Category Archives: NCD News

Female artists are currently ruling the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, which is an all-encompassing genre chart that utilizes radio-, streaming- and sales-based metrics to determine ...

Darius Rucker dropped a feelgood new single, “Beers and Sunshine,” on Aug. 6 Penned by Darius, Ross Copperman, J.T. Harding and Josh Osborne, “Beers and Sunshine” is DariusR...

A new book, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics, will explore the country icon’s vast musical catalog. The new book, which was written with Robert K. Oermann, will be released on Novembe...

Chris Young has always been a prolific songwriter-he co-penned every track on his 2017 album, Losing Sleep-and the quarantine isn’t changing that. But like many artists who have had to cancel th...

Maren Morris shared acoustic versions of three of her most well-known songs-"Girl,” “The Bones” and “The Middle"-via YouTube. The acoustic cuts are featured on Maren’s re...

Dolly Parton’s Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., is one of the Top 10 best amusement parks in the world, according to Travels’ Choice Best of Awards in 2020. Dollywood ranked No...

The Grand Ole Opry will tally its 4,936th consecutive Saturday night broadcast on Aug. 8 with a showcase featuring Old Crow Medicine Show, Dom Flemons, Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle. The one-hour sho...

Chris Janson’s wife-inspired single, “Done,” ascended to the top of the Billboard Country Airplay chart this week. Penned by Chris, Mitch Oglesby, Jamie Paulin and Matt Roy, “D...

Lee Brice is trying to score his eighth No. 1 single with the release of “One of Them Girls.” Penned by Lee, Ashley Gorley, Dallas Davidson and Ben Johnson, "One of Them Girls" is currentl...

Darius Rucker didn’t let the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic stop him from raising money for an organization near and dear to his heart: St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The “Wagon Wh...