The 56th CMA Awards crowned its winners on Wednesday night, with country artists from Lainey Wilson and Luke Combs to Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde all taking home awards. Here is the complete list of winners. Entertainer of the YearLuke Combs — WINNERMiranda LambertChris StapletonCarrie UnderwoodMorgan Wallen Single of the …
Read More »2022 CMA Awards: How to Watch, Who's Nominated, Who's Performing
The CMA Awards will take place in their longtime home at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena this week, bringing the biggest names and brightest new stars in the genre on one stage for one night. There’s a slight facelift this year with the addition of a new, non-musical co-host —pro football star …
Read More »Ashley McBryde Will 'Literally Rip It Out from the Notebook' When She Isn't Feeling a Song
IN THE LATE days of summer, Ashley McBryde faced a new kind of test as a performer. She was a guest on Dierks Bentley’s headlining tour, which was stopped in West Palm Beach, Florida, and it was hot — a different kind of hot than back in Tennessee or her …
Read More »Ashley McBryde Invited to Be Newest Member of the Grand Ole Opry, Reveals She Nearly Died After a Horse Accident
Ashley McBryde will become the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry. The Grammy-nominated country singer and songwriter was surprised by Garth Brooks on Thursday morning with an invitation to join the 97-year-old radio show. McBryde was in New York, doing an interview with Gayle King and CBS This Morning …
Read More »Ashley McBryde and Friends Create a Small Town of Cheating, Drinking, and Sinning on New Album 'Lindeville'
Ashley McBryde has a little game she sometimes plays when she’s out at a bar and there’s music in the background. “Let’s say [the Chicks’] ‘Goodbye Earl’ or something is on, and I’ll go, ‘OK, who wrote it? I’ll buy you a beer,’” she says. “They’re like, ‘I don’t know.’ …
Read More »Ashley McBryde's 'Lindeville' Album to Feature Brothers Osborne, Brandy Clark
Ashley McBryde’s known for making rich character studies out of her songs, but she’ll lean all the way in on the new album Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville, due out via Warner Music Nashville on Sept. 30. Among the guests on the multi-artist project are Brothers Osborne, Brandy Clark, and Aaron …
Read More »Lainey Wilson Leads 2022 CMA Awards Nominees, Morgan Wallen Gets Entertainer Nod
“Things a Man Oughta Know” singer Lainey Wilson, who scored her first Number One hit in 2021, is the leading nominee at the 2022 CMA Awards. The full list of nominees for the Country Music Association’s centerpiece show, set to take place Nov. 9 in Nashville, was announced Wednesday morning. …
Read More »Naomi Judd Celebration of Life Special to Air on CMT With Brandi Carlile, Oprah Winfrey
Brandi Carlile and Ashley McBryde are among the artists who will gather to pay tribute to the life and music of Naomi Judd just two weeks after the singer’s death. “Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration,” will air live and commercial-free on CMT from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Sunday, May …
Read More »Ashley McBryde Plots Headlining 'This Town Talks' Tour
UPDATE (10/25): Ashley McBryde has extended her This Town Talks tour with 18 additional dates, which begin Jan. 27 in Norfolk, Virginia, and run through Apr. 9 in Omaha, Nebraska. Joining her as support on all the new dates will be singer Ashland Craft, who released her debut album Travelin’ …
Read More »2020 CMA Awards: How to Watch, Who's Nominated, Who's Performing
The Country Music Association’s 54th edition of its annual awards show will look different than all the previous years. For obvious reasons, no audience will be present at Nashville’s Music City Center on November 11th, but artists are still anticipated to be, if not seated together, than at least in …
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