All kinds of people from the country music industry from across the state of Arkansas and farther, gathered in the natural state on June 4th, 2018, for the first inaugural Arkansas Country Music Awards, being held at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Continue reading
The CMBeat is thrilled to have the EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE of a Behind-The-Song video from Chance McKinney! It features footage of the artist talking about one of his new songs, Everybody Wants You, off of his latest EP, entitled, I. Continue reading
There’s a new exciting event coming to the natural state very soon and it’s just what everyone is talking about.
The Arkansas Country Music Awards are coming to Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 4th, 2018 and being held at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Hosts for the awards include country music singer/songwriter and Arkansas native, Collin Raye, along with Charles Haymes. Since it’s the first inaugural event, I talked with three Arkansas artists that are nominated and performing, about how they feel about the special upcoming awards. Continue reading
There is a lot of females starting to pave their way through the country music industry, and that’s no exception when it comes to a certain powerhouse in town, RaeLynn. Continue reading
A country Texas artist, Jon Wolfe, has been busy putting out great traditional country music in the past few months, and now he’s released a new music video to the title track of his latest album, Any Night In Texas. Continue reading
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
Everyone who is a fan of country music, obviously knows that the genre is known for producing some of the most beautiful country wedding songs like Amazed by Lonestar, I Cross My Heart by George Strait and one even more current, In Case You Didn’t Know by Brett Young. Continue reading
Levi Hummon, a new upcoming country artist from Nashville, Tennessee, is a promising singer making his way through the country music industry showcasing not only his songwriting skills, but also his singing skills with his current smash single, Don’t Waste The Night.
The singer/songwriter recently had the time to chat with me to talk about his roots in country music, along with working in the industry with some heavy shoes to follow, CMA Fest, how he is appreciative to his fans, and a couple of musical influences that might be surprising! Continue reading
A fast rising country star from Asheville, North Carolina, Luke Combs hit the country airwaves two years ago with his smash single, Hurricane, giving fans a taste of his style and what we could expect more in his music. Now the singer/songwriter has finally released his debut album on June 2nd, This One’s For You.
The album starts out with a song that is a great pure country sounding song, Out There. When you’re listening to the song, you would think that is what the rest of the album will sound like, but Combs breaks past that mold, with the second number, Memories Are Made Of, a more heartfelt song about making memories that features a smoother side of Combs.
For years in the music industry, you have always seen artists cover other music besides their own. The idea of musicians performing other artist’s songs still stands true today even among singer’s such like upcoming country artist Johnny Reed Foley who is keeping the tradition alive by recently covering a favorite 90’s country hit, That Ain’t My Truck by Rhett Akins. Continue reading
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