Brinley Addington Releases Debut EP, Songs From A Bar

One great singer/songwriter, Brinley Addington, has been paving his way in Nashville for a few years, but he’s walking a new road, by releasing his long awaited debut EP available now entitled, Songs From A Bar.

This debut EP from Addington, couldn’t be named any better, because it perfectly describes this collection of music. The record has a great combination of songs you’d expect to hear play at a bar, which are your country heartbreak and party songs.  Continue reading

Exclusive Interview with Ruthie Collins

These days, there are several upcoming female country artists in the country music scene and singer/songwriter, Ruthie Collins hailing from Fredonia, NY, is definitely no exception.

The country singer recently chatted with me about some things close to her including musical influences, her latest released music, shares tips for DIY ideas, and talks about her goals for 2018. Continue reading

Is Kelsea Ballerini Ready To Release MORE New Music? 

One country music superstar, Kelsea Ballerini, is keeping busy these days with a new husband, a recently released new album, Unapologetically, and starting a new tour with Keith Urban this summer! But…is the singer ready to release MORE new music soon?

Kelsea Ballerini has been known to give great teasers, including yesterday on her Instagram Stories, showing that she was already recording a new song that we could possibly see on her next album. The song titled, Before And After, that from the sound of it, obviously looks like another love song that we are going to fall in love with from the artist. Here are some of the lyrics from the song! Continue reading

Exclusive Interview with The Arkansas Country Music Awards 

Every country singer we all know and love, of course comes from some state, rather that be from Tennessee, some from Texas or farther. There’s been a few to come from one state in particular such as Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Charlie Rich, Justin Moore, Buddy Jewell, Joe Nichols, and more. What state does these artists come from you may ask? Not only but my favorite, Arkansas. Continue reading

One Year Later – Nashville Season 6 – The Final Season

It’s only been a little over one year since beloved fans of the television show Nashville (“Nashies” as they like to call themselves), were heartbroken when the ABC network cancelled the series, but the Nashville-based cable network, CMT, came to the rescue for the drama after fans took over the Internet with their hashtag, #BringBackNashville in hopes to save the show.

Now we have already seen all of season 5 and fans were guaranteed to see a Season 6 this January in 2018, but unfortunately this fall it was announced that the next season, would be its last. Just a little over a year ago, The CMBeat wrote an article about The Reality Of Nashville Season 5, so in light of the new season being less than a week away from its premiere date, we thought we would do a recap of what all has happened this past season and what everyone could expect from Season 6. (Spoiler Alert! If you don’t want to know what happens in Season 5, might be best to stop reading now!) Continue reading

Silverado Records Releases A Very Nashville Christmas 

Everyone knows that Christmas time is one of the most special holidays that only comes around once a year, and nothing’s better than to celebrate the special occasion with Christmas music! That’s why Silverado Records has brought out another great project entitled, A Very Nashville Christmas.

This new album is the second holiday record the label has released, of course featuring some of their artists from their roster, such as David Adam Byrnes, Ali Morgan, Crystal Yates, and Tyler Jordan along with some special guest appearances by different singer/songwriters. 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

Cole Swindell Releases Down Home Sessions IV

A rising country artist, Cole Swindell, has been known for his singing abilities but he is also recognized for his incredible songwriting skills. The singer/songwriter continues to give back to his fans with music, by just releasing a new EP, entitled, Down Home Sessions IV.

The idea behind the series that the artist has been doing for a few years now, is to cover some of the most popular country music songs that he has written and has been recorded by other country artists.  Continue reading