Month: September 2021

Jameson Rodgers is a married man!

The “Some Girl” hitmaker tied the knot with fellow singer-songwriter Sarah Allison Turner on September 5 at The Venue at Birchwood in Spring Hill, Tennessee, just outside of Nashville, People confirms.

The couple shared their personally written vows with one another, and Sarah asked her mother and sister to write a motivational message on the bottom of her shoes. 

“I’ve never felt more loved than I did last Sunday with all our friends and family in one place celebrating Sarah and me. I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with Sarah,” Jameson raves.  

The couple met at a songwriting workshop at the famous Bluebird Cafe in Nashville in 2011 and dated for six years before Jameson popped the question in 2020. They plan to honeymoon in Mexico later this year. 

Jameson will release his debut album, Bet You’re from a Small Town, on Friday. He continues on his Cold Beer Calling My Name Tour through December, with his new bride serving as a supporting act on select dates.

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Thomas Rhett proves it’s good to be “Country Again,” as his latest single reaches the top of the country charts. 

The singer woke up to the news on Monday morning that “Country Again” has become his 18th #1 song. To celebrate, Thomas turned to Instagram to share his gratitude in a video, and reveal that he spent the morning watching Moana with his youngest daughter, Lennon.

“I wrote this in my basement in the dead center of 2020 and never imagined that it would be the #1 song in the country,” Thomas says, citing the track as “one of my favorites.”

“So thank y’all,” Thomas declares. “Thank you for everything, for all the support.”  

But the video didn’t end without some parting words from one-year-old Lennon, who was sitting by her dad’s side on the couch, with Thomas coaching her to say “bye bye” and “love you.” 

“Country Again” is the title track of the singer’s latest album, which also features previous #1 hit, “What’s Your Country Song.” 

Thomas continues on his Center Point Road Tour through October 9.

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Carrie Underwood is ready for Sunday night with a flashy new Sunday Night Football intro. 

The video finds Carrie strutting through a digitized tailgating scene while delivering her powerhouse vocals on the theme song, “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night,” set to the tune of Joan Jett‘s “I Hate Myself For Loving You.” 

The clip opens with Carrie singing outside of a football stadium as fans enter waving flags in the air. That’s followed by clips of dancing NFL players and past game highlights. Carrie then enters the stadium, taking a stage that lifts her off the ground as she’s surrounded by twirling spotlights.

“It is always a pleasure to get to do the Sunday Night Football open,” the superstar says in a statement, adding that the “super high-tech set” was a “cool environment” to perform in. “I felt like I was in a stadium being on a set in L.A. It was super cool, and I feel like it turned out that way as well,” Carrie continued. “But we're all about bringing the hype and energy and getting people ready for a great game. So, it's fun to be back!”

This marks Carrie’s ninth year singing the Sunday Night Football theme song.

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Born on this day, this artist was ultimately credited with creating a new genre of music — specifically, bluegrass music. He started playing regularly on the Grand Ole Opry in 1939, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970. He would be 90 years old were he still alive. Who is he? ANSWER: Bill Monroe.

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Kacey Musgraves set the scene with the live debut performance of “star-crossed” at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards. 

The country star called on fire and hearts to tell the story, making her way to the center of the stage, where she was surrounded by lit candles and neon hearts with a dagger struck through the middle. Later, a larger-than-life heart was lit on fire behind Kacey during her performance, with projected flames in the background adding to the affect, illuminating the dark venue and igniting cheers from the crowd.    

This marked Kacey’s first performance on the VMAs. “star-crossed” is the title track and lead single off her new album, which dropped on Friday. 

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Ashley McBryde is one of the most-nominated artists at the upcoming 55th Annual CMA Awards, competing for Female Vocalist of the Year, as well as Single and Song of the Year for her top-10 hit “One Night Standards.”

But the “Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega” hitmaker is not just sitting back waiting for her next trophy. She’s already hard at work on the follow-up to last year’s Never Will.

“We jumped back in the studio August 8th,” she recently told ABC Audio backstage at the Opry. “So this is our first time to make a record this way.”

“We usually get everything together,” she explains, “get our ducks in a row, go rehearse it, talk to [producer] Jay [Joyce] about it, select which ones we’re gonna keep, and go cut ’em. And we’re not able to do that right now ’cause we’re on the road.”

That means historic venues like the Grand Ole Opry are often testing grounds for the new tunes from Ashley and her band Deadhorse.

“We’re using soundchecks to kind of test and arrange a song, and then we may throw it in the set that night and see if it sinks or swims,” she says. “And that’s how we’re choosing what’s going on this record right now. So it’s a little bit nerve-racking, but the first three I’m very happy with.”

She adds, “We’re gonna do one of them tonight. We’re gonna do ‘Whiskey and Country Music’ tonight.”

This fall, you can listen for new music from Ashley as she’s on tour with longtime pal Luke Combs. Meanwhile, the Grand Ole Opry is counting down to its mammoth 5000th show on October 30.

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Mitchell Tenpenny‘s Midtown Diaries EP is out! The Nashville native wrote all eight songs on the record, teaming up with people like HARDY, Jordan Schmidt, Brad Tursi and more. The record includes Mitchell’s current single, “Truth About You.”

Tanya Tucker and RuPaul have released “This Is Our Country.” The duet debuted on the finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6, which aired last week.

The Voice winner Jake Hoot achieved a new career milestone. His duet with Kelly Clarkson, “I Would’ve Loved You,” surpassed two million streams on Spotify. The song is from his Love Out of Time EP, out earlier this year.

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