Country singer Kelsie May, who appeared on The Voice at age 15, has released her second recent single. The song is called “Fool for You.” And while Kelsie says she writes most of her songs about personal experiences, this is more of a song about a personal observation. It was inspired by a girl she…
The first country star to come off American Idol released his first single of 2019 on Friday. Josh Gracin is back with a song called “Lucky Stars.” Aaron Goodman, Larry McBride and Skip Black wrote the tune; Dave Pittenger produced it. But it’s Josh who provides the personal connection. It’s a song about getting a…
Christina Grimmie’s family released a new song by the late singer Friday. The song is called “Hold Your Head Up,” written by Christina with Khara Lord and Brennan Aerts. Christina’s brother, Marcus, plays the guitar track on the song. Part of the proceeds from sales of the song will go to the Christina Grimmie Foundation,…
Brian Nhira says his latest single was inspired by a dream. Well, a nightmare, really. “’Love, Love’ was inspired by an actual dream that I had of someone trying to steal my wife away from me,” Brian writes on Instagram. “I woke up from the dream in a cold sweat and checked to make sure…
Carrie Underwood added two more CMT Video Music Awards to her collection Wednesday night. Included was a win for “Cry Pretty” as Video of the Year at the CMT Music Awards, held in Nashville. Carrie also won female artist video of the year for “Love Wins,” giving her 20 CMT awards for her career, the…
More than five years after appearing on The Voice, Austin Jenckes released his first post-show album Friday. It was worth the wait, which should surprise no one who’s heard the excellent singles Austin has released since finishing Top 10 on Season 5. “If You Grew Up Like I Did” is a deeply personal nine-song collection…
One of the first country artists we ever met on The Voice is still enjoying success eight years later. In fact, Curtis Grimes has a brand new single out and was just announced as a nominee for five Texas Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year. The new single is “Still,”off 2 a…
Coming off a successful Season 17, American Idol plans to scour the nation for talent for Season 18. Idol will be stopping in 20 cities this summer to audition hopefuls. That includes stops in the D.C. area on Sept. 4 and in Pittsburgh on Sept. 7. To be eligible, singers must be between 15 and…
Carrie Underwood holds the record for most CMT Music Awards with 18 and will try to add to that number Wednesday night. The CMT Music Awards air Wednesday at 8 p.m. on CMT. And you can still head to the website to vote for your favorites. Carrie is up for the night’s top honor, Video…
Remember the days when an American Idol winner would release an album and it was pretty much guaranteed to debut in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200? That really used to happen. These days? Well, it will be news when the next American Idol champ cracks that chart. Maddie Poppe didn’t. Billboard finally updated…
