Category Archives: NCD News

Zac Brown Band Headlines Gatlinburg’s “Mountain Tough” Benefit Festival to Raise Money for Those Affected by East Tennessee Wildfires
After Dolly Parton set up a telethon-Smoky Mountains Rise-to help those affected by the wildfires that devastated her hometown in East Tennessee, Zac Brown Band is stepping up to the plate by headlini...
Cumulus Media Dec 08, 2016

Watch Justin Moore’s New Video for “Kinda Don’t Care”
Justin Moore will release his fourth studio album, Kinda Don’t Care, on August 12. As the album’s lead single, “You Look Like I Need a Drink,” continues to climb Billboard̵...
Syndicated Author Dec 08, 2016

Randy Travis Tribute Concert Slated for Feb. 8 in Nashville With Performances By Kenny Rogers, Alabama, Chris Janson, Tanya Tucker & More
2016 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Randy Travis will be getting a tribute fit for a country king on Feb. 8, 2017, as a bevy of stars gather at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena for 1 Night. 1 ...
Cumulus Media Dec 08, 2016

Sturgill Simpson Becomes Fourth Country Artist Nominated for All-Genre Grammy Album of the Year and NOT CMA Album of the Year
Since the inception of the CMA Awards in 1967, only three country artists’ albums have been nominated for the all-genre Grammy Award for Album of the Year and NOT been nominated for the CMA Awar...
Cumulus Media Dec 06, 2016

Kelsea Ballerini Helps Present $1 Million to Metro Nashville Public Schools
Kelsea Ballerini was up early this morning (Dec. 6) getting the news that she was nominated for the all-genre Best New Artist at the 59th annual Grammy Awards. No sooner did she get the call than the ...
Cumulus Media Dec 06, 2016

Chris Young Is “Tickled” With His Grammy Nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Think of You”
It may be a dreary, chilly, rainy day in Nashville today (Dec. 6), but Chris Young’s morning got off to a jovial start when he learned he had earned a Grammy nomination for Best Country Duo/Grou...
Cumulus Media Dec 06, 2016

Country Veterans Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney React to Their Grammy Nominations
Nominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards were announced this morning (Dec. 6), and it turned out to be good news for country veterans Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban.Keith scored two nominations for Best ...
Cumulus Media Dec 06, 2016

Granger Smith Is Out of the Hospital and Back in Texas After Breaking Two Ribs in a Stage Fall
Following Granger Smith’s nasty fall offstage and that broke two of his ribs on Dec. 2 while performing at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, N.J., he announced today (Dec. 6) via Twitter that...
Cumulus Media Dec 06, 2016
2017 Grammy Nominations: Maren Morris Earns 4 Nominations, Miranda Lambert 2, Keith Urban 2, Sturgill Simpson 2, Brandy Clark 2
2017 Grammy Awards: Country Music Winners ListNominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards were announced this morning (Dec. 6), and a trio of country artists earned nominations in all-genre categories, inc...
Cumulus Media Dec 06, 2016

Kenny Chesney Sends “Thoughts and Prayers” to Those Affected by Tennessee Wildfires; Calls Attention to Dolly Parton’s My People Fund [Watch]
East Tennessee native Kenny Chesney posted a video message on his social media accounts today (Dec. 5) to bring attention to the fundraising efforts of Dolly Parton’s My People Fund, which was e...
Cumulus Media Dec 05, 2016