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  • Nashville notes: Kip Moore's 'Josephine' + 'American Made' made new
    RaeLynn and Rhett Akins have teamed up for a reimagining of The Oak Ridge Boys' #1 from 1983, "American Made." The new duet, retitled "We're American Made," drops Friday. Maren Morris is set to perform live on the Today show plaza Friday on NBC.You can check out Kip Moore's new acoustic...Read more
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  • Jackson Dean channels his admiration for Toby Keith into 'I Wanna Talk About Me'
    Jackson Dean (Apple Music) "Biggest of the big, man. Huge." That's how Jackson Dean describes his feelings about Toby Keith, as the "Don't Come Lookin'" hitmaker covers one of the late singer's hits for Apple Music. "I did not know him the way that a lot of people did, but I...Read more
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  • Niko Moon's 'Roots' fuel the inspiration for 'American Dreamin''
    Niko Moon's 'Roots' (EMPIRE)Niko Moon's doing some "American Dreamin'" just ahead of the Fourth of July.The new track drops Friday and was inspired by his parents. His mom and dad worked as a waitress and truck driver while he was growing up, with the family often moving between trailers and extended-stay...Read more
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  • Riley Green shirtless on the water? 'That's Just Me,' in one vinyl variation
    Riley Green's 'That's Just Me' (Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment)The standard cover of Riley Green's upcoming album shows him behind the wheel of a pickup truck, wearing a cowboy hat. But if you're interested in some other visuals of the aesthetically pleasing singer and actor, there are at least four...Read more
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  • See Russell Dickerson take Fetty Wap on a birthday tour of Nashville
    Fetty Wap & Russell Dickerson (Disney/Connie Chornuk)If you watched the 2026 CMA Fest special on ABC, you saw Russell Dickerson and Fetty Wap performing "Boots"  for the first time in front of an audience. Now, you can check out the song's music video to see what happened during the rapper's...Read more
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  • Taylor Swift's back home on the country chart, with her wedding reportedly on the horizon
    Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce attend Game Three between the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals at Rocket Arena, May 23, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)Twenty years ago this week, Taylor Swift found her first success on the country chart with...Read more
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  • Jordan Davis would love to cook for you this Fourth of July
    Jordan Davis (Disney/Lorenzo Bevilaqua)Jordan Davis will commemorate America's 250th birthday this year by playing Pennsylvania's free Philadelphia Unity Concert for America on Saturday.When he makes it home to Nashville, however, he knows exactly what he's doing to celebrate."I love, like, cooking for people," Jordan says. "I love having people over...Read more
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  • Brad Paisley to perform in Times Square for Fourth of July countdown
    Mary J. Blige, Brad Paisley & NE-YO (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images | Catherine Powell/Getty Images | Amy Sussman/Getty Images)Brad Paisley, Mary J. Blige and NE-YO will headline a celebration in Times Square on Friday to count down to the Fourth of July and America's 250th anniversary.The superstars will perform at the Giving 4th...Read more
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  • Tyler Hubbard, Jackson Dean and more keep Toby Keith's tunes alive
    Tyler Hubbard (Apple Music)Apple Music's cueing up a second volume of Nashville Sessions: Toby Keith Covered, this time with live performances by Tyler Hubbard, Jackson Dean, Kameron Marlowe and Emily Ann Roberts. "I love that he not only was an incredible songwriter himself," Tyler says, "but poured into the Nashville songwriting community and...Read more
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  • Kick off a 'Jimmy Buffett Summer' with Brian Kelley
    Brian Kelley's "Jimmy Buffett Summer" (Nashville South Records)Brian Kelley's officially declaring it a "Jimmy Buffett Summer" with his new song, the first he's ever co-written with his wife, Brittney Kelley.  “Brittney and I have built a whole lot of life together, and this song feels like another little piece of our story,”...Read more
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  • Explore New Hampshire's Silver Sands Marina in Kenny Chesney's new video
    Kenny Chesney's 'Silver Sands Marina' (HEY NOW Records)The title track of Kenny Chesney's upcoming 21st album, Silver Sands Marina, isn't some mythical getaway — it's a family-owned business in New Hampshire and it's probably about to get a whole lot busier. “When you hear the song, it’s so perfectly drawn, you...Read more
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  • Fishing meets country music at Riley Green's Nashville show this fall
    Riley Green (Disney/Larry McCormack)For many country music fans, it's the ultimate combination: the music they love and bass fishing.Riley Green will bring the two together on Friday, Oct. 30, as he headlines World Bass Enterprises' Concert 250 at The Pinnacle in Nashville.The show coincides with The Champions Tournament, described as...Read more
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  • Happy 'Billboard' chart-iversary, Taylor Swift!
    Taylor Swift, 'Taylor Swift' (Big Machine)As Taylor Swift heads into what allegedly will be her wedding weekend, she's also got another milestone to mark: the 20th anniversary of her Billboard chart debut.Taylor's first-ever Billboard chart appearance came July 1, 2006, as her debut single, "Tim McGraw," entered the Hot Country...Read more
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  • It's all love from Josh Ross, as 'Hate' goes #1
    Josh Ross' "Hate How You Look" (MCA/CORE Records/Universal Music Canada)Josh Ross has already enjoyed multiple number ones in his native Canada and been crowned entertainer of the year twice by the Canadian Country Music Association. But success in the States can prove more elusive, making Josh's second trip to the top in...Read more
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  • Shania Twain warns 'Little Miss Twain' songs 'may cause a little trouble'
    Shania Twain's 'Little Miss Twain' (Republic Records)Shania Twain has so far only offered two glimpses of what she's up to on Little Miss Twain, releasing the title track with Tanya Tucker and the first single, "Dirty Rosie." But now the country/pop superstar's giving us a better picture of the 15-song album."Alright,...Read more
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