Category Archives: NCD News

The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame announced its class of 2016 today (Aug. 9): Bob Morrison, Aaron Barker, Beth Nielsen Chapman and the late Townes Van Zandt. The foursome (Townes posthumously) wi...

Just because they sing country music, doesn’t mean that artists like Joe Nichols listen to just country music. His tastes are as varied as many of ours.Joe released a second single, “Undon...

Carrie Underwood may have the honor of singing the new theme to Sunday Night Football on Sept. 11 as the Patriots take on the Cardinals, but Dierks Bentley has been tapped to help kick off the NFL sea...

If Maren Morris has proved anything from her two most recent music videos, it’s that she’s a fan of Mercedes-Benz. After hitting the road in a Benz earlier this year in her “My Churc...

Many of us know that Brad Paisley is a one very creative guy-designing album covers, directing videos, writing songs-so why wouldn’t Nationwide insurance company want to enlist his help in writi...

First things first: “Damn Drunk” is not a Brooks & Dunn song. It’s a Ronnie Dunn song featuring Kix Brooks. It sounds like splitting hairs, but semantics is everything these days...

Rock and roller turned country crooner Steven Tyler stopped by The Tonight Show Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (Aug. 4) to perform the title track from his debut country album, We’re All ...

Blake Shelton covered a lot of ground as both an interviewee and musical guest on Late Night With Seth Meyers last night (Aug. 4).In addition to sipping on his Smithworks Vodka with Seth, Blake dished...

Hard-charging trio The Cadillac Three is set to kick up some dust with their sophomore album, Bury Me in My Boots, which drops today (Aug. 5). The raucous three-piece-Jaren Johnston (vocals/lead guita...

Right out of the box, Chris Lane is riding the wave of success with his lead single, “Fix,” from his debut album, sitting at the No. 2 spot on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.“I ...