medium market
KXKT – Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa
WBEE – Rochester, N.Y.
WIVK – Knoxville, Tenn.
WLFP – Memphis, Tenn.
WINNER – WUSY – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Small market
WCOW – La Crosse, Wis.
WKML – Fayetteville, N.C.
WKXC – Augusta, Ga.
WXFL – Florence-Muscle Shoals, Ala.
WINNER – WYCT – Pensacola, Fla.
Congratulations to all of this year’s 2024 CMA nominees and winners from Country Music News Blog!
Source: Country Music News BlogCarrie Underwood’s Vegas Special Comes to Hulu
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As we all reflect on country music’s Vegas takeover, Carrie Underwood is bringing her Las Vegas show “Reflections” to you via Hulu!
Blake Shelton To Launch His Own Singing Competition Show “The Road”
November 12, 2024 by
After years on The Voice it seems Blake Shelton has teamed up with Yellowstone celeb Taylor Sheridan to craft a new kind of singing competition show for television titled “The Road”
“‘The Road’ offers viewers a backstage pass into the gritty and unforgiving life of a touring artist. With exclusive access to the behind-the-scenes workings of the music industry, viewers will see what happens when some of the best up-and-coming performers pile into a tour bus and tackle a grueling schedule in pursuit of their dreams.”
Basically, the competition will be a docu-follow format that follows a headliner (they haven’t pinned one down yet) that’s looking to help find the next big star. Those in the competition will travel with the headliner during their tour, performing as openers and trying to win over fanbases they perform in front of. The singers will compete to secure a spot for the next tour stop, or in other terms, they’ll be fighting to stay on tour as an opener.
Blake Shelton voiced his excitement about his new show and working with Sheridan and Metzger:
“I’m a big fan of Taylor’s incredible work, and I’m excited to team with him and my long-time collaborator, Lee, on ‘The Road.’ I know a thing or two about singing competitions and what it’s like to chase a music dream and live life on tour. I’m looking forward to discovering new talent and giving them this platform.”
The premise should give a pretty good idea of what life is like out on the road for touring artists. That’s definitely a change from every other singing competition TV watchers have ever tuned into.
Taylor Sheridan certainly liked the “rugged” nature of the show comparative to other competitive singing series, as he explained:
“There is a revolution taking place in country music. Building a platform with Blake for the next leaders of that revolution is an incredibly exciting venture. No more shiny floors and studio audiences. This is where the rubber meets the road – literally. Get in the van, go to the next town and win the crowd. Do it enough, and you become the next leader. Simple as that.”
CBS ordered the show, and it’s set to be added to their Fall 2025 lineup. No word on whether Blakes’ more recent television product “Barmageddon” will ever return.
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Tune In: Craig Morgan Joins Fellow Soldiers for PBS Veteran’s Day Celebration
November 4, 2024 by
Country music star and Army Reserve soldier Craig Morgan will interview and perform alongside the United States Army Field Band, Six-String Soldiers, during “Salute To Service 2024: A Veterans Day Celebration,” airing Friday, November 8, at 9pm ET / 8pm CT on PBS.
How To Watch The 2024 ACM Honors
September 18, 2024 by
The prestigious 17th Academy of Country Music (ACM) Honors will premiere on the new streaming platform Merit Street on Tuesday, 24th September, marking the first time the special event will be broadcast on this network. The event, hosted by Carly Pearce and Jordan Davis at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, will pay tribute to some of country music’s finest artists and industry professionals.
