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Jelly Roll + Ashley McBryde are your 2024 ‘CMA Fest’ hosts

Courtesy of Robby Klein/ABC Can’t make it to Nashville for this year’s CMA Fest? Fret not, ABC is bringing it to you with its annual CMA Fest television special. Airing June 25 at 8 p.m. ET, the three-hour concert event will be hosted by first-time hosting pair Jelly Roll and Ashley McBryde. A press release teases …

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Chris Young reflects on his set list’s evolution through the years

Disney/Scott Kirkland With nine albums and 13 #1 hits notched, Chris Young knows he can’t please fans with an all-encompassing set list at shows. But he’s thankful for how far he’s come, especially when the days of not having enough songs to fill a set are still vivid in his mind. “I remember, you know, when I started and I …

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Nashville notes: Fresh tracks from Kassi Ashton, Dylan Marlowe + more

Kassi Ashton has released a new track, “I Don’t Wanna Dance.” Of the song, Kassi says, “It doesn’t matter how good the band is, how long the bartender has been perfecting her margarita recipe, or how hot the cowboy is who’s offering, I don’t wanna dance if I ain’t dancing with you.” Kassi’s current single, …

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Maddie & Tae are ready for a “Sad Girl Summer”

Courtesy of Mercury Nashville Don’t be deceived by the title of Maddie & Tae‘s new song, “Sad Girl Summer” — it’s not actually a sad tune. Instead, it’s a vibrant, uptempo track that’s all about celebrating one’s newfound freedom following a breakup. “This ain’t no sad girl summer, girl, we’re sayin’ goodbye/ To that bummer of a boy who’d …

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Morgan Wallen’s bar is opening June 1

Disney/Frank Micelotta Morgan Wallen and TC Restaurant Group’s This Bar & Tennessee Kitchen is set to open on Saturday. “We’re thrilled to welcome our first guests on Saturday, June 1, to This Bar leading into CMA Fest,” shares Grant Burlingame, vice president of operations at TC Restaurant Group. “This venue has been a labor of love for us and Morgan. …

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Jackson Dean dedicates “Big Blue Sky” to late dog

Courtesy of Big Machine Records Jackson Dean‘s paying tribute to his late childhood dog in his new song, “Big Blue Sky.” “He got that big blue sky on his mind/ Running like he’s still got time on his side/ Dying just to see it/ Living just to breathe it/ Has he just been dreaming/ Or …

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Megan Moroney drops ‘Twisters’ track, “Never Left Me”

Courtesy of Universal Pictures + Atlantic Records Megan Moroney has dropped a new song, “Never Left Me.” The track, which Megan co-wrote for the upcoming Twisters movie, pays homage to the home the “Tennessee Orange” singer grew up in. “I packed my bags like a bat outta hell/ Said, ‘I’m all good all by myself’/ …

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Lainey Wilson, Cody Johnson, Carly Pearce + more duet with Terri Clark on new album

Courtesy of Mercury Nashville/UMe Terri Clark‘s star-studded Terri Clark: Take Two album has arrived. The eight-track project features Lainey Wilson, Cody Johnson, Carly Pearce, Ashley McBryde, Lauren Alaina, Kelly Clarkson and Nashville-based singer/songwriter Ben Rector joining Terri on duet renditions of her hits. “These songs very literally changed my life. To now have the chance to say thank …

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Dasha on how her “scorned woman” sentiments fueled “Austin”

Disney/Randy Holmes Sometimes you enter a songwriting room completely open to ideas and topics to write about. And sometimes you walk in after a breakup, feeling contemptuous about an old flame who did you wrong. That was what happened to Dasha on the day she wrote her debut single, “Austin.” “I was in a session in …

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Nashville notes: Shenandoah’s tour + Mickey Guyton’s “Make It Me”

Mickey Guyton is set to release a new song, “Make It Me,” on June 7. “I wrote #MakeItMe with @tylerhubbard and @coreycrowder and it’s a bop! It feels like summer, it makes you want to dance, and most of all… it makes me think of my husband,” Mickey shares on Instagram alongside a snippet of the track. “Make It Me” is …

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