Category Archives: NCD News

The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) will honor Garth Brooks with its Songwriter Icon Award at the organization's first-ever virtual meeting in June.The NMPA established the Songwriter Ic...

Carrie Underwood and husband Mike Fisher open up about their faith, love, family, marriage, friendship and more in a new four-part digital short film, Mike and Carrie: God & Country.Episode 1 of t...

Country music icon Dolly Parton released a new quarantine-inspired song, “When Life Is Good Again,” on May 27.Dolly’s serene voice opens the tune with, “When life is good again...

Morgan Wallen will try to score his fourth consecutive No. 1 single with the release of “More Than My Hometown,” which impacts country radio on May 27.Co-penned by Morgan, Michael Hardy, E...

Sam Hunt has another Top 10 hit on his hands as “Hard to Forget” reached No. 10 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.The new tune, which samples Webb Pierce’s 1953 hit, “Ther...

Keith Urban released a visualizer video-basically a simplified video accompaniment-for his new song, “Polaroid.”Penned by Sam Fischer, Steph Jones, Geoff Warburton, Griffen Palmer and Mark...

Gabby Barrett will follow up her No. 1 debut single, “I Hope,” with the release of “The Good Ones” on June 8.Penned by Gabby, Zach Kale, Emily Landis and Jim McCormick, “...

The Grand Ole Opry will tally its 4,926th consecutive Saturday night broadcast on May 30 with a showcase featuring Opry members Chris Young and Chris Janson, as well as Brett Young.The one-hour show w...

Less than a week after scoring his third No. 1 hit on the Billboard Country Airplay chart with “Chasin’ You,” Morgan Wallen, 27, was arrested in downtown Nashville on May 23 on charg...

The Grand Ole Opry tallied its 4,924th consecutive Saturday night broadcast on May 16 with a showcase featuring Opry members Keith Urban and Kelsea Ballerini, as well as Morgan Evans. The one-hour sho...