Music

Rough-and-rowdy Brantley Gilbert grows older and wiser. STORY BY JIM HANNAFORD If Brantley Gilbert ever needs a refresher on what’s important in his life, he can just look in the...

Ray Scott Premieres Two Powerful Traditional Songs in Advance of His September 17 LP, Cover The Earth There are two kinds of artists in this world: those who play it...

Brian Kelley's solo album ‘Sunshine State of Mind’ celebrates sea and sand His new solo album makes it clear that Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley isn’t the one from Georgia....

Life comes full circle for Craig Morgan. STORY BY JIM HANNAFORD Craig Morgan never had a burning desire to be a famous country singer, even though he grew up practically...

Big Sound, Big Ambitions for Outspoken Musical Artist Tim Montana Rank-and-file workers don’t always get enough credit, so Tim Montana thought it would be a good idea to salute them...

Musical sensation Laine Hardy has deep roots in South Louisiana As you roll into the little town of Bayou Barbary in south Louisiana, you might see the blue metal sign...

‘Small Town Boy’ Dustin Lynch Makes Good—Again. Photos by Daniel Vorlet The word “Tullahoma” rolls off the tongue so smoothly that it seems like a no-brainer that it would make...

Zac Brown | There’s More than Meets the Eye There’s more than meets the eye with this bearded bandleader.  Zac Brown spends a typical summer on a tour bus, rolling across the country...

Easton Corbin a Modern-Day Standout in the Competitive Country Music Industry Growing up on his grandparents’ farm helped to make Easton Corbin what he is today. After his parents got divorced, he went...

The Cadillac Three Blasts a Unique Brand of Rocking Country. For a country band, the guys in the Cadillac Three sure do look like rock stars. And they sound like...

Colt Ford Reveals New Layers on his Seventh Album For most of his life, Jason Farris Brown’s biggest focus was on sports. At first it was baseball, then it was...

Morgan Wallen and HARDY aren't just successful country music stars, they also share a love of the great outdoors.

The Randy Rogers Band is in it for the Long Haul.  Back in the day when headed out on the road for the first time, the five members of Randy...

Michael Ray is burning up the country music charts with hits like, "One that Got Away" and "Get to You". Currently on tour, this rising  star isn't slowing down and...

Matt DiRito loves being on stage.As bass player for the band Pop Evil – a band who tours the country and whose song downloads dominate the hard-rock playlists on Spotify...

Cameron Duddy can’t help but laugh. “Look at Mark right now!” the bassist for the breakout country music act Midland says, cutting himself off from the rant he was just...

As he walks through the concourse of the Grand Theater at the Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Oklahoma, Chris Alexander passes a row of posters promoting the headlining acts...

When Aaron Watson’s 2015 album The Underdog debuted at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard country albums chart, the country music gatekeepers who had for so long looked the...