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Ashley McBryde's 'Wild' (Warner Records Nashville) Ashley McBryde's fifth studio album, Wild, will arrive on May 8. “When people hear this record, I hope it wakes up the part of them that I’m singing about in ‘Wild’—the part that still believes in those unrealized dreams and untaken risks,” Ashley says. “I believe that wild little kid is still alive inside of all of us, and that’s the version of everyone that […]

The 61st Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Riley Green make up the first round of artists confirmed to perform at the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards. In 2026, the show returns to its longtime home in Las Vegas at MGM Grand Garden Arena. It'll also be back in its traditional time slot on May 17, when it streams live on Prime Video at 8 […]

Taylor Swift and Vince Gill perform at the Country Music Hall Of Fame Museum's "All For The Hall" at Club Nokia on Sept. 23, 2010 in Los Angeles. (John Shearer/WireImage) Taylor Swift will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June, and she's got five years to go before she's eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. On Friday, her name just may come up as […]

Trisha Yearwood (Disney/Randy Holmes) Trisha Yearwood is hosting her second Band As One Nashville Concert for the Cure on Sunday, and expectations are high for several reasons. The first is the progress Trisha's seen since losing her mother to breast cancer in 2011. "I've watched friends in treatment [for the same cancer as my mother] take a drug ... that helped them survive longer, that I know could've helped her, you know, and so I […]

Brooks & Dunn (Disney/Connie Chornuk) Even though they're the reigning CMA vocal duo of the year and the bestselling country duo of all time, Brooks & Dunn had never traveled across the pond to play the Country to Country festival — until 2026, that is. Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn took the C2C stage for the first time this year in Belfast, Ireland; Glasgow, Scotland; and London. Darius Rucker joined them […]

Willie Nelson's 'Dream Chaser' (Legacy Recordings) Willie Nelson will release his 79th solo studio album, Dream Chaser, on May 29. His 156th record overall continues his musical partnership with writer/producer Buddy Cannon, which has yielded nearly 20 projects in the past 13 years. The 10-track album includes a rare co-write with the legendary Bob Dylan, who brought Willie the idea for "I Can't Read Your Mind." The announcement comes as Willie prepares to […]

Jordan Davis performs in Berlin, Germany. (Frank Hoensch/Redferns) Jordan Davis is quite the world traveler these days. He recaps his half a dozen international shows so far this year in a new Instagram video set to his #12 hit "Turn This Truck Around." "Ripped through Europe and the UK on the Ain’t Enough Road Tour with [Avery Anna] and [Solon Holt]," he captioned the post. "Kicking off the next leg of tour […]

Bailey Zimmerman & Brandon Lake's "Just Believe (Live)" (Atlantic/Warner) Bailey Zimmerman's collab with Brandon Lake was just released on Friday, but the response has been so great that they've already released a new live version. "SPEECHLESS… thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening to 'Just Believe' over and over," Bailey wrote on his socials. "I did not expect y'all to blow this song up like you have" is written […]

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 […]