Brad Paisley’s picked to play the NFL Draft

2024 NBCUniversal Media, LLC Brad Paisley‘s booked to headline the concert after the conclusion of the NFL Draft April 26 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.  “There’s nothing like football to bring people together, and the NFL Draft is where it all begins,” Brad observes. “As a lifelong fan, I can’t wait to help close out an unforgettable …

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Scotty McCreery’s giving ‘Seasons Change’ a ‘Platinum’ upgrade

Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery‘s getting ready to release an expanded version of the album that turned his career around. Appropriately titled Seasons Change, the North Carolina native’s 2018 album launched the hits “Five More Minutes,” “This Is It” and “In Between.”  Seasons Change: Platinum Edition adds acoustic versions of the three number ones and gives …

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Tate McRae is the first female singer to record a duet with Morgan Wallen

Tate McRae: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for iHeartRadio; Scott Kirkland/Disney via Getty Images She teased it on Instagram on Tuesday, but now it’s been confirmed: Canadian pop star Tate McRae has recorded a duet with Morgan Wallen, making her the first female artist to do so. On her Instagram Story Tuesday, Tate posted a photo of a football …

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Alison Krauss’ ‘Now That I’ve Found You’ celebrates its 30th with vinyl

Craft Recordings Alison Krauss‘ first greatest hits collection has finally found its way to vinyl. Craft Recordings is reissuing 1995’s Now That I’ve Found You: A Collection in time for the set’s 30th anniversary. Arriving July 11, the double Platinum album includes Alison’s biggest hit at country radio, her cover of Keith Whitley‘s “When You Say …

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Tucker Wetmore reveals how ‘3,2,1’ mirrors his romantic life

Disney/Scott Kirkland Even though Tucker Wetmore didn’t write his new single, it still ended up telling his story — and accidentally getting him to open up a bit about his personal life.  Initially “a bunch of [his] really good buddies in Nashville” sent “3,2,1” for consideration for Tucker’s debut album. “The first listen I was …

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Kelsea Ballerini takes a tumble as she wraps North American tour

Todd Owyoung/NBC It seems to be a fact of life these days: If you’re a singer who performs onstage, at some point you’re gonna fall. Oh, and also, somebody’s gonna catch it on video. This time it’s Kelsea Ballerini who took a little tumble and Entertainment Tonight who got the footage. It happened on the …

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Post Malone donates $500k to charity that builds recording studios for schoolkids

Courtesy Raising Cane’s Post Malone loves to give back. Earlier this month, he and his friend Todd Graves, the owner of the Raising Cane’s fast food chain, surprised some kids at a recording studio in Nashville with a $500,000 donation to Notes for Notes, the non-profit which built the studio. Notes for Notes builds, equips and …

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Morgan Wallen digs deeper on the 37-track ‘I’m the Problem’

Big Loud / Mercury Records / Republic The track list for Morgan Wallen‘s fourth album, I’m the Problem, is out, and fans are gonna be happy: It contains a mammoth 37 songs.  Morgan had a hand in writing 22 of the tracks himself. “A lot of the concepts and things we said were a little …

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Nashville notes: Parker McCollum’s ‘Hope’ + Ian Munsick’s ‘Eagle Feather’

If you missed Luke Bryan‘s Tuesday night appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, you can check it out on YouTube now. A new track from Parker McCollum, “Hope That I’m Enough,” is out now. It’s only the second cut released so far from his self-titled fifth album, which arrives June 27.  Ian Munsick performed “God Bless the …

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Wynonna and Jake Owen set to headline as CMA Fest takes over Ascend

Country Music Association The big nightly concerts during CMA Fest happen at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, but that’s not the only game in town. The Country Music Association also has big plans for Ascend Amphitheater across the river. On Thursday, June 5, Whiskey Jam will take over the Ascend stage for a night inspired by the …

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