Category: Country

Curb Dylan Scott‘s seven-song tribute to Keith Whitley, titled An Old Memory, is new today. While the legend is almost universally revered for his vocals and his songwriting, Whitley died more than a year before the “Nothing to Do Town” hitmaker was born. So for Dylan, his first exposure to Whitley is literally An Old …

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Warner Music NashvilleIf you want to see Blake Shelton turn into a fangirl, just ask him about George Strait. The Oklahoma native was super-excited to get the call to play several stadium shows with his hero, like the one he’ll do Saturday night at Gillette Stadium, the home of the New England Patriots. “I had opened for George …

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Columbia NashvilleYou can vicariously experience one of Hawaii’s most popular tourist attractions in Maren Morris’s new music video for “The Bones.” Filmed during her vacation to Maui at the end of June, the clip follows Maren and her husband, singer/songwriter Ryan Hurd, as they explore the Hana Highway, a more than fifty-mile stretch of road through a lush, tropical …

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ABC/Image Group LA A day after Old Dominion unveiled the cover of their new record — the first to feature the five-man band in its artwork — the CMA and ACM Vocal Group of the Year is revealing its track listing. The dozen-song album starts with the uptempo number one, “Make It Sweet,” and closes with the plaintive “Some People …

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Warner Music NashvilleIn the first tease for Blake Shelton’s new single, “Hell Right,” Trace Adkins urged him to “Tell ‘em that story you were telling me.” Now we know how that story starts, thanks to the second clip of the song that Blake shared on his socials. Earlier, Blake’s label hinted the new song is in the tradition of “Boys …

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ABC/Mark Levine Tim McGraw and Pulitzer Prize-winner Jon Meacham consider the changing face of both country music and America in a new essay in the latest issue of TIME. Titled “Country Music Should Be Political. After All, It Always Has Been,” the article accompanies the cover story featuring “Old Town Road” phenomenon Lil Nas X. In the piece, McGraw and …

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Vanner Records/RCA Records NashvilleMiranda Lambert will play her Wildcard on November 1. Wildcard is Miranda’s seventh studio effort, and her first since 2016’s double album, The Weight of These Wings.  “When people listen to this record, I want them to know that I see them and hear them,” Miranda says. “I feel you, because I’m …

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ABC/Image Group LA Kane Brown’s first child — a girl — will be named Kingsley, he revealed Wednesday evening, at a baby shower thrown by his current tour mate, Jason Aldean. “Officially announcing our baby’s name! KINGSLEY can’t wait for u to be here!!!” Kane shared on Instagram, along with a photo showing himself touching his wife Katelyn’s stomach …

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Broken Bow (NOTE LANGUAGE) These days, Jason Aldean and his family are living in a temporary space after selling their house in January, as he and his wife, Brittany, await completion of their dream home. When it’s finished, Jason’s new address will have quite a few features worthy of an ACM Entertainer of the Decade. …

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Warner Music Nashville With less than a day to wait before Blake Shelton‘s new single, “Hell Right,” arrives on Friday, the mystery surrounding his latest collaboration with Trace Adkins only seems to grow. Blake first hinted the song was coming last week at the #1 party for “God’s Country.” “We’ve got a bunch of things …

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