Category Archives: NCD News

Carrie Underwood closed her set at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England, on June 29 with a rendition of “Before He Cheats” that had the zealous crowd singing along.The five-day fe...

Lee Brice scored his sixth No. 1 single as “Rumor” hit the top spot on both the Mediabase chart and Billboard Country Airplay chart this week.Co-penned by Lee, Ashley Gorley and Kyle Jacob...

Eric Church has another Top 5 hit on his hands with “Some of It,” which is the second single from his 2018 album, Desperate Man.Co-penned by Eric, Jeff Hyde, Clint Daniels and Bobby Pinson...

After moving to Nashville in 1985, Alan Jackson singed his first major-label record deal with Arista Nashville on June 26, 1989-30 years ago today.Eight months later, Alan released his debut album, He...

After an eight-year exploration, Ken Burns’ 16-hour Country Music documentary will premiere on PBS on Sept. 15.In celebration of the new film, PBS will air its all-star concert, Country Music: L...

Cole Swindell is celebrating the fifth anniversary of his recording deal with Warner Music Nashville by dropping a new song every month for the next five months as part of his new EP, Down Home Sessio...

CMT Crossroads crossed up its playbook for an upcoming episode featuring Brooks & Dunn teaming with a number of country artists.Instead of collaborating with a cross-genre artist-as is the norm on...

Alabama is celebrating a half-century of making music with their current 50th Anniversary Tour. The cross-country trek kicked off in January with an announced run of more than 50 shows through Novembe...

The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame announced the nominees for its Class of 2019. This year’s nominees include eight songwriters and four songwriter/artists:SongwriterShawn CampEd HillMarcus ...

After scoring his most successful single on the country charts with “On My Way to You” (No. 11), Cody Johnson will ship “Nothin’ On You” to country radio on July 22. Penn...