Riley Green Brings The This Ain’t My Last Rodeo Tour To Jonesboro, AR

It’s always a great time to listen to more traditional country music in the natural state! The country music artist, Riley Green came to town, along with Tracy Lawrence and Ella Langley to perform a wonderful concert on the This Ain’t My Last Rodeo Tour at the First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro, AR!

Upcoming country music artist, Ella Langley opened the show performing five songs. “It’s a pleasure to be here with y’all!,” said the artist. She performed two of her well known songs including Paint The Town Blue and That’s Why We Fight, along with Country Boy’s Dream Girl, Could’ve Been Her and one unreleased song entitled, If You’re Gonna Be Gone Continue reading

Voting Open For The 2024 Arkansas Country Music Awards

The time has come! It’s March 1st and all the nominees for the 2024 Arkansas Country Music Awards have been announced, which means voting is now OPEN!

There’s a wide variety of wonderful people nominated for the awards and everyone is definitely excited for the upcoming award show! The seventh annual Arkansas Country Music Awards will be happening at the Reynolds Performance Hall on the University Of Central Arkansas Campus in Conway, Arkansas on June 3rd.  Continue reading

2024 Arkansas Country Music Awards Nominees Announced: See The List!

There’s some excitement going around in the natural state! The official list of nominees for the 2024 Arkansas Country Music Awards was just announced this month on Thursday, February 8th! 

This year, the seventh annual Arkansas Country Music Awards will return for the fourth year in a row to the Reynolds Performance Hall on the University of Central Arkansas Campus in Conway, Arkansas on June 3rd, 2024!  Continue reading

Cody Johnson Returns To Little Rock on The Leather Tour with Sold Out Concert

It’s always a great time to listen to live country music on a Saturday night in the natural state! The country music artist, Cody Johnson came to town, along with Dillon Carmichael and Chris Janson to perform a wonderful sold out concert on The Leather Tour at the Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock, AR! 

The opening act was rising country music artist, Dillon Carmichael. “Hi Y’all! My name is Dillon Carmichael. It’s nice to meet y’all!,” said the Kentucky native. He performed six songs during his set including Family Tree, Drinkin’ Problems, Hot Beer, Pickin’ Up Girls, Son Of A and Big Truck. “Thank you so much to Cody Johnson for giving us the opportunity to play and make some fans. We are so grateful,” said Carmichael before the end of his set.  Continue reading

The CMBeat Receives Nomination For Arkansas Country Music Award For Third Year In A Row!

Today is a exciting day and it’s time for a very big announcement! I am so excited to share that The CMBeat has received a nomination for the third year in a row in the Publication/Blog/Podcast of the Year award category at the 2024 Arkansas Country Music Awards! 

For those of you who haven’t heard about the Arkansas Country Music Awards, they are a country music awards show which focuses on the great artists, musicians and people from the music industry that are from Arkansas! Continue reading

Larry Deno Talks About New Collaboration with Lindsey Watson

A upcoming country music artist, Larry Deno recently released a brand new single on December 31st, 2023 entitled, Whiskey Drinkin’ and Wishful Thinkin’ featuring artist, Lindsey Watson!

The Little Rock, Arkansas native, Larry Deno recently got to chat exclusively with The CMBeat about the release of his new single, how it came to be and how his duet partner, Lindsey Watson joined him on the collaboration! Continue reading

Nominations Open For The 2024 Arkansas Country Music Awards

As we ring in a new year, it means the time has come for the nominations of the Seventh Annual Arkansas Country Music Awards and they are now OPEN! 

Everyone can nominate their favorite Arkansan’s from now until January 21st! It’s been previously announced, the 2024 Arkansas Country Music Awards will return for the fourth year in a row to the Reynolds Performance Hall on the University of Central Arkansas Campus in Conway, Arkansas on June 3rd, 2024! Continue reading

Exclusive Interview: Cory Jackson Talks About Latest Single, “When The Needle Drops”

A upcoming country music artist, Cory Jackson recently released a great new country music single on October 6th, entitled, When The Needle Drops

The Jonesboro, Arkansas native, Cory Jackson recently chatted exclusively with The CMBeat about where the inspiration for the song came from, being an independent artist and releasing a new song, along with what he would like fans to know when listening to the new single! Continue reading