ABC/Image Group LAIt looks like Brad Paisley has a little something up his sleeve. Ads in country music trade publications tout new music from the West Virginia native, due a week from Friday, on May 13 at 6 a.m. ET. The plot thickens when you consider the ad also includes the silhouette of what appears to be …
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May 04
"Go Ahead and Break My Heart": Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani Dare Each Other Live on "The Voice"
NBC/David LaChapelle We’ll get our first to chance to hear Blake Shelton’s new duet with his main squeeze, Gwen Stefani, next week on The Voice. It’s only fitting the two should debut their collaboration on the hit NBC show, since that’s where they met. The two wrote, “Go Ahead and Break My Heart” at the …
May 04
Why Chris Young and Cassadee Pope Have a Much Better Relationship than the Couple in Their #1 Song
RCA NashvilleThis week marks a milestone for Cassadee Pope, as the season-three winner of The Voice celebrates her first #1 on the country charts. It all started when she was booked on a gig with Chris Young in her hometown. “I was just playing a radio show in West Palm Beach, Florida, and it was fun, I was on the …
May 03
Survey Says: The Band Perry, Kellie Pickler and Sara Evans to Play "Celebrity Family Feud"
ABC/Eric GebhartCountry music will be well-represented when the new season of Celebrity Family Feud premieres on ABC this summer. Comedian Steve Harvey, who also hosts the syndicated version of the show, will helm the star-studded ten-episode season of the game that was ABC’s highest-rated summer show last year. All the contestants play for charity, with …
May 03
Five Million Tracks Later, Fans Ready for New "Nashville" Soundtrack
Big Machine RecordsAs the cast of Nashville wraps up their U.S. concert tour this week with stops in Washington, D.C.; New York City; Boston; and Uncasville, Connecticut, a new collection of tunes from the hit ABC show is on the way. The seventeen-cut The Music of Nashville, Season 4, Volume 2 comes out May 13, …
May 03
LOCASH Puts Up Their Dukes for "The Fighters"
Reviver RecordsBuilding on the success of their breakthrough hit, “I Love This Life,” LOCASH is set to release their full-length album The Fighters on June 17. “The past year has been filled with so many highlights, and Chris [Lucas] and I have been so honored and humbled with the attention our music has gotten from …
May 03
Kacey Musgraves to Memorialize Merle in Muskogee, Oklahoma
ABC/Image Group LAKacey Musgraves is set to perform at this year’s first-ever G Fest June 16-18 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The festival, put on by the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, will pay tribute to the late, great Merle Haggard. “Artists like Merle Haggard are important because they became legends and set trends not by worrying about money …
May 03
Dolly Parton Offers an Alternate Version of "Coat of Many Colors" on DVD
Warner Bros. Home EntertainmentOn Tuesday, Dolly Parton’s most recent triumph makes its way to DVD. When Coat of Many Colors premiered on NBC last December, close to 16 million people watched it, making it the most successful movie made for broadcast TV in more than six years. “It’s always been a favorite song of mine, and a …
May 03
Scotty McCreery Reveals How the Three F's Have Made Him One of America's Favorite Idols
ZondervanIt’s a busy day for Scotty McCreery, as the American Idol winner both performs on NBC’s Today show and kicks off his 14-city tour to support his memoir, Go Big or Go Home: The Journey Toward the Dream. “The publisher actually came to me about two or three years ago and mentioned writing a book, and I said, ‘You know, I’m …
May 02
Keith Urban Jet Sets Around the U.S. to Roll Out "Ripcord"
Capitol NashvilleAs Keith Urban gears up for the release of his long-anticipated Ripcord album this Friday, he becomes the latest artist to partner with rapper Jay Z’s streaming service, Tidal. The Australian superstar will do three different shows in the coming days to showcase music from the new project, with the first taking place Wednesday …