Interview: Jason Aldean’s ‘Just Gettin’ Started’ Was Almost an Album Title
For the longest time, Jason Aldean didn’t have a title for his now-platinum sixth studio album Old Boots, New Dirt. In fact, he and his team kept referring to the release as “No. 6.” In an interview...
View ArticleTop 14 Quotes from Radio.com’s Video Interviews
All totaled, we recorded over 100 hours of video interviews this year at Radio.com. If we still used film, that’d be something like 200 miles of film rolled out end to end. But we care about the...
View ArticleInterview: Dierks Bentley on Watching Audiences React to His Emotional Songs:...
By Annie Reuter Dierks Bentley doesn’t hold back when he sits down to write a song. While he made room on his GRAMMY-nominated album Riser for fun songs like his recent No. 1 single “Drunk On a Plane,”...
View ArticleCole Swindell Says 2014 Is the Best Year of His Life
Cole Swindell‘s 2014 is one that dreams are made of. As an artist he’s had back-to-back No. 1 songs with “Chillin’ It” and “Hope You Get Lonely Tonight” off his debut self-titled album, released in...
View ArticleMusicians + Sports: Florida Georgia Line Are Always Ready for Some Football
In a seemingly inevitable moment of cross-promotional synergy, country duo Florida Georgia Line were tapped last Halloween to headline a kickoff concert for the annual (and quite massive) Florida vs....
View Article[LISTEN] Was It Rude?: What Steve Said to Maddie And Tae’s Manager
Last week, Maddie and Tae stopped by the studio to hang out with Steve and Nina. Right as they walk in Nina strikes up a conversation with the middle-aged blonde woman accompanying them and asks if...
View ArticleInterview: Blackberry Smoke Take Listeners on a Roller Coaster Ride with...
As soon as Blackberry Smoke start playing, it’s like the air gets thick and swampy. For well over a decade now, the Southern rock quintet have made a name for themselves with their gritty country and...
View ArticleThe Bros. Landreth Don’t Just ‘Let It Lie’ When They Play Live
By Annie Reuter On a cold Friday night in January, silence came over a packed crowd at New York’s famed rock club Mercury Lounge. Not the norm for the often sweaty and loud venue, the Bros. Landreth...
View ArticleShania Twain Talks About Her New Album, Describes It As ‘Soul Music’
By Annie Reuter It looks like 2015 will be a very good year for Shania Twain fans. For starters, Twain just announced her Rock This Country Tour, which will also serve as her farewell tour. In...
View ArticleJason Isbell Talks Songwriting, Touring and His Upcoming New Album
By Kurt Wolff For Jason Isbell, making a record is serious business. It’s fun at times, sure, but it’s not a process he approaches casually. Isbell doesn’t come right out and say this, mind you....
View ArticleImpact: Darius Rucker on His New Album ‘Southern Style’
By Annie Reuter Impact artist Darius Rucker says Southern Style is the “countriest” album he’s ever released. “I think with the themes and instrumentation, to me it sounds country,” Rucker tells...
View ArticleKristian Bush Says Solo Album ‘Southern Gravity’ Is a Discovery Process
By Annie Reuter Not many people have heard Kristian Bush‘s upcoming solo album Southern Gravity, which is due for release April 7. So, when I sit down with the country singer in Nashville for an...
View Article[LISTEN] Dustin Lynch Calls Out Nina D!!
Nina D will be the first to tell you to watch what you post on social media – especially after Country Thunder 2015! So, when Steve and Nina were interviewing Dustin Lynch at Country Thunder, you could...
View ArticleDarius Rucker, Kip Moore Praise Dierks Bentley’s Two ACM Award-Nominated Songs
By Annie Reuter Dierks Bentley is nominated in seven categories at this year’s ACM Awards. The second-most-nominated artist (Miranda Lambert has eight), Bentley’s songs have struck a chord with not...
View Article[LISTEN] Jason Aldean Calls In To Discuss His “Burn It Down” Tour…Apparently...
On Friday, 3-time ACM Male Vocalist of the Year winner Jason Aldean called into the Steve and Nina show to discuss what he felt when the name “Jason Aldean” came over the speaker system at the ACM’s....
View ArticleQ&A: Chris Stapleton Brings Outsider Influences to Nashville
By Courtney E. Smith Chris Stapleton already has five No. 1 singles. If you haven’t heard him singing them, that’s because they were hits for some of country’s biggest artists, including Luke Bryan,...
View ArticleBilly Currington on New Album ‘Summer Forever': ‘It Fits the Way I Live My Life’
Billy Currington isn’t afraid to admit it: He’s got a thing for warm weather. So when the famously laid-back Georgia singer came across a song called “Summer Forever,” it felt like natural fit for his...
View ArticleInterview: Gloriana, Country Music’s ‘Band on the Run,’& Their New Album ‘Three’
By Annie Reuter Gloriana knew their third album Three would be different than their previous releases. A “band on the run,” as Gloriana’s Tom Gossin explains to Radio.com, the country trio wrote and...
View ArticleInterview: Canaan Smith’s ‘Bronco’ Tells a Heartbreaking Story
For Canaan Smith, the word “Bronco” is reminder of who he is, where he came from and where he hopes the road will take him. It’s taken from the most honest song he wrote on the album, a song inspired...
View ArticleSam Hunt, Hunter Hayes and Lady Antebellum ROCKED KMLE Nation!
Click here for all the concert photos! Click here for all the pre-concert party photos! Click here for the after party photos at Denim & Diamonds! Wow! What a night out at Ak-Chin Pavilion Saturday...
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