Keith Urban
Keith Urban has spent the better part of his life harnessing a deep-seated passion for music. This, when combined with his authenticity, talent and driving musical inquisitiveness, helps to understand why he is one of the most successful and well-respected artists in the world. He’s won four GRAMMY© Awards, thirteen CMAs (including 2x Entertainer of the Year), fifteen ACMs, three AMAs, two People’s Choice Awards and celebrated nine consecutive gold, platinum or multi-platinum albums, which have produced more than 10 BILLION streams.
Late last year Keith Urban released HIGH, his 11th solo album. He’s described it as a “musical journey, intentionally sequenced through themes of what it is to be alive, human connection, cutting loose, huge hook chorus’, hope, nostalgia, shredding solos, straight-up fun and with some personal life revelations.” Songs from HIGH debuted in January ’24 with the release of “Straight Line,” the album’s current single, “Messed Up As Me,” “Go Home W U” with Lainey Wilson and “Wildside.” Not long after, Urban announced his HIGH AND ALIVE WORLD TOUR, set to get underway in May, with concerts throughout the United States, Canada and Australia.
In the meantime, Urban will return to Las Vegas for “KEITH URBAN’S HIGH” in Vegas, as part of the ten, previously announced shows to take place at the Fountainebleau Las Vegas. The shows will take place in February (14-15, 19, 21-22) 2025. These performances will include music from HIGH, as well as many of his of 24 #1 songs including “Blue Ain’t Your Color”, “Wasted Time”, “Somebody Like You,” “Long Hot Summer” and “One Too Many,” his duet with P!nk from his album THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1, which marked his fourth in an historic streak of simultaneous #1 album debuts in the United States, Canada and Australia.
Urban’s career has been sprinkled with creative collaborations that have shown his brevity and thirst for musical possibility. They are what make him the musician’s musician. They’ve included, amongst others: Billy Gibbons, Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Eric Church, John Mayer, HARDY, Julia Michaels, Justin Timberlake, Dzeko, Miranda Lambert, Nile Rodgers, P!nk, Post Malone, The Rolling Stones and Vince Gill.
He’s been a judge on American Idol in the United States and The Voice in Australia. He’s performed at some of the world’s biggest sporting events including the Olympics, The Indianapolis 500, The NFL’s Thanksgiving Day Halftime Show, The Pre-Game at the Super Bowl, NCAA’s Final Four, The NBA’s All-Star Weekend, the NRL Championship in Australia. He’s taken to the stage at some of the world’s biggest charity events including Live 8, One World: Together At Home, Red Nose Day and made multiple appearances at the ACM Honors. He’s also been recognized as one of Country music’s most influential artists with inductions into the Grand Ole Opry and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
In the midst of it all Urban has given back. He was the first Artist Ambassador of the CMA Foundation, an advisory board member at the St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and is a longtime supporter of The Mr. Holland’s Opus Fund and The Grammy Foundation. His “All For The Hall” benefit concerts have raised $4.3M for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum©.
Urban consistently reminds music lovers around the globe why he is one of the world’s best live performers. His concerts have become legendary – as unpredictable as they are explosive. An experience of emotion, musical texture, energy and showmanship.
Lee Brice
When Curb Records recording artist, Lee Brice, isn’t selling out arenas, writing and recording songs or building new brands like Dulce Vida Tequila and Loud Lemon, you’ll find the family man with his wife Sara, two young boys, and daughter. Meanwhile, with 12 billion career streams, Brice continues to enjoy massive success at country radio, digital streaming services, and on the road. He has reached the #1 spot at Country Radio with Platinum-selling “Memory I Don’t Mess With,” which consecutively follows three prior #1s: ASCAP’s 2021 Country Song of the Year and 3x Platinum track “One of Them Girls,” “I Hope You’re Happy Now” with Carly Pearce, and the 6x Platinum hit “Rumor,” which was nominated in the category Single of The Year at the 55th Annual ACM Awards. One of the most played country artists of all time on Pandora, he was the second country artist behind Keith Urban to receive the Pandora Billionaire plaque.
