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Country Cruising 2027 (Courtesy Country Cruising/Flying Dutchmen Travel) Russell Dickerson will be Country Cruising into 2027.He's the latest artist to join next year's voyage through Tampa, Cozumel, Belize and Costa Maya, alongside Craig Morgan, Randy Travis, David Nail, Paul Overstreet, Drake White, James Otto, Filmore, Hannah Dasher, Alana Springsteen, Tiera Kennedy and more.You can find complete details about the April 11-18 trip at CountryCruising.com.If that's far too long for you to wait […]

Miranda Lambert (Disney/Frank Micelotta) If you like the groove Miranda Lambert's been throwing down lately, there's more to come. Though she hinted at it with "A Song to Sing," her duet with Chris Stapleton from July 2025, Miranda came right out and said it in "Crisco," which dropped in May: "Ain't we mixin' country and disco?"She also spells it out in a new Instagram video, bellying up to the bar behind two bedazzled […]

Blake Shelton's "Let Him In" (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville) Blake Shelton's latest album may be called For Recreational Use Only, but his latest hit is one he doesn't take lightly. Co-written by HARDY, "Let Him in Anyway" comes from the viewpoint of someone worried his best friend may not make it into heaven. “If you can hear this song and it doesn’t punch you in the gut and break your heart, you […]

Carly Pearce's 'Honest Woman' (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville) Carly Pearce will do a series of two-night residencies across America this fall to introduce her new album, Honest Woman, which arrives Aug. 28. She co-produced her fifth record herself, leaning into the influences that started her career with guest appearances from bluegrass stars Dan Tyminski and Molly Tuttle."When I started making Honest Woman, I found myself rediscovering who I am and why I […]

CMA Fest (Country Music Association/ABC) Lainey Wilson steps into the spotlight Thursday night for a headlining performance on ABC's annual three-hour CMA Fest special. But Lainey has a history with the festival, formerly known as Fan Fair, that dates back to her teens. "I was probably 14 or 15 when I saw Sugarland in a big blow-up ball and they rolled across the entire floor of the stadium, and I thought that was […]

Brantley Gilbert's 'Sins of the Father' (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville) The release of Brantley Gilbert's eighth studio album is still a little more than a month away, but he's just released two new songs early. The first is the title track, "Sins of the Father," which he calls the "most country song on the album.""I’ve done my dirt/ And I’ve been washed in the water/ Lord I go to church/ And I’m […]

'Reba McEntire: Songs from Annie Get Your Gun' (MCA) It's been a quarter-century since Reba McEntire made her celebrated Broadway debut in Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun. Though her five-month run replacing Bernadette Peters in 2001 remains her only stint on the Great White Way so far, there are a couple new souvenirs you can experience. "I took my final bow in Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway 25 years ago […]

Tim McGraw: Live in Las Vegas (Live Nation/Caesars) Tim McGraw will be Live in Las Vegas for five performances at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace this fall. His Oct. 23-24 and Nov. 4, 6 and 7 shows follow his December 2025 run during the National Finals Rodeo.Presales start Tuesday, before tickets go on sale to the public Friday. The "Live Like You Were Dying" hitmaker is set to kick off his Pawn Shop […]

Kenny Chesney Live at Sphere Las Vegas (Messina Touring) Kenny Chesney set his second residency at Sphere Las Vegas in motion on Friday with a special appearance by Eric Church.  The Country Music Hall of Famer delivered a 29-song set for the sold-out crowd of nearly 17,000 people that included "Here and Now," "Livin’ in Fast Forward,” “Young,” “Beer in Mexico,” “Keg in the Closet,” “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven,” […]