Country Music News and Videos

• Alan Jackson Releases 3 Batches of Silverbelly Whiskey
• Lyric Video:  “Hey Whiskey” by Tim McGraw
• Music Video:  “Wait Til I’m Gone” by Donice Morace
• Lyric Video:  “Back to Jesus” by Brett Young
• Live Video:  “I’ve Just Seen a Face” by 33 Years

This Date in Country Music History

• 2022 – HCM Daily Country Music News – June 23rd, 2022
• 2020 – HCM Daily News – June 23rd, 2020
• 2018 – Dierks Bentley scored a #1 album with The Mountain
• 2018 – Country Music Videos – June 23rd, 2018
• 2016 – Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley passed away due to skin cancer
• 2016 – Video Roundup – Thursday, June 23rd, 2016
• 2015 – This Week’s New Music – June 23rd, 2015
• 2015 – HCM Country Music News Update – Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015
• 2015 – Kacey Musgraves released her album Pageant Material
• 2015 – Canaan Smith released his debut album Bronco
• 2009 – Montgomery Gentry officially became members of the Grand Ole Opry
• 2007 – Tracy Lawrence scored a #1 hit with “Find Out Who Your Friends Are”
• 2001 – Lonestar scored a #1 hit with “Already There” that ended up topping the charts for 6 weeks
• 1977 – Alabama released their debut single, “I Wanna Be With You Tonight”
• 1956 – Ray Price scored a #1 hit with “Crazy Arms” that held the top spot for 20 weeks!
• 1952 – Kitty Wells released her single “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”

Today’s Birthdays

• June Carter Cash (d)
• Katie Armiger

Today’s New Albums

• Cory Cross – Live at Tomahawk Studios (EP)
• Jake Owen – Loose Cannon
• Jon Hope and the Jackwagons – The Bunkhouse Sessions Vol. 2 (EP)
• Karissa Ella – It’s Personal (EP)
• Michael Ray – Dive Bars & Broken Hearts (EP)
• The Watson Twins – Holler
• Tigirlily Gold – Blonde (EP)

Today’s New Singles

• A Little Piece of Your Heart – J.D. Reynolds
• Back to Jesus – Brett Young
• Best Boots – Willow Creek Junction
• Breakup Song – Lemon Cash
• Church Goin’ Sunday – Johnathon Heilbroun
• Could’ve Fooled Me – Dakota Ritter
• Damn You July – Hailey Benedict
• Deeper Shade of Blue-Collar – Brady Seals
• Girls of Summer – Naomi Cooke Johnson
• Half – Paulina Jayne
• Hell of a Life – Kylie Frey
• Hey Whiskey – Tim McGraw
• I’m Drinkin’ – Hayden Woollen
• In Between – Kali Indiana
• Keep You Lovin’ Me – Ricochet
• Lonely For a Livin’ – Walker Montgomery
• My Kind of Country – Mike Donnell
• Rollin’ – Frank Fletcher
• Save My Radio – Tyler Tillman
• Silently Old – Terri Knight
• Slow Lane Life – Brian Callihan
• So Many Summers – Brad Paisley
• Things I’m Going Through – Travis Denning
• Walking in Memphis – Jillian Cardarelli
• WYD – The Mark Berry Band

Today’s Photo Flashback

• None Today

This Week’s Notable Events

• Beach It Country Music Festival – Virginia Beach, VA – Jun 23, 2023 – All Day
• Beach It Country Music Festival – Virginia Beach, VA – Jun 24, 2023 – All Day
• Beach It Country Music Festival – Virginia Beach, VA – Jun 25, 2023 – All Day

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Today’s New Albums

• Alex Englehardt – Back Porch Wisdom
• Ben Bostick – The Rascal Is Back
• Caitlyn Smith – High & Low
• Cowboy Dave – Venture South
• Donice Morace – This Life I Love
• Eli Howard & The Greater Good – Low & Slow
• Grace Morrison – Maybe Modern
• Jackson Dean – Live at the Ryman
• Leah Marie Mason – Honeydew & Hennessy
• Mark Moldre – Nambucca Fables
• Matt Jordan – The Gamble Live
• Robert Earl Keen – Western Chill
• Sarah Louise – Dreamers Country

