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by Jessica Nicholson 6m ago Travis Tritt will return with his first full-length album of original songs in more than a decade when he releases his upcoming album, Set In Stone, on May 7. His latest single, “Smoke In A Bar,” penned by Jeremy Bussey, Derek George and Tim Montana, releases March 5. Tritt welcomed...

by Jessica Nicholson 5m ago “The gift and the curse is when you struggle for something for 13 years, once you get it, one you’ve hustled…for so long, you don’t know how to shut it off,” says “Freedom Was A Highway” singer-songwriter Jimmie Allen. Though Allen has two No. 1 country radio hits under his...

by Marcus K. Dowling 19m ago Following being named the Country Music Association’s Male Vocalist of the Year in 2020, Luke Combs has finally made his musical entry into 2021 via his new single, “Forever After All.” The song was originally released as an album track from the Academy of Country Music’s 2020 Album of...

by Jessica Nicholson 35m ago Good news, Cody Johnson fans! The singer/songwriter says he has a full album set to release this year. “I’m sitting on top of an 18-track record that we are going to drop this year,” he told radio station Y100 in San Antonio. “I feel like you should always feel like...

by Jessica Nicholson 37m ago Trio Runaway June’s Natalie Stovall, Jennifer Wayne and Naomi Cooke are set to perform on Saturday, Feb. 27 at Island Time Music Festival, and they are using the performance to give back. Each year, the festival raises money to support the operating costs of The Little Yellow School House, a...

by Marcus K. Dowling 1m ago Leave it up to Dan + Shay to know how to productively spend what must feel like “10,000 Hours” cooped up in their homes in Nashville. For the duo, that involves taking a self-deprecating stab at TikTok user Sharon Rowland’s off-key and hilarious attempt at singing their 2018 hit...

by Marcus K. Dowling 20m ago After achieving a platinum-selling album featuring a number-one Billboard Country Airplay chart single in a quarantine year, Sam Hunt’s first order of business in 2021 is straightforward by comparison: he wants to complete re-growing his beard, get back in shape, and get back in the studio to record a...

by Marcus K. Dowling 22m ago For two of the nearly three decades that Nelly has been a hip-hop superstar, his success has intersected — and been greatly enhanced by — country music’s influence. In a recent Black History Month conversation with Radio.com’s Natasha Castles, he chronicled what about country has maintained his interest—from the...

by Jessica Nicholson 56m ago Taylor Swift’s latest accolade is one that only Dolly Parton has managed to do before her. This week, Swift’s re-recording of “Love Story,” named “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” debuted atop Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, joining Dolly Parton’s iconic “I Will Always Love You” as the only songs to have...

by Marcus K. Dowling 19m ago Because America is a country founded on Christian values, and two out of every five Americans practice the Protestant faith, the relationship between gospel music and all American-borne musical genres is essential. However, when considering how specifically gospel’s rhythmic, percussive, and spiritually empowering Black tradition impacts country, a musical...