Category Archives: NCD News

Keith Urban’s New Music Video is for All the Wild Hearts Out There

Keith Urban’s New Music Video is for All the Wild Hearts Out There

Keith Urban‘s current single at country is a song laced with autobiographical lyrics… So, when it came to the music video for “Wild Hearts” the theme of video is also very personal to Keith, “I wanted to create the feeling of the journey I’ve been on – hoping that one day I’d be playing live…

Maren Morris Releases “Background Music” from Humble Quest

Maren Morris Releases “Background Music” from Humble Quest

Maren Morris started off 2022 with sharing new music with her fans as she released her single “Circles Around This Town”. This was the first song from her upcoming album, Humble Quest, that everyone got as a preview to the rest of the project. Now Maren is dropping another track from the project…”Background Music.” Sharing…

Chris Janson Starts His Halfway To Crazy Tour with a Special Moment

Chris Janson Starts His Halfway To Crazy Tour with a Special Moment

Chris Janson‘s Halfway To Crazy tour gets back at it in Wilkes-Barre, PA this week. While fans show up to hear Chris’ long list of hit songs…they might also get treated to some special moments like the crowd at the opening weekend show in Des Moines got. Chris brought combat veteran Bradley Hanawalt on stage…

Academy Of Country Music Announces First Round of Performers for 57th ACM Awards

Academy Of Country Music Announces First Round of Performers for 57th ACM Awards

The Academy of Country Music announced the nominees for the 57th ACM Awards last week, and now they’ve released the first round of performers that will appear on the show as well. March 7th fans can watch as the awards will be streamed world wide on Prime Video – where you can see Kelsea Ballerini,…

Kenny Chesney is Knowing Everyone She Knows

Kenny Chesney is Knowing Everyone She Knows

Congrats to Kenny Chesney – he’s a double nominee at the 57th Academy Of Country Music with nods in the Song Of The Year, and Music Event Of The Year categories. Kenny’s Music Event nomination is with Kelsea Ballerini for their song “Half Of My Hometown.” Kenny’s number-one hit “Knowing You” is one of the…

Lady A’s “What A Song Can Do” is the New Single for the ACM Nominated Group

Lady A’s “What A Song Can Do” is the New Single for the ACM Nominated Group

Congrats to Lady A – they are once again nominated for Group Of The Year at the 57th Academy Of Country Music. Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, and Dave Haywood have been a mainstay in the Group category at the ACM Awards for more than a decade now. The trio recently announced that their next single…

Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley Take Their Freedom to Number-1

Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley Take Their Freedom to Number-1

Congrats to Jimmie Allen and Brad Paisley as their reach the number-one spot on the Billboard country airplay chart with their hit “Freedom Was A Highway!” This comes after Jimmie was announced as an ACM nominee for Male Artist Of The Year – as well as the co-host of the show with Dolly Parton and…

Eli Young Band Lets the Love Do the Talking on the Radio and on Tour

Eli Young Band Lets the Love Do the Talking on the Radio and on Tour

Eli Young Band has a new song out called “Love Talking.” The in the Eli Young Band joked “Definitely not the booze talking! It’s time to let the love do the talking!” They added “We’re really proud of this song. We think we accomplished something big with a little sleight of hand and misdirection! We…

Joe Nichols’ New Album, Good Day For Living is Available Now

Joe Nichols’ New Album, Good Day For Living is Available Now

Joe Nichols‘ new album Good Day For Living is available now. Along with the new album, Joe also launched his Good Day For Living tour, that kicked off this past weekend – check out the schedule here… The title track to Joe Nichols’ new album is also his single at country radio right now –…

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Eric Church Announces 2025 Free The Machine North American Tour

Eric Church Announces 2025 Free The Machine North American Tour

On Wednesday (April 30), Eric Church announced the dates and details of his 2025 Free The Machine Tour of North America. The 22-date arena tour starts in Pittsburgh on September 12 and finishes in Los Angeles on November 15, hitting cities like Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, and Seattle along the way. Church will be joined by…

Jessi Alexander Shares Her Journey From Fledgling Artist To Hit Country Songwriter

Jessi Alexander Shares Her Journey From Fledgling Artist To Hit Country Songwriter

Prior to being honored during Variety’s Power of Women: Nashville event, Jessi Alexander spoke with the publication about her journey from fledgling artist to blockbuster country songwriter. Alexander broke gender stereotypes in the Music Row writers’ rooms by penning chart-topping hits like Lee Brice’s “I Drive Your Truck,” Miranda Lambert’s “Things That Break,” Blake Shelton’s…

Minority Stake In Morgan Wallen’s Catalog Sold By Big Loud For $200 Million

Minority Stake In Morgan Wallen’s Catalog Sold By Big Loud For $200 Million

Nashville-based label Big Loud, home to Morgan Wallen, has reportedly sold a minority stake in the country superstar’s master recordings to Chord Music Partners for over $200 million. The deal is for a minority holding in Wallen’s first three studio albums, which includes his blockbuster 2023 double album, One Thing at a Time. The deal…

Chase McDaniel Shares Insight Into His Debut Radio Single, “Burned Down Heaven”

Chase McDaniel Shares Insight Into His Debut Radio Single, “Burned Down Heaven”

Chase McDaniel believes that listening to music in real-time can have a significant impact on listeners, rather than letting an algorithm choose what they hear. The new country artist recalls three life-changing moments he’s had while hearing songs on country radio, and McDaniel hopes his first radio single, “Burned Down Heaven,” has a similar effect…