Lee is also a GRAMMY nominee, a CMA and ACM award winner, and he’s taken nine radio singles to Number One: “A Woman Like You,” “Hard to Love,” “I Drive Your Truck,” “I Don’t Dance,” “Drinking Class,” “Rumor,” “I Hope You’re Happy Now,” “One of Them Girls,” and “Memory I Don’t Mess With.” Garth Brooks, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney and others have recorded his songs, and he’s performed on numerous TV shows, including NBC’s Today, ABC’s The Bachelor, NBC’s The Voice and FOX’s Miss USA 2018. Lee performed as part of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song honoring Garth Brooks, aired on PBS March of 2020.
At the 54th Annual CMA Awards, Lee took home the prize for Musical Event of the Year for his song with Carly Pearce, “I Hope You’re Happy Now.” At the 56th ACM Awards, “I Hope You’re Happy Now” won Single of the Year and Music Event of the Year, and Lee and Carly Pearce performed the song live. Lee’s album, Hey World, has been certified as Platinum and features several multi-Platinum selling hits. Lee kicked off 2024 with an intimate acoustic tour, the Me & My Guitar Tour, and released his single,”Drinkin’ Buddies” with Nate Smith and Hailey Whitters. The single was followed by the nostalgic summertime track, “Summer of Us.” In 2025, Brice announced the return of his acoustic tour, the You, Me & My Guitar Tour. Recently, he had the unique opportunity for his recent show at the historic Ryman Auditorium to create his own Hatch Print show poster – providing a hand-drawn illustration of the iconic venue. Recently, Brice released his latest single, “Cry,” available now and is currently impacting Country radio.
Scotty McCreery
Scotty McCreery has been a household name for nearly half his life, ever since making history in 2011 as both the first country artist and the youngest male artist of any genre to debut his first studio album, the Platinum-certified Clear as Day, at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. With his latest album Rise & Fall, featuring his sixth No. 1 single “Cab in a Solo,” current single “Fall of Summer,” and 11 additional tracks, McCreery explores classic themes of heartbreak, rowdy nights, nostalgia, faith, newfound joy, fatherhood, and enduring love, and through it all, felt comfortable being himself, resulting in a project full of electrified twang, rich baritone vocals and insightful storytelling. The 31-year-old has sold more than 4 million albums and achieved 6 No.1 hits: the recent “Cab in a Solo,” the RIAA Platinum-certified “Damn Strait,” the RIAA Gold certified “You Time,” the RIAA Gold certified “In Between,” the RIAA Platinum certified “This is It,” and the RIAA Triple Platinum certified “Five More Minutes.”
The North Carolina native has earned one Triple Platinum, five Platinum and four Gold singles; one Platinum and two Gold albums; won the 10th season of “American Idol” in 2011 at age 17; was named the ACM New Artist of the Year in 2011; won two CMT Music Awards, the first for Breakthrough Video of the Year (“The Trouble with Girls”) in 2012, and the second for Digital-First Performance of the Year (‘It Matters to Her’ from “CMT Stages”) in 2024; and BMI Awards for writing One of the Top 50 Country Songs of the Year five times (in 2015 for ‘See You Tonight’, in 2018 for “Five More Minutes,” in 2019 for “This is It,” in 2021 for “In Between,” and in 2022 for “You Time”). He was awarded Pandora Billionaire status in 2021 in recognition of his music achieving more than one billion streams on Pandora. His song “Five More Minutes” inspired two popular holiday movies which aired on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Network: Five More Minutes in 2021 and Five More Minutes: Moments Like These in 2022. He released his first book Go Big or Go Home: The Journey Toward the Dream in 2016. Last year McCreery was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. Earlier this year, he was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry by Josh Turner and Randy Travis, after being invited late last year by Garth Brooks. The singer/songwriter married his high school sweetheart Gabi in 2018, and the couple had their first son Avery in October 2022.
