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Go ahead and bedazzle your boots, ’cause Miranda Lambert’s ‘gotta keep groovin”

Miranda Lambert (Disney/Frank Micelotta) If you like the groove Miranda Lambert’s been throwing down lately, there’s more to come.  Though she hinted at it with “A Song to Sing,” her duet with Chris Stapleton from July 2025, Miranda came right out and said it in “Crisco,” which dropped in May: “Ain’t we mixin’ country and disco?” …

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Why there’s nothing ‘Recreational’ about Blake Shelton’s CMA Fest performance

Blake Shelton’s “Let Him In” (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville) Blake Shelton’s latest album may be called For Recreational Use Only, but his latest hit is one he doesn’t take lightly.  Co-written by HARDY, “Let Him in Anyway” comes from the viewpoint of someone worried his best friend may not make it into heaven.  “If you …

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Carly Pearce’s fifth album makes her an ‘Honest Woman’

Carly Pearce’s ‘Honest Woman’ (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville) Carly Pearce will do a series of two-night residencies across America this fall to introduce her new album, Honest Woman, which arrives Aug. 28.  She co-produced her fifth record herself, leaning into the influences that started her career with guest appearances from bluegrass stars Dan Tyminski and Molly …

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The greatest hits of CMA Fest, through the eyes of a teen Lainey Wilson

CMA Fest (Country Music Association/ABC) Lainey Wilson steps into the spotlight Thursday night for a headlining performance on ABC’s annual three-hour CMA Fest special.  But Lainey has a history with the festival, formerly known as Fan Fair, that dates back to her teens.  “I was probably 14 or 15 when I saw Sugarland in a big …

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Brantley Gilbert reveals the ‘Sins of the Father’ with album’s title track

Brantley Gilbert’s ‘Sins of the Father’ (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville) The release of Brantley Gilbert’s eighth studio album is still a little more than a month away, but he’s just released two new songs early.  The first is the title track, “Sins of the Father,” which he calls the “most country song on the album.” “I’ve …

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25 years later, you can hear Reba McEntire sing on Broadway

‘Reba McEntire: Songs from Annie Get Your Gun’ (MCA) It’s been a quarter-century since Reba McEntire made her celebrated Broadway debut in Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun.  Though her five-month run replacing Bernadette Peters in 2001 remains her only stint on the Great White Way so far, there are a couple new souvenirs you …

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Hey baby, let’s go to Vegas: Tim McGraw returns to The Colosseum

Tim McGraw: Live in Las Vegas (Live Nation/Caesars) Tim McGraw will be Live in Las Vegas for five performances at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace this fall.  His Oct. 23-24 and Nov. 4, 6 and 7 shows follow his December 2025 run during the National Finals Rodeo. Presales start Tuesday, before tickets go on sale to …

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Kenny Chesney brings the Chief to second Sphere Las Vegas kickoff

Kenny Chesney Live at Sphere Las Vegas (Messina Touring) Kenny Chesney set his second residency at Sphere Las Vegas in motion on Friday with a special appearance by Eric Church.   The Country Music Hall of Famer delivered a 29-song set for the sold-out crowd of nearly 17,000 people that included “Here and Now,” “Livin’ in …

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‘You look like you’ need more Ella Langley tour dates

Ella Langley’s The Dandelion Tour (Courtesy Ella Langley/Sony) Ella Langley’s Dandelion Tour will keep blooming into the fall.  The “you look like you love me” superstar is adding 21 new dates to her first headlining arena run, starting Aug. 20 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and going through Oct. 31 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Along the way, the …

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Iconic record executive Clive Davis dies at 94

Clive Davis attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards Pre-GRAMMY Gala & GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Jon Platt at The Beverly Hilton on Feb. 3, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images) Clive Davis, the record executive known as “the man with the golden ears,” has died of age-related illness, according to his family. He …

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