The Grand Ole Opry tallied its 4,937th consecutive Saturday night broadcast on Aug. 15 with a showcase featuring a pair of country music’s biggest stars: Luke Bryan and Darius Rucker. Darius performed a number of his fan-favorite tunes, as well as his brand-new single, “Beers and Sunshine.” Penned by Darius, Ross Copperman, J.T. Harding and…
Kane Brown teamed with rapper Swae Lee and R&B singer Khalid for a new song, “Be Like That.” The new tune, which the trio of artists co-penned with Alexander “Eskeerdo” Izquierdo, Ryan Vojtesak and Mike Will, is featured on Kane’s new seven-song EP, Mixtape Vol. 1. The cross-genre artists also joined forces for the song’s…
It’s official . . . Luke Bryan will be returning as a judge on Season 4 of ABC’s American Idol. ABC confirmed the news in a press release. In addition, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie will once again join Luke at the judging table, while Ryan Seacrest returns as host. The search for the next…
Tim McGraw will release his 16th studio album, Here On Earth, on Aug. 21. Buoyed by the May release of the album’s lead single, “I Called Mama,” which is currently No. 11 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, the upcoming project will be Tim’s first solo album since 2015’s Damn Country Music. Tim’s upcoming 16-song…
Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart (streaming, sales and airplay-based) for the fifth consecutive week. After topping the Billboard Country Airplay chart in April, “I Hope” reached the top of the Hot Country Songs chart in its 64th week, which is the longest trek to No. 1…
Luke Combs shared a new performance video for “What You See Is What You Get.” Penned by Luke, Barry Dean and Jonathan Singleton, “What You See Is What You Get” is the title track to Luke’s 2019 sophomore album. The new clip, which you can watch below, features Luke performing the tune at one of…
Lindsay Ell released her new concept album, heart theory, on Aug. 14. Produced by Dann Huff, heart theory is comprised of 12 tracks that journey through each stage of grief: shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, testing and acceptance. Lindsay co-penned 11 tracks on the new project with a host of top songwriters, including Brandy Clark,…
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…
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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…
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…