Category Archives: NCD News

Cole Swindell Has Been Waiting for Dierks Bentley to Record “Flatliner” for 4 Years: “It Was a Running Joke Every Time We’d See Each Other”

Cole Swindell Has Been Waiting for Dierks Bentley to Record “Flatliner” for 4 Years: “It Was a Running Joke Every Time We’d See Each Other”

Getting Dierks Bentley to lend his vocals to Cole Swindell’s current single, “Flatliner,” was a long time coming. Although Cole had Dierks in mind when he co-wrote the tune with Jaron Boyer and Matt Bronleewe in 2012, it took Dierks a few years to warm up to the idea—or perhaps savvy Dierks was just waiting…MORE

Reba McEntire and Maren Morris to Receive Music Business Association Awards

Reba McEntire and Maren Morris to Receive Music Business Association Awards

The Music Business Association (Music Biz) will honor Reba McEntire and Maren Morris with awards at their 2017 luncheon on May 18. Reba will be the recipient of the Chairman’s Award for Sustained Creative Achievement, while Maren with be bestowed with the Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award. Past winners of the Chairman’s Award for…MORE

Chris Stapleton Announces New Album, “From A Room: Volume 1,” and Track List

Chris Stapleton Announces New Album, “From A Room: Volume 1,” and Track List

To celebrate the upcoming release of his new album, From A Room: Volume 1, Chris Stapleton held a listening party for industry insiders at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A last night (April 5). In addition to sampling tracks from the new album, which drops on May 5, Chris announced that he will also release From…MORE

Jessie James Decker Has More Up Her Sleeve Than Singing and Songwriting

Jessie James Decker Has More Up Her Sleeve Than Singing and Songwriting

Jessie James Decker is a singer/songwriter—who just released her latest EP, Gold, featuring her current single, “Lights Down Low,” and a mom to two young children—but what you might not know about the pretty brunette is that she’s also a successful businesswoman. Jessie launched her own clothing and accessory line, Kittenish, in 2015. “My clothing…MORE

Luke Bryan Makes History By Going “Fast”

Luke Bryan Makes History By Going “Fast”

Fresh from hosting the 52nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards  on April 2, Luke Bryan is making history. His current single, “Fast” hit the top spot on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, making that Luke’s sixth single to go No. 1 from his Kill The Lights album. “Fast,” written by Luke, Rodney Clawson and…MORE