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Dan + Shay are dropping hints about something festive and fun coming this holiday season

John Shearer/Getty Images for ACM Are Dan + Shay planning to release holiday music this year? Some fans certainly think so, as the duo have been on social media this week dropping hints about something Christmas-y to come. “60 days ’til Christmas. Just sayin’,” Dan + Shay wrote on their socials. While they didn’t share …

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Michael Ray rounds up an all-star cast for his “Higher Education” music video

Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images Michael Ray will debut the music video for his album title track, “Higher Education” tonight, and he’s bringing a rowdy crowd of friends along to help him do it. Lee Brice, Kid Rock, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, and Tim Montana are all featured guests on Michael’s song, an anthemic tip-of-the-hat to …

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“Madness”: Maddie & Tae debut an epic, R&B-inflected new love ballad

UMG Nashville Maddie & Tae dropped their powerful new love ballad, “Madness,” this week. Harmony-laden and full of soulful R&B inflections, the song was co-written by both members of the duo, Maddie Font and Taylor Kerr, along with a handful of Nashville’s best hitmaking songwriters. Following their current single, “Woman You Got,” and other releases …

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Jake Owen and friends pay tribute to a country great on “Jonesin’,” off Hardy’s ‘Hixtape Vol. 2’

Courtesy of Big Loud Records Jake Owen, Ronnie Dunn and Texas-based singer Jake Worthington take the wheel on “Jonesin’,” the newest release off of the Hardy-curated Hixtape Vol. 2. The track — which Florida Georgia Line band mate Brian Kelley co-wrote with Nashville hitmakers Ernest K. Smith and Corey Crowder — is a feel-good ode …

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Ashley McBryde and Jeannie Seely expect “Not a Dry Eye in the House,” as the Opry marks its 5000th show

Bev Moser Ashley McBryde and Carly Pearce have a major hit with “Never Wanted to Be That Girl,” but both agree there’s one girl they definitely want to be: one who’s a member of the Opry. As the institution marks its 5000th Saturday show this weekend, Ashley and Grammy-winning matriarch Jeannie Seely got together backstage to reminisce. A member since 1967, …

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Nashville notes

George Strait has released a powerful new music video for his song, “The Weight of the Badge,” in tribute to first responders. “Burning House” star Cam has released a new collaboration with hit producer and songwriter Ross Copperman, called “Everything Changes.” Ross also penned the track. Trisha Yearwood has been inducted into the Nashville Entrepreneurs …

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Walker Hayes scored a “Fancy Like” American Music Awards nod, but his kids weren’t impressed

Terry Wyatt/Getty Images Walker Hayes’ viral hit, “Fancy Like,” brought him yet another major accolade on Thursday: It’s nominated for Favorite Country Song at the 2021 American Music Awards. Walker was pretty thrilled about the mention, but as he demonstrates in a hilarious new social media video, his kids weren’t quite so impressed. “Guess what, …

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Luke Combs buys Grand Ole Opry tickets for an FFA chapter full of kids — then surprises them backstage

Larry McCormack/ABC Luke Combs treated a group of young agricultural students to the night of a lifetime earlier this week, when he scored them free tickets to his sold-out Grand Ole Opry show, and even invited them backstage for a meet-and-greet. It all started on Twitter, where a teacher reached out to Luke ahead of …

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Gabby Barrett readies a deluxe version of her hit debut ‘Goldmine’ album

Warner Music Nashville This November, Gabby Barrett will drop a deluxe version of Goldmine, the hit debut project that propelled Gabby from an up-and-comer to bonafide superstar. The singer announced the news during a stop on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where she was also performing her current single, “Footprints on the Moon.” That …

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The Halloween prank that almost made Reba “fire” her boyfriend, and Matthew Ramsey’s haunted cabin

kanyakits/iStock Reba McEntire‘s boyfriend, actor Rex Linn, may be her Young Sheldon co-star who plays the high school principal, but he’s also a huge cut-up who’s an enormous fan of Halloween. “Last year, he ordered from Costco a seven foot werewolf, [with] a motion sensor in it, and he put it in my bathroom,” Reba recalls. “And then …

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