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Disney/Larry McCormack Thirteen-year-old Houston native Devarjaye "DJ" Daniel managed to raise $200,000 to help kids fighting cancer, with a little help from his new friends Jason Aldean and Darius Rucker. DJ himself suffers from a rare form of brain and spinal cancer, but continues to fight, even though he was told almost eight years ago he only had five months to live. Since then, he's been working to help others facing […]

Drew Baldridge (Joshua Applegate/Getty Images) Drew Baldridge drops his new track, "Deserve Her," on Friday. “When I wrote this song, I knew it would be such a great message for boys and girls to hear,” he says. “It talks about knowing a woman’s worth and that you can’t just 'want her,' but you gotta 'deserve her.'""The second verse might be one of my favorite verses I’ve ever written," he adds. "The […]

RaeLynn's "Love Live Country Music" cover (Big Machine) RaeLynn shouts out Dolly Parton, George Jones and Johnny Cash in her new track, "Long Live Country Music," namechecking Toby Keith's "Shoulda Been a Cowboy" as well.“This song is basically my love letter to country music,” she says. “I’m so passionate about this new sound and what it represents for me... Every reference, every lyric, it’s all straight from my heart and […]

Keith Urban (Disney/Connie Chornuk) Keith Urban's currently taking his High and Alive World Tour Down Under, and while he's without a doubt the most well-known country star from Australia, he's working to make sure he won't be the last.The "Straight Line" hitmaker is partnering with the Tamworth Country Music Festival to roll out the Keith Urban Rising Star Scholarship. The winner will come to Nashville to perform, write and meet with […]

Jordan Davis' 'Learn the Hard Way' (MCA) At first glance, it's hard to tell what's happening on the front of Jordan Davis' third album, Learn the Hard Way. The "Bar None" hitmaker sits in a lawn chair, wearing sunglasses, between what seem to be two boats. But Jordan reveals the shoot was meticulously thought out. "The album cover is all shot outside of Charleston," he says. "I've always loved that look. You know, […]

Zach Top is serving up five more rounds of Cold Beer & Country Music, adding as many new shows to his fall tour. Tickets for the dates at Greensboro's First Horizon Coliseum, Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena, Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena and two hometown shows in Kennewick, Washington, go on sale Aug. 22, with presales starting Aug. 19."Girlfriend" is the latest track from Karley Scott Collins, ahead of the […]

Old Dominion's "Late Great Heartbreak" cover (Sony Music Nashville) The creation of Old Dominion's newest song, "Late Great Heartbreak," started with a simple question: "What if we made a Huey Lewis song?"Of course, he's the man responsible for '80s hits like "The Power of Love," "The Heart of Rock & Roll" and "If This Is It," along with his band The News. Invoking his name opened a new vein of […]

Elmo and Lauren Alaina (© Grand Ole Opry, photo by Chris Hollo) There's typically no shortage of joyous moments on the Opry stage, but that was never more true than when Sesame Street's Elmo and Abby Cadabby made their debut on Thursday.Elmo duetted with Lauren Alaina on her chart-topping hit "Road Less Traveled," while Abby sang the Loretta Lynn classic "You're Lookin' at Country," with the legend's granddaughter Tayla Lynn. […]

Priscilla Block's 'Things You Didn't See' cover (MCA) Priscilla Block is going deeper on her sophomore record, Things You Didn't See, which is set to arrive Oct. 10.“The past couple of years have been a rollercoaster," she reflects. "This life has challenged me not only as an artist, but as a person. Honestly, there’s been a part of me that has felt misunderstood. The girl who 'couldn’t care less,' when […]