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

HARDY Brings The Mockingbird & The Crow Tour to Jonesboro, AR

It was a great night for live music as country music artist, HARDY brought his the mockingbird & THE CROW Tour to First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro, Arkansas! The singer songwriter also brought along tour mates, Lainey Wilson and Dylan Marlowe!

Rising country artist, Dylan Marlowe performed a remarkable set opening the show with a few songs of his including Grew Up Country, Why We’d Break Up Again, I’ll Keep The Country, Dirt Road When I Die, When I Look Back, Record High and You See Mine. “Arkansas, thank y’all so much for coming out,” said Marlowe at the end of his set. Continue reading

Nashville Songwriter Vol. II – Jake Brown Releases The Inside Stories Behind Country Music’s Greatest Hits

In today’s country music generation, there is a variety of country music songs we love from through the decades although, it isn’t very often that you actually hear about the songwriters that created these pieces. This is where author, Jake Brown, comes in with his newest book release, Nashville Songwriter Vol. II – The Inside Stories Behind Country Music’s Greatest Hits.

The book which is the second volume in this particular series also happens to be Brown’s 45th book he has written in his collection, that focuses on telling the stories behind country music hit songs, and features even more exclusive interviews with some of the biggest songwriters in the country music industry today. Continue reading