Category Archives: NCD News

Ashley Monroe Announces She Is Having a Boy . . . a Big Boy
On Christmas Day 2016, Ashley Monroe and husband John Danks announced via Twitter that they were expecting their first child.Almost three months later on March 19, Ashley posted a baby update on socia...
Cumulus Media Mar 20, 2017

Toby Keith, Alabama & ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons Added as Performers for Merle Haggard Tribute Concert
More than 20 stars-including newly announced Toby Keith, Alabama and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons-will come together at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on April 6 for a Merle Haggard tribute conce...
Cumulus Media Mar 17, 2017

With 12th Studio Album Dropping on March 31, Trace Adkins Plans to “Feel Guilty” With 12th USO Tour
“12” must be Trace Adkins’ lucky number this year.On March 31, Trace will release his 12th studio album, Something’s Going On, a 12-song offering that features the single, R...
Cumulus Media Mar 17, 2017

Brooke Eden Shares The Story Behind “Act Like You Don’t”—“It Was So Therapeutic for Me to Write It”
Brooke Eden’s new single, “Act Like You Don’t, about a girl pleading with her ex for space after a breakup so that she can heal, is a case of art imitating life. The song’s rel...
Cumulus Media Mar 17, 2017

Lindsay Ell Makes New Music That’s “Worth the Wait”—New EP Due March 24
You won’t have to wait much longer to hear Lindsay Ell’s debut EP, appropriately titled, Worth the Wait. The singer announced today (March 17) that she will be releasing her new project on...
Cumulus Media Mar 17, 2017

Vote Now: 4 Artists Remain in the 3rd Annual Nash Music Madness Championship—Carrie Vs. Blake, Thomas Rhett Vs. Dolly
In honor of college basketball's craziest month, I created a bracket with 16 of the hottest acts in country music. I seeded them based on the strength of their current "season," which ran from the ACM...
Cumulus Media Mar 17, 2017

The Railers Plan Timely Arrival at Country Radio With New Single, “11:59 (Central Standard Time)” [Listen]
Both on and offstage, The Railers are a tight-knit group. The trio-Jonathan, Jordan and Cassandra Lawson-has been tearing up the roadway in their trusty old van, Geraldine, playing 150-200 shows a yea...
Cumulus Media Mar 16, 2017

Watch Coach Blake Shelton and Mentor Luke Bryan Spread the Love During “The Voice” Battle Rounds
The Blind Auditions have concluded on NBC’s Season 12 of The Voice, and now it’s time to battle.On Monday, March 20, the Battles Rounds will begin and coaches Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, A...
Cumulus Media Mar 16, 2017

Reba Remembers Band Members Who Died in Plane Crash 26 Years Ago
It was 26 years ago today (March 16) that Reba suffered a deep loss when eight members of her band lost their lives in a fatal plane crash.The accident occurred shortly after the plane carrying the ba...
Cumulus Media Mar 16, 2017

Sturgill Simpson Posts Facebook Tribute in Honor of Late Grandfather
If you listened to Sturgill Simpson’s 2014 breakout album, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, the first voice you heard on the album was Sturgill’s grandfather, Lawrence “Dood”...
Cumulus Media Mar 16, 2017