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

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

Chris Janson Releases Cover Of Holiday Road

There’s some Christmas songs you can recognize instantly as soon as you hear them playing. Well if your favorite Christmas movie just happens to be National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, you might enjoy this new release!

The country music artist, Chris Janson recently released his rocking version of the theme song, Holiday Road, from the movie! It was originally recorded by Lindsay Buckingham. This holiday song is by far one of the staples of all Christmas music.  Continue reading

Mike Ryan Sends New Single, “Way It Goes” To Radio

The country music singer-songwriter, Mike Ryan just announced he will be officially shipping his new single, “Way It Goes” to country radio in January. This single, “Way It Goes” follows his three-week #1 hit song “Loser”, which topped the American Country Music charts. “Way It Goes” and “Loser” are both included on Mike’s critically-acclaimed album released in 2022 entitled, “Longcut.” Continue reading

Blane Howard’s “Christmas In The Car” Album Is Perfect For Your Holiday Season

It’s that time of season where you start listening to your favorite Christmas music! The country music artist, Blane Howard released his first ever Christmas album last year in November of 2022, entitled, Christmas In The Car

This great record features a variety of Christmas classics. Blane Howard did something very unique with this album, by creating some amazing arrangements of quite a few top favorite Christmas songs.  Continue reading