Parmalee
As the most-played group/band on Country Radio in 2023, Parmalee is one of Country Music’s most successful acts with five #1 singles, multiple platinum records, and over 1 Billion on-demand streams. Comprised of brothers Matt and Scott Thomas (lead vocals/guitar and drums, respectively), Cousin Barry Knox (bass), and life-long friend Josh McSwain (guitar/keyboard), the North Carolina natives first topped the charts with “Carolina,” followed by their PLATINUM-certified No. 1 single with Blanco Brown, “Just the Way.” They followed with “Take My Name,” Billboard’s Most Played Country Song of 2022. They scored their third consecutive #1 single with “Girl In Mine,” Billboard’s 8th Most Played Country Song of 2023. “Gonna Love” topped the country singles chart in December 2024, becoming their fourth consecutive #1 single. The band released their new single, “Cowgirl,” from their forthcoming album, Fell In Love With A Cowgirl, on April 4.
Leann Rimes
LeAnn Rimes is an international multi-platinum selling acclaimed singer and ASCAP award-winning songwriter. She has sold more than 48 million units globally, won 2 Grammy® Awards; 12 Billboard Music Awards; 2 World Music Awards; 3 Academy of Country Music Awards; 2 Country Music Association Awards and one Dove Award. At 14, Rimes won “Best New Artist” making her the youngest solo artist to take home a Grammy® Award, and at 15, she became the first country artist to win “Artist of the Year” at the Billboard Music Awards.
In 2022, LeAnn was presented with the prestigious ASCAP Golden Note Award, which is an award presented to genre-spanning songwriters, composers and artists who have achieved extraordinary career milestones.
Out of the 63 singles she has released throughout her expansive career, LeAnn’s ballad “How Do I Live” holds the record as Billboard’s Hot 100 all-time #1 hit by a female artist and currently ranks #6 on Billboard’s “Greatest of All Time: Hot 100 Songs” list. 15 of her multi-genre singles are top-10 hits, including “Can’t Fight the Moonlight,” which went #1 in 11 countries. The last couple of years have been quite a resurgence for LeAnn. In 2022, the world-renowned singer had a big year including the release of her 19th album god’s work (EverLe Records via Thirty Tigers/ The Orchard). The album, which features a roster of accomplished artists including Ziggy Marley, Mickey Guyton, Aloe Blacc, Ben Harper, and more, was listed as #9 on Variety’s “The Best Albums of 2022.” They said: “You won’t find a richer collection of melodic writing on any album released this year, with the twists and turns that maybe only someone capable of all that virtuosic vocalizing could think to take a set of songs into.”
She performed songs from the project on national shows including LIVE With Kelly and Ryan and TODAY. In April of the same year, LeAnn headlined an episode of the iconic music series CMT Crossroads entitled LeAnn Rimes & Friends alongside Mickey Guyton, Carly Pearce, Ashley McBryde, and Brandy Clark, who helped commemorate Rimes’ career and recognize the path she blazed forward for women in all genres. LeAnn also served as the inspiration judge on the discovery+ competition series, Meet Your Makers Showdown, alongside Chrissy Metz and Mark Montano in November 2021 and won season four of FOX’s The Masked Singer, with Entertainment Weekly stating that she delivered .”.. the most beautiful performance in the history of The Masked Singer.”
In honor of the 2019 Record Store Day, the Grammy-winning superstar unveiled her first-ever LIVE recording as an exclusive vinyl release titled Rimes: Live at Gruene Hall where Rimes celebrated music of all genres. And during the 2018 holiday season she starred and served as an Executive Producer in Hallmark’s It’s Christmas, Eve, which earned the highest TV original movie debut to-date for the channel premiering to over 4.3 million viewers. Earlier that year, Rimes revealed a new EP for her fans titled Re-Imagined that featured five new versions of some of her record-breaking hits, including an epic duet with the music icon Stevie Nicks. In 2017, LeAnn released Remnants, which debuted at # 4 on Billboard’s Independent Album Chart, peaked at #3 on iTunes® overall charts in its first week, garnered two #1 Billboard Dance hits with “Long Live Love” and “LovE is LovE is LovE,” and one Top 5 hit with “Love Line.” Additionally, for her Remnants UK Tour, she joined Elton John at the historic Hyde Park in London.
