Category Archives: NCD News

After news broke on Sept. 6 that iconic star Burt Reynolds, 82, died of cardiac arrest, many country stars, including Blake Shelton, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Toby Keith and more, sha...

Emmylou Harris will be the featured subject of an upcoming exhibit-Emmylou Harris: Songbird’s Flight-at the Country Music Hall of Fame.Opening on Oct. 5 and running through Aug. 4, 2019, Songbir...

The nominees for the 2018 People's Choice Awards-voted on by we the people-have been announced.In addition to the Country Artist of 2018 category, a number of artists picked up all-genre nominations, ...

Following the release of his self-titled debut album in December 2016, Kane Brown has announced he will drop his sophomore project, Experiment, on Nov. 9.Kane made the announcement via Instagram, reve...

After six studio albums and one Christmas album with Capitol Records Nashville, Lady Antebellum signed a new record contract with Big Machine Label Group, which is home to Taylor Swift, Florida Georgi...

Dolly Parton can add another honor to her Hall of Fame career: 2019 MusiCares Person of the Year.Following in the footsteps of past honorees like Paul McCartney, Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Fr...

Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha’s “Meant to Be” is continuing its record-smashing run atop the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart."Meant to Be" is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Count...

Thomas Rhett scored the 11th No. 1 single of his career as “Life Changes"-the title track from his 2017 album-ascended to the top of the Billboard Country Airplay chart. The tune, which was penn...

If you take a look at the Billboard Country Airplay chart this week, you’ll only find four solo female artists with singles in the Top 40: Carrie Underwood (No. 9 - “Cry Pretty”), Ma...

Rachel Reinert, formerly of Gloriana, stopped by the Nash campus last week to chat with Elaina Smith for her Women Want to Hear Women podcast (you can listen here).One of the podcast's segments-"Play ...