Nicole Beals

Nicole’s News- January 28

Luke Bryan and Jordan Davis recently celebrated their number one single, Buy Dirt, with a duck hunt. Jordan says he has never released a song that is more important to him.


A new documentary will follow the path of country legend Randy Travis. Work on the documentary began in 2011 and was meant to be a concert special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Randy’s Storms of Life album. After filming, a stroke nearly took his life. It has taken 10 years to tell the whole story. More Life will premiere on the Circle Network, February 10.


Walker Hayes says he and his family are cool with the recognition he has been getting since Fancy Like became a big hit. People are asking to take pictures with Walker and his family when they see them out in public and he said even his neighbors, that he hasn’t talked to in a couple of years, now want his autograph.

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