Category: Country

Courtesy CMATo mark the 50th anniversary of the CMA Awards, the Country Music Association is rolling out the biggest music video in the history of the format. Titled “Forever Country,” the project accompanies a new single by super-producer Shane McAnally that re-imagines three country classics from three iconic Entertainers of the Year:  Willie Nelson, Dolly …

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Photo Credit: Kristin Barlowe, Courtesy of Black River EntertainmentAs Kelsea Ballerini rises to the top spot on the country chart this week, she officially becomes the only female artist in country music history ever to go number one with her first three singles. Kelsea tells ABC Radio it’s especially meaningful for her, since it happened with her …

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ABC/Image Group LABrett Eldredge’s new holiday album will be titled Glow, taking its name from an original song he wrote for the project. “I originally had the idea… as the vision of someone you love, making your whole world light up,” Brett says. “It captures the simplicity of sitting next to the dimly lit Christmas tree …

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Big Loud RecordsChris Lane is following up his first number one, “Fix,” with the Girl Problems track “For Her,” and he’s enlisted his fans to help make the song’s lyric video. Chris’s devotees sang along and uploaded their footage to create the new clip. You can check out their efforts on YouTube. There’s also a full-fledged music video on …

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Capitol NashvilleChris Janson, Granger Smith, the Peach Pickers and Jon Langston will join Luke Bryan for his 8th Annual Farm Tour this year. While Chris and Granger have each scored a number one, with “Buy Me a Boat” and “Back Road Song,” respectively, Langston is a relative newcomer from Luke’s home state of Georgia. The  Peach Pickers are made up of hit …

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ABCTonight as season 23 of Dancing with the Stars kicks off on ABC, a country artist will once again have a shot at taking home the mirror-ball trophy, just like Kellie Pickler did back in 2013. This time, it’s “I Got the Boy” hitmaker Jana Kramer who’s showing off her fancy footwork. So far, she says it’s been every bit as …

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ABC/Kelsey McNealSara Evans and her four siblings take on the stars of USA Network’s Chrisley Knows Best Sunday night on the season finale of ABC’s Family Feud. Sara and her two brothers and two sisters team up to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, in the episode that starts at 8 …

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Courtesy Big Machine RecordsJennifer Nettles will put her powerful pipes to good use this Saturday evening, singing the national anthem before the University of Tennessee takes on Virginia Tech at Bristol Motor Speedway. You can check out her performance of “The Star Spangled Banner” at 8 p.m. ET, before the Battle at Bristol kicks off on Saturday …

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RhinoIt’s been almost twenty years since we’ve heard new music from the three legends who initially wanted to call themselves the Queenston Trio. Today, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt release The Complete Trio Collection, which includes both 1987’s Trio and 1999’s Trio II, as well as twenty unreleased and alternate recordings from those sessions. Dolly says the three knew, from the very …

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Mark TuckerIf you weren’t lucky enough to be part of the invitation-only crowd for Garth Brook’s first-ever concert at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, there’s still hope you’ll be able to experience the historic night for yourself. Before the current Entertainer of the Year nominee ever took the stage Thursday night, camera crews were in place to …

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