Passionate about using her voice to help heal the world, LeAnn was honored with the Ally of Equality Award by the Human Rights Campaign for her over 20 years of support of equal rights, the 2019 HOPE Award for Depression Advocacy, and 2009 ACM Humanitarian Award, among other recognitions. She continues to channel her voice in new ways, releasing CHANT: The Human & The Holy (EverLe Records / Thirty Tigers) in 2020, which spent 5 weeks at #1 on iTunes New Age Chart, as well as her iHeartRadio mental health and wholeness podcast, Wholly Human, that brings her lifestyle blog, Soul of EverLe, to life. Wholly Human, which currently has three seasons, previously reached #2 on iTunes Health & Fitness Chart, placed in the Top 35 overall for podcasts worldwide and was named as one of the 15 best mental health podcasts that educate and empower listeners by Good Housekeeping.
Thelma & James
An undeniable force, married Nashville-based singer-songwriters MacKenzie Porter and Jake Etheridge form the new musical partnership Thelma & James. Not realizing the best writing partner was right under their noses the whole time, their first co-write in over a decade produced “Happy Ever After You.” Evolving organically from an impromptu video that earned praise from fellow artists like John Mayer, Luke Combs, Brandi Carlile and more, the song has since garnered nearly 20 million listens in just two months of release. The pair signed to Big Loud Records in 2025 and set their second-ever song “First Love” for release on March 14. Doubling down on the fortuitous new musical chapter, Thelma & James are currently in the studio with plans for new more music to follow.
Kassi Ashton
To hear the unique blend of grit, straight-talkin’ sass, and raw vulnerability that fuels Kassi Ashton’s music is to gaze into the fiery crucible that formed her — the singer’s evocative lyrics pull from real life experiences: the good, the bad, the messy. Kassi’s hotly anticipated debut album, Made From The Dirt, dishes hard-won lessons rooted in tangled family ties, relationship tussles, and wrenching grief, wrapped up in hook-heavy, country-tinged singalongs, where the artist’s husky, soulful tones will stop you dead in your tracks.
Born in California, Missouri, a one traffic-light town of 4000 people, Kassi’s childhood was one filled with dichotomies. As detailed in her rollicking track “Son of a Gun,” Kassi’s parents’ relationship combusted before she could remember them together and she split her time between the two. A natural-born performer, at five years old Kassi was singing and dancing in front of an ice cream bucket for bucks at the private airport where her mother worked. Although her mom’s home was emotionally volatile, Kassi had the structure of extracurriculars: the pageant circuit from six-years-old, modern dance, ballet, and theater. Music was also a constant in that household, specifically Reba MacEntire, Stevie Nicks, Aretha Franklin, Tammy Wynette, and Loretta Lynn. Later, Kassi discovered equally formative powerhouse singers Amy Winehouse and Adele.
There are the breadcrumbs of these beginnings in her 2018 debut single “California, Missouri” where she self-identifies as a black sheep. And while traces of those underdog remnants remain, by seventh grade, clomping around in combat boots, Kassi had the wherewithal to think, “I might just be cooler than all y’all and I’m just gonna do whatever the fuck I want.” This manifested in a multi-faceted creativity that continues to this day.
With the encouragement of her grandma Juanita, Kassi moved to Nashville enrolling in Belmont University to study Commercial Voice with a minor in Music Business. “I arrived in square-toed cowboy boots — shit-kickers — and a ball cap and everyone around me had recorded in a studio before, or had a CD,” she recalls. “I was like, ‘What’s an EP?’ l knew nothing!”
She might not have known what a co-write was or had established connects in the storied city’s deeply collaborative songwriting scene, but she was determined to “stay out of what they call the Belmont bubble.” She wanted real Nashville experiences, plus her scholarship would only cover so much. So she got a job at Hooters and spent three evenings a week hosting karaoke at Lonnie’s Western Room.
And then, in 2014 she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Eight months later she was given the clear, but undoubtedly it was perspective-shifting.
Not only did it sharpen her focus, but the experience also strengthened her resolve to dig deep for her own art. In the early years this resulted in the sparse, but searing “Pretty Shiny Things” (a co-write with friend and fellow student Emily Landis, who she collaborates with to this day). In it Kassi explores the values her mother instilled: the tension between a glossy facade and a flawed, but beautiful reality. It was also the song that, when performed at Belmont’s country showcase, resulted in a publishing deal signed the semester before Kassi graduated; a record label bidding war followed, culminating in Kassi signing with UMG Nashville / Interscope in 2017.
