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Photo Credit: Alex Ferrari Platinum-selling, Grammy, ACM and CMA nominated artist Billy Currington will hit the road on his headlining  Stay Up ‘Til the Sun  tour beginning March 9 th , 2017 in St. Louis, MO.  Billy’s energetic live shows always invite the audience to what feels like a great family reunion that turned into a raucous party.   Currington released his sixth studio album,  Summer Forever , on Mercury Nashville in June 2015.  The first single off of  Summer Forever , “Don’t It,” climbed to number 1 on the country airplay charts, followed by the album’s second single “It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To,” marking his 10 th  & 11 th  career #1 singles. Currington’s latest single from the album, “Do I Make You Wanna,” is a “lay back and take it easy” track with lyrics that provided his latest tour’s title.   Over the course of his career, Currington has celebrated eleven No. 1 hits, platinum-selling albums and ACM, CMA and G...

Evie Ladin Band is wrapping up its East Coast swing tonight.  Be sure to catch them tonight, January 10, at  Rockwood Music Hall .  The event, hosted by  John Platt of WFUV, will be from 7-9 PM  w/ Session Americana & Bruce Carroll. For more information on Evie Ladin Band check out http://www.evieladin.com/

The Country Radio Broadcasters have announced  Zac Brown  as the recipient of the  CRS 2017 Artist Humanitarian Award  and former Chairman and CEO of Greater Media,  Peter Smyth,  as the recipient of the  CRS 2017 Tom Rivers Humanitarian Award , to be presented during Country Radio Seminar 2017; following the Opening Ceremonies on  Wednesday, February 22nd ,  3:30-4:00 p.m. The CRB Artist Humanitarian Award  was created in 1990 by the organization’s board to honor those Country music artists who have exhibited exceptional humanitarian efforts during their career.  Past recipients of the annual award have included Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Trace Adkins, Randy Owen, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Reba, Vince Gill, Garth Brooks and Charlie Daniels, among others. Zac Brown is a strong supporter of multiple philanthropic causes including his own Camp Southe...

2016 was a very good year for country music in Boston!  Here are my 5 favorite performances from the year (with one cheat). 5.   Maren Morris , Bank of NH Pavilion, July 3, 2016. Maren Morris had arguably my favorite album of 2016 and hearing  Hero  live certainly didn't disappoint.  I missed her opening at Red Rocks (Church may have been a little late to his meet and greet) but loved seeing her open for Keith at the Bank of NH Pavilion. Definitely one of the highlights of the night for me. @keithurban @marenmorris #duet #keithurban #bretteldredge #marenmorris #ripcord #illinois #newhampshire #bankofnhpavilion #countrymusic #concerts #livemusic A photo posted by Amanda (@countrymusichub) on Jul 3, 2016 at 3:46am PDT Maren's vocals are phenomenal and she has such a fun stage presence.  If you want to check out a few extra tracks off Hero that you may not have heard yet, I recommend "I Could Use A Love Song" and "How It's Done".  If y...