Category Archives: NCD News

Following in the footsteps of top singer/songwriters like Alan Jackson, Sam Hunt and Matthew Ramsey of Old Dominion, Brett Young has been named the 2018 ASCAP Country Songwriter/Artist of the Year.The...

Blake Shelton announced he will hit the road in the new year for his Friends & Heroes 2019 Tour-and he’s taking some of his friends and heroes along, including the Bellamy Brothers, John And...

Shania Twain, Travis Tritt and Jake Owen will join forces in an effort to mentor new country talent for the upcoming television series, Real Country, which debuts on USA on Nov. 13.The eight-part seri...

Maren Morris scored the second Top 5 single from her solo catalog this week as “Rich” reached No. 5 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart.That’s the good news.The bad news? Maren is t...

The band Delta Rae-comprised of Ian Hlljes, Eric Hlljes, Brittany Hlljes, Elizabeth Hopkins, Mike McKee and Grant Emerson-stopped by the Nash campus last week to chat with Elaina Smith for her Women W...

Reba McEntire is the hostess with the mostest. Reba returns for a second year as host of the ninth annual CMA Country Christmas, a two-hour music celebration that airs on ABC on Dec. 10.CMA Country Ch...

Tony Joe White, the songwriter behind such hits at “Polk Salad Annie” and “Rainy Night in Georgia,” died on Oct. 24 at his home in Leiper’s Fork, Tenn., according to the ...

Dierks Bentley will hit the road in 2019 for his headlining Burning Man Tour.The first leg of the tour kicks off on Jan. 17 in Hamilton, Ontario, making nine stops in Canada before hitting U.S. soil f...

Blake Shelton posted a Halloween-inspired clip on Instagram on Oct. 24 that shows an artist carving his likeness onto a pumpkin.The 28-second video-which has been sped up-features some product placeme...

After Hurricane Michael destroyed her home in Mexico Beach, Fla., earlier this month, LeClaire Bryan-Luke Bryan’s mother-shared a video message on Luke’s Instagram page on Oct. 24, thankin...