Trailblazing country music legend Tanya Tucker defied the standards of how a woman in country music was supposed to behave. Decades after Tanya slipped from the spotlight, rising Americana music star Brandi Carlile took it upon herself to write an…
TasteOfCountry.com Keith Whitley's widow, singer Lorrie Morgan, said she was struggling for the right words to include during her acceptance of his Country Music Hall of Fame medallion. She knew one thing, however. "He would feel so undeserving," Morgan shares,…
TasteOfCountry.com Dolly Parton made a trip to New York to officially accept her 2022 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy trophy, which celebrates her decades of charitable efforts, especially her Dolly Parton Foundation and its creation of the Imagination Library. As she…
Kelly Clarkson and Dwayne Johnson 'Kellyoke' a Loretta Lynn song in memory of her late passing
TasteOfCountry.com Garth Brooks has been advocating for Keith Whitley's membership into the Country Music Hall of Fame for years, so it was fitting that he did the honors during the Medallion Ceremony on Sunday night (Oct. 16) in Nashville. After…
The daughter of a massive Alan Jackson fan is hoping the singer will allow her to sprinkle her late mother's ashes on his Nashville area property as her final resting place
TasteOfCountry.com Vince Gill paid an emotional musical tribute to the late Loretta Lynn during a recent appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. The country superstar joined his fellow Opry cast members for a soaring rendition of his iconic song, "Go…
Chattanooga, TN: According the Billboard, Blake Shelton — who has been a coach on NBC’s The Voice since it premiered in 2011 — won’t be turning his red chair around for much longer. The country superstar revealed on Tuesday…
CHATTANOOGA, TN: According to Taste of Country, Loretta Lynn was laid to rest on Friday (Oct. 7) in a private ceremony at her family's cemetery at her Hurricane Mills, Tenn., estate, according to a report from the Tennessean. About…
ClassicCountryMusic.com There was no questioning how Loretta Lynn felt about Alan Jackson, and vice versa. They adored each other, and had a friendship that stretched back for decades. When Jackson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in…
Congratulations to the production team at Bahakel Communications - Chattanooga and Classic Country Q97.3/99.3 for their first place award at this year's Tennessee Association of Broadcasters Awards.
TasteOfCountry.com Loretta Lynn, who passed away Tuesday, was one of the most iconic country singers of all time, but she was just a nervous 28-year-old when she made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry on Oct. 15, 1960. Lynn had…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry member Loretta Lynn has passed away at age 90. She died peacefully in her sleep early in the morning Tuesday, October 4, at her home in Hurricane Mills,…
Newschannel9.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Fans of Naomi Judd, the late matriarch of the Grammy-winning country duo The Judds, will have a chance to say goodbye and rejoice in their hits in a final tour helmed by daughter Wynonna and all-star musical…
TasteOfCountry.com Eight years after meeting on the set of The Voice, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are a happily married couple. And while the two appear closer than ever, Stefani recently confessed that she didn't know who Shelton was or that he even existed prior to her…
Chattanooga, TN: Jerry Lee is now 87! I first saw Jerry Lee in Nashville at George Jones Possum Club. This was the fall of 1977. My friend Jim and I rolled into town and heard an ad on the…
TasteOfCountry.com New Fox series Monarch -- which stars Trace Adkins opposite Susan Sarandon -- already features a number of high profile country cameos, with the likes of Shania Twain, Little Big Town, Tanya Tucker and Martina McBride all making appearances…
TasteOfCountry.com Shania Twain is nobody's impersonator! During a short clip that previews her role on Ep. 2 of Monarch, fans see the country music superstar putting her foot down on a song performance. The next episode of Monarch on FOX airs on Tuesday night…
TasteOfCountry.com Garth Brooks will wrap up a long-awaited string of shows at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, over the weekend, and in an interview prior to the concerts, he revealed that he had lost a whopping 50 pounds in order to…
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TasteOfCountry.com Josh Turner is getting into the holiday spirit already with the announcement of a new Christmas special and 2022 Christmas tour. The special, King Size Manger, is part of the Gaither Gospel Series and features Turner singing holiday tunes from…
TasteOfCountry.com Jerry Jeff Walker once stole Rodney Crowell's dog — but he didn't get away with it. That's just one of the stories Crowell shares in his new book, Word for Word, which dropped on Tuesday (Sept. 13) via BMG Books.…
Artist like Brooks and Dunn and Little Big Town pay tribute to Miranda Lambert at the ACM Honors
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