Month: December 2022

Luke Combs has shared the music video for his single, “Going, Going, Gone.” The song comes off the track list of his newest album, Growin' Up.

Miranda Lambert's second annual Mutt Shop for MuttNation is underway. Just in time for the holidays, the country star — and her Instagram-famous husband, Brendan McLoughlin — are stocking up on pet foods, toys and supplies to take to shelters. You can follow along on Twitter.

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Dolly Parton's got a brand-new, never-before-heard song on the way – and if you wait around until 2045, you can hear it.

During a sit-down on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Dolly explained that the song is part of a time capsule that she created for her theme park, Dollywood.

But the country legend admits she sort of regrets including a piece of unreleased music in that box. “I tell you, you have no idea how that has bothered me. I wanna go dig that up,” Dolly says, pointing out that she's concerned the tape might disintegrate underground before it gets a chance to be unearthed.

“I need to use that song! It's a really good song,” she continues. “I'll be 99 years old when they open it … they weren't expecting me to be there when they open it, and I probably won't be.”

Dolly and her fans might have to wait for another decade or so to hear that particular song, but she's still got plenty of other music coming out before then. For one thing, the singer is hard at work on an album of rock music, which she was inspired to make after her induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The country legend also added to her acting repertoire this year, starring in the NBC holiday movie Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas. The film aired earlier this month.

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Shania Twain's new album, Queen of Me, comes out in early February – but fans won't have to wait that long to hear new music.

The singer just shared that “Giddy Up,” a new song off the project, will be available to listen to just after the new year. In a social media post, Shania rocks a bedazzled cowboy hat for the occasion, with the title of the song spelled out in jewels across the brim.

“I am here with some news that will put a spring in your step, a bounce in your heart … some up in your giddy!” she writes.

“I'm super excited for you all to hear this one,” the singer adds, saying, “it's all about letting loose and doing the things that make you giddy!”

That message of self-confidence is a theme in Queen of Me. The song's lead single, “Waking Up Dreaming,” is also a celebration of learning to love who you are.

In fact, Shania posed topless for the cover art of “Waking Up Dreaming,” a move that she told People was all about underscoring the comfort she feels in her own skin, especially as she ages.

“I am not regressing. I am embracing my body as it changes, as I should have from my childhood to my teens, as I should be from my taut, 20s and 30-year-old self, to my menopausal body,” says the singer, who is 57. “I'm not going to be shy about it. I want to be courageous about it, and I want to share that courage in the artwork that I am directing.”

“Giddy Up” will arrive on January 5.

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Wynonna Judd, Dolly Parton, Shania Twain and more of country's female powerhouses are getting a special spotlight next month as part of AXS TV's “Women of Country” programming.

Taking place January 7, the network will dedicate a full Saturday stack to celebrating the impact of legendary women, kicking off at 12 p.m. ET with appearances from Tanya Tucker and Trisha Yearwood on The Big Interview with Dan Rather.

Next up is Dolly, with a look back at her incredible career in The Dolly Parton Story — From Rags to Rhinestones. Hillary Scott and Lady A take the spotlight next, followed by programming that focuses on Taylor Swift, Shania and Wynonna.

The “Women of Country” focus will last through 3 a.m. ET the following day. Tune into AXS TV on January 7 for a daylong celebration of some of country's female heavy hitters, with profiles, performances and more included in the programming.

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Zac Brown Band is known for their immersive, high-energy live shows – and that's not changing anytime soon, even though member John Driskell Hopkins is currently battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

In conversation with the Tennessean, ZBB's Coy Bowles explains that the band is focusing on every second they get to play onstage with John.

“We can't allow ourselves to think about [Hopkins' ALS diagnosis] as a super-defining negative because we love him so much,” Coy explains. “So our mind frame around it has been focused on making the most of the fact that he's still out there with us.”

The band has also been finding ways to use their connection to the degenerative disease for a good cause. In 2022, they played a sold-out benefit show at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium to raise awareness of ALS and money for research toward a cure.

Now, ZBB is still rocking: They're on the bill for New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash, which will air from Music City to ring in 2023.

“Humans gathering together to celebrate the power of music is exciting,” Coy adds. “We're firing on all cylinders and probably having the best time [onstage] we've ever had.”

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It’s that time of year when Jason Aldean‘s officially slipping into full-time dad mode.

For him, the holiday season’s extra special because of his two youngest kids.

“Oh, it’s fun, you know?” he tells ABC Audio. “Memphis will be 5 and Navy‘s 3. She’s almost 4. So it’s like the perfect age for them, you know? And it’s really fun.”

“As a parent, you get excited about waking up, and watching them be excited and do all those things.”

When the Georgia native finally comes off the road for the year, he’s focused on making up for lost time.

“For us, it’s about just spending some family time,” Jason says. “We’re gone, I’m traveling a lot throughout the year. So holidays are a time where I try to be home and spend as much time with them as possible, and kind of soak in all those memories and things like that.”  

Jason doesn’t hit the road again until he heads to Scottsdale, Arizona, on February 9, but he is set to play New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash on CBS on December 31.

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