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Luke Combs (Jon Morgan/CBS) Luke Combs believes the moment is now for a country artist to play the Super Bowl halftime show. "It’s time," he says on a new episode of The Zach Sang Show. "Whoever’s having those conversations to have, I don’t know, like, it’s above my pay grade. I don’t think that’s a thing you like pitch yourself for ... but yeah, I think it’s time for something like […]

Vincent Mason (Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal) Roswell, Georgia, native Vincent Mason is undergoing a major life change these days, as he enjoys the top-20 success of his debut single, "Wish You Well.""I'm just glad it's going well. Being on country radio is really cool," he tells ABC Audio. "For me, growing up in Georgia, I think everybody always knew what was on the radio. Whether you're really a fan or not, you […]

Chayce Beckham currently has nine more shows on his Old Fashioned Tour, amid being in the studio working on new music. Hannah Dasher's Scattered, Smothered & Covered EP drops March 27, featuring classics by Tammy Wynette, Earl Thomas Conley and Hank Williams Jr. Her first cookbook, named for her viral video series, Stand by Your Pan, is out now. Maren Morris will kick off her 12-date dreamGiRL Tour June 13 in Calgary, […]

Kip Moore's 'Reason to Believe' (Virgin) Kip Moore's seventh studio album, Reason to Believe, was recorded during the loss of his mentor and first producer, Brett James, and is named for a song he particularly loved.For Kip, it's particularly personal.“I felt like I was describing more of who I am as a human. This album is my daily thoughts. In here,” he says, pointing to his heart. “It’s an ‘in here’ […]

Lainey Wilson (Disney/Robby Klein) Unless you're in Austin for the Tuesday premiere of Lainey Wilson's Netflix documentary, you'll have to wait more than a month to see it. But you can get a sneak peek at Keepin' Country Cool on YouTube."I knew whenever I had written my first song that I loved how it made me feel when I was in the middle of writing a song, when I was coming […]

Zac Brown (Casey Durkin/NBC) Zac Brown Band's "Give It Away" is the 2026 anthem for March Madness. "This song's about just living in the moment and just bringing the best of what you've got every single second," Zac says of the track from ZBB's Love & Fear album, which he wrote with Needtobreathe's Bear Rinehart."Everybody's gonna be playing their hearts out, and I love that this song is helping people feel […]

Ella Langley (Catherine Powell/NBC) Fans from all genres are still "Choosin' Texas," and that's setting records for Ella Langley. The Alabama native tops the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 for a third time this week, tying Taylor Swift's record for the most weeks ever by a title that hit #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart in 2012: "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." Ella's latest feat bests Beyonce's "Texas Hold 'Em" from […]

Kenny Chesney (Disney/Frank Micelotta) Kenny Chesney is the flagship artist on the new Hey Now Records. The Nashville-based label comes out of a meeting of the minds between Kenny's longtime manager, Clint Higham, former Warner Music Nashville head John Esposito and Big Machine veteran Kris Lamb. “When Clint, Espo and Kris came to me with the idea of creating our own team, I was curious,” Kenny says. “A label like this can […]

Chris Young (Jason Kempin/Getty Images) When Chris Young opens his Famous Friends sports bar sometime this summer in Music City, it won't be downtown on Lower Broadway, where most of the other stars' watering holes are. Instead, it'll be at a spot that's close to his heart: midtown Nashville. "Demonbreun [Street] is definitely a place that I spent a lot of time," Chris explains. "I lived over there for a while, and […]