Olivia Ladd is a freelance music journalist and producer based in Nashville.
Olivia Ladd
Garth Brooks at CRS 2019 Town Hall: ‘There’s Food, Air, Water and Music’
Brooks describes music as a basic human need.
![Kassi Ashton Offers First Listen of ‘Pretty Shiny Things’ at CRS 2019 [WATCH]](http://townsquare.media/site/623/files/2019/02/gettyimages-1066559732-594x594.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Blake Shelton Earns Artist Humanitarian Award at 2019 Country Radio Seminar
"I don't think any of us don't step up anytime we get a chance ..."
![2019 Grammy Awards: See Little Big Town on the Red Carpet [PICTURES]](http://townsquare.media/site/623/files/2019/02/GettyImages-1128782969.jpg?w=980&q=75)
2019 Grammy Awards: See Little Big Town on the Red Carpet [PICTURES]
This isn't their first rodeo.
![Kelsea Ballerini and Morgan Evans Walk the Red Carpet at the 2019 Grammy Awards [PICTURES]](http://townsquare.media/site/623/files/2019/02/morgan-evans-kelsea-ballerini.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Riley Green’s First Grand Ole Opry Memories Involve His Grandpa, Roy Acuff and a Computer
"My grandaddy was a big Roy Acuff fan ..."
Story Behind the Song: Mitchell Tenpenny, ‘Drunk Me’
"It’s been written a bunch of times, but ..."
Morgan Wallen: ‘It’s Been a Long Year’
"I don’t know that I’ve soaked it all in yet."
Martina McBride, Sara Evans Reflect on the Importance of Equal Airplay for Women in Country Music
McBride and Evans talked about their frustration with the lack of airplay for women on the CMT Artists of the Year red carpet.