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January 22, 2025 - Country songwriter Ashley Gorley was among eight songwriters named to the Songwriters Hall of Fame today.
Gorley will be joined by George Clinton; Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons of the The Doobie Brothers; Rodney," "Darkchild" Jerkins; Mike Love and Tony Macaulay for the induction ...
January 22, 2025 - The Country Music Association is investing $600,000 to help sustain six music industry-affiliated organizations operating in the mental health space.
Amber Health, Backline, ECCHO Live (formerly Touring Career Workshop), Music Health Alliance, MusiCares, and Porter's Call will each receive $100,000 to ...
January 22, 2025 - Lauren Alaina is out with new song, "Those Kind Of Women," and video.
During the video, Alaina announced that she is pregnant with her first child. Alaina married Cam Arnold in February 2024.
"It's all about the women who raised me," Alaina told PEOPLE. "I was really fortunate to be raised ...
January 22, 2025 - The Castellows and Flatland Cavalry merge together on "Place They Call Home," out Friday.
Sung from the Earth's point of view, the song was written by The Castellows' Ellie Balkcom, Lily Balkcom, and Powell Balkcom, with Cleto Cordero of Flatland Cavalry.
Lyrics include:
For as ...
January 21, 2025 - "Trailblazing Women of Country: A Tribute to Patsy, Loretta, and Dolly," will tour North America for a second time in early 2025 with Rissi Palmer and Kristina Train.
The tour starts at the Newberry Opera House in Newberry, S.C. on Feb. 20.
Palmer ("Country Girl," "Hold On to Me," ...
January 21, 2025 - Jason Aldean will hit the road on his Full Throttle Tour 2025, featuring special guests Nate Smith, RaeLynn and Dee Jay Silver.
The tour kicks off at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, on May 23 and will travel North America, with stops including Toronto's Budweiser Stage, Nashville's ...
January 20, 2025 - Miko Marks released a live recording and performance video today of "Peace of Mind," a track from her 2022 album, "Feel Like Going Home" via Redtone Records.
Written with Justin Phipps and Steve Wyreman, Marks said, "Peace of Mind" is a song that I hold close to my heart as it reminds me to pause for ...
January 17, 2025 - Eli Young Band return with the tender "What Do Lonely People Do" today via Big Valory Music.
Written by lead singer Mike Eli and Jeffrey East, the song captures the eternal hope of mending a broken heart along with the swirl of uncertainty in a mid-life romantic restart.
"It really is one of my ...
January 17, 2025 - After seven years, multi-platinum selling band LANCO is out with their long-awaited sophomore album, "We're Gonna Make It," via Riser House Records. The 14-track album features "Low Class Lovers" and "Sound of a Saturday Night," along with the recently released "We Grew Up Together," featuring ...
January 17, 2025 - HARDY's first-ever live album, "HARDY (Live From Red Rocks)," is set for release on Feb. 7.
The song "JIM BOB (Live From Red Rocks)" debuts today.
The 20-song set was recorded live at HARDY's back-to-back, sold out shows at the Colorado amphitheater in October 2024, his first ever shows at the venue. ...
January 17, 2025 - Chris Stapleton added nine new dates to his "All-American Road Show" tour this summer including second and final nights at New York's Madison Square Garden, Denver's Ball Arena, Salt Lake City's Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tinley Park's Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Phoenix's Desert Diamond ...
January 17, 2025 - Drew Green dropped a new song today, "Comin' In Country."
The RECORDS Nashville artist said, "'Comin' In Country' was so fun to write. When I heard my producer start the track, I heard some Alan Jackson 'Gone Country' vibes. So, we just went for it, and it turned out to be one of my favorites. ...
January 17, 2025 - Sierra Hull will release her first album in five years, "A Tip Toe High Wire," on March 7, her first independent release after spending her career on Rounder.
This is the follow-up to her well-received "25 Trips," which came out in 2020.
"Bluegrass has been such a good training ground for learning how ...
January 17, 2025 - Kane Brown released a new album track, "Gorgeous," an acoustic ballad from his forthcoming album, "The High Road," out Jan. 24, via Sony Music Nashville.
The song is a tribute to his wife Katelyn, who sings on two songs among the 18 on "The High Road."
Brown previously released "Body Talk With ...
January 17, 2025 - After scoring two career number ones last year with back-to-back chart-toppers, RECORDS Nashville hitmaker George Birge dropped the ballad "It Won't Be Long" today as his next single at country radio.
Written by Birge with Joe Fox, Chase McGill, and Trannie Anderson, "It Won't ...
January 17, 2025 - Chris Jones & The Night Drivers are offering the quartet's take on Country Music Hall of Famer Tom T. Hall's "Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken)," out today via Mountain Home Records.
"This is an old and lesser-known Vietnam War-era song of Tom T.'s," said Jones, whose friendship with Hall and his ...
January 17, 2025 - JD Clayton will release his sophomore album, "Blue Sky Sundays," on Feb. 28 via Rounder. The single "Dirt Roads of Red" came out today.
"One morning I was playing golf with a buddy from Georgia down at McCabe Golf Course in Nashville when he turned to me and said that there should be a song about ...
January 17, 2025 - Hailey Whitters released "Casseroles," her first major release in nearly two years, today via Pigasus Records/Big Loud Records/Songs & Daughters.
Written by Whitters' close collaborators Hillary Lindsey, Tom Douglas and James Slater, the song threads the needle between the raw grief of a tragic loss ...
January 17, 2025 - Adam Doleac starts off the New Year with a love song, "Bye Heart," out now. Co-written with Jacob Davis and Lalo Guzman, Doleac also co-produced the track with Guzman. The lyrical twist was inspired by the moment he first met his now wife, MacKinnon.
"On Feb. 23, 2017, I said hello to my ...
January 17, 2025 - The Kentucky Gentlemen signed to Nashville-based record label River House Artists and released the single "Country Hymn."
Co-written with David Messy Mescon (Megan Moroney, Reyna Roberts), the song is accompanied by a music video featuring the twin-brother duo of Brandon and Derek Campbell ...
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