For the next two years Kassi was grafting. Like grandma Juanita taught her, “If you want it, you can have it, but you better fucking work.” Kassi’s star was on the rise thanks to songs like “California, Missouri,” “Violins,” and “Hopeless,” plus a 2018 feature on Keith Urban’s “Drop Top,” and tours with Maren Morris and Jordan Davis. She was poised, but the pandemic had other plans. Kassi was frustrated, but funneled those feelings into creative evolution, writing, making, scheming, dropping impactful loosies like the country-pop of “Dates In Pickup Trucks” and “I Don’t Go Back,” with its golden hour, rearviewmirror gaze.
And so we arrive at Made In The Dirt, a no-skip summation of Kassi Ashton — where she’s come from and where she’s going. Or as Kassi sings: “Always chasing who I wanna be and who I am right now” (on “‘Til The Lights Go Out,” where she channels her inner Gold Dust Woman). Alongside the aforementioned early singles, highlights include “The Straw,” co-written with Luke Laird and Lori McKenna — a break-up ballad whose aching relatability lands with arrow-like precision. And then there’s poignant closer “Juanita,” a tribute to the tough-love grandma who passed away in late 2023. It’s a song Kassi wrote in the solitary stillness of her grief, on the rubber bridge guitar she named Juanita, never thinking it would be such a fitting finale to her debut.
To relax and unwind Kassi reads — fantasy, “the height of escapism,” is her genre of choice — or she jumps on Lilith, her Harley Davidson Deluxe. “I’m not Jewish, but in Jewish folklore and mythology Lilith was the original woman before Eve, but she would not submit,” she explains. “She was made from the same dirt as Adam, not from a rib. I’m nobody’s rib.”
Kassi’s a rule-breaker, not interested in adhering to lines in the sand about what’s too country, or not country enough. She’s guided by her gut and she leads with a seductive set of pipes that, quite apart from her vivid lyrics, delivers a potent, sure-footed sense of self. Truth be told, she sets out her stall perfectly on the album’s opening title track, another standout with its driving bass line and unforgettable chorus. There’s no stopping Kassi Ashton, you just have to watch her go.
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Bobby Bones
Born and raised in Arkansas, Bobby Bones began his radio career at Henderson State University’s KSH 91.1 The Switch at the age of 17. In 2002, Bones was hired by Q100/KQAR in Little Rock, Ark., and The Bobby Bones Night Show was born. The following year, he moved to Austin, Texas where he began hosting The Bobby Bones Show on 96.7 KISS FM. Joined on-air by Lunchbox and Amy, they attracted listeners in droves, as well as top rankings in the market. For his work on the program, Bones was named “Austin Radio Personality of the Year” in 2009, 2010 and 2011, and Austin’s Alliance of Women in Media honored the program with their “Radio Personality of the Year” award seven years in a row. In 2017, Bones was also the youngest personality to be elected to the National Radio Hall of Fame.
In addition to his weekday program, Bones is host of the weekend Country countdown show, Country Top 30 with Bobby Bones. In 2018, Bones was named Vice President, Creative Director of iHeartCountry. Bones’ popular podcast, BobbyCast has been downloaded more than 20 million times. The podcast’s overwhelming success paved the way for Bones to launch the Nashville Podcast Network, an eclectic collection of podcasts from a variety of Nashville-savvy hosts, giving listeners an inside look at the lifestyle and pop culture in Nashville.
Bones is also half of The Raging Idiots, a comedy band with his radio producer Eddie and has raised millions of dollars to benefit various charitable causes. Published May 2016 by HarperCollins, Bones’ memoir, Bare Bones: I’m Not Lonely If You’re Reading This Book, spent four weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers List and claimed the No. One spot on multiple lists including USA Today and Wall Street Journal. His latest book, Fail Until You Don’t: Fight. Grind. Repeat. was released in June 2018, and debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Best Sellers List.
In April 2018, Bones made his debut on ABC TV’s American Idol reboot as a mentor for the top 24 contestants. In 2018, Bones competed on Season 27 of Dancing with the Stars, and took home the coveted mirror ball trophy with partner Sharna Burgess.
