Music News Archives

Sara Evans revealed she has reconciled with her estranged husband Harry “Jay” Barker, two years after he was arrested for domestic violence. Barker was charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in January 2022, accused of attempting to hit a car Evans was riding in with his own car. He subsequently entered a “best interest” plea to a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment and received one year of probation.

Brooks & Dunn announced the 2024 Class of Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum inductees in a live-stream held at the Hall of Fame Rotunda Downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The late Toby Keith will be honored in the Modern Era Artist category, along with James Burton in the rotating Recording and/or Touring Musician category and John Anderson in the Veterans Era Artist category.

The Academy of Country Music (ACM) has announced that the 59th ACM Awards will take place on Thursday, May 16. The annual event will stream live from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, exclusively on Prime Video.  The 2023 show, hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, streamed live globally on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch.

Kenny Chesney recently shared his new song ‘Thinking’ Bout’, off his fifteen-song album ‘BORN’, set to drop on March 29.  Chesney previously shared the tracks “Take Her Home” and “Just To Say We Did” off BORN. 

Eric Church has announced a 19-show residency at ‘Chief’s on Broadway’, his new six-story entertainment complex on Nashville’s Lower Broadway. The residency, titled To Beat The Devil, kicks-off with a grand opening performance on Friday, April 5th, with dates running through June 9th.