Welcome!

 Posted by at 1:01 pm on September 11, 2024
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Thank you for visiting Hometown Country Music!

Our unique website and social media accounts are focused on two goals:

  • Keeping fans updated on the latest new music, tours and festivals while honoring the past of Country Music
  • Providing hometown artists a platform to get some national exposure alongside today’s stars and legends

We hope you find this to be your #1 destination for all things Country Music, worthy of bookmarking and visiting often.  Please explore our menus to see all that we have to offer and give us a follow on Facebook and Twitter/X.  We are adding and updating content daily!

Thanks for stopping by, we hope to see you again soon!

This Date in Country Music History – January 28th

 Posted by at 7:31 am on January 28, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2018 – Chris Stapleton won 3 Grammy awards:  Best Country Album, for From A Room: Volume 1; Best Country Song, “Broken Halos”; and Best Country Solo Performance, “Either Way”
  • 2014 – Big & Rich released their single “Look At You”
  • 2009 – John Rich released his single “Shuttin’ Detroit Down”
  • 1995 – Alan Jackson scored a #1 hit with “Gone Country”
  • 1992 – Reba McEntire released her single “Is There Life Out There”
  • 1989 – Randy Travis topped the charts with “Deeper Than The Holler”
  • 1985 – Alabama released their album Forty Hour Week
  • 1985 – Reba McEntire released her single “Somebody Should Leave”

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This Date in Country Music History – January 27th

 Posted by at 6:53 am on January 27, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2025 – George Birge released his song “It Won’t Be Long”
  • 2023 – Chris Janson released his song “All I Need Is You”
  • 2023 – Tyler Hubbard released his self-titled debut solo album
  • 2021 – The Chris Young Cafe was opened at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro
  • 2021 – Kris Kristofferson announced his retirement
  • 2020 – Kane Brown’s single “Heaven” was certified Quintuple Platinum, as was his duet “What Ifs” with Lauren Alaina
  • 2017 – Lauren Alaina released her album Road Less Traveled
  • 2017 – Brantley Gilbert released his album The Devil Don’t Sleep
  • 2010 – Carrie Underwood‘s single “Cowboy Casanova” was certified platinum
  • 2007 – Rodney Atkins scored a #1 hit with “Watching You”
  • 2001 – The Dixie Chicks scored a #1 hit with “Without You”
  • 1998 – The Dixie Chicks released their debut album Wide Open Spaces
  • 1998 – Shania Twain released her single “You’re Still The One”
  • 1998 – Wade Hayes released his album When The Wrong One Loves You Right
  • 1967 – Waylon Jennings made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1956 – Elvis Presley released his single “Heartbreak Hotel”

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