Filmmaker Ken Burns’ 16-hour Country Music documentary will premiere on PBS on September 15. In anticipation of the film, PBS will air its all-star concert, Country Music: Live at the Ryman, on September 8. Recorded at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium
Alabama is celebrating their half-century of music on their current 50th Anniversary Tour. The tour kicked off in January with arun of more than 5 0 shows through November, featuring an array of openers, including Charlie Daniels
The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame announced the nominees for its Class of 2019. This year’s nominees include eight songwriters and four songwriter/artists. Songwriter nominees include Shawn Camp, Ed Hill, Marcus Hummon, Archie Jordan, Kostas, Rivers Rutherford, Ronnie
Cody Johnson will be releasing his latest single, “Nothin’ On You” to country radio on July 22. The song, which is the follow-up to Johnson’s “On My Way to You,” is featured on Cody’s 2019 album, Ain’t
Thomas Rhett has scored his 13th No. 1 single with “Look What God Gave Her,” which is No. 1 on both the Mediabase chart and Billboard Country Airplay chart. Rhett’s new No. 1 single comes just one
Brett Young will release a new five-song EP, The Acoustic Sessions, featuring stripped-down versions of songs from his 2018 sophomore album, Ticket to L.A. The new tracks, along with accompanying videos, will be unveiled monthly up until
Cole Swindell announced his fifth Down Home Session EP slated for release later this year, and plans to release a new song over the next five months. Swindell is kicking things off with the new track “Drinkin’
Kane Brown and producer Marshmello officially released their new single, One Thing Right. Written by Brown, Marshmello, Jesse Frasure, Josh Hoge and Matthew McGinn, One Thing Right is Marshmello’s first collaboration with a country music artist. The
Carrie Underwood is being sued for copyright infringement over her Sunday Night Football theme song titled “Game On.” Singer-songwriter Heidi Merrill filed the complaint against Underwood in Manhattan federal court, stating that her song also titled “Game
For the first time since the tragic death of their three-year-old son, River, on June 6, Granger Smith and wife Amber are speaking out in a new 28-minute video, Finding Light in Our Darkest Time. The video,
Jason Isbell has sold out 20 consecutive shows at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium since 2014; now he’ll be back to perform seven shows at the Ryman in October, making it his longest stand at the iconic venue. Isbell
Chase Rice will hit the road this summer for his 34-date headlining AM/PM Tour, which takes its name from a line in his new single, “Lonely If You Are.” The tour will kick off on August 1
Brett Eldredge scored his 7th No. 1 single this week as “Love Someone” rose to the top of the Mediabase chart. Written by Brett, Ross Copperman and Heather Morgan, “Love Someone,” is featured on Brett’s 2017 self-titled
Luke Combs continues to break records this week following the release of his new EP, The Prequel. All five tracks from the EP are currently in Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Top 25, a feat that hasn’t been
Shania Twain will return to Las Vegas for an all-new residency, set to kick off in December at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood. The new show will be called Let’s Go!, a nod to her 1999 smash,
Florida Georgia Line dropped acoustic remixes of their 2012 hit, “Cruise,” and current single, “Talk You Out of It,” just in time for their Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Tour, which kicked off on June 13. “Cruise” is
Trisha Yearwood has announced she will hit the road for her first solo tour in five years with the Every Girl On Tour. The tour will kick-off on Oct. 3 for a three-night run with the Nashville
Chris Young has released a new song, “Drowning,” from his upcoming eighth studio album, Raised On Country, which is expected to drop later this year. “Drowning” was co-written by Young, Corey Crowder and Josh Hoge, and was
Keith Urban has announced extended dates for his Graffiti U World Tour, which will take him into the fall of 2019. The shows will feature an updated production with new lighting and new music. Urban will also play
Wade Bowen had one of the best albums of 2018 with his release Solid Ground. However, two months after the album’s February 2018 release, Wade was placed on mandatory vocal rest after being diagnosed with recurrent bleeding
Randy Houser and wife Tatiana announced via Instagram that they have welcomed their son, Huckleberry “Huck” Randolph Houser. Huck was born on June 9, weighing 7 lbs., 6 oz. “He’s handsome, healthy, and happy and we couldn’t
Kelsea Ballerini has reached the top of the country charts, scoring her fifth number one single with “Miss Me More.” This makes Kelsea the first female artist in 15 months to reach the coveted slot, when Kelsea
Thomas Rhett scored his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as Center Point Road debuted at the top of the charts. Center Point Road was released on May 31 and marks the first country album
After Garth Brooks’ August 10 concert at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada sold out in an amazing 59-minutes, Brooks has added an additional show in Regina on August 9. Tickets for the new show in Regina
Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation surpassed its goal of adopting out 50 dogs by the end of the festival, and instead sent 61 dogs to new homes, according to Lambert’s team. “To the uninitiated, it probably sounded like
Country music star Darius Rucker has raised more than $2 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Rucker started raising money for the hospital about 10 years ago, writing on his Facebook page: “ten years ago I
Dillon Carmichael has released his new single, “I Do for You.” The Kentucky native also happens to be the nephew of Eddie and John Michael Montgomery. The song is written by Dillon and Jimmy Melton, and “I
Chase Rice is delivering his new single, “Lonely If You Are.” Chase officially announced the song would be his new single during a set at Ascend Ampitheatre as part of this week’s 2019 CMA Fest. Said Chase:
Miranda Lambert performed at Nashville’s CMA Fest Saturday night, June 8, and debuted a brand-new tune, “Locomotive.” She told the audience she’d never performed live, but that she thought would “make you groove a little.” “I chose
Chris Stapleton recorded a new song, “The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy,” for the soundtrack to Toy Story 4, which will be available on June 21 – which is also when the film opens nationwide. Written by
