A rising country music artist, Cory Jackson recently had a big night as he took home the Video of the Year award at the 2022 Arkansas Country Music Awards!
The Jonesboro, Arkansas native won for the music video of his song, Put Some Country In Your Country, which was filmed in Jonesboro and directed by Kenny Jackson. Of course, the win came as quite the surprise for the singer songwriter! Continue reading
A upcoming country music artist, Laine Hardy recently released two great new songs entitled, Ground I Grew Up On and Let There Be Country.
The American Idol winner, won the popular television show with his talent last year in 2019. These two new songs from the Louisiana native is followed by his previous released single after he won American Idol called, Flame. Continue reading
It’s time to celebrate! I am so excited that the time has come to share with you all that a special milestone is happening as I launched The CMBeat exactly three years ago today!
In a way, it’s unbelievable that this day has come so quickly! This past year has been great and has seem to fly by so fast! I’m very grateful to have The CMBeat, because in return, not only do I get to share my love of country music with you all, I also have had the privilege to get to know and work with so many wonderful people! Continue reading
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
Hey Y’all! I can’t believe it’s time for this, but I’m SO excited to share with you all that I launched The CMBeat two years ago today!
It’s surprising that this day has already come! The past second year has been great and it’s gone by so fast! It’s been wonderful running The CMBeat this past year and getting to work with some sweet terrific people! Continue reading
I am so excited to share with you all that The CMBeat is celebrating being up and running for one complete YEAR!
This past year has been crazy, in a good way, since launching the website. I am so incredibly grateful and thankful to all of you who have supported and followed The CMBeat through this past year! I want to especially thank everyone that has worked with The CMBeat this year. I have to say one of the best things about having this website, is how many wonderful people I’ve gotten to meet, know, and work with over the course of this last year. I am looking forward to seeing what the future holds for this coming year! Continue reading
Two Words – American Idol. This music reality competition show has been in our homes, on our television screens, on Wednesday and Thursday nights for the past fifteen years. If you’ve been a loyal watcher, like I have been through the years, I’m sure you experienced the same rollercoaster of emotions, when we said a final, bittersweet goodbye to the show last month, on April 7th.
While we’re all still trying to figure out what Ryan Seacrest’s “For Now” comment at the end of the show meant… I thought it would be fun to take a trip down memory lane and explore the impact that American Idol has had on country music, and revisit the 7 wonderful country artists who owe their careers to the show, its producers, and of course the countless fans who faithfully cast their votes.
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