Challenge accepted: What Show-Me State native Chris Janson did in Missouri

Chris Janson’s ‘Wild Horses’ (Harpeth 60 Records/Warner Music Nashville) Nine thousand fans turned out to see Chris Janson play Missouri’s Jefferson County Fair on July 24, the biggest crowd in the gathering’s 30-year history.  The Show-Me State native is from Perryville, which is about 60 miles away.  “What a wild and awesome weekend on tour!” …

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Kenny Chesney ‘Shot a Car Into Space’ for Silver Sands Marina

Kenny Chesney’s ‘Silver Sands Marina’ (HEY NOW Records) Eleven songs have pulled into port at Silver Sands Marina, and Kenny Chesney’s ready to give you a preview.  “Some of these songs are unlike anything people have heard, or haven’t heard in a long time,” he says. “Some of them go deep, some of them will …

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Don’t mess with ‘Texas’: Ella Langley marks 15 weeks at #1

Ella Langley performs on the ‘The 59th Annual CMA Awards’ (Disney/Frank Micelotta) Another day, another chart record for Ella Langley and her smash hit “Choosin’ Texas,” which has just notched its 15th week on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has now surpassed Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” and Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love …

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The ‘Wagon Wheel’ turns more than a billion times on Spotify

Darius Rucker & Ketch Secor (Josh Pruitt/Ivywild Visuals) Darius Rucker found out he’s a member of the Spotify Billions Club just before going onstage Saturday at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre.  He and Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor were presented a plaque signifying that “Wagon Wheel” has passed that many streams on the service, before singing it …

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LOCASH’s new EP paves the way for new radio single, ‘Talkin Bout’

LOCASH’s ‘Let the Country Music Play’ (Galaxy Label Group) LOCASH will Let the Country Music Play with their new EP of the same name that arrives Aug. 7. The five-song set features the title track, their collab with Parmalee that takes Rupert Holmes’ “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” and recasts it in the world of Music …

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After a decade, Brett Eldredge still has a ‘Glow’ on tour

Brett Eldredge’s ‘Glow: 10 Year Anniversary Tour’ (Q Prime) Brett Eldredge will mark a decade since his first holiday album with an anniversary tour.  The 12-stop Glow: 10 Year Anniversary Tour kicks off Friday, Nov. 27, with three dates at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium and wrap with two shows at New York’s Beacon Theatre starting Dec. 18.  “I …

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‘Don’t We’ set records? 7 ‘Problem’ songs make history

Morgan Wallen’s ‘I’m the Problem’ (Big Loud) The records keep coming from Morgan Wallen, as “Don’t We” becomes his 21st #1 on Billboard Country Airplay.  Equally impressive is that it’s his seventh chart-topper from his most recent record, 2025’s I’m the Problem. That makes him the only artist in the chart’s history to have done …

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‘Ring, Ring,’ it’s Reba on the line

Reba McEntire’s ‘Ring Ring’ (MCA) Reba McEntire’s fourth music capsule is telephone-themed, anchored by the new song “Ring Ring,” which was co-written by American Idol favorite Kellie Pickler. The EP also includes two #5 hits, 1993’s “It’s Your Call” and 1994’s “Why Haven’t I Heard from You.” Two album cuts complete the collection: “Long Distance Lover” from …

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Dan + Shay’s reasons are ‘Her, the Kids and Jesus’

Dan + Shay’s The Young Tour (Live Nation) You can now hear the full studio version of “Her, the Kids and Jesus,” after Dan + Shay debuted it back in December during a pop-up at Nashville’s La La Land Cafe.  “Thank y’all for loving on this song since the first time we played it acoustic,” …

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Only The Family will be able to tell the extent of Brothers Osborne’s ‘SELLOUT’

Brothers Osborne’s “R.I.P” (SELLOUT EDIT) (MCA) Brothers Osborne are starting their new musical era by say “R.I.P.” to selling out.   “R.I.P. is us getting back to our musical roots,” John Osborne says. “This new music is a rearview glimpse into where we came from while still driving forward into the new and unknown.” The siblings …

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