The inaugural Nashville Songwriter Awards—taking place on Sept. 19 at Ryman Auditorium—will feature star-studded performances from Darius Rucker, Kip Moore, Jewel, Lanco and more. Awards recognized throughout the evening will include Song, Songwriter, and Songwriter-Artist of the Year, as well as the “10 Songs I Wish I’d Written” awards. Country legend Bill Anderson will receive…
Carly Pearce stopped by the Nash campus last week to chat with Elaina Smith on her Women Want to Hear Women podcast (you can listen to the entire podcast here). One of the podcast’s segments—“Play It Forward”—beckons the featured artist to perform a song from another female’s catalog. For her Play It Forward, Carly covered…
Almost 10 years after moving to Nashville, Carly Pearce has finally arrived. In the past year, the Kentucky native has topped the charts with “Every Little Thing,” dropped her debut album, toured with Blake Shelton and Thomas Rhett, won a CMT Music Award and made her 50th appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. As her…
Before the Radio Disney Awards handed out their trophies on June 22 during a ceremony at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, a handful of country stars walked the red carpet, including Carrie Underwood, Carly Pearce, Kalie Shorr and Kelly Clarkson. Carly won Best New Country Artist, while Carrie and Kelly were honored with the Hero Award and…
More than 50,000 fans packed Nissan Stadium for Night 1 of CMA Fest on June 7 to see performances by the Oak Ridge Boys, Charles Esten and friends, Kane Brown with Lauren Alaina, Carly Pearce, Dan + Shay, Darius Rucker, Brothers Osborne and headliner Jason Aldean. Check out the photos below, courtesy of photographer Jason…
More than 250 artists will descend upon Nashville on April 3–7 for the 26th annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival. During the five-day festival, 10 Nashville venues will play host to two shows per night, featuring some of the industry’s best singer/songwriters, including Robert Earl Keen, Dustin Lynch, Lindsay Ell, Aaron Tippin, Carly Pearce, Lori…
NCD hosted more than 80 podcasts in 2017, including featuring a number of alum from CMT’s Next Women of Country franchise—a campaign to bring awareness to inspiring female vocalists in country music. In addition to sharing their unique perspectives, many of the singer/songwriters talked about releasing new music, spreading their brand of country music, overcoming…
The last 12 months have been pretty good for newcomer Brett Young. The California native dropped his self-titled debut album, which featured 11 songs that he co-wrote. Brett scored two No. 1 hits with “Sleep Without You” and “In Case You Didn’t Know.” His new single, “Like I Loved You,” currently sits at No. 12…
