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Jason Kempin/Getty Images The iconic PBS show Austin City Limits is marking its 50th anniversary with an hourlong special inducting Garth Brooks into the ACL Hall of Fame.Garth first appeared on the show in 1990.“You can bring all the smoke and mirrors you want, and trust me — I’ve used ‘em all, but you come here and it’s the real deal," he says. “Always try to associate your name with a […]

Disney/Robbie Klein You'll soon be able to call her Dr. Ashley McBryde. The "One Night Standards" hitmaker recently found out she's getting an honorary doctorate in music from her alma mater, Arkansas State University. You can watch the emotional moment on her socials. “Everybody called my dad Doc and everybody called his dad Doc. I always wondered what that felt like -- the pride that filled their chests when they were addressed […]

Disney/Tanner Yeager Believe it or not, HARDY's never played the Grand Ole Opry. But that's something he plans to change on April 29, as he prepares to launch his new EP, COUNTRY!The first two tracks from the collection, "Favorite Country Song" and "Buck on the Wall," arrive on Friday.“Two new songs -- I'm extremely excited,” HARDY says. “Both songs remind me of a very special place, the place where I grew up, […]

Disney/Eric McCandless Jelly Roll has been keeping fans updated on his weight-loss journey. Back in November he said he'd lost 120 pounds ... and he's still losing.While appearing at sports analyst Pat McAfee's Big Night Aht event in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, Jelly was asked by McAfee to reveal how much he'd lost so far. "I started at 540 pounds, and I was 357 pounds this morning," he said. That's a total […]

Charles Sykes/Bravo Jordan Davis was named artist-writer of the year at the 2025 AIMP Country Music Awards Tuesday in Music City."I moved to this town to chase a dream of writing songs for a living," he wrote on his socials. "Winning Artist - Writer of the Year at the @AIMPnashville Awards is an honor. Thank you."Jordan performed Keith Urban's "Blue Ain't Your Color" as part of the 10th anniversary awards from the Association […]

Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images A husband-and-wife singing cowboy duo, and groundbreaking Black and Tejano artists are the voices behind country's contributions to the National Recording Registry in 2025.Roy Rogers and Dale Evans' iconic "Happy Trails" from 1952; Charley Pride's signature song from 1971, "Kiss an Angel Good Morning"; and Freddy Fender's "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" from 1975 are just three of the 25 works chosen this year.It's also worth noting that […]

Capitol Nashville Get ready to meet a slightly more grown-up version of Jon Pardi when his new album, Honkytonk Hollywood, drops Friday."There is less beer drinking and more soul searching on this record," he says. "And there's a lot of songs about making love. Guess that's where this one came into a new kinda thing. It's like make a family, making babies, making people dance, still."Appropriately, the album's title track was inspired […]

If you missed Warren Zeiders performing "You for a Reason" on the Today show, you can check it out online now. Montgomery Gentry's Eddie Montgomery has been named brand ambassador for Southern Kentucky Distillery, which is located in his home state.Songwriter Larry Bastian, who crafted songs like Garth Brooks' "Unanswered Prayers" and "Rodeo," passed away Sunday in Springville, California. Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Galaxy As LOCASH celebrates their fourth #1 with "Hometown Home" — this one on their own Galaxy Label Group — they're turning their attention to spreading the success around."Here we are with our first #1 on our own label ... and we Bet the Farm on it, on ourselves, and it's awesome," Preston Brust told ABC's Linsey Davis, referencing the duo's new album, which drops April 18.Chris Lucas revealed they're considering […]