Category Archives: NCD News

Family and friends will come together to remember the life and love of Ruth Jackson-mother of country icon Alan Jackson-during funeral and visitation services on Thursday (Jan. 12). Mama Ruth, as she ...

Blake Shelton announced that he will be adding Sundance Head, the guy that gave Blake his fifth win as coach on NBC’s The Voice this past season, to his Doing It To Country Songs Tour.Sundance i...

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival unleashed its 100-plus-artist lineup for 2017 (Jan. 11), and it includes a trio of country-centric performers: Cam, Margo Price and Luke Combs.The 2017 Bonnaroo Music ...

Last week we reported that Keith Urban’s “Blue Ain’t Your Color” tripled-up by simultaneously occupying the top spot on three Billboard charts: Country Airplay, Hot Country Son...

According to Billboard and Nielsen Music, 2016 country albums sales were down 11 percent from 2015.Interestingly enough, the top-selling album of 2016-Chris Stapleton’s Traveller-was released in...

Jennifer Nettles’ 4-year-old son, Magnus, may be getting a different upbringing than most of us who don’t have a famous singing mom, but the little guy is getting plenty of life experience...

Dierks Bentley will open his third Whiskey Row restaurant on Feb. 27 in Gilbert, Ariz., joining previous locations in Tempe and Scottsdale, Ariz.The new location will include a 4,600-square-foot outdo...

Beginning on Jan. 9 and continuing through the week with one announcement per day via social media, the Country Music Hall of Fame started releasing its complete slate of exhibitions planned in 2017 w...

Before the kickoff to the 2017 College Football National Championship game last night (Jan. 9) in Tampa, Fla., Little Big Town had the honor of performing the national anthem.The country music quartet...

Johnny Paycheck may have made the song “Take This Job and Shove It” a popular anthem of the working class in 1977, but the MoonShine Bandits are dusting off the old classic with their own ...