Eric Church, Maren Morris, and Luke Combs were the big winners at the 54th CMA Awards on Wednesday night. Church won his first Entertainer of the Year title, Combs took home Male Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year, for What You See Is What You Get, and …
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Carly Pearce said she was asking herself, “What would Patty Loveless do?” while writing her new song “Next Girl” with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne. It’s clearly not just a talking point. The compact, just-shy-of-three-minutes single instantly evokes the bluegrass flavor of Loveless as well as her Nineties radio hits. …
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Thirty years ago this month, singer Keith Whitley topped the country chart with one of the most romantic ballads of all time. Written by Don Schlitz and Paul Overstreet, “When You Say Nothing at All” was the second of Whitley’s five Number One hits, coming just six months before his …
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It was a little over a year ago that Carly Pearce released her debut LP, Every Little Thing, and, here at a house in Brentwood, Tennessee, the Kentucky-born singer-songwriter admits that, in some ways, it’s hard to identity with the woman who graces that album cover. “As much as I …
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