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  • Nashville notes: Dolly Parton's Coat collection + The Red Clay Strays' 'Demons'
    You can check out Ashley McBryde's performance of her latest hit, "What If We Don't," from Wednesday's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on YouTube.The new album from CMA vocal group of the year The Red Clay Strays, titled Grateful, will arrive June 5. You can check out the music...Read more
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  • Keith Urban and Trisha Yearwood lead 'Opry 100 Honors Don Williams'
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  • How to score $30 tickets to see Riley Green, Tim McGraw, Hank Williams Jr. and more
    Live Nation Summer of Live admat (Courtesy of Live Nation)How does a $30 ticket to see Riley Green, Luke Bryan or Parker McCollum sound? Live Nation is once again giving fans a chance to enjoy live music this summer without breaking the bank.The concert promoter is set to launch what it is...Read more
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  • Lee Brice's son Takoda works toward a 'Truck Bed Mixtape'
    Lee Brice's 'Sunriser' (Curb Records)You'll get a glimpse of the next generation of Lee Brice's family in the video for his new song. "This one hits a little harder with our son Takoda playing the main character in the video," Lee posted on his socials, along with a preview. In the clip,...Read more
    Published 23 hours ago
  • Check out Luke Combs' 'Side of the Mountain' with Old Crow Medicine Show
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  • Carly Pearce says 'You Can Have Him,' just in time for her birthday
    Carly Pearce (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for ABA)Carly Pearce is celebrating her 36th birthday on Friday by giving her fans a present."surprise… for my birthday this year, I wanted to give y’all a little something early," she wrote on Instagram Thursday. "'You Can Have Him' song and music video out at...Read more
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  • Thomas Rhett's expecting to see all his cousins — and Niall Horan — at Nashville's Geodis Park
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  • Nashville notes: Ashley McBryde's 'Tonight' plans + ERNEST's 'Thief'
    Ashley McBryde's set to play her latest hit, "What If We Don't," Wednesday on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. You can tune in to watch at 11:35 p.m. ET on NBC. ERNEST's new track, "Time Is a Thief," features Lukas Nelson. It's from the singer/songwriter's third studio album, Deep Blue,...Read more
    Published 2 days ago
  • 'Be Her' and 'Choosin' Texas' are tag teaming the charts for Ella Langley
    Ella Langley's "Be Her" (SAWGOD/Columbia Records)Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" is proving to have incredible staying power, hanging on atop the Billboard Hot 100 for its seventh week. At the same time, her follow-up radio single, "Be Her," is coming on strong, checking in at #4 on the all-genre tally, making the...Read more
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  • CMA Fest's Nissan Stadium concerts will start with a throwback to the '90s
    CMA Fest (Country Music Association)CMA Fest will take a trip back to the '90s, as Clay Walker, Jo Dee Messina, Rhett Akins and Sara Evans open the nightly concerts June 4-7 at Nashville's Nissan Stadium. Rising stars Vincent Mason, Zach John King, Emily Ann Roberts, The Jack Wharff Band, Kaitlin Butts, Kat Luna,...Read more
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  • Kenny Chesney is ready to 'Carry On' with new single and album
    Kenny Chesney's "Carry On" (HEY NOW Records)Kenny Chesney is about to "Carry On" with his first new music in more than two years, as his new track arrives May 8. “It felt great in the studio,” he says of the song he co-produced with longtime collaborator Buddy Cannon. “Sometimes when you’re running...Read more
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  • Lee Brice becomes an 'All Nighter' as he works to finish 'Sunriser'
    Lee Brice's 'Sunriser' (Curb Records)Lee Brice's new album, Sunriser, won't come out June 5 as planned, he explains in a statement. “Y’all, I’ve got some good news and some bad news," he says. "The good news is, even after finishing Sunriser, I just kept writing and now I’ve got a whole...Read more
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  • Shania Twain to host the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards
    Shania Twain (Academy of Country Music) Shania Twain will host the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards, as the show returns to MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 17. “I’m thrilled to be hosting the 61st ACM Awards in Las Vegas, a place that feels like home,"...Read more
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  • The 'big,' 'insane' crowd during George Birge's surprise Stagecoach debut
    George Birge (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Stagecoach)As country fans count down to the kickoff of Stagecoach Friday in Indio, California, George Birge can't help but remember his surprise main stage debut during the 2025 festival."One of the crazier things that I've ever gotten to do was playing 'Cowboy Songs' with...Read more
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  • Nashville notes: Keith Urban's Aussie surprise + Ingrid Andress' 'Tattoos'
    You can check out the music video for Kip Moore's new track, "Faith in the Wind," on YouTube. It follows "Levee," the first release from his new album, Reason to Believe, which drops May 29. Ingrid Andress drops her new track, "Tattoos," on Friday, ahead of the launch of her six-stop...Read more
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