Country

There’s one new country song you absolutely need to hear this week, but more than a dozen more that will spark interest. This week’s list of new releases is robust for early January. Find new music from Gabby Barrett, “My Boy” singer Elvie Shane, Nashville star Charles Esten and several acts that made annual Artists to

Luke Bryan‘s fans love his goofy family antics almost as much as they love his music, and on New Year’s Eve, a crowd in Las Vegas got a little of both. Bryan was just putting the finishing touches on his Sunday night (Dec. 31) residency show during a string of dates at the Theatre at

What makes a country song truly depressing? It’s the kind of song that doesn’t have a silver lining anywhere, no matter how hard you look. In compiling this list of country music’s most depressing songs ever, we left out a lot of great sad songs, simply because they had an element of hope or redemption.

This year, Sawyer Brown celebrates 40 years as country music trailblazers since its start as the first National TV competition success with Star Search. Ahead of a new Blake Shelton-produced album, Desperado Troubadours (due 3.8 via Curb Records), the band shares a new single called “Nashville Cat,” available everywhere today (1.5). Listen to “Nashville Cat,”

Chris Young, Darius Rucker, Dustin Lynch, NEEDTOBREATHE, Riley Green and Sara Evans headline all-new episodes. CMT kicks off 2024 with Season 3 of its star-packed, fan-favorite fireside series CMT CAMPFIRE SESSIONS, premiering Friday, January 12th at 10p/9cand continuing every Friday night through March 1st.  Music’s biggest names gather around the fire to strip down their biggest hits, share

MTV PUSH has named 19-year-old Alabama vocalist and songwriter Jessie Murph as the featured Global PUSH Artist for the month of January. Her unique style blends country-style storytelling with inspiration from hip-hop, alternative and pop. Murph built a following on social media in 2020 which led to her breakout single “Always Been You” which paved

“Halfway To Hell” Off Of His Record-Breaking Debut Country Project, Whitsitt Chapel, Follows 3 Consecutive #1 Singles And Will Impact Country Radio January 22 Photo Credit: Ashley Osborn The Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter and Reigning CMA Artist Of the Year Celebrated a Milestone-Filled 2023 And Kicked Off 2024 Live From Times Square on Dick Clark’s New Year’s

Will the 2024 CMA Entertainer of the Year winner shock us once again, or will a previous winner take the trophy? Who will get the call to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame this year? Which new artist is truly one to watch, and what’s in store for Oliver Anthony, who broke out in 2023?

On Jan. 4, 1969, Dolly Parton was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. Parton’s Opry honor came after the musician released three albums in 1968: Just Because I’m a Woman, her second solo album (and first full-length for RCA Records), and two duet albums with Porter Wagoner, Just Between You and Me and Just the

A year-and-a-half after her divorce from Brandon Blackstock was finalized, Kelly Clarkson says she’s in no rush to get married again — she may never do it at all. In fact, she’s never really been a person who wanted marriage in the first place. In a new cover story interview with People, Clarkson explains that

Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis Presley is back in the building — sort of. Thanks to artificial intelligence, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll is set to take the stage again in a new production called Elvis Evolution — that is, in holographic form. The show is already scheduled for a November run in London, Eng. Produced

An upcoming Paramount+ documentary called June will showcase the life of one of the most formative — and most mysterious — female figures in country music history. The movie will follow the life and career of June Carter Cash, who grew up in the legendary Carter Family but often slipped into the shadow of her

Seventy-four years ago today (Jan. 3, 1950) was an historic day for country music, although no one was aware of it at the time: It was on that date that the famous Sun Studio — home of future recordings from Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis, among others — opened in Memphis, Tenn. Sam Phillips,

Rascal Flatts‘ guitarist Joe Don Rooney is breaking his silence after an arrest, time in an alcohol treatment facility, a divorce and rumors that he might be dead. At the beginning of a massive tweet, he confirms he’s not dead and he’s not transitioning to become a woman. Both of those things, Rooney says, were rumored

CARR-DIO by CARRIE’S COUNTRY is available exclusively on SiriusXM Carrie Underwood joined the SiriusXM lineup with her very own year-round channel, CARRIE’S COUNTRY (Ch. 60), back in June. Now, the eight-time GRAMMY Award-winning artist is creating a second channel: CARR-DIO by CARRIE’S COUNTRY, available to stream anytime exclusively on the SiriusXM app. CARR-DIO will also be available

John Michael Montgomery to Start Farewell Tour in 2024 and Wind it Down in 2025The Legendary 90’s Artist Announces PHOTO BY – Carrie Wilson/ CMW Photography  With an illustrious career spanning thirty-plus years encompassing sales of more than 16 million albums, 36 radio singles and numerous hits, including seven No. 1’s, Country music 90’s superstar John

As the list of Eagles Songs Ranked Worst to Best shows, they made their legend in a veritable blink of an eye. There have been only seven studio albums and fewer than 90 songs. Only one of those studio efforts, 2007’s Long Road Out of Eden, arrived outside of a tight seven-year span in the ’70s that

Never one to keep his emotions or his past hidden from the public, Jelly Roll acknowledges that he’s still very much a work in progress. In a new interview with the New York Times, the singer reflects on the demons and difficult times that have inspired so much of his music — and admits that those

Forty-nine years ago today, on Jan. 2, 1975, Austin City Limits premiered on PBS. The show’s inaugural episode, which aired as part of a PBS pledge drive, featured Willie Nelson as its very first guest. ACL‘s original first episode actually taped on Oct. 13, 1974, and included an appearance by BW Stevenson. But when that recording was found unusable, Nelson

The new country music album calendar for 2024 is filling up. Hardy and Sheryl Crow are two well-known stars who have put a date on new projects. Newcomers including Conner Smith and Hannah Ellis will beat them to it. The first three months of any year typically bring fewer new country albums to stores and digital