THEY SKIPPED THE UNITY CANDLE. THEY SANG TOWNES VAN ZANDT INSTEAD — AND 45 YEARS LATER, RICKY SKAGGS AND SHARON WHITE ARE STILL SINGING THE SAME PROMISE
August 4, 1981. There were no giant screens, no arena lights, and no roaring crowd...
MARTY STUART & CONNIE SMITH’S “I RUN TO YOU” ISN’T JUST A LOVE SONG — IT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO PEOPLE KEEP CHOOSING EACH OTHER
Marty Stuart and Connie Smith’s “I Run to You” does not feel like a duet...
AFTER THE SPOTLIGHT WENT DARK, RANDY TRAVIS WENT HOME TO TEXAS — AND FOUND A LIFE MORE POWERFUL THAN FAME
Before the voice began coming back in pieces, there was the land. There were fences...
ALAN JACKSON DIDN’T BUY DENISE JEWELRY — HE GAVE HER A SONG, AND IT MAY BE THE MOST PERSONAL GIFT OF HIS LIFE
Alan Jackson could have bought his wife almost anything. After decades of hit records, sold-out...
NASHVILLE LAUGHED WHEN 12-YEAR-OLD MARTY STUART SAID HE’D MARRY CONNIE SMITH — DECADES LATER, HE DID
It sounded like the kind of thing only a child would say. Marty Stuart was...
VINCE GILL COULDN’T FINISH DOLLY’S SONG — THEN THOUSANDS OF VOICES ROSE FROM THE DARKNESS AND FINISHED IT FOR HIM
Vince Gill did not walk onto that stage expecting to fall apart. He had one...
Reba, Miranda And Carrie Stopped The Show For Dolly — The Final Harmony Left The Entire Room In Tears
For a few extraordinary minutes, Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, and Carrie Underwood seemed to make...
“GO SHAKE UP HEAVEN”: ALAN JACKSON’S RAW MESSAGE + GEORGE STRAIT’S HEARTBREAK LEAVE COUNTRY MUSIC SPEECHLESS
There are moments in country music when the songs suddenly feel different. The guitars sound...
WHEN AN OUTLAW BOWS TO A QUEEN: WILLIE NELSON DIDN’T NEED A SPEECH FOR DOLLY PARTON — THE OLD SONG SAID EVERYTHING
Some goodbyes arrive wrapped in speeches. Others come through flowers, photographs, and carefully chosen words...
DOLLY CHANGED THE WORLD. GEORGE STRAIT AND ALAN JACKSON JUST REMINDED US HOW MUCH IT HURTS NOW THAT SHE’S GONE
There are some losses that cannot be measured by awards, record sales, or the number...