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Florida Georgia Line Continues Digging Their Roots with the Backstreet Boys

ABC/Image Group LAFlorida Georgia Line is following up their recent number-one with Tim McGraw, “May We All,” with another collaboration. This time, Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard team up with one of their major influences from the nineties on the tune “God, Your Mama, and Me.” “Backstreet Boys was [Brian]’s very first concert,” Tyler tells …

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The Newly-Engaged Sam Hunt Unveils His First Post-“Montevallo” Music, the New Song “Drinkin' Too Much”

ABC/Mark LevineIf you’ve been waiting to hear new music from Sam Hunt, it’s finally here. Over the weekend, the former college football quarterback released his first new music since the final single from his breakthrough album Montevallo, “Make You Miss Me,” went to number-one at the end of August. That’s not the only major news for Sam, …

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William Michael Morgan Proposes to Runaway June's Jennifer Wayne

ABC/Image Group LA It looks like there’s a new country “power couple” in the works. Over the holiday weekend, Runaway June’s Jennifer Wayne confirmed she’s engaged to William Michael Morgan, tweeting “It’s you and me… Forever 🙂 @WMMorgan,” along with a photo of the pair’s hands that shows off her engagement ring. Back in October, William Michael scored his first number …

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Nicole Kidman Joins Keith Urban Onstage in Nashville for a Tribute to the Musical Greats We Lost in 2016

ABC/Randy HolmesBefore he ushered in 2017 Saturday night in Nashville, Keith Urban spent the final moments of 2016 remembering the musical greats we lost last year. Accompanied predominantly by only his acoustic guitar, Keith kicked off an impressive medley with George Michael’s “Careless Whisper,” less than a week after the death of the former Wham! front man. He segued into …

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Elvis and Johnny Cash Come to CMT as “Sun Records” Premieres in February

CMTYou can check out the first taste of the new CMT series Sun Records in a new teaser that’s now posted on YouTube. The show is based on the Tony-winning musical Million Dollar Quartet, which chronicles the night Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins met in a Memphis studio. One Tree Hill’s Chad Michael Murray stars as Sun Records founder Sam Phillips. Set to follow …

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The Year in Country 2016 — We Mourned the Loss of Merle Haggard, Poet of the Common Man

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesIn the year that the CMA celebrated the 50th anniversary of its signature awards show, country music also lost one of its greatest icons, Merle Haggard. In fact, the Country Music Association had envisioned Hag in a pivotal role in its “Forever Country” mashup of John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” Willie Nelson’s “On …

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How You Can Ring in 2017 with Thomas Rhett and Keith Urban from the Comfort of Your Home

ABC/Randy HolmesEven if you plan to ring in 2017 from the comfort of your own home, you’ll still be able to see two of the biggest stars in country music performing at two of the biggest celebrations in the U.S. Thomas Rhett will play the best-known New Year’s Eve celebration of them all. He’s one of …

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Country Star Triviau

Comstock/Thinkstock Though Tammy Wynette was born Virginia Wynette Pugh, legendary producer Billy Sherrill gave the First Lady of Country Music her new moniker because she reminded him of the protagonist in the Tammy series of movies — which starred this late Hollywood legend. Can you name her? ANSWER:  Debbie Reynolds. Copyright © 2016, ABC Radio. All rights reserved. 

On “The Devil Don't Sleep,” Brantley Gilbert Opens Up About the Last Three Years

ABC/Image Group LA When Brantley Gilbert’s new album, The Devil Don’t Sleep, comes out at the end of January, it’ll be close to three years since he put out 2014’s Just as I Am. Since the Jefferson, Georgia native is always writing from personal experience, it’s no wonder the new set boasts a generous 16 tracks, plus 10 …

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Jennifer Nettles Shakes Off Her Troubles in New “Hey Heartbreak” Video

ABC/Mark LevineThis season, Jennifer Nettles has starred in no less than three holiday specials and released her first solo Christmas album. Now, as she gets ready to start the new year, she’s turning her attention back to her sophomore solo effort, Playing with Fire, and its second single. “Who can’t relate to a good breakup song?” she says of the …

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