Dick Clark Productions has rolled out another round of performers for their annual New Year’s Rockin’ Eve celebration. LL Cool J will perform from Times Square and Cardi B will hit the stage in Miami during the celebration that airs on ABC at 8 p.m. ET on Dec. 31, DCP …
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Jelly Roll has had A Week. On Wednesday, he opened and closed the CMA Awards with a pair of performances and won his first-ever CMA for New Artist of the Year (and promptly shattered it). Two days later, he woke up a Grammy nominee. The Tennessee rapper-turned-country-star is nominated in …
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Jelly Roll is the year’s breakout country star, a larger-than-life character with so much heat right now that the producers of the CMA Awards chose him to open the show. The face-tattooed singer-rapper from Antioch, Tennessee, sang a boisterous “Need a Favor” with help from an unannounced guest: Wynonna Judd. …
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Jelly Roll came out on top at last night’s CMA Awards, opening the show with a boisterous performance of “Need a Favor”alongside Wynonna Judd and joiningK. Michelleto singthe Judds‘ “Love Can Build a Bridge” for the finale. He even managed to snag the New Artist of the Year between performances. …
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Wynonna Judd still gets nervous about performing on stage. Shortly after joining Jelly Roll onstage at the 2023 CMA Awards for a duet of his song “Need a Favor,” Judd addressed concerns from fans after they noticed that she gripped onto Jelly Roll during the entirety of the performance. “Okay, …
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Jelly Roll was named New Artist of the Year at the 57th annual CMA Awards. “Most importantly there is something poetic about a 39-year-old man winning New Artist of the Year,” Jelly Roll hollered from the stage. “Keep going, baby! Success is on the other side of it.” But the …
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Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 10, Rolling Stone is breaking down 16 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. This is a moment overflowing with worthy country songs, so even though this category makes …
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Tennessee rocker Jelly Roll brought his latest to late night on Monday, performing “Wild Ones,” the hip-hop-by-way-of-Nashville collab with singer Jessie Murph, on Jimmy Kimmel Live. On the single, where the duo outline the kind of crazy that appeals to them, the father of two even name drops wife Bunnie …
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This year’s CMAs will feature a typically stacked lineup of performers. Luke Bryan, Lainey Wilson, and Tanya Tucker, among others, are all set to perform at the awards ceremony, which is at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 8. Those who can’t attend can watch it live on ABC that night …
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On “Chevrolet,” Dustin Lynch explains how he doesn’t need much for everlasting happiness. Y’know, he simply requires a six-pack (beverage nonspecific), some Brooks & Dunn (let’s go with “Rock My World”), a little “country girl” (“dressed to kill,” natch), a vehicle (guess), and apparently free rein to rewrite the lyrics …
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