Music

The year is coming to a close, and it’s time for outlets to start sharing their picks for the best of 2020, and that includes “Rolling Stone,” which just revealed their list of the 20 Best Country & Americana Songs of the Year.

The Recording Academy has revealed the recordings being inducted this year into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame, with this year’s class featuring contributions from artists like Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and more. 

GRAMMY-winning singer K.T. Oslin passed away yesterday at the age of 78. According to "Music Row," K.T., born Kay Toinette Oslin, had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and last week she tested positive for COVID-19, although there’s no word on whether it contributed to her death.

While Christmas may be different for lot of us this year, that won’t stop Brothers Osborne from enjoying the holiday season. 

In case you missed it, Carrie Underwood already got her Christmas gift from hubby Mike Fisher, and let’s just say it would have been a little big to put under the Christmas tree.

Brad Paisley is once again taking his Elf on the Shelf duties seriously. As we told you last year, Brad shared a variety of pics featuring the unique ways he was hiding his elf around the house. Well, apparently he isn’t slacking off this year either.

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood helped folks get into the holiday spirit last night, with their CBS special “Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event,” which had the superstar couple singing songs requested by fans. 

Earlier this month, Carly Pearce shared the new song “Show Me Around,” which she dedicated to her late producer busbee, who died last year. Well, now she’s talking about the inspiration behind the song.

Jennifer Nettles is ringing in the holidays this week with a very special livestream. “Hallelujah Anyway” will debut on Wednesday at 7 pm CT, with Jennifer performing from her home in New York City. 

Carly Pearce will be the first to tell you that this year has been one of the toughest she's ever had. The good news is Carly says she's been able to spend time reflecting on many things in her life right now. 

Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley are enjoying the time they're getting to spend with family but both agree that they miss spending time with their fans at live shows as well. They both say that this year has certainly helped them better appreciate those moments they had with fans. 

Eric Church is looking forward to a new year but is certainly excited to spend the holidays with his wife Katherine and two sons Boone and Hawk. Eric shared that he has certain family Christmas traditions, that he plans on keeping alive this holiday season.

Congratulations are in order after Runaway June's Naomi Cooke revealed on social media that she is engaged! Her fiancé is her boyfriend of the last year and a half is musician Martin Johnson of emo and alt-rock group Boys Like Girls.

Rita Wilson has shared the new video for her recent single “I Wanna Kiss Bob Dylan,” as an ode to the rock legend.

Old Crow Medicine Show will return to the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville for a New Year’s run this year. To accommodate social distancing, OCMS will perform two shows per night on December 30 and 31.

Carrie Underwood just loved working with her son Isaiah as he samg "Little Drummer Boy" with her for her Christmas album "My Gift" and now she has some sad news to report about Isaiah. 

Kacey Musgraves is putting her voice to work as she, Dan Stevens, and Richard E. Grant are set to star in the English-language dub of Studio Ghibli's animated feature "Earwig and the Witch."

Mickey Guyton is super excited as she just released the music video for her track “Without A Net.” The track was written by Grammy award-winning songwriter Diane Warren and is featured in the new documentary film "Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story."

Carrie Underwood’s first-ever Christmas album "My Gift," continues its reign atop the charts this holiday season, following its No. 1 debut across multiple global charts. Released September 25th, the album debuted No. 1 on the Billboard Country, Christian, and Holiday charts, marking Carrie's eighth straight album to debut No. 1 on the Billboard Country chart.

Brett Young, like most of us, is looking forward to leaving 2020 behind and moving on to bigger and better things in 2021 but Brett also realizes that he needs to have realistic expectations for the new year.