Country Weekly magazine’s annual celebration to kick off CMA Music Festival has been announced for Tuesday, June 4, and features performances by some of today’s hottest country stars – Easton Corbin, Dustin Lynch, Greg Bates and Chris Janson. This year’s event, held at the Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Nashville, will be a night filled [...]

Country music powerhouse Tate Stevens took the stage in Kansas City, Mo. last night to perform for a sold out crowd at Midland by AMC just two days before his major label self-titled debut hits shelves. The 3,000 capacity crowd raucously welcomed their hometown hero who dominated headlines after winning FOX’s The X Factor last [...]

Multi-platinum recording artist Tim Rushlow continues with the next installment of a new kind of songwriters’ night for fans to get a much deeper look at those who pen the songs. This "episode" of "Rushlow in the Round" will feature fellow Heidi Newfield, bearing her harmonica and an arsenal of hits, Marc Beeson ("When She [...]

Grand Ole Opry star Charlie Daniels is recovering after having a pacemaker implanted today (3-28), at a Nashville area hospital. During a doctor visit on Monday (3-25), Charlie was diagnosed with a mild case of pneumonia and admitted to the hospital for a series of routine tests. The tests revealed that a pacemaker was needed [...]

The 2013 Washington County Fair in Abingdon, Va., will be held Sept. 9-Sept. 14, 2013. They have already announced their entertainment for this year. And I think if I go at all, it will be on Tuesday night to see John Michael Montgomery. Although that pretty much depends on who the Monday night WXBQ Radio [...]