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  • 'Just Believe': There's a new live version of Bailey Zimmerman's collab with Brandon Lake
    Bailey Zimmerman & Brandon Lake's "Just Believe (Live)" (Atlantic/Warner)Bailey Zimmerman's collab with Brandon Lake was just released on Friday, but the response has been so great that they've already released a new live version. "SPEECHLESS… thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening to 'Just Believe' over and over,"...Read more
    Published 6 hours ago
  • Luke Combs is ready to play the Super Bowl halftime show
    Luke Combs (Jon Morgan/CBS)Luke Combs believes the moment is now for a country artist to play the Super Bowl halftime show. "It’s time," he says on a new episode of The Zach Sang Show. "Whoever’s having those conversations to have, I don’t know, like, it’s above my pay grade. I don’t...Read more
    Published 7 hours ago
  • Georgia boy Vincent Mason's finding plenty of success with Morgan Wallen, Jordan Davis & Parker McCollum
    Vincent Mason (Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal)Roswell, Georgia, native Vincent Mason is undergoing a major life change these days, as he enjoys the top-20 success of his debut single, "Wish You Well.""I'm just glad it's going well. Being on country radio is really cool," he tells ABC Audio. "For me, growing up in...Read more
    Published 13 hours ago
  • Nashville notes: Hannah Dasher's new order + Chayce Beckham's Old Fashioned Tour
    Chayce Beckham currently has nine more shows on his Old Fashioned Tour, amid being in the studio working on new music. Hannah Dasher's Scattered, Smothered & Covered EP drops March 27, featuring classics by Tammy Wynette, Earl Thomas Conley and Hank Williams Jr. Her first cookbook, named for her viral video...Read more
    Published 1 day ago
  • Kip Moore has 'Reason to Believe' on seventh album
    Kip Moore's 'Reason to Believe' (Virgin) Kip Moore's seventh studio album, Reason to Believe, was recorded during the loss of his mentor and first producer, Brett James, and is named for a song he particularly loved.For Kip, it's particularly personal.“I felt like I was describing more of who I am as...Read more
    Published 1 day ago
  • Your first look at 'Lainey Wilson: Keepin' Country Cool'
    Lainey Wilson (Disney/Robby Klein)Unless you're in Austin for the Tuesday premiere of Lainey Wilson's Netflix documentary, you'll have to wait more than a month to see it. But you can get a sneak peek at Keepin' Country Cool on YouTube."I knew whenever I had written my first song that I loved...Read more
    Published 1 day ago
  • Zac Brown Band's ready to 'Give It Away' for March Madness
    Zac Brown (Casey Durkin/NBC)Zac Brown Band's "Give It Away" is the 2026 anthem for March Madness. "This song's about just living in the moment and just bringing the best of what you've got every single second," Zac says of the track from ZBB's Love & Fear album, which he wrote with...Read more
    Published 1 day ago
  • Ella Langley's 'Choosin' Texas' continues its reign
    Ella Langley (Catherine Powell/NBC)Fans from all genres are still "Choosin' Texas," and that's setting records for Ella Langley. The Alabama native tops the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 for a third time this week, tying Taylor Swift's record for the most weeks ever by a title that hit #1 on the Hot Country...Read more
    Published 1 day ago
  • Kenny Chesney sets sail with the new Hey Now Records
    Kenny Chesney (Disney/Frank Micelotta)Kenny Chesney is the flagship artist on the new Hey Now Records. The Nashville-based label comes out of a meeting of the minds between Kenny's longtime manager, Clint Higham, former Warner Music Nashville head John Esposito and Big Machine veteran Kris Lamb. “When Clint, Espo and Kris came to...Read more
    Published 1 day ago
  • Chris Young's building a spot for his Famous Friends in Nashville
    Chris Young (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)When Chris Young opens his Famous Friends sports bar sometime this summer in Music City, it won't be downtown on Lower Broadway, where most of the other stars' watering holes are. Instead, it'll be at a spot that's close to his heart: midtown Nashville. "Demonbreun [Street] is definitely...Read more
    Published 2 days ago
  • Nashville notes: Parker McCollum's 'Deluxe' performance + Gary Sinise's 'Gary' music video
    Parker McCollum will perform his latest hit, "Killin' Me," Friday on FOX & Friends, coinciding with the release of Parker McCollum: The Deluxe Edition. Actor Gary Sinise stars in Stephen Wilson Jr.'s new music video for "Gary." You can check it out now on YouTube.April 23's Opry show will pay tribute...Read more
    Published 2 days ago
  • Cole Swindell to open his own Nashville spot
    Cole Swindell attends the Chairman’s Breakfast hosted by Jim France prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 15, 2026. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)Cole Swindell is partnering with Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux to bring a new location to Nashville. Located at 215 Broadway, the Music City franchise is set...Read more
    Published 2 days ago
  • Kane Brown to play free shows for the military in May
    Kane Brown (ABC/Heidi Gutman)Kane Brown is booked to play two special shows for members of the military in May. The first will be May 8 in Charleston, South Carolina, followed by a May 31 concert in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Known as Navy Federal Jams, both shows are part of Navy Federal Credit...Read more
    Published 2 days ago
  • Scotty McCreery & Darius Rucker meet up in London for first performance of 'Bottle Rockets'
    Scotty McCreery's "Bottle Rockets" (Triple Tigers) Scotty McCreery and Darius Rucker finally got the chance to sing "Bottle Rockets" together Friday night at the Country 2 Country festival. “Unreal night in London!” Scotty wrote on Instagram, along with some photos. “Singing ‘Bottle Rockets’ with D for the first time at The O2...Read more
    Published 2 days ago
  • Chris Young brings Famous Friends to midtown Nashville
    Chris Young (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)"Famous Friends" will soon be more than Chris Young's #1 hit from 2021 -- it'll also be the name of his new Nashville sports bar.Famous Friends won't be located on Lower Broadway near most of the other country stars' bars, however. It'll call Demonbreun St. in...Read more
    Published 2 days ago

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