Exile Celebrates 60th Year Anniversary

As 2023 comes to a close, The CMBeat wanted to highlight a special band in music and the exciting big accomplishment they had this year. The country rock band, Exile celebrated their 60th Year Anniversary this year as being together as a group!

In celebration, Exile released their new album, A Million Miles Later, which is their first album with original music in over thirty years. The album is a great addition to the wonderful catalog of music they have already released. It’s by far some of the best country music that’s been released this year in 2023 as well. There’s several noteworthy songs on the album featuring Exile’s great melodies and unmatchable harmonies. Continue reading

Clay Walker Performs In Forrest City, AR

There’s nothing like a country music concert on a Saturday night! Recently, the country music artist, Clay Walker performed a show on September 30th in Forrest City, Arkansas at the Eastern Arkansas Community College Fine Arts Center. 

“Rumor has it, we got some real country music fans in Arkansas tonight!,” exclaimed Clay Walker as he was opening the concert by performing his song, Rumor Has It. The country singer was thrilled to be performing in the natural state. “It just gets better and better, being on the road and singing for audiences that love the music. Seems like the blink of an eye we started yesterday, but I just want to say thanks to all you guys,” said the artist. Continue reading

Exclusive Interview with Mike Ryan

A rising country artist, Mike Ryan, has been working his way through the country music scene for several years now, with his music, and his songwriting abilities nailing him his first #1 single. His recent achievements include being named as one of Pandora’s Country Artists to Watch 2018.

The singer/songwriter recently found some time to talk with me to discuss how he got in to the music business, one of the coolest things that has happened to him so far in his music career, and what it was like working with a couple mega country music stars on his new album, Blink You’ll Miss ItContinue reading