Category: Country

EMI NashvilleLady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott has had plenty of number-one albums with her bandmates Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood, but this week, she accomplishes a new feat with her mom, dad and little sister that she never has with the boys. The faith-based collection Love Remains by Hillary Scott & the Scott Family debuts at the top of Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart. The lead …

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RCA NashvilleJake Owen has driven the love bus all the way to number one. That’s the nickname the Florida native gave the 1966 Volkswagen van that’s pictured on the front of his new record. This week, his fifth album is parked at the top of the charts. “What an awesome feeling to wake up and find …

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Capitol NashvilleDierks Bentley will get the crowd warmed up before the first official game of the pro football season this year, as the Denver Broncos take on the Carolina Panthers in a rematch of Super Bowl 50.  He’ll play Colorado’s Sports Authority Field at Mile High, as will rock band One Republic. Performances from the …

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Capitol NashvilleYou can step into the studio with Keith Urban, as he takes fans into the session where he recorded his new single, “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” in a new behind-the-scenes video.   “I just fell in love with it straight away,” he says of the fourth single from his Ripcord album. “I’ve never recorded …

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ABC/Image Group LASaturday night, Keith Urban worked an impromptu version of The Temptations’ classic “My Girl” into his show as the Ripcord tour stopped in Albuquerque, New Mexico — and the funny thing is, his duet partner happens to have a little history with Keith’s girl. Actor Miles Teller was handpicked by Keith’s better half, actress Nicole Kidman, for his role …

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PRNewsFoto/Cracker Barrel Old Country StoreIt’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, even amid the hottest days of summer. As part of her new partnership with Cracker Barrel, Reba is releasing her third yuletide collection this September.  My Kind of Christmas includes eleven highly-recognizable standards, including Reba’s cover of Dolly Parton’s classic from The Best Little Whorehouse in …

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Photo credit: Danny Clinch/Courtesy Shock InkIf you live in Washington or Colorado, you’ll soon be able legally to partake of Willie Nelson’s premium brand of cannabis. Willie’s Reserve is expected to be available in select stores in July in Washington, before debuting in Colorado in August. In a press release that calls the Country Music Hall …

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Warner Music NashvilleNewcomer William Michael Morgan is getting high praise from ACM Entertainer of the Year Jason Aldean. “Just a really, really cool voice, and it’s very country,” Jason says, evaluating WMM’s abilities. “I think it’s really important to have those guys that are the traditionalists, that carry the flag in country music, and after hearing this guy sing …

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MCA NashvilleNext month, Kip Moore headlines Nashville’s annual Guitar-B-Que fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, but last week in Memphis, he got the chance to visit with some of the patients the concert will help. You can see Kip in action with the kids in a new YouTube clip, laughing, hugging and performing an impromptu rendition of Josh Turner’s …

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Cover Art Courtesy of The Valory Music Co.Brantley Gilbert is back with a new single, just in time for “The Weekend.” It’s a song that was inspired by the crowds on his Blackout Tour last winter. “We were rolling through the Midwest, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Minnesota, and you see how hard people work– and how …

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