{"id":1308309,"date":"2019-04-10T15:50:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T21:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1805256"},"modified":"2019-04-10T15:50:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T21:50:17","slug":"five-at-five-artists-weigh-in-on-old-town-road-tanya-tucker-and-dennis-quaid-arent-dating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/five-at-five-artists-weigh-in-on-old-town-road-tanya-tucker-and-dennis-quaid-arent-dating\/","title":{"rendered":"Five at Five: Artists Weigh in On \u201cOld Town Road\u201d + Tanya Tucker and Dennis Quaid Aren\u2019t Dating"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:671660?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/tinglel\/\" title=\"Posts by Lauren Tingle\" rel=\"author\">Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">12m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Give us a minute, and we\u2019ll give you five things you might want to know in country music. It\u2019s your new favorite fix for all the latest news headlines in one place. Here\u2019s what you need to know for Wednesday (April 10):<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listicle-container\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">AJ McLean Talks Going Country with CMT Radio Live<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/artists\/backstreet-boys\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Backstreet Boy<\/a> AJ McLean told CMT\u2019s Cody Alan <a href=\"https:\/\/cmtcody.iheart.com\/content\/2019-04-10-backstreet-boy-aj-mclean-goes-country\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">backstage<\/a> at the ACM Awards that while he\u2019ll never leave the beloved boy band that broke his career, fans are resonating with his first country single \u201cBoy and a Man.\u201d It\u2019s the first release from a forthcoming album that\u2019s in the works. \u201cCountry will always have a very near, dear place in my heart,\u201d McLean told Alan. \u201cSome of the production that\u2019s on my album may be a little more on the urban\/pop side, but the lyrical content and the melodies are definitely country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Artists Weigh in on \u201cOld Town Road\u201d by Lil Nas X<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Many reporters dedicated valuable red-carpet time at the 2019 ACMs by asking artists their definition of country music following the Lil Nas X <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1804846\/the-country-billy-ray-cyrus-saw-in-old-town-road-by-lil-nas-x\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">controversy<\/a> involving the rapper\u2019s song \u201cOld Town Road.\u201d Unfortunately, the subject was unavoidable with the song debuting at No. 1 on <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Hot 100 chart this week and bumping Ariana Grande\u2019s \u201c7 Rings\u201d to No. 3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/brothers-osborne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Brothers Osborne<\/a>\u2019s TJ and John Osborne told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/video\/brothers-osborne-acm-awards-interview-billboard-2019-8505998\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard<\/a><\/em> they think the issue with \u201cOld Town Road\u201d isn\u2019t on the genre citing their own struggles getting their songs played on country radio. \u201cFor me,\u201d TJ Osborne said, \u201cif music makes someone feel good that\u2019s really the whole point of it. However, I don\u2019t like that there\u2019s this controversy around it particularly once again, John and I, we\u2019ve had success at radio, but we still struggle at radio all the time. To complain about that, it\u2019s like, dude, c\u2019mon. Get in line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/jimmie-allen\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmie Allen<\/a> weighed in on Wednesday\u2019s (April 10) <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/old-town-road-lil-nas-x-billboard-removes-song-from-hot-country-critics-question-race-factor\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CBS This Morning<\/a><\/em> and said he thought the song should be on \u201c<em>every<\/em> chart.\u201d \u201cEither way it\u2019s a good song,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s catchy, and people are talking about it, and they\u2019re playing it. And at the end of the day, that\u2019s all that artists want. So, Lil Nas, bro, [thumbs up].\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">CMA Fest Adds Stadium Headliners<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Brett Young and Chris Janson have been added to CMA Fest\u2019s Nissan Stadium headliners on June 8 and 9, respectively. Stadium openers include Marty Stuart, Jo Dee Messina, Billy Ray Cyrus and David Lee Murphy. The National Anthem performers are Lindsay Ell, Runaway June, Jimmie Allen and students from Nashville School of the Arts, a beneficiary of the CMA Foundation. Tickets to the stadium shows are still on sale through the festival\u2019s website hand proceeds will support music education initiatives nationwide through the CMA Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Army veteran and staunch American patriot Craig Morgan is back from his 11th USO Tour, which was the final senior military tour for the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Paul J. Selva. The week-long military entertainment tour visited military bases in five countries including Germany, Afghanistan, Qatar, Iraq and Italy. Celebrity chef Robert Irvine, surfer Makua Rothman and former MLB player Shane Victorino along with UFC fighters BJ Penn, Felice Herrig and Christopher Weidman were also part of the tour. This was Morgan\u2019s 16th military entertainment tour overseas overall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Just because Tanya Tucker and Dennis Quaid take an excellent prom photo on the red carpet, doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re dating. A rep for Tucker tells <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/country\/tanya-tucker-dennis-quaid-not-dating-sources\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a><\/em>, \u201cThey are not a couple! They are longtime friends and having a blast collaborating and making music together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she\u2019s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1805256\/five-at-five-artists-weigh-in-on-old-town-road-tanya-tucker-and-dennis-quaid-arent-dating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 12m ago Give us a minute, and we\u2019ll give you five things you might want to know in country music. It\u2019s your new favorite fix for all the latest news headlines in one place. Here\u2019s what you need to know for Wednesday (April 10): AJ McLean Talks Going Country with CMT Radio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1308309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 05:43:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1308309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1308309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1308309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1308309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}