Music

As we previously told you, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood were forced to postpone a planned Facebook Live acoustic livestream after someone in their camp was exposed to COVID-19. Well, everyone must be okay because they’ve now rescheduled the performance.

Country fans weren’t able to experience CMA Fest this year since it was canceled due to the coronavirus, but ABC brought the Fest home last night, with a look back at CMA Fests from the past. 

Little Big Town just released a cover of Hank Williams’ classic “Jambalaya (On the Bayou),” which is a collaboration with Trombone Shorty they recorded for the “United We Sing” TV special.

Tim McGraw just announced the release date for his next album, and gave fans another taste of the record. “Here on Earth” is set to drop August 21^st, and he just released the title track.

Country fans will want to be sure to tune into ABC tonight, when they air a three-hour retrospective of CMA Fest, which was canceled this year due to the coronavirus. “CMA Best of Fest,” hosted by Luke Bryan, will feature 25 performances from over the last 16 years of CMA Fests, as well as a brand new performance from Luke and Darius Rucker.

Funeral services for Charlie Daniels were held Friday at the World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Daniels passed away July 6^th from a hemorrhagic stroke. He was 83.

The annual GLAAD Media Awards are going virtual this year due to the coronavirus.

Justin Moore does his best to get his kids to like the same music as him and his wife. “Without a doubt I’m trying to push my music onto my kids,” he shares.

Lady A’s Dave Haywood has been learning a lot about his kids spending so much time with them during quarantine. Dave has two kids, five-year-old Cash and two-and-a-half-year-old Lily, and it seems they enjoy very different things. 

Although live concerts are for the most part not happening right now due to the coronavirus, that’s not going to stop Darius Rucker from holding his annual benefit for St. Jude, although this time it will be a virtual show.

As we told you, funeral services for Charlie Daniels will be held today in Tennessee, and the state will honor the singer with quite a gesture. 

While the 55^th Annual ACM Awards aren’t scheduled to take place until September, the Academy of Country Music is already making plans for 2021.

There are certainly a lot of great country artists out there, but for Brett Young he doesn’t see them as competition.

Aubrie Sellers is set to release her new EP “World on Fire” on August 7^th, and she just shared one of the songs that will be on it, a cover of the Chris Isaak classic “Wicked Games.”

Blake Shelton is following in Garth Brooks’ footsteps and putting on a drive-in concert for fans. The Encore Live drive-in concert will take place July 25^th, and will feature girlfriend Gwen Stefani and Trace Adkins.

Margo Price’s third album, “That’s How Rumors Get Started,” drops Friday and she’s found a unique way to promote it, while helping out local businesses in Nashville.

Zac Brown Band held a “4th With The Family” livestream over the weekend to benefit Zac’s Camp Southern Ground and raised a ton of dough. The band raised $1.4 million for the camp, which supports U.S. military veterans and helps them return to civilian life.

Raelynn just shared a new single. The tune, “Me About Me,” is set to appear on her upcoming EP, “Baytown,” which drops August 14^th.

ACM is giving fans something new to do on Wednesday nights. Starting tomorrow they’ll launch the new weekly series “Wine Down Wednesdays,” which will feature a variety of female country artists.

Legendary entertainer Charlie Daniels died yesterday at Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tennessee from a hemorrhagic stroke. He was 83. Daniels, known for his fiddle playing, had his biggest hit with the 1979 GRAMMY-winning tune “The Devil Went Down To Georgia,” which actually went to number three on the “Billboard” Hot 100.