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Get creative with your own Velvet Elvis painting

Getty Images If you love painting, you’re going to want to stop by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum soon. On Saturday, August 5, the museum will host a Velvet Elvis Painting family program from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Taylor Swift Education Center. Visitors will get the opportunity to make their very own artwork using black velvet, pastels and black light …

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Hear a preview of Brett Young’s “Don’t Take The Girl” cover

Courtesy of BMLG Records Brett Young has shared a snippet of his cover of Tim McGraw‘s 1994 hit “Don’t Take The Girl.” “@TheTimMcGraw’s ‘Don’t Take The Girl’ was the song that made me fall in love with Country music,” Brett tweeted alongside a short audio clip of the track. “It only felt right to record my version of it for …

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Luke Bryan parties it up in “But I Got A Beer In My Hand” video

Courtesy of UMG Nashville Luke Bryan‘s dropped a vibrant one-take music video for his single “But I Got A Beer In My Hand.” The spirited visualizer was filmed at Free Dreaming Farm in Springfield, Tennessee, and features Luke performing the track in a room full of partygoers hanging out, drinking booze, playing cards and dancing around. “I think it’s just fun, getting-over-a-girl song,” …

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Zach Bryan claims new record on ‘Billboard’ Hot 100

Courtesy of Belting Bronco Records/Warner Records The record-breaking streak continues for Zach Bryan. Zach’s “Something In The Orange” has become the longest-charting country single for a male artist on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. The song, which has charted for 65 consecutive weeks, surpasses a record previously held by Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats.” Earlier in June, “Something in the Orange” earned a 4x Platinum certification by the …

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Justin Moore + Priscilla Block drop acoustic “You, Me And Whiskey”

Courtesy of Big Machine Label Group Justin Moore and Priscilla Block have released an acoustic version of their duet, “You, Me And Whiskey.” The stripped-down rendition is primarily acoustic guitar-driven and doesn’t include the anthemic drumbeats and soaring bass lines found in the studio version.  “You read ‘You, Me, and Whiskey,’ and you think spring break, hookup, whatever, but for me, …

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Faith inspires Bailey Zimmerman’s new tattoo

ABC Bailey Zimmerman‘s got some fresh ink. The “Fall In Love” hitmaker recently posted photos of him getting inked and the faith-inspired end product on Instagram. “Just Believe,” reads Bailey’s new tattoo that goes across his right arm; a Christian cross replaces the “i” in “believe.” Check out pictures of Bailey’s fresh inspirational tattoo on his Instagram. Bailey’s “Religiously” is …

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Conner Smith says “Creek Will Rise” is “everything I love about country music”

Courtesy of The Valory Music Co. “Creek Will Rise” is fast proving to be Conner Smith‘s breakout single, and it’s not hard to imagine why with its upbeat, swampy production and Conner’s high-energy vocal delivery. “‘Creek Will Rise’ is as fast as I can get a song,” says Conner, who wrote the track with Parker Welling, Chase McGill and Chris LaCorete. “This is the first song that we …

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Nashville notes: Carter Faith’s “Cowboy Fever” + Drake Milligan and The Reklaws

Carter Faith has released a new song, “Cowboy Fever.” The haunting romantic tale was written by Carter, Lauren Hungate and Tofer Brown. “It’s just a classic story of you wanting someone to change so you stick around, hoping that they will and then they don’t, and coming to the realization that it’s out of your hands,” Carter says of the track. Drake Milligan and The Reklaws have dropped …

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Trisha Yearwood shares update on ‘Trisha’s Kitchen’: “We’re not done with the show”

Theo Wargo/Getty Images If you’re a fan of Trisha’s Southern Kitchen, good news: the Emmy-winning cooking show is not sunsetting anytime soon. “We’re not done with the show. There’ll be more Trisha’s Kitchen. We’re just working on kind of a 2.0 version,” Trisha Yearwood shares on a Facebook Live from the longtime studio kitchen in Nashville.  “We’re just finishing up the space we’re going to shoot …

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Priscilla Block teases sassy new song, “Fake Names”

Keith Griner/Getty Images Priscilla Block‘s been working on new music, and she recently gave fans a preview of “Fake Names” on Instagram. The as-yet-unreleased track boasts a bouncy melody and has Priscilla playing a sassy lady who blames all her wrongdoings on her “fake names.” “We can blame it on our fake names/ I’m hurricane Hailey/ She’s from …

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