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Dan + Shay's 'It's Officially Christmas: The Double Album' (Warner Nashville) Dec. 25 may be well over a month away, but for Dan + Shay, It's Officially Christmas. Not only are Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney celebrating the one-year anniversary of their double album with that title, they're also teasing a new holiday tune. "Today is the 5 year anniversary of Take Me Home For Christmas!" the duo says in one of […]

Morgan Evans' 'Steel Town' (Virgin Music Group) Morgan Evans took a low-key approach to making the music video for his new song, "Beer Back Home."The main ingredients were director Peter John and an October road trip to his favorite pub, The Ship Inn, in Morgan's hometown of Newcastle, Australia, where he played a pop-up show. "My mate Pete picked me up from the airport in Sydney with his old handy cam," […]

Little Big Town (Ralph Bavaro/NBC) Nominations for the 68th Grammys are just around the corner.On Friday, the nominees across all 95 Grammy categories for the 2026 awards show will be announced by stars that include Nashville's own Little Big Town and CeCe Winans.The 2026 Grammy nom announcement will start at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET. You can watch the livestream on Grammy.com or Youtube.com/@recordingacademy.Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Brandi Carlile, David Foster, Jon […]

Kelsea Ballerini's 'Mount Pleasant' (Black River) There's a surprise new EP from Kelsea Ballerini coming later in November, with the first song set to drop in a matter of hours. "i sit in parks. available at midnight," she shared on Thursday, teasing the new track. "mount pleasant, a six song collection, available November 14." Kelsea's message also includes the Mount Pleasant cover, which shows her running through a field of green. The […]

The 59th annual CMA Awards (Country Music Association/ABC) The biggest preview of the 59th CMA Awards so far is out now, as the Country Music Association reveals the first round of artists who'll perform on the show. Luke Combs, Ella Langley, Megan Moroney, Shaboozey, Zach Top, Tucker Wetmore, BigXthaPlug, Stephen Wilson Jr. and host Lainey Wilson are all set to take the stage Nov. 19 at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena.Luke will deliver […]

Dustin Lynch & Scotty McCreery (Disney/Eric McCandless; Disney/Frank Micelotta) When the Two for the Road Tour kicks off Thursday night in Saginaw, Michigan, fans will get to see Scotty McCreery, Dustin Lynch and a little something more. "We'll be doing something together," Scotty tells ABC Audio. "We've been kinda bouncing back ideas as far as songs and production and that kinda thing. So it's gonna be exciting.""We're both gonna have our shows," […]

Cody Johnson (Disney/Robby Klein) Cody Johnson's finally putting out a studio version of a song The Chicks took to the top of the country chart. "It’s been three years since we released an acoustic cover of 'Travelin’ Soldier,'” Cody said on his socials Wednesday. "The fans responded so enthusiastically and began requesting it during our live shows, so it’s remained on the set list.""I had no idea that it was going to […]

Matt Jelonek/Getty Images Jelly Roll's in the home stretch of his first tour Down Under, and he seems to be having a blast, save for an incident at one store in Australia. “Hey man, the Louis Vuitton in Sydney legitimately just treated us like we were finna come in and rob that place,” he said in an Instagram Story on Wednesday. But he seemed to be taking it in stride, laughing as he […]

Trisha Yearwood's 'Christmastime' (Virgin Music Group/Gwendolyn Records) Trisha Yearwood's new holiday album, Christmastime, doesn't arrive until Friday, but you can check out her new duet with husband Garth Brooks now. Ironically, the couple co-wrote "Merry Christmas, Valentine" several years ago when they were "sitting outside in the summer by the pool."“The way Garth writes and the way I write are a little bit different," Trisha explains. "He just doesn’t write anything down […]