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by Marcus K. Dowling 37m ago Typically, for mainstream pop stars, the road to extraordinary excellence is rather quick. Make a hit, reach number one, and from there, the television programs, action figures, and trappings of crossover acclaim appear in short order. However, in 1981, Kenny Rogers was a prematurely white-haired 43-year old country star...

by Jordana Ossad 16m ago The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are about to “chase their dreams again.” And with “more spots open than ever before,” who will be making the team? CMT’s much-anticipated series, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team will return on September 17, as seen in the first look below. With more auditions and...

by Marcus K. Dowling 24m ago CMT’s Weekly Roundup of new hits this week features a blend of emerging, vaunted, and critically-acclaimed artists delivering as expected — aided by some heaping spoonfuls of Willie Nelson, too — to the high expectations of their material. Click here to take a listen to the following tunes. Embedded...

by Marcus K. Dowling 29m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. Mickey Guyton continues to push towards the September 24 release of her debut major-label album Remember Her Name with the release of the unity anthem “All American.” The song lists a litany of very American tropes — church pews on a Sunday, Friday night football games...

by Marcus K. Dowling 24m ago CMT Listen Up artist Sam Williams’ debut album, Glasshouse Children, has finally arrived. The ten-track album featuring duets with Keith Urban (“Kids”) and Dolly Parton (“Happy All The Time”) is described, in a press release, as an “introspective meditation on hurt and healing, growth and loss, and sin and...

by Marcus K. Dowling 34m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. If a fan of Kane Brown, the past three summers have been accompanied by the Tennessee-born superstar crooner releasing pop-aimed and lovestruck country anthems like “Be Like That” and “One Thing Right.” 2021 is no different as with “One Mississippi,” the countdown is on to a...

by Marcus K. Dowling 35m ago Though Ashley McBryde did release a “Live: From a Distance” version of her 2020 album Never Will to satisfy her fans’ urges for new music from the “One Night Standards” vocalist, the country singer recently revealed that the first wave of COVID-19 quarantine did prove creatively fruitful in the...

by Marcus K. Dowling 42m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. Keith Urban’s 2021 has seen the International country superstar release “Out the Cage,” a danceable, pop-country single featuring Breland and Nile Rodgers, from his latest album The Speed of Now, Part 1. Now, with new single “Wild Hearts,” he continues to churn out pop-leaning, diverse material...

by Marcus K. Dowling 1m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. Country duo BEXAR’s — Chris Ryan and Logan Turner — latest single and video for “Key To Life” has a poignant message attached to it: “We hope the fans take away the simplicity of the message of the song by seeing us walk into these different...

by Marcus K. Dowling 25m ago The CMT GIANTS: Charley Pride special will make its broadcast debut on Wednesday, August 25, featuring a star-studded cast all honoring late country music trailblazer Charley Pride. Ahead of the television event, on August 17, Nashville’s National Museum of African American Music hosted a premiere screening of the musical...