Category Archives: Country News – ABC Audio

Jon Pardi shares the best compliment he’s gotten from ‘90s acts like Alan Jackson + Brooks & Dunn
Jason Kempin/Getty ImagesJon Pardi is known as one of country music’s stoutest neo-traditionalists, bringing elements of fiddle, steel guitar and more into songs with subject matter that’s...
Carena Liptak Sep 02, 2022

Florida Georgia Line plays their final show: “It’s the closing of an incredible chapter”
Jeremy Chan/Getty ImagesIt’s the end of an era for Florida Georgia Line fans. Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley played their final show as a duo at the Minnesota State Fair this week, and it was an...
Carena Liptak Sep 02, 2022

Jason Aldean’s publicity firm cuts ties with him after wife Brittany’s transphobic comments
ABC/Connie ChornukJason Aldean is parting ways with The GreenRoom, his public relations firm of 17 years, according to a report from Billboard. The split comes days after his wife Brittany was at the ...
Carena Liptak Sep 02, 2022

Tyler Hubbard has loved being self-employed since long before he hit it big in the music business
Jeremy Chan/Getty ImagesIt’s no secret that Tyler Hubbard loves being his own boss. For years, he enjoyed a successful career as part of Florida Georgia Line before striking out on his own to be...
Stephen Hubbard and Carena Liptak Sep 02, 2022

Nashville notes: Lauren Alaina Live at the Hall, Folds of Honor’s celebrity golf tournament + more
Lauren Alaina discusses creative breakthroughs and her 10-year anniversary of being in country music in a new installment of Live at the Hall, as well as giving a performance of her song, “Getti...
Carena Liptak Sep 01, 2022

Lainey Wilson says “Wait in the Truck” might start a conversation that “a lot of people don’t wanna have”
Courtesy of Big Loud RecordsLainey Wilson and Hardy revisit a classic country trope -- the murder ballad -- in their new duet, “Wait in the Truck,” which came out last week. Country fans h...
Carena Liptak Sep 01, 2022

Jon Pardi still owns the van he toured in at the beginning of his career
Brett Culver/CBS via Getty ImagesJon Pardi might ride a decked-out tour bus when he hits the road these days, but he wasn’t always traveling in style -- and he still owns his first touring van a...
Carena Liptak Sep 01, 2022

Tyler Hubbard shares his top five tips for songwriters just getting started
Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty ImagesHit singer-songwriter and former Florida Georgia Line band member Tyler Hubbard is offering some of his best tips to songwriters who are at the beginning of t...
Carena Liptak Sep 01, 2022

“What I Have”: Kelsea Ballerini announces next new song to come off 'Subject to Change'
ABC/Connie ChornukKelsea Ballerini is gearing up for another song release ahead of her new album. The singer revealed the title of the new track, “What I Have,” on her social channels Thur...
Carena Liptak Sep 01, 2022

Jackson Dean’s strangest job was on the high seas: “I was a pirate for one year”
Danielle Del Valle/Getty ImagesBefore pursuing his country music career, Jackson Dean spent most of his time working in his dad’s construction business. “Me and my brothers, from birth, wo...
Stephen Hubbard and Carena Liptak Sep 01, 2022
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