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Lauren Alaina currently has her biggest hit on the radio since 2021’s “Getting Over Him” with Jon Pardi.  If there’s any downside to her new duet with Chase Matthew, it’s that the song Lauren co-wrote was, in fact, ripped from the pages of her own life.  “I wrote ‘All My Exes’ about a relationship I… Continue reading ‘All My Exes’: Lauren Alaina’s hit duet was inspired by a fight on Broadway

Country Music Hall of Famer Ray Stevens is recovering at home from a March 29 fall that left him with a broken neck. According to a news release, he’s “fully mobile and in good spirits,” though he has to wear a neck brace for a month. His latest album, Favorites Old & New, comes out Friday. … Continue reading Nashville notes: Ray Stevens’ fall + Craig Campbell’s cornhole competition

With just six words, Marshmello solved the mystery that Thomas Rhett started last week with a “teaser” that was simply a video of him eating marshmallows out of the bag with an instrumental music bed behind it. “Where We Go available everywhere Friday,” the DJ/producer said in a joint post on both artists’ accounts. The update was accompanied by a photo… Continue reading ‘Where We Go’: Thomas Rhett and Marshmello name-check Conway Twitty in new collab

Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town and Kacey Musgraves have been added to the performance lineup as the 61st ACM Awards return to the traditional Sunday time slot on May 17.  Kacey will do a song from her upcoming sixth studio album, Middle of Nowhere, which drops May 1. The Academy of Country Music didn’t reveal what Miranda… Continue reading Miranda Lambert, LBT and Kacey Musgraves join 61st ACMs, with noms coming Thursday

Ella Langley not only chose the title of her second album very deliberately, she decided on Dandelion long ago. “I’m so excited for these new songs,” she tells ABC Audio. “We’ve been working so hard on it. … I’ve known the title for this record, I mean, over a year now. It’s been like a year and a… Continue reading Ella Langley picked Dandelion very deliberately

Cody Johnson’s paying tribute to Merle Haggard on what would’ve been his 79th birthday. It’s also the 10th anniversary of his passing.  The reigning CMA male vocalist of the year recorded his own version of the legend’s self-penned “Footlights,” which opens his 1979 album, Serving 190 Proof. Though it wasn’t a single, the song about the… Continue reading Hear Cody Johnson step into the ‘Footlights’ with Merle Haggard

When Cody Johnson recorded his current top-10 hit for Leather Deluxe Edition, it was a decision he made quite intentionally, because he connected so much with the message of “The Fall.” “I was in the mode of cutting an album and saying, ‘This is what I want people to hear,’” he recalls. “I want people to… Continue reading Cody Johnson hopes ‘The Fall’ will find you when you need it

Megan Moroney celebrated the success of her single “6 Months Later” Thursday night in Nashville — two months after it first topped the charts. At the celebration — where many attendees wore pink to go with the aesthetic of Megan’s #1 album Cloud 9 and drank pink champagne — Megan said, “I feel so lucky to get… Continue reading Megan Moroney celebrates ‘6 Months Later’ two months later

George Birge has dropped a new single about looking back on a youthful romance and yearning to capture that feeling again. In the song, “Whatever That Was,” George sings, “Maybe it was autumn, maybe it was 18/ spinning on whiskey and wintergreen/ maybe it was was speakers singing ‘Stars Go Blue’/ Oh but then again, maybe it… Continue reading George Birge namechecks a Tim McGraw hit on nostalgic single ‘Whatever That Was’

Ella Langley’s Dandelion track list has now sprouted on Instagram. In addition to the songs from the album Ella has already released — “Be Her,” the title track and “Choosin’ Texas” — it includes a duet with the project’s executive producer, Miranda Lambert, on the song “Butterfly Season.” The album’s 18 tracks include an “intro” and an “outro”… Continue reading Ella Langley reveals Dandelion track list, including Miranda Lambert duet and Kitty Wells cover