This week’s co-host is Lee Brice. His last time here was with Carly Pearce and their duet “I Hope You’re Happy Now.” Lee tells Lon they had a subdued #1 party: “Normally a #1 party is a ton of people packed into a small space. So it was a blessing, it was just the writers and myself,…… More
This week, Kane Brown told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that he’s spent the past few months doing some improvement projects on his new house. “We just had a pool installed, we had turf installed, a new driveway, and we’re about to put in a basketball court.” But in the meantime, his previous house, the…… More
Here is Part 2 of Keith Urban co-hosting the Countdown. In it, Keith discussing the making of his new album “The Speed of Now Part 1” during the pandemic. He says he needed a “creative intervention” to get him back into the studio, and the result was the first song on the album, “Out The…… More
This week’s co-host is Kane Brown, and he tells Lon he’s keeping busy while he’s been off the road: “We’ve been working on the house, hanging with the baby, and working out. Also playing a lot of video games. Getting to spend a lot of quality time with my wife.” Kane’s baby Kingsley just passed the10 month point. “It’s…… More
NASHVILLE, TN (September 16, 2020) – Winners have been announced for the 55TH ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS™, a Night of Heart and Hits Live from Nashville. 15-time ACM Award®-winning artist Keith Urban hosted the show featuring three iconic Nashville venues including Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium and The Bluebird Cafe. For the first time in ACM…… More
Here is a podcast with Part 1 of Keith Urban co-hosting Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton. Keith did the show from his home studio, and during the podcast, Keith describes it. He also says that he spent a lot of time there during the past few months when the major studios were closed. He…… More
Keith Urban returns for a second week as Lon’s co-host. He will host next Wednesday’s ACM Awards, and then release his 11th album next Friday. Keith had this to day about the ACMs: “I love the fact that they’re going to do it. It would have been easy, under the circumstances, to skip it for…… More
An event as emotional as the terrorist attacks of 9-11 was bound to inspire a lot of music. There were several songs released in the weeks before the event that found new meaning on that September day. And there were several more that were directly inspired by 9-11 and the subsequent war. No question that…… More
Keith Urban co-hosts the countdown for the first of two weeks from his home studio in Nashville. “I’ve been doing huge amounts of work here these last few months, finishing up my new album. The studio is downstairs in my house, pretty good size, with windows and a lot of light. Real good creative space.”…… More
The nominees for the 54th annual CMA Awards were revealed on Tuesday morning (9/1). Select categories were announced by Luke Combs and Carly Pearce during ABC’s “Good Morning America” broadcast live from the historic stage of the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, while Ingrid Andress and Gabby Barrett revealed the remaining categories on CMA’s…… More
This week, Thomas Rhett co-hosts the countdown from his home studio in Nashville. “Here I am, in the same basement I’ve been in since March! This is home base for the foreseeable future.” Plus he introduces his wife Lauren for a special appearance. Her new book Living Love was just released last week. Thomas tells Lon that he and his family…… More
This week, Lon’s co-hosts are Brian & Tyler of Florida Georgia Line. Brian was at his beach house in Florida, and Tyler was in Cheyenne Wyoming, on his way back from a family vacation in Colorado. Lon began the show by asking the guys where they were when the lockdown began: Brian said: “To be honest…… More
Lon’s co-host this week is Justin Moore, from his beach house in Florida. “We stayed at our home in Arkansas starting in March, and we haven’t been away from home too much. We decided to come down to the beach a few weeks ago. We thought it would be good to look out of a different…… More
This week, as you can see, Lon is socially distanced from his co-hosts Maddie & Tae. They are each newlyweds, and they’ve spent the past few months with their respective husbands. But they’ve survived: “It’s been really good! Everyone probably wants to smack us for saying that, but we’ve enjoyed being newlyweds in this quarantine. Now…… More
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