Author: Matthew Leimkuehler, Nashville Tennessean

Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks opened the 2023 ACM Awards with a goat and a risque joke.

Who won big at the CMT Awards, including Kane Brown, Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson.

Kelsea Ballerini made her “Saturday Night Live” debut and seemingly sang about her divorce from Morgan Evans, adding a new lyric to “Blindsided.”

Carly Pearce discusses her trendsetting divorce album, “29: Written In Stone” and upcoming gigs at the Ryman Auditorium.

Country music heavyweights step into the award show ring Monday in Las Vegas for the annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

Starring Trace Adkins and Susan Sarandon, country music TV drama “Monarch” will premiere this fall after Fox delayed its debut citing COVID concerns.

Tom T. Hall, a Country Music Hall of Fame artist who wrote unassuming songs with distinct depth, died Friday at age 85.

Brooks said in a statement explaining the concert cancellations due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, “I realize we are still in a fight. I must do my part.”

Dolly Parton is asking lawmakers not to consider a statue of her at the Tennessee state Capitol.