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Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall + Jack Ingram preview ‘The Marfa Tapes’ documentary

ABC Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall and Jack Ingram are taking fans inside the making of their Grammy-nominated album, The Marfa Tapes, with an upcoming documentary film. The movie, which has the same name as the album, will add a visual element to the Texas trio’s raw, acoustic project, which they recorded while on a songwriting …

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Walker Hayes eases his heartache with classic country music and alcohol in “Drinking Songs”

ABC Walker Hayes might be “trying to stay out of AA” in his current single, but in his just-released new tune, “Drinking Songs,” he’s falling prey to “ciga-regrets” and the kind of heartache only a stiff drink can cure. It’s the first song on the track list of Country Stuff The Album, an upcoming expansion …

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“Circles Around This Town”: Maren Morris’ autobiographical new song recounts her journey to stardom

Sony Music Nashville On Friday, Maren Morris dropped what she describes as “My story in a song.” Called “Circles Around This Town,” the track follows her journey from a young country fan growing up in Texas to a songwriter turned country superstar in Music City. “I drove circles around this town / Trying to write …

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Little Big Town + Miranda Lambert are back on the “Bandwagon” for 2022 Tour

ABC/Eric McCandless Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town will split a bill once again: They’re co-headliners for a 2022 iteration of The Bandwagon Tour, which will kick off this spring. It’s a return of the two act’s 2018 tour of the same name, and this time around, The Cadillac Three will join Miranda and Little …

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Dustin Lynch + MacKenzie Porter’s “Thinking ‘Bout You” went from a “blind audition” to a multi-week hit

ABC/Randy Holmes Dustin Lynch capped 2021 with country radio success, as his duet with MacKenzie Porter, “Thinking ‘Bout You,” spent two weeks at the top of the charts. But back before the song was a hit single, Dustin was on the hunt for the perfect duet partner to record it with, and he chose MacKenzie …

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Shania Twain praises Taylor Swift for breaking one of her chart records: “Proud of you”

John Shearer/AMA2019/Getty Images for dcp Taylor Swift would be the first to tell you that she’s a huge fan of Shania Twain, and Shania feels the same way about Taylor. In fact, when Twitter informed Shania that Taylor had broken one of the many records she holds, she celebrated Taylor’s accomplishment with a tweet of …

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Nashville notes

Cody Johnson will make a stop on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Friday. He’ll be performing his current single, “‘Til You Can’t.” Check local for info on when and how to watch. Miranda Lambert’s got a famous fan in actor Jennifer Lawrence. During a recent appearance on CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jennifer …

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Kane Brown says Granger Smith inspired him to get in shape: “Every day since then, I’ve started working out”

ABC Back in August, Kane Brown took to Instagram to share the before and after shots of a personal project he’d been working on: His fitness level. “Scroll to see how tiny I was,” the singer wrote in the caption, putting an old picture side by side with his current, more muscular physique by way …

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Dolly Parton hits three billion worldwide streams, picks up more than 40 new gold & platinum certifications

JB Rowland Dolly Parton is kicking off the new year with a bang, as she hits three billion streams worldwide. It’s one of 47 new accolades awarded to the superstar, who also picked up a bevy of gold, silver and platinum sales certifications internationally. The new titles come from the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, …

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Morgan Wallen’s ‘Dangerous’ was the most popular album of 2021 in the US

Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for CMA Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album, which arrived last January, was the most popular album of 2021 in the U.S., according to MRC Data’s 2021 Year-End Report. It was the top country album for the year and also the top album across all genres, with 3.23 million equivalent album units …

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