Today’s New Singles

• Away From You – Cowboy Troy
• Ballad of a Broken Woman – Dakota Ritter
• Broke – Dean Brody
• Car Ride Home – Wade Bowen
• Chapel – Jenna DeVries & Adam Mac
• Crazy, Crazy – Austin Burke
• Dance With You – Brett Young
• Don’t F With Me – Cory Singer
• For the Good Times – Brei Carter
• Get Her Back – Michael Ray
• Here – Hayden Joseph
• If Texas Had a Heart – Alyssa Micaela
• Jealous of Myself – Tenille Arts & LeAnn Rimes
• Love to the Rescue – Flint Thompson
• Man of the Year – Joshua Radin
• Must Be the Country – Colt Ford w/ Dillon Carmichael
• Name On It – Jake Bush
• New Old Outlaws Rewind – Waylon Hanel
• Night of Our Lives – Cooper Mohrmann
• Red Dirt Cinderella – Kylie Frey
• She Ain’t Takin’ Your Call – Chase Wright
• Small Town Saturday Night – Mary Heather Hickman
• Somebody Else – RaeLynn & Judah
• Texas for Me – Jacob Armitage

Country Music News and Videos

• Brooke Eden Nominated for Outstanding Breakthrough Artist at GLAAD Media Awards
• Music Video:  “When Angels Cry” by Kenyon Grey
• Music Video:  “Goin Goin” by Donice Morace

This Date in Country Music History

• 2022 – HCM Daily News – January 19th, 2022
• 2018 – LANco released their debut album Hallelujah Nights
• 2018 – Devin Dawson released his debut album Dark Horse
• 2018 – Brett Eldredge’s single “Wanna Be That Song” was certified Platinum
• 2018 – Dustin Lynch’s single “Small Town Boy” was certified Platinum
• 2016 – Dierks Bentley released his single “Somewhere on a Beach”
• 2008 – Charlie Daniels became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
• 1985 – Reba McEntire scored a #1 hit with “How Blue”
• 1974 – Tom T. Hall topped the charts with “I Love”
• 1963 – Flatts & Scruggs topped the charts with the “The Ballad of Jed Clampett”
• 1953 – Marty Robbins became a member of the Grand Ole Opry

Today’s Birthdays

• Dolly Parton

Today’s New Albums

• None Today

Today’s New Singles

• Somebody Tell Memphis – Greg Pratt

Today’s Photo Flashback

• Jess Taylor – 1/19/12 – South Florida Fair in West Palm Beach, FL
• John Michael Montgomery – 1/19/12 – South Florida Fair in West Palm Beach, FL
• Luke Bryan  – 1/19/10 – South Florida Fair in West Palm Beach, FL

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The 2022 Texas Country Music Awards were held on Sunday, November 13th at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth, TX.  The event included a host of top Texas artists including TCMA Spokesperson Brandon Rhyder hosting the event for the sixth year in a row.  Live performances during the show included McBride & The Ride, who kicked off the main ceremony, as well as Brandon Rhyder, Bailey Rae, Coffey Anderson, Jesse Raub, Jr., Donice Morace, Kate Watson and Matt Daniel.  The event closed with a short set by by Texas Country icon Roger Creager!

The event was live streamed on the PickleJarLive. Footage will be edited for television by Levi Mayfield of Day 3 and scheduled to air on the Texas Country Network’s online, ROKU and FireTV channels at a date to be announced.

Entertainer of The Year:

Creed Fisher

Male Artist of the Year:

Zach Neil

Female Artist of the Year:

Sarah Hobbs

Country Band of the Year:

Chad Cooke Band

Western Swing Artist or Band of the Year

The Broken Spokes

Roots/Alternative Artist of the Year:

The Wilder Blue

Young Artist (18 & Under):

Maddie Rose

Emerging Artist:

Donice Morace

Country Album of The Year:

“Unwanted Man,” Aaron Watson

Country Single of the Year:

“Wild Horses”, Kin Faux ft Terry McBride

Terrestrial Radio Station of the Year:

100.3 HD3 KIKK

Broadcast Personality of The Year:

