Category: ABC Country News

Courtesy of Country Music Association The Country Music Association’s new feature-length documentary, CMA Fest: 50 Years of Fan Fair, is out. Arriving on the heels of its golden jubilee, the 75-minute film chronicles CMA Fest’s five-decade history and features sit-down interviews with Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood, Thomas Rhett, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Dierks Bentley, Carly Pearce, Lainey Wilson and more.  “CMA Fest has taken several shapes throughout …

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ABC/Larry McCormack Collaborating with Carrie Underwood has been a long time coming for Cody Johnson. Though not much is known about their upcoming duet, Cody shares that getting to record it with Carrie has been a full-circle moment. “The song in particular — and I won’t go into too much detail about it because I’d like to save some sizzle of surprise …

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Carrie Underwood is having a 4th of July sale in her merch store. Check it out now at store.carrieunderwood.fm. Mason Ramsey has dropped a new song titled “Reasons To Come Home.” The heartfelt track was co-written by Mason and is his first release since 2019.  Kameron Marlowe‘s duet version of  “I Can Lie (The Truth Is)” with Erin Kirby is out now. Copyright © 2023, ABC …

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ABC/Connie Chornuk With time off the road this 4th of July, Jordan Davis is looking forward to a nice, all-American gathering with his family and friends. “I love cooking for people. I love having people over to the house, grilling hot dogs, cooking/making brisket, just being around the people you want to be around with – drinking beer, watching baseball,” …

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ABC/Connie Chornuk Like many of us, Luke Bryan‘s 4th of July holiday activities typically involve two things: being on a boat and shooting up fireworks. “My plans for the Fourth are always to be on the boat somewhere in the water, and buy a few fireworks, [and] send ’em up in the sky for the boys,” Luke …

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ABC/Larry McCormack Country-pop hitmakers Dan + Shay were recently announced as The Voice‘s first coaching duo. That had some wondering if the pair will be squeezing together on one chair. Fortunately for Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney, they’ll have two separate chairs on the show’s upcoming 25th season. “Listen, people are asking is it two chairs? Is it one? It’s two …

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ABC It’s not every day that a mother gets matching tattoos with her daughters. That’s what happened this past weekend to Carrie Underwood, her mom Carole and her two sisters, Stephanie and Shanna. “When your 74-year-old mother asks you and your sisters to get matching tattoos with her in Vegas, the only questions are, ‘what?’ and ‘where?’” Carrie captioned an Instagram carousel. “I never would’ve …

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Brad: Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for The Michael J. Fox Foundation Brad Paisley is thrilled to headline Nashville’s Let Freedom Sing! Music City’s 4th of July celebration for a second year. His first run was in 2021 when everyone was returning to normalcy after 2020’s pandemic. So this year, he’s anticipating things will feel a little different.  “I …

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ABC/Connie Chornuk Dierks Bentley is currently on the road on his Gravel & Gold Tour.  The trek, which kicked off earlier in June, has so far been one of Dierks’ favorite tours, from performing onstage for fans to watching Jordan Davis side stage and everything in between. “The road is so fun. I mean, I probably say that about …

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