It’s time, finally, to give this unprecedented year a proper send off. The kind where we started looking for the silver linings in the cloudy year, and we realized that even though this year looked different, CMT did their very best to make it sound the same. By finding new — and most importantly, safe — ways to bring you the country music that brings you comfort just when you need it most.

Here are our top three CMT moments from 2020.

1. CMT GIANTS Kenny Rogers: A Benefit For MusiCares

After we lost Kenny Rogers in March, it was a bittersweet honor to put together a show full of tributes and songs from the country legend’s superstar friends like Dolly Parton, Lady Antebellum, Lionel Richie, Michael McDonald, Randy Houser, Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill, Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires, Jennifer Nettles and more filming their parts from their own homes. Best of all, the show helped raise money for the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund created to provide funds to help the thousands of music creators and industry professionals who lost their jobs because of the pandemic. (Read more about the special hosted by Rita Wilson here.)

2. Kelsea Ballerini & Halsey CMT Crossroads

Back in March, before the Covid-19 pandemic turned our worlds completely upside down, CMT Crossroads did what CMT Crossroads does best. We put pop star Halsey and country singer Kelsea Ballerini on stage together to talk about their genuine and mutual appreciation for each other’s music and to sing those songs on stage. They performed each other’s hit songs, obviously, but there were others too. Like their cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams.” (Revisit some of the other highlights of the special here.)

3. Off the Road with Kane Brown

Just because he wasn’t on the road after the pandemic hit doesn’t mean Kane Brown wasn’t on. He kept himself, his band and his team busy with Zoom songwriting sessions, fixing up his man cave at home, making his “Worship You” video, getting new tattoos (from an artist who makes house calls), and basically basking in the glow of fatherhood spending time with his new baby girl Kingsley Rose. (Find out more about Brown’s entire quarantine life here.)

For the rest of the top 10...head over to the CMT website..  http://www.cmt.com/news/1829076/kane-brown-kenny-rogers-kelsea-ballerini-and-more-made-our-best-of-2020-list/

Blake Shelton won Country Artist of 2020 at the People's Choice Awards on Sunday (Nov 15).

"Wow. This is crazy. This is absolutely insane," he said as he stood in a room surrounded by a virtual audience. "I'm so happy we're able to have this awards show in spite of everything."

Shelton thanked his fans who voted and mentioned that he has been staying away from social media lately. He also sent a special thank you to his new fiance, Gwen Stefani and jokingly spelled her name out, just in case you need to google who she is :). He also mentioned her as his inspiration!

Watch the whole acceptance speech below:

Keith Urban turns 53-years-old today. The country music star was born on October 26, 1967. The New Zealand born singer caught the country music world by storm with his self titled album in the early 2000s. In the years since Urban has been a force in the country music industry and even shared his musical expertise on American Idol.

Hi wife, Nicole Kidman, posted on Instagram on Monday to share a snap of her and her husband floating in a zero gravity chamber in honor of Urban's 53rd birthday.

"Happy Birthday my love!" the 53-year-old actress captioned the pic. "Love is in the air."

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Listen to Bob Moseley's Country Cafe at 4 pm to win a $25 gift card from participating restaurants.

To win simply visit the Restaurant Month Website & tell Bob the "Starter" from the chosen restaurant of that day!

Restaurant Month Cayman is Cayman’s only Month-long culinary event and is proudly sponsored by:

Good Taste - Home Gas & Hurleys Media

Restaurant Month Cayman is another Tourism Initiative by the Cayman Islands Tourism Association.

The Harney County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to People Magazine that they received a call approximately 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday reporting that a jet car attempting to break a land speed record crashed in the Alvord Desert in southeastern Oregon. 

Deputies arrived on the scene and identified the driver and sole fatality in the vehicle as Combs, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The cause of the crash is still unknown.

RIP Jessi from everyone here at Rooster 101.9 FM, Grand Cayman.

Airport Manager Dan Cogan says a private plane ran off the end of the runway and caught fire. He says all passengers are out of the plane.

Elizabethton Fire Chief Barry Carrier says Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his wife were on the plane that crashed at the Elizabethton Airport this afternoon.

They were not injured in the crash according to Carrier.

Stay tuned to Rooster 101.9 for more details.

Watch the video below and see if Seaford can complete the attempt. 

Have you tried your own # BottleCapChallenge? Share it with us here, we would love to see it. 

You can catch Seaford Russel Jr. live every Saturday between 1 pm and 4 pm for the latest in Country music. 

What Say you?

Lonestar Amazed...wow  SO MANY MEMORIES and a song that sounds great on the radio 

#2  Friends in Low Places   check out this gem from 1990 awards show  

and finally Boot Scootin Boogie sounds great turned up driving listening to Rooster 101 
 

Audrey the dog has been at the Cayman Islands Humane Society for almost a year after being found on a doorstop in Rockhole, Georgetown, Grand Cayman. She has probably had a couple of litters of puppies but has now been spayed, fully vaccinated and comes with a clean bill of health.

The BEST thing about Audrey is her energy. If you want a small, no fuss dog, to take to the beach and play frisbee or fetch with, this is your canine. And the even better thing about Staffies is they LOVE to cuddle, oh and they are GREAT with kids. Their happy waggy tail energy is infectious. So, pop by the Cayman Islands Humane Society today and meet Audrey the Dog, why not take her for a walk? She won't need Breakfast at Tiffany's, just a tummy rub and a cuddle. Think Miss Congeniality.

As we always say, if you can't adopt, consider fostering, if you can't foster, take a dog for a walk, if you can't walk a dog, share this post, it takes two seconds and it may just save a life. 

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