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“I have faith that kindness can bloom again." Continue reading…

“I have faith that kindness can bloom again." Continue reading…

When you played on such iconic country music recordings as "Stand By Your Man" by Tammy Wynette, "He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones, George Strait's "Amarillo By Morning," and "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers, you know your legacy in country music is secured.

"Use your voice." Continue reading…

"Use your voice." Continue reading…

"I will do whatever I can [to] help break the DISGUSTING, damaging cycle [of] racism and systemic privilege causes." Continue reading…

"I will do whatever I can [to] help break the DISGUSTING, damaging cycle [of] racism and systemic privilege causes." Continue reading…

"It was the perfect embodiment of 'being the change you wish to see in the world.'" Continue reading…

"It was the perfect embodiment of 'being the change you wish to see in the world.'" Continue reading…

"I hear you, i see you, and I have nothing but love for you." Continue reading…

"I hear you, i see you, and I have nothing but love for you." Continue reading…

"I want to see history written differently from 2020 on." Continue reading…

"I want to see history written differently from 2020 on." Continue reading…

"If you think we live in the land of the free / You should try to be black like me ..." Continue reading…

"If you think we live in the land of the free / You should try to be black like me ..." Continue reading…

Our fellow human beings need us. We will not be complicit. Continue reading…

Our fellow human beings need us. We will not be complicit. Continue reading…

Luke Combs’ current single, “Does to Me,” featuring Eric Church, is No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for the second consecutive week.

With his latest No. 1 single, Luke is the first country artist in history whose first eight singles have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, following previous chart-toppers “Hurricane,” “When It Rains It Pours,” “One Number Away,” “She Got the Best of Me,” “Beautiful Crazy,” “Beer Never Broke My Heart” and “Even Though I’m Leaving.””

Of Luke’s eight No. 1 hits on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, seven have had multi-week runs at No. 1. Luke’s 2018 No. 1 hit, “One Number Away,” ruled the chart for one week, while “Beautiful Crazy” reigned for seven weeks in 2019.

Collectively, Luke’s eight singles have spent 25 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.

• “Hurricane” – 2 weeks at No. 1 (May/June 2017)
• “When It Rains It Pours” — 2 weeks at No. 1 (November 2017)
• “One Number Away” — 1 week at No. 1 (June 2018)
• “She Got the Best of Me” — 4 weeks at No. 1 (October/November 2018)
• “Beautiful Crazy” — 7 weeks at No. 1 (March/April 2019)
• “Beer Never Broke My Heart” — 2 weeks at No. 1 (August 2019)
• “Even Though I’m Leaving” — 5 weeks at No. 1 (November/December 2019/January 2020)
• “Does to Me” — 2 weeks at No. 1 (May/June 2020)

photo by Tammie Arroyo, AFF-USA.com

This idea to pause the entire music industry on Tuesday, June 2nd called Blackout Tuesday---and the calls by some to pause business for an entire week---can and possibly will be directly damaging to many independent artists, and independent music businesses at a time of already unprecedented pressure.

With songs like “Girl Goin’ Nowhere,” “A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega and “One Night Standards,” Ashley McBryde has proven herself to be one of the most vivid storytellers in country music. Her lyrics are almost as fun to read as listen to—but, of course, she also has a beautiful voice.

After breaking out in 2018 with her Grammy-nominated debut album, Girl Going Nowhere, Ashley released her sophomore album, Never Will, on April 3. Ashley co-penned nine of the 11 songs.

Ashley, 36, has been working at her craft for 24 years. As she told Kix Brooks of American Country Countdown, she penned her first song when she was 12.

“I would sing the things I did since I was little bitty—even if I walked to the mailbox and back, I would come in and sing to my mom about it, and she never told me to hush so that was good, but I was 12 [when I wrote my first song],” says Ashley. “We were at my grandparents’ house, and I went into the back room by the deep freeze and sat down and wrote. And, [I] came back out and sang it for my family. And, my mom was like, ‘Where did you get that?’ ‘Oh, no, I wrote it.’ She goes, ‘Really?’ ‘Yeah!’ She looked at my grandparents like, ‘Oh crap, she wants [laughing] to be a songwriter.’ I was 12 years old. It was called ‘Fight the Flames,’ and it was, you know, about having your heart just demolished—12 years old going on 40, I guess. But, you know, my mom watched a lot of soap operas, so at least I knew drama.”

photo by Tammie Arroyo, AFF-USA.com