Cody Johnson will ship new single, “Dear Rodeo,” to country radio on Sept. 8. Penned by Cody and Dan Couch, “Dear Rodeo” is featured on Cody’s 2019 major-label debut album, Ain’t Nothing To It. Admittedly, the new tune is a personal one for the native of the Sebastopol, Texas, who spent many years riding rodeo…
Tim McGraw Shares New Acoustic Performance Video of “7500 OBO” [Watch]
Tim McGraw shared a new video of an acoustic performance of “7500 OBO,” a track from his upcoming 16th studio album, Here On Earth, which drops on Aug. 21. Penned by Matt McGinn, Jennifer Schott and Nathan Spicer, “7500 OBO” finds Tim crooning about “an ’06, stick shift, dark blue F-150” that he’s trying to…
Loretta Lynn Disagrees With Garth Brooks’ Effort to Withdraw From CMA Entertainer of the Year Nomination
From one CMA Entertainer of the Year to another . . . Loretta Lynn shared her thoughts regarding Garth Brooks respectfully trying to withdraw his name from future nominations for the CMA Entertainer of the Year Award. Loretta, who won CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1972, noted on Instagram that she thinks Garth should…
Luke Combs to Release New Deluxe Album, “What You See Ain’t Always What You Get” on Oct. 23
Luke Combs will release a new deluxe album, What You See Ain’t Always What You Get, on Oct. 23. The new album will feature all 18 songs from Luke’s 2019 sophomore album, What You See Is What You Get, as well as five brand-new tracks. The new tracks will be announced soon. Luke’s four year-career…
Thomas Rhett Says Wife Lauren Akins’ New Book Is “Hilarious, Sad, Embarrassing, Inspiring” & More
Lauren Akins released her new memoir, Live in Love: Growing Together Through Life’s Changes, on Aug. 18. The new book chronicles Lauren’s childhood friendship with husband-to-be Thomas Rhett, explaining how they reconnected as young adults, got married and are now raising three girls. The book also delves into many of the “challenges they faced as…
Garth Brooks Earns Unprecedented 9th Diamond-Certified Album With “In Pieces”
Garth Brooks’ 1993 album, In Pieces, was certified for sales of 10 million units (Diamond status) by the RIAA on Aug. 14. Garth now has nine Diamond-certified albums: Garth Brooks, No Fences, Ropin’ the Wind, The Chase, The Hits, Sevens, Double Live, The Ultimate Hits and In Pieces. “The crazy thing that I try to…I…
Maddie & Tae Score 2nd No. 1 Single With “Die From a Broken Heart”
Maddie & Tae are back on top of the singles charts for the first time since 2014’s “Girl in a Country Song.” The duo’s “Die From a Broken Heart” reached No. 1 on both the Billboard Country Airplay chart and Mediabase chart this week. Penned by Maddie Marlow, Tae Dye, Jonathan Singleton and Deric Ruttan,…
‘Leaning Tower of Dallas’ Area Becomes New Attraction – Drive-In Movies!
Remember the Leaning Tower of Dallas, seemed so long ago but that was only 6 months ago. And to think that was it the only thing we were talking about. Now that area has become a new attraction, Drive-In Movies! “Drive in at the Central” will appear next week by a company called Rooftop Cinema…
Luke Bryan’s “Born Here, Live Here, Die Here” Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Top Country Albums Chart
Luke Bryan’s new album, Born Here, Live Here, Die Here, which dropped on Aug. 7, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart this week (8/13/20). The album moved 65,180 equivalent units, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, which was good enough for No. 5 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, behind Taylor…
Gabby Barrett & Cade Foehner Expecting First Child
American Idol lovebirds Gabby Barrett, 20, and husband Cade Foehner, 24, are expecting their first child—a baby girl. Gabby revealed the news via Instagram on Aug. 16, stating: “And then there were three… Psalm 127:3 ✨👶🏼🎀 #babyfoehner” In addition, Cade shared his own message via Instagram on Aug. 16: “I have the most amazing Wife…