Ashley McBryde has a new song, out now, and a new tour happening this fall. The Arkansas native released “Cool Little Bars,” written by McBryde, along with Lainey Wilson and Trick Savage. The song, an ode to the small places McBryde played early in her career — ones that are sadly becoming a thing a of the past —…
Natalie Grant has released a new song, one that has meant a lot to her for a long time, this one with a country music icon. The gospel star just released “Step By Step,” joined by Dolly Parton for the uptempo track. “Step By Step” was previously recorded by Whitney Houston, and used for the Preacher’s Wife movie, which starred…
Carrie Underwood has gladly returned to being an opening act, when she takes the stage ahead of Guns N’ Roses for a few shows on their 2023 Global Tour. The Grand Ole Opry member has long been a fan of the heavy metal rock band, which is why she was so eager to join them on the road. “I’m…
Terri Clark has been a fan of Reba McEntire for a long, long time. The Canadian singer recently got to open for McEntire, on her Reba: Live in Concert Arena Tour, where she not surprisingly became even more impressed by the Country Music Hall of Fame member. “She is everything you think she would be. She’s the most genuine,…
Cody Johnson will soon have a new single out, this one honoring his wife, Brandi. The Texan announces the release of “The Painter,” written by Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins and Ryan Larkins, out on August 11. The song is from Johnson’s forthcoming new Leather album, which he hopes to release in the next few months. “My favorite lyric in…
Vince Gill and Paul Franklin’s Sweet Memories: The Music of Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys, is out now. The 11-track record was a labor of love for both Gill and Franklin, who last collaborated together ten years ago, on Bakersfield, out in 2013, honoring the music of Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. The two musicians had no idea when…
Granger Smith experienced every parent’s worst nightmare: the loss of his own child. River, Smith and his wife, Amber’s son, tragically passed away in 2019, after accidentally drowning in the family’s pool. It was Smith who discovered the three-year-old, with the memories of that fateful night haunting him, launching him into a downward spiral that at one time he…
Dan + Shay just released another song from their Bigger Houses album. “Always Gonna Be” is out now, a song Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney say is the first song they wrote together after their four-month separation in 2022. “In March of 2022, we met to discuss the future of the band,” Dan + Shay wrote in a hand-written…
More music is coming from Craig Campbell, and a lot of it. The singer-songwriter will release The Lost Files: Exhibit B on August 25, 17 more songs, six months after The Lost Files: Exhibit A was released. “As excited as I was to release Exhibit A, it is no comparison to how I’m feeling about Exhibit B,” Campbell says….
Keith Urban and Kix Brooks are among this year’s class of inductees into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The two will be joined by David Lee Murphy, Casey Beathard and Rafe Van Hoy, in a ceremony held in Music City this fall. Urban is responsible for writing several of his own hits, including “But For The Grace Of…
