Try to remember you first exposure to music. You heard a special song and wanted to hear it again and again. When you get older that happens a little less. For radio people with music burnout from time to time, it's even more rare. But Thomas Rhett's new song, "Beer ...

Happy New Year! Look at what's on the books for 2020. The concert business is exploding this year, and you wonder what hasn't yet been revealed. Garth Brooks and Kenny Chesney are going to be playing to a million people each this year with stadium shows from the East ...

I'm en route to the North Pole ... last one on Music Row turn out the lights. Now that 2019 is about done, we are another year older and, as John Lennon once sang, "I hope you had fun." Did we see some shooting stars in the sky this year or what? Luke Combs is on a ...

The Grammys are January 26, 2020, a little earlier than normal. The nominations were a Thanksgiving gift for many this year. And to some, a late trick or treat. They certainly were a huge gift to Tanya Tucker, who had four and led all other Country nominees. Miranda ...

There was more buzz, talk and "who will win" drama over this CMA Awards show than any in recent memory. The first group of national ratings show a double-digit viewer increase: 12% up, or over a million more viewers than the lower wattage 2018 event. What was the ...

As we get into CMA Week, the weather is going to get in on the story, as it has the past few years, with low temps of 18 and 22 on two of the three nights early this week. I don't see rain or, God forbid, snow in the forecast, but the weather is crazy around CMA time ...

Everyone has done their job getting the word out that Miranda Lambert has a new album out ("Wildcard"). She showed up just about everywhere last week: Late night and early morning TV, People magazine, a TV segment on the Meredith-owned local stations, local radio, ...

Have any bucket list concerts on your list? The Eagles' "Hotel California 2020" tour is easily on my list. Saw Elvis, Hendrix, Zeppelin, CSN&Y, even saw the original Grand Funk Railroad and The Beach Boys, but The Eagles were elusive and expensive. They are still ...

The death of Kane Brown drummer Kenny Dixon is a heartbreaking story on so many levels. If you make your living away from home, so many times you will do almost anything to get home for just a few more hours, no matter how tired you are or what you have to do, you ...