The Christmas season is sacred and blessed for many reasons. Coincidentally, Mickey Guyton is celebrating a particularly blessed season of her own. Christmas represents ultimate redemption, and the country music songstress almost gave up on redeeming her hard-fought career a few years ago. Truth, transparency, and light came to Mickey Guyton in a more penetrating
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To say a lot has happened over the past 27 years for Country Music Queen, Faith Hill is an understatement. Throughout the course of her wildly successful career, the songstress has amassed countless number one hits and spent time as a pop crossover star. Not only that, she spent four years in Las Vegas with
Dolly Parton is undeniably the greatest and most prolific songwriter alive. Whether it’s a timeless country music classic, one of her many pop-crossover favorites, or movie themes no one can forget, the living legend has written everything. Dolly Parton has truly done it all this Christmas season. On October 2, Dolly got the jump on
Country music songstress, Mickey Guyton joins in the deep, communal mourning in the loss of Country Music Hall of Fame honoree and a true legend, Charley Pride. For the 2021 Grammy-nominee for Best Country Solo Performance, her courage to create a song like “Black Like Me,” along with her collaborators, would have never taken root
The countless friends, fans, and family members who consider Dolly Parton to be an angel on earth aren’t far off in their estimation. The country music legend led with love and generosity like no one else in the celebrity sphere through the pandemic. Her gifts to Vanderbilt University Medical Center near the start of the
Mickey Guyton has lots of reasons for joy this holiday season, and none of them have anything to do with anything wrapped under the Christmas tree. The country music songstress kept reaching and proving her range through 10 years in the typical Nashville system. She wrote songs, too. “Better Than You Left Me” brought Mickey
Turning 75 is a remarkable milestone in itself. For Dolly Parton, the coming birthday, and many more before it, gives the songwriting legend a lovely reason to put her heartfelt words to melody. In an ABC News feature, the country music marvel details why writing a commemorative song each year comes so naturally as a
This year’s holiday season has Dolly Parton doing it all. The country music legend looked luminous for her Macy’s Thanksgiving Day performance. She always sounds great, and for this occasion, Dolly Parton was backed by a big-band and decked out in green sequins and white fur for her moment. The superstar is also celebrating Christmas
It’s been a long time since country music superstar Tim McGraw or the ageless Willie Nelson have had to fight their way out of a bar after a set. CMT Edge drew a very interesting comparison between the two music giants, and the point is valid. No faithful fan can ever guess who Tim McGraw
Any person who’s ever spent more than a few minutes with Dolly Parton knows that she thinks the world of her roots in Sevier County, Tennessee. Her father, Robert Lee, is always “the smartest man I ever knew” in his daughter Dolly’s eyes. Her mother, Avie Lee, imparted her unshakable spiritual intuition into all her
Tuesday, November 24, was already a big day for Mickey Guyton. The stellar singer-songwriter took the stage and stepped into her own truth like never before through the past two years. She pledged to write and sing only what rang true for her rather than write or choose “other people’s songs” under the Nashville system.
No one can deny how Dolly Parton becomes the center of attention on any stage. This weekend, the country music queen will celebrate the premiere of her latest Netflix holiday charmer, Christmas on the Square. While some reviewers, such as USA Today per the Arizona Republic, deem that the goodhearted TV musical is too “gooey,”
With as bold as Dolly Parton is, fans may think she’s an open book. However, that isn’t the case according to an interview with The Sunday Times. While sitting down with Dolly Parton recently, Marina O’Loughlin got to learn a lot about the Country music legend. Notably, the pair discusses Parton’s projects of past and present,
Any time Dolly Parton gets in her “zone” of songwriting, spectacular tunes for the ages flow. The Guinness World Record-honored artist (as the most successful female in music) frequently combines fasting periods with creative getaways. Parton thrives on cycles of writing songs, sleeping, and waking up to do it all again. Only Dolly Parton can
While Country Strong was the title of a movie about a fictional country star doomed in a downward spiral back in 2010, the November 10 ABC News special, Country Strong, focused on the very real lives of today’s country music stars. For many years, ABC’s Robin Roberts has conducted insightful segments from top-tier talents. But
Everyone loves a good mystery, and one that has lingered since 1991 is that of Faith Hill’s rise in country music on the heels of a tragic event that struck Reba McEntire who lost her band in an air crash. Was Hill meant to be with McEntire’s band that crashed, or was it a lucky
The 2020 CMA Awards will shine with enough country music superstar wattage to light up all of Nashville on November 11 next week. A cavalcade of renowned performers, from revered legends to rising newcomers will fill the stage of Nashville’s Music City Center, by safe, socially-distant means, of course. The celebrations of great icons of
To call Dolly Parton a musical marvel is a monumental understatement. In fact, the country music legend who’s been writing songs since before she could talk loves spending time surrounded by monuments. That’s just one of the revelations she makes in a revealing feature for Bustle, highlighting her new coffee table book, Songteller: My Life
The global pandemic has certainly changed the landscape of country music when it comes to cherished memories of in-person events. However, nothing stops the passion of a performer for playing to loyal fans. Tonight, the Country Music Hall Of Fame and Museum is feeding that insatiable mutual passion between fans and artists. They will be
No one can ever say that Dolly Parton lets a single minute slip away. At 74, the country music queen has more energy and sparkle than Generation X, Y, and Z put together. The songwriting legend also has more projects in the works than her contemporaries in the industry “can shake a stick at,” to