Vince Gill, Brad Paisley & Marty Stuart Pay Emotional Tribute To Kenny Rogers During Grand Ole Opry Performance

Dolly Parton paid an emotional tribute to her friend Kenny Rogers during the “CMT GIANT Kenny Rogers: A Benefit for MusiCares” special Wednesday.

On April 9, 1983, Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton's "We've Got Tonight" rose 2-1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, leading the list for a week.Rocker Bob Seger wrote the ballad and his original reached No. 13 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 in 1979.

Country stars are coming together to honour Joe Diffie.

Two country stars have paid heartfelt tribute to an icon.  In lieu of the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards, which have been postponed, performers gathered together virtually on Sunday in the name of country music for ACM Presents: Our Country.

On Sunday night (April 5), country's biggest names gathered -- virtually, of course -- to celebrate the power of music with ACM Presents: Our Country. The two-hour-long event replaced the annual ACM Awards, which were originally scheduled for Sunday night in Las Vegas, though, due to the coronavirus, have been postponed to September.

By Chris Willman

Kenny Rogers is being remembered by CMT. On Thursday, the network announced that it will air in honor of the late country singer, who died last month at age 81.

The music world mourned the loss of Kenny Rogers last month, and on April 8 CMT will celebrate the late legend with CMT GIANTS Kenny Rogers: A Benefit For MusiCares.

By Bruce Haring

The family of Kenny Rogers are finding the perfect way to honour his memory.

In an effort to show appreciation for those behind the lines of the nation’s health crisis with the coronavirus, Music Row and Nashville’s creative community have come together in support of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) staff with the launch of Gratitunes on Monday (March 30).Since March 30 serves as National Doctors’ Day, the Nashville community is taking time to thank its doctors.

Jan Howard, country singer and songwriter and longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry, died on Saturday in Gallatin, Tennessee. She was 91.

Singer Jan Howard has died aged 91.

Jan Howard, country singer and songwriter and longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry, died on Saturday (March 28) in Gallatin, Tenn., at the age of 91.Howard, born Lula Grace Johnson, began her career in music by singing on demos written by then-husband Harlan Howard that were recorded by Nashville acts like Kitty Wells and Charlie Walker, and had her first own country hit with "The One You Slip Around With" in 1960.Other notable singles she released as a solo artist -- which made Billboard's Hot

The “ACM Presents: Our Country” special that was recently slated to fill in for the postponed ACM Awards next month now has a packed roster of participating country (and a few non-country) artists. The Academy of Country Music and Dick Clark Productions announced more than two dozen acts who’ll participate in the show April 5, including veteran stars of the genre like Shania Twain and fresh ones like Luke Combs.

Masked insurgent country singer Orville Peck had a number of special treats for his Peckheads on Monday (March 23) during an hour-plus solo acoustic livestream from his house.In addition to playing most of the songs from his acclaimed 2019 debut, Pony, during the show performed in front of a lit-up cowboys painting, he also busted out a cover of one of his favorite country duets.Just days after the passing of country icon Kenny Rogers, Peck paid tribute by playing a reverent cover of Rogers'

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Lionel Richie's heart is "broken" over the loss of fellow music legend Kenny Rogers. Rogers passed away late Friday night of natural causes, according to a statement from his family.