The 2024 ASCAP Country Music Awards were presented at an invitation-only gathering in Nashville on Monday night (November 18). The awards recognize the songwriters and publishers of country music’s most-performed ASCAP songs of the past year, and Chris Stapleton and Ashley Gorley were the evening’s top winners. Stapleton received the ASCAP Country Music Songwriter/Artist of…

Jamey Johnson was arrested on Sunday night (November 17) in Williamson County, Tennessee, after a state trooper pulled the country singer over for speeding and apparently found marijuana in the car. According to court filings, Johnson was charged with violating Tennessee law prohibiting possession of between half an ounce and 10 ounces of marijuana “with…