Randy Travis News

GRAMMY-Award winning singer and songwriter Meghan Trainor will perform LIVE at AT&T Stadium during the nationally televised halftime of the Dallas Cowboys game against the Washington Redskins on Thanksgiving Day, kicking off The Salvation Army's annual Red Kettle Campaign. Donations to the iconic campaign help provide shelter and meals for the homeless and hungry, and Christmas toys for millions of children, in addition to numerous other social service programs year-round.

Johnny Dwinell of Daredevil Production, LLC and hit songwriter, Brent Baxter, of SongwritingPro.com have announced their podcast, “The C.L.I.M.B. (Creating Leverage In the MusicBusiness,)” has partnered with Disc Makers as a professional resource for singers, songwriters and indie artists. Listeners can hear in-depth discussions about the art, craft, and business of songwriting, actionable marketing strategies to grow their audience and be discovered, and even be connected with publishers and industry pros. Listen to “The Climb” here and it can also be found on Spotify and iTunes,

New Jersey based country, folk, Americana singer-songwriter Michael Patrick will release his latest, long overdue recording, 'John Wayne Movies' with two special CD release shows on October 13, 2018 at The Lighthouse Tavern, and October 20th at Roxy & Dukes.

Country singer-songwriter Erin Enderlin has released her latest single 'These Boots.' The single was premiered last week during Erin's fourth appearance at the Grand Ole Opry. You can watch an acoustic performance of the song here. The digital version of the single was premiered yesterday exclusively with Roughstock. 'These Boots' can be streamed or downloaded here.

As the kick-off to this year's highly anticipated “2018 American Music Awards,” chart-topping artists Kane Brown and Ella Mai, singer and American Music Award winner Normani and award winning singer/songwriter Bebe Rexha today announced the nominations LIVE from YouTube Space LA.  The event was livestreamed on the official American Music Awards YouTube channel (YouTube.com/TheAMAs) and included a panel discussion about the nominations with the presenting talent and Billboard correspondent Chelsea Briggs. Hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross, the “2018 American Music Awards” will broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 9 at 8:00pm ET on ABC. 

In 1989, Billy Bob's Texas began a tradition of enshrining those entertainers who sold out the award-winning “Night Club of the Year” by having the celebrity dip their hands in a concrete slab along with adding their signature. Since that time, some of the biggest names in Country Music have done the same, from Dottie West, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, and Randy Travis to Keith Urban, Garth Brooks, Blake Shelton, Luke Combs, Cole Swindell, and now - Midland!

Aaron Watson Live at the World's Biggest Rodeo Show, the “pioneering independent's” (Cowboys & Indians) 14th album and his first live album in nearly a decade, is set to release on August 24, 2018, marking the one year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey's landfall on the south Texas coast (August 25, 2017). The Category 4 storm caused $125 billion in damage according to the National Hurricane Center and impacted 13 million people in 41 Texas counties.  $1.41 from each album sold will benefit the Rebuild Texas Fund, in recognition of the widespread devastation across Watson's beloved home state. Recorded live in front of 65,000 fans on opening night of the 2017 Rodeo Houston, the album is particularly poignant to the Texas born-and-bred singer/songwriter. 

Country artist Shane Owens has released his latest musical project, It's A Southern Thing. It contains six tunes consistent with Owens' traditional country sound with a modern edge, and includes his hit single, “Lie,” which garnered positive reviews from outlets such as Billboard and Rolling Stone Country. It's A Southern Thing can be purchased or streamed here. Track-by-track and acoustic videos for the songs were exclusively premiered this week by RoughStock, Nashville Noise, Country Rebel and Country Music Tattle Tale.

Country music fans can catch the long-awaited music video for Aaron Watson's hit, “Run Wild Horses,” set for an exclusive broadcast premiere on June 28 on CMT's 24/7 digital music channel, CMT Music.  Tune in at 6:00am ET and throughout the day to see the sweet clip (or online HERE), featuring his wife of 15 years, Kimberly (@MrsAaronWatson), as she makes her music video debut.

The Country Music Association's critically acclaimed CMA Songwriters Series Presented by U.S. Bank has announced a performance at Joe's Bar on Weed Street in Chicago Tuesday, July 24 at 8:00 PM featuring Illinois native Brett Eldredge as well as Ross Copperman, Tom Douglas and Jordan Reynolds. The series hosts intimate performances with some of Country Music's most exciting songwriting talent taking turns telling the stories behind their hit songs and performing them in the raw as originally written. Tickets for the performance are on sale now at https://joesbar.com/SuSF0. General admission tickets cost $40. 

