Morgan Wallen Leads CMA Awards Nominations
The Country Music Association announced nominees for “The 58th Annual CMA Awards,” as determined by eligible voting CMA members comprised of professionals within the Country Music industry. Morgan Wallen tops the list with seven nominations. In comparison, other top nominees include Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton with five nominations, and Post Malone and Lainey Wilson […] The post Morgan Wallen Leads CMA Awards Nominations appeared first on Cheatham County Source.
Lainey Wilson Leads 2024 ACM Awards Winners — See the Full List!
The winners in the 2024 ACM Awards have been announced, and Lainey Wilson walked away as the night's biggest winner. Wilson shared a win with Jelly Roll for Music Event of the Year for "Save Me," and she also won Female Artist of the Year before completing her huge evening by winning the night's most prestigious award, Entertainer of the Year.
Riley Green Releases “Change My Mind,” From Forthcoming ‘Don’t Mind If I Do’ Album
A new one from Riley Green Today, he released a song called "Change My Mind," from his forthcoming third studio album Don’t Mind If I Do. Written by Riley along with frequent collaborators Erik Dylan and Randy Montana, it's another sultry, steamy tune that finds him missing a former flame. He knows it should be over, and in a lot of ways it is, but there are a few things she does so well that might convince him to change his mind about their relationship: "And 'bout the time you let your long hair fall, Is about the time I rethink it all, Girl the...
Ashley Gorley, Jelly Roll, ‘The Painter’ Are Top Nashville Songwriter Awards Winners
The Nashville Songwriters Association International celebrated the songwriters in Nashville’s music community at the Nashville Songwriter Awards, held at the Ryman Auditorium, on Tuesday (Sept. 24).Travis Barker Is Disappointed Over Leaked Photo of 10-Month-Old Son Rocky Ashley Gorley was named songwriter of the year, while Jelly Roll was named songwriter-artist of the year. Meanwhile, the Cody Johnson-recorded “The Painter” — written by Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins and Ryan Larkins — was named song of the year. The evening also included two special honorees, as Alan Jackson was celebrated with the Kris Kristofferson lifetime achievement award, which recognizes a songwriter whose works have...
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Eisa Davis, and Mike Elizondo Talk Assembling Their Wildly Ambitious, Deliciously Theatrical New Hip-Hop Concept Album, Warriors
Walter Hill’s 1979 film The Warriors, based on the 1965 novel by Sol Yurick, presents a blood-stained map of a New York City ruled by highly territorial gangs. Warriors, a new concept album based on the same story, begins with a dancehall-tinged intro by the Jamaican singer Shenseea, before Bronx-born rapper Chris Rivers hops on the track to rep and introduce his borough. This sets the stage for the next four voices: Nas (of Queens), Cam’ron (Manhattan), Ghostface Killah and RZA (Staten Island), and Busta Rhymes (Brooklyn).
How Jackson Dean’s ‘Heavens to Betsy’ Lyrics Tell His Story [Exclusive]
Jackson Dean admits he'd never heard the phrase "Heavens to Betsy" before he started to write the lyrics to the stirring, country-rock power ballad. Songwriter Driver Williams suggested the title during a writing session on Music Row, and almost instantly Dean was hit with a vision of what the song should be. It started with memories of friends sleeping on his couch for years at a time. These boys would become men before they'd truly know their fathers.