Category Archives: NCD News

Country Veterans Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney React to Their Grammy Nominations
Nominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards were announced this morning (Dec. 6), and it turned out to be good news for country veterans Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban.Keith scored two nominations for Best ...
Cumulus Media Dec 06, 2016

Granger Smith Is Out of the Hospital and Back in Texas After Breaking Two Ribs in a Stage Fall
Following Granger Smith’s nasty fall offstage and that broke two of his ribs on Dec. 2 while performing at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, N.J., he announced today (Dec. 6) via Twitter that...
Cumulus Media Dec 06, 2016

2017 Grammy Nominations: Maren Morris Earns 4 Nominations, Miranda Lambert 2, Keith Urban 2, Sturgill Simpson 2, Brandy Clark 2
2017 Grammy Awards: Country Music Winners ListNominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards were announced this morning (Dec. 6), and a trio of country artists earned nominations in all-genre categories, inc...
Cumulus Media Dec 06, 2016

Kenny Chesney Sends “Thoughts and Prayers” to Those Affected by Tennessee Wildfires; Calls Attention to Dolly Parton’s My People Fund [Watch]
East Tennessee native Kenny Chesney posted a video message on his social media accounts today (Dec. 5) to bring attention to the fundraising efforts of Dolly Parton’s My People Fund, which was e...
Cumulus Media Dec 05, 2016

Florida Georgia Line Tops the Billboard Country Airplay Chart for the Second Week in a Row With “May We All”
With “May We All” topping the Billboard Country Airplay chart for the second consecutive week, Florida Georgia Line joined Thomas Rhett, Luke Bryan, Cole Swindell, Dierks Bentley, Keith Ur...
Cumulus Media Dec 05, 2016

Vince Gill and Lyle Lovett Team Up for the Third Installment of “Songs and Stories Tour”
After successful runs on the East Coast in 2015 and in the South in 2016, Vince Gill and Lyle Lovett are headed West in 2017 for the third installment of their Songs and Stories Tour.The tour kicks of...
Cumulus Media Dec 05, 2016

Lauren Alaina Scores Her First Career Top 20 Hit, “Road Less Traveled,” and Announces New Album (Jan. 27)
Five years after finishing as the runner-up on Season 10 of American Idol in 2011, Lauren Alaina has scored her first Top 20 single, "Road Less Traveled," which is currently No. 19 on the Mediabase ch...
Cumulus Media Dec 05, 2016

Thomas Rhett Joins Mariah Carey, DNCE and Gloria Estefan for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2017”
Live from New York . . . it’s Thomas Rhett.Ringing in the New Year with a bang, the “Die a Happy Man” singer is set to be a part of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ ...
Cumulus Media Dec 01, 2016

High Valley’s New Album, “Dear Life,” Inspired by Family and Fans
With a successful run in their home country of Canada, sibling duo High Valley set out to make their mark on the States this year. Their current single, “Make You Mine,” reached the Top 20...
Cumulus Media Dec 01, 2016

Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan & Toby Keith Are Country Music’s Top Earners on Forbes’ 2016 List
While they couldn’t top Taylor Swift ($170 million), One Direction ($110 million) or Adele ($80.5 million), a handful of country crooners made Forbes' 2016 World’s Highest-Paid Musicians l...
Cumulus Media Dec 01, 2016