Malone Ranger – 95.9 FM KFWR The Ranch – Fort Worth

Internet Radio Station of the Year:

PureCountry100.com – Kenny Schneebeli, Owner

Live Music Venue of the Year:

Schoepf’s BBQ – Belton

Christian Country Artist of the Year:

Crystal Yates

Bassist of the Year:

Chuck Jones

Fiddler of the Year:

Damien Green

Guitarist of the Year:

Paul Eason

Keyboard/Pianist of the Year:

Johnny Foster

Steel Guitarist of the Year:

Harrison Yount

Drummer of the Year:

Alan Green, Jr.

TCMA Artist Scholarship

Jacob Wheeler

Trailblazer Award:

Mr. Terry McBride

Country Songwriter of the Year:

Garth LaGrone for “Fort Worth Soon”

Christian Country Songwriter of the Year: 

Jesse Watson for “It All Began With You”

Country Music News and Videos

• Bri Bagwell to Host Album Sneak Peak Listening Party Wednesday, August 24th
• Taylor Davis Inks Publishing Deal With Porchlight Music
• Music Video: “Girl In Mine” by Parmalee
• Music Video: “She Had Me At Heads Carolina”
• Acoustic Video: “Candle on the Mantle” by Ricky Valido
• Live Video: “Margaritaville” by 33 Years
• Miranda Lambert Added as Headliner for 2023 Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam
• Thomas Rhett Adds 2023 Canadian Tour Dates
• Johnny Cash Documentary Announced for 3-day December Theater Showing
• Runaway June to Perform at “The Love of Dogs” Benefit Concert on October 5th at The Factory at Franklin
• Phil Vassar and Deana Carter Announce Coming Home for Christmas Tour
• Kenny Chesney Thrills Ford Field w/ Uncle Kracker
• Country Music Legends to Guest-Star on First Season of FOX’s Upcoming Drama Series, ‘Monarch’
• Ty Herndon Launches New Podcast, SOUNDBOARD, Featuring Mental Health Conversations with Celebrity Guests
• Acoustic Video:  “Livin’ This Way” by Ray Scott
• Lyric Video:  “One Drink In” by Donice Morace
• Music Video:  “A Guitar, A Singer, A Song” by Wade Bowen w/ Vince Gill
• Music Video:  “Duke Devlin” by Claudia Hoyser
• Opry Video:  “T-R-O-U-B-L-E” by Lainey Wilson
• Video:  5 Things with Bri Bagwell
• Lyric Video:  “Married Alone” by Sunny Sweeney w/ Vince Gill

This Date in Country Music History

• 2021 – HCM Daily News – August 23rd, 2021
• 2021 – Today’s New Music – August 23rd, 2021
• 2020 – HCM Daily News – August 23rd, 2020
• 2019 – Midland released their album Let It Roll
• 2019 – Vince Gill released his album Okie
• 2019 – Tanya Tucker released her album While I’m Livin’
• 2017 – Little Big Town’s single “Better Man” was certified platinum
• 2017 – Justin Moore saw 2 of his albums get certified platinum:  Justin Moore and Outlaws Like Me
• 2011 – Sunny Sweeney released her album Concrete
• 2005 – Trick Pony released their album R.I.D.E.
• 2004 – Big & Rich‘s single “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” is released for commercial sale
• 2003 – Trace Adkins was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry
• 1993 – Brad Paisley moved to Nashville from West Virigina
• 1980 – Eddie Rabbitt topped the charts with “Drivin’ My Life Away’
• 1975 – Glen Campbell scored a #1 hit with “Rhinestone Cowboy”
• 1969 – Johnny Cash topped the charts with his hit “A Boy Named Sue”
• 1952 – Kitty Wells became the first woman to ever score a #1 hit as “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” topped the charts

Today’s Birthdays

• Ira Dean
• Randy Rogers
• Shelly Fairchild

Today’s New Albums

• None Today

Today’s New Singles

• Back to Life – Caden Gillard

Today’s Photo Flashback

• Casey James – 8/23/12 – Round Up in Davie, FL
• Emily Brooke – 8/23/12 – Round Up in Davie, FL

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