Month: February 2023

Jake Owen headlines Live in the Vineyard Goes Country April 25-27 in Napa Valley. Jackson Dean, Megan Moroney, Lauren Alaina and many more are set to take the stage as well. 

Brandon Ratcliff is set to make his Grand Ole Opry debut on April 21. His first full-length effort for Monument Records, Tale of Two Towns, came out January 6.

You can check out Bailey Zimmerman‘s performance of his new track “Fix’n to Break” from his visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live! on YouTube.

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“Next Thing You Know” is much more than just a new single for Jordan Davis.

On Thursday, he used the song about the progression of a relationship to announce he and his wife, Kristen, are expecting their third child. 

“Next thing you know, you got a baby coming in June,” Jordan sings in a new video on his socials, as he affectionately touches his wife’s tummy.

“She got knocked up. Baby #3 coming,” he adds. “Is that the way we’re saying it babe? You got knocked up?”

“I think we can find a better way to say that,” Kristen responds.

“We’re pregnant, again!” he acquiesces.

The Davis’ new addition will join 3-year-old big sister Eloise and Locklan, who’ll be two in September. Jordan and Kristen tied the knot in 2017.

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Dierks Bentley‘s tenth studio album arrives on Friday, and some lucky fans will be able to pick up a very special edition of Gravel & Gold. 

It’ll also be available simultaneously on vinyl, and 50 of those records boast some sweet surprises: The limited edition vinyl packages will include tickets to his tour, and a $150 gift card for his Desert Son clothing and merch. 

Thursday night, Dierks plays a special Road to Gravel & Gold show at the CMA Theater inside the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum. You can livestream it starting at 8 p.m. ET on Twitch channel 3point5.

Here’s a list of the locations where you might be able to uncover one of the special copies of Gravel & Gold on vinyl: 

Boise, ID – Record Exchange
Charlotte, NC – Lunchbox Records
Charlotte, NC – Repo Record
Chicago, IL – Reckless Records
Coeur d’Alene, ID – The Long Ear
Detroit, MI – Dearborn Music
Fort Lauderdale, FL – Radio-Active Records
Fort Wayne, IN – Wooden Nickel Records
Hamilton, OH – Main Street Vinyl
Indianapolis, IN – Indy CD & Vinyl
Indianapolis, IN – Karma Records (East)
Indianapolis, IN – Karma Records (NW)
Indianapolis, IN – Karma Records (West)
Kansas, MO – Josey Records
Keene, NH – Bull Moose
Lancaster, PA – BZDC
Lansing, MI – The Record Lounge
Nashville, TN – Grimey's
Nashville, TN – Vinyl Tap
New York City, NY – Rough Trade
Niles, OH – The Record Connection
Orlando, FL – Park Ave CD's
Overland Park, KS – Vinyl Renaissance
Pittsburgh, PA – Attic Record Store
Portland, OR – Jackpot Records
Portland, OR – Music Millennium
Portsmouth, NH – Bull Moose
Raleigh, NC – Hunky Dory
Saint Louis, MO – Euclid Records
Saint Louis, MO – Vintage Vinyl
Salem, NH – Bull Moose
San Diego, CA – M-