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by Marcus K. Dowling 19m ago Embedded from players.brightcove.net. In a recent Audacy Country interview, San Hunt both highlighted how “excited” he was about spending time at home for a few days to celebrate Mother’s Day with his family but also revealed exactly when we could expect a follow-up to his successful sophomore studio album...

by Jessica Nicholson 31m ago Thirteen years ago, on May 10, 2008, Garth Brooks inducted Carrie Underwood as a new member of the Grand Ole Opry. In introducing fellow Oklahoman Underwood, Brooks said, “I can’t imagine what you’re feeling right now. I cried like a baby the whole time.” He also gave Underwood some words...

by Jessica Nicholson 50m ago It’s another girl for Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren Akins! In the early hours of Mother’s Day, the “Country Again” singer and his wife Lauren announced they are expecting their fourth child–and fourth daughter–in November. The couple is already parents to three girls, including Willa Gray (5), Ada James...

by Jessica Nicholson 6m ago Embedded from embed.vevo.com. Sometimes love takes you by surprise, instantly drawing you to someone in the most irresistible way. And sometimes that love is so strong it is worth pursuing, no matter what anyone else says. That is Brooke Eden’s story with her partner of five years, Hilary Hoover. The...

by Marcus K. Dowling 32m ago CMT’s Weekly Roundup Playlist this week highlights new sounds from tunesmiths familiar to being number one on both the Billboard charts, plus in the hearts and minds of country music fans worldwide. Click here to take a listen to the following tunes. Foremost, Miranda Lambert’s Marfa Tapes project has...

by Marcus K. Dowling 43m ago CMT’s 2021 Next Women of Country class member Reyna Roberts is still riding high from the crossover success of her ESPN “Monday Night Football”-featured 2020 single “Stomping Grounds.” As 2021 continues to develop for the rising country vocalist, she’s taken time to reveal a bit more about her motivations...

by Jessica Nicholson 6m ago The band American Aquarium is paying tribute to 1990s-era country music, and they are delving deep into that decade’s catalog of hits to do so, eschewing the typical songs from artists such as Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks that ’90s cover projects like these might typically cover. On Friday (May...

by Jessica Nicholson 25m ago Embedded from www.facebook.com. After a year of no touring, Parker McCollum is ready to get back to work. “Being off the road was tough, but it seems like we are inching back to being full-steam ahead,” McCollum told CMT as part of CMT’s Off The Road series. It was just...

by Marcus K. Dowling 52m ago “There was all this music we’ve made. I decided I didn’t want to wait for the next album,” says Kenny Chesney in a press release announcing the release of a deluxe version of Here and Now, his current album release. I wanted these four songs to be part of...

by Marcus K. Dowling 31m ago In a recent interview with Apple Music Country’s Kelleigh Bannen, Miranda Lambert discussed a wild “freakout” that occurred as she was writing the haunting early favorite “Ghost,” from her just-released and eagerly-anticipated Marfa Tapes project with her frequent collaborators Jon Randall and Jack Ingram. Embedded from embed.apple.media. “We didn’t...