BMI recently presented country hitmaker Max T. Barnes with four “Million-Air” Awards, which includes one for his late father, Max D. Barnes' “Chiseled In Stone,” which reached one million broadcasts. Max's “A Night To Remember” and “How Your Love Makes Me Feel” have both received two million radio spins, while “Love, Me,” made famous by Collin Raye, has garnered a whopping four million radio plays.

 Hot Country TV's International Artist of the Year Max T. Barnes has officially released his latest single, “You Gotta Be Putting Me On,” and its accompanying music video internationally. The single is off his latest album, I Can Sleep When I'm Dead, which was released earlier this year and is available on iTunes and Spotify. The music video can be viewed here.

CMA Fest is officially a wrap! The fourth and final day saw “CMA Fest” co-host Kelsea Ballerini as the Artist of the Day at Xfinity Fan Fair X, where she answered questions from CMT's Leslie Fram followed by a performance that included her new single “I Hate Love Songs.” Ballerini also shared the song's brand new video with fans in attendance. Luke Bryan made a surprise appearance at the Chevy Riverfront Stage for 10 second trivia, where he awarded two winners with tickets to the Chevy suite at Nissan Stadium for Sunday's nightly concert. Once again, the Chevy Riverfront Stage reached capacity crowds Sunday during Scotty McCreery's afternoon set. Chris Young hosted a surprise meet and greet for hundreds of fans at his booth at Xfinity Fan Fair X, while Lindsay Ellpresented a check on behalf of Cracker Barrel for $15,000 to the CMA Foundation.

Cale Dodds, Morgan Evans, Tegan Marie, Michael Ray, and Cole Swindell brought things to an exciting end as they closed out night three at the Cracker Barrel Country Roads Stage at Nashville's Ascend Amphitheater.

Country hitmaker Max T. Barnes was honored as the “International Artist of the Year” at the Hot Country TV Awards in Ireland on May 1. The event was filled to capacity and was held at the Slieve Russell Hotel.

On Saturday, June 2nd, William Shatner's Priceline.com Hollywood Charity Horse Show, Sponsored by Wells Fargo, which has become one of Los Angeles' most highly anticipated celebrity-driven charity events, will return for another year, helping raise critical funding for Los Angeles-area organizations.

Country music star, David Frizzell, has announced the inaugural LeftyFest Music Festival to be held in Corsicana, Texas on Saturday, June 16, 2018.

#CMASongwritersSeries presented by @USBank kicks off #CMAfest Wed, June 6 at @CMATheater featuring Mary Chapin Carpenter (@M_CCarpenter), Vince Gill (@VGcom), @MacMcAnally & Don Schlitz (@don4adollar)! Tix, starting at $20, go on sale Wed, Apr 11 at 11 AM|CT on CMAtheater.com.

TWO TIME GRAMMY-nominated blues-rock guitar icon Joe Bonamassa announces his new US Spring tour dates for 2018 in support of his latest live album, British Blues Explosion Live (J&R Adventures), which will be released in May. Hailed worldwide as one of the greatest guitar players of his generation, Joe Bonamassa has almost single-handedly redefined the blues-rock genre and brought it into the mainstream. The tour kicks off October 26th & 27th with 2 Shows at the Shea's PAC in Buffalo, NY and will hit 20 other cities in the US and Canada through December 1st, 2018 including St. Louis on November 10th at Peabody Opera House.

ACM Male Vocalist nominee CHRIS YOUNG took the stage at Nashville's Tin Roof Broadway for a special live performance of his ten No. 1 singles as he joined his music industry friends, including country icon Randy Travis, and family last night in celebrating the chart-topping success of “Losing Sleep.” Renamed “Ten” Roof just for the momentous occasion, the RCA Records Nashville artist performed each of his ten chart-toppers to cap off the party honoring Young (BMI), “Losing Sleep” co-writers Chris DeStefano (ASCAP) and Josh Hoge (SESAC) and co-producer Corey Crowder.  Sony Music Nashville EVP/COO, Ken Robold also surprised the singer with a Double Platinum plaque for his multi-week No. 1, “I'm Comin' Over.”