Bones also brings stand-up comedy to fans across the country with his Bobby Bones Red Hoodie Comedy Tour, which features musical guests, as well as an opening comedy bit from The Bobby Bones Show’s Mike D. The Bobby Bones Red Hoodie Comedy Tour follows Bones’ in-demand Funny & Alone Tour.
Bobby Bones has been dubbed “the most powerful man in country music” by Forbes magazine, and he puts that star power to good use by supporting numerous charitable initiatives including The MusiCares Foundation and St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
Amy Brown
Amy Brown, co-host of The Bobby Bones Show, did not plan on a career in radio. After finishing college at Texas A&M University, the Austin native landed a job in radio after a chance meeting with Bobby Bones at a restaurant. In 2006, she joined Bones as co-host of The Bobby Bones Show in Austin, Texas, where the program was broadcast weekday mornings on 96.7 KISS FM.
In addition to the weekday program, Amy co-hosts a weekend Country countdown with Bones and Lunchbox — Country Top 30 with Bobby Bones. Amy and the cast have been honored with three CMA Awards for “National On-Air Personality of the Year” (2022, 2019 and 2017), and four ACM Awards in the same category (2020, 2018, 2016 and 2014). In 2014, Amy was honored by the Alliance of Women in Media with their annual Gracie Award for “Outstanding Individual Achievement – Morning/Afternoon Drive Personality.” In 2019, she was named to Nashville Lifestyles’ “Most Beautiful People” list, which recognizes Nashville’s most captivating residents – inside and out, and in 2023, she was named one of Radio Ink’s “Most Influential Women” in radio.
Amy also hosts Women of iHeartCountry, which launched in September 2018, and features music from established female artists and up-and-comers. Amy was recognized for her work on the program with the 2024 CRS/Country Aircheck Award for Best National Weekly Personality/Show.
In November 2018, Amy launched a new iHeartRadio Original Podcast, 4 Things with Amy Brown. Co-produced by Amy and Premiere Networks as part of Bobby Bones’ Nashville Podcast Network.
Amy partnered with iHeartRadio in 2020 to launch the Amy Brown Podcast Network, featuring a slate of health and wellness podcasts including, OUTWEIGH with Amy Brown; You Need Therapy with Kathryn DeFatta, The Truthiest Life with Lisa Haiym and Here After with Megan Devine.
Inside and outside the studio, Amy is passionate about giving back. She donates her time to working with orphans in the U.S., Africa and Haiti, where she adopted two young children, and she utilizes her national platforms to raise awareness and funds for numerous charitable organizations including St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, TJ Martell Foundation and the American Red Cross.
Lunchbox
Lunchbox is a co-host and self-proclaimed MVP of The Bobby Bones Show. Each day, fans tune in to hear his hilarious, popular segments including, “Bonehead Story of the Day” and “Lunchwalking,” where he goes out into the streets with a hidden mic. When he’s not on air, Lunchbox can be found hanging out at a local bar with friends, jet skiing on a lake, or spending time at home with his wife and two sons. Lunchbox is an avid supporter of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Nashville Humane Association, the latter of which he promotes via social media by sharing photos and videos of animals so they can find forever homes.
Prior to his career in radio, the high school prom king studied Speech Communication in college. He has also made appearances on the TV programs Jerry Springer, Friday Night Lights and Celebrity Family Feud.
Eddie
Eddie Garcia met Bobby Bones more than 10 years ago when they worked together at ME Television, a local Austin, TX music TV station. Shortly thereafter he began working with Bones on his nightly TV show, where they formed a parody and cover band, The Raging Idiots, which Bobby often features on his national radio show. The Raging Idiots travel across the U.S. and have raised millions of dollars for various charities. After more than a decade of friendship, Eddie finally became an official member of The Bobby Bones Show in 2013.
As the show’s Digital Content Producer, Eddie has brought a professional background in TV, news and music entertainment to the team, boosting the morning show’s digital platform with high-quality, fully-produced video and web content. For their work on the program, Eddie and the cast recently received their second CMA Award for “National On-Air Personality of the Year” (previous win in 2017), following a third ACM Award in the same category (2018, 2016 and 2014). In 2018, Eddie, along with Lunchbox and Ray from The Bobby Bones Show, began hosting a new podcast called Sore Losers which was launched as part of Bobby Bones’ Nashville Podcast Network.
