Given their instrumentation and mountain-music harmonies, the Avett Brothers have always been naturals when it comes to country covers. When they last appeared on Austin City Limits in 2014 ...

So when the 2024 CMT Music Awards took over the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, it went without saying that the planned tribute to Keith would be one of the night’s highlights.

With the Moody Center at the University of Texas at Austin as the setting, it's no surprise that the CMT Music Awards' tribute to the late Oklahoma country music superstar Toby Keith quickly waded ...