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  • Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd Announce Their Tiniest Collaboration
    by Alison Bonaguro on October 23, 2019 at 12:25 am

    First, the tiny little details: Singer/songwriters (and husband and wife) Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd announced their pregnancy news on social media on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 22). From the sound of things, Morris is in her second trimester. “The irony is just too rich that after a year of living in the ’GIRL’ headspace,” Morris... Read more » […]

  • Relive Reba McEntire’s CMT Artist of a Lifetime Award Presented by Ram Trucks
    by CMT.com Staff on October 22, 2019 at 8:57 pm

    Last Wednesday night (Oct. 16), CMT honored country music icon Reba McEntire with the Artist of a Lifetime award presented by Ram Trucks. Another country music treasure — Vince Gill — was there to hand the award to McEntire for her vast accomplishments in country music throughout the last four decades. She accepted the award... Read more » […]

  • Why It Took George Strait So Long to Cross His Heart
    by Alison Bonaguro on October 22, 2019 at 7:18 pm

    Whenever I hear a timeless song like George Strait’s “I Cross My Heart,” I turn it up, obviously, and then I try to picture how it came to be. And I assume that everyone in the songwriters’ room must’ve known instantly that it would be a classic country song for decades to come. Turns out,... Read more » […]

  • Chris Janson’s “Good Vibes” Just Got Even Better
    by Edward Morris on October 22, 2019 at 4:34 pm

    Chris Janson secures his first-ever No. 1 hit, "Good Vibes." […]

  • Carrie Underwood Sets “Southbound” Party Vibe
    by Edward Morris on October 22, 2019 at 3:18 pm

    There was just enough mist falling Monday afternoon (Oct. 20) to irritate windshield wipers as guests alighted from their cars and scurried into the BMI building in Nashville to celebrate the chart success of Carrie Underwood’s single, “Southbound.” Underwood and David Garcia co-produced the single, which was jointly written by Underwood, Garcia and Josh Miller.... Read more » […]

  • DCC: Making the Team Trivia: Season 14, Ep. 12
    by Samantha Stephens on October 21, 2019 at 5:12 pm

    An all-new installment of DCC: Making the Team trivia is up for season 14, episode 12, where injuries are rampant and the clock is ticking as time runs out to finalize the team. DCC: Making the Team airs Fridays at 9 PM ET/8 CT only on CMT. […]

  • Country Music Hall of Fame Inducts These Legends
    by Edward Morris on October 21, 2019 at 5:01 pm

    Ray Stevens, Jerry Bradley, Brooks & Dunn are formally inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fam […]

  • A Guy Walks Into a Song: How Eric Church Wound Up on Keith Urban’s “We Were”
    by Alison Bonaguro on October 21, 2019 at 3:58 pm

    There’s some history here, for sure. The brand new version of Keith Urban’s “We Were” featuring Eric Church is not the first time the two singers have released a song together. Remember their 2015 “Raise ’Em Up”? That one was written by Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston and Jeffrey Steele, and it was excellent. Embedded from... Read more » […]

  • This Is What Happens When Lee Brice Takes Over for Luke Combs
    by Alison Bonaguro on October 21, 2019 at 2:49 pm

    It’s already been firmly established that Luke Combs can write the hell out of a country song. So why, when he wrote a killer duet with Carly Pearce, did he gives his part away to Lee Brice? When Brice was in Chicago last week, he explained to me how “I Hope You’re Happy Now” came... Read more » […]

  • Tanya Tucker Rides Again in “Bring My Flowers Now”
    by CMT.com Staff on October 21, 2019 at 4:00 am

    See Tanya Tucker's new video, "Bring My Flowers Now." […]