Eddie has garnered significant attention and praise for his photojournalism. His film Shattered received screenings at the New York Film Festival, Miami International Film Festival and the Cinesol Film Festival. The production secured high acclaim, including a National Association of Broadcasters Award for Best TV Drama. Along with his Silver TELLY and Bronze ADDY awards, Eddie has earned several nods from groups including Texas Associated Press Broadcasters, Lone Star EMMYs, and received the USC Annenberg Walter Cronkite Award for Political Journalism Honorable Mention.
Born and raised in a traditional Mexican/American home, Eddie loves listening to all kinds of music. His passion for music inspired him to learn how to play several instruments, including piano and guitar.
In addition to his role as half of The Raging Idiots, Eddie is the “voice of the dad” on The Bobby Bones Show. Married in 2005, he has two boys who are often brought up on the air, especially when the gang needs the “parent’s point of view.” In 2019, Eddie and his wife welcomed two more children into their home as foster parents.
In between the time he spends with his family and the band’s busy tour schedule, Eddie participates in several local charity events including Cars for a Cure and the Annual Standup to Cancer event in Nashville. Additionally, with the help of co-host Lunchbox, Eddie provides weekly produced videos promoting pet adoption for social media distribution and contributes to benefits like the annual Unleashed event for the Nashville Humane Association. He has also provided freelance production for organizations such as Make a Wish Foundation.
Lorianne Crook
Lorianne Crook is one half of the broadcast hosting duo Crook & Chase, as well as a television and radio producer, writer and the president of Jim Owens Entertainment. Presented alongside with her co-host Charlie Cook, The Crook and Chase Countdown reaches more than 150 stations in the U.S. and Canada. The four-hour weekend program features Lorianne and Charlie as they present the top thirty songs, along with one-on-one interviews with the biggest stars in Country music.
Crook and Chase began their professional partnership in September 1983 with This Week in Country Music, a popular syndicated show on The Nashville Network (TNN) that aired until the network folded in 1999. During those 16 years, Lorianne and Charlie became two of the network’s most popular and respected hosts, producing thousands of hours of programming, including The Crook & Chase Show, Crook & Chase Tonight, Music City Tonight with Crook & Chase, Celebrities Offstage, Funny Business, Today’s Country, and countless award shows and specials. Much of their personal and professional history was documented in their 1995 book, “Crook and Chase: Our Lives, The Music, And the Stars.”
Widely regarded as two of the top interviewers and hosts in the industry, Lorianne and Charlie were inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame in 2013. In 2017, the duo were surprised on stage at the Grand Ole Opry as stars and the industry awarded them the Bob Kingsley Living Legend Award. In 2023, Radio Ink magazine named Crook among the most influential women in radio for the tenth time.
In the fall of 2024, Lorraine and Charlie were inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. They also took home the 2024 CMA Broadcast Award for Weekly National Personality of the Year.
Charlie Chase
Charlie Chase and Lorraine Cook have been the go-to source for country music news and entertainment for more than 40 years now, reaching millions of fans not only in North America, but around the globe. Each week on The Crook and Chase Countdown, producer, actor, and author, Charlie Chase, alongside his co-host Cook, reaches more than 150 stations in the U.S. and Canada with their show. The four-hour weekend program features Lorianne and Charlie as they present the top thirty songs, along with one-on-one interviews with the biggest stars in Country music.
The Nashville-based program continues to receive industry recognition, including numerous nominations for both CMA and ACM Awards in the National Broadcast/On-Air Personality categories. Widely regarded as two of the top interviewers and hosts in the industry, Lorianne and Charlie were inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame in 2013. That same year, Charlie was inducted into the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame.
In 2017, Lorianne and Charlie were surprised on stage at the Grand Ole Opry as stars and the industry awarded them the Bob Kingsley Living Legend Award. In the fall of 2024, the duo was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. They also took home the 2024 CMA Broadcast Award for Weekly National Personality of the Year.
Since they first teamed up, Lorianne and Charlie have been involved in the production of television and radio programs on a continuous basis, making them one of the longest-running broadcast duos in the business.