brett james

Kenny Chesney thought he knew how his new album, 'Silver Sands Marina,' was going to end. Then he heard a song that changed everything.

To boil Brett James down to any two or three songs would be lazy, insincere and just plane rude.

As Kip Moore grapples with the loss of his mentor, the music world feels the weight of a talented songwriter gone too soon.

It was a particularly sad year at the Grand Ole Opry.

A preliminary report on the plane crash that killed Brett James last month provides some answers about what went wrong.

'I feel as if part of my creative soul went with him,' Chesney says.

"Some things are unfathomable," Underwood begins.

This story just took an even more tragic turn.

Jason Aldean learned about Brett James' death just before taking the stage in Nebraska.

The 57-year-old is most closely associated with kick-starting Carrie Underwood's career and feeding her hit songs early and often.

Sometimes things just work out the way they're supposed to.

It's not just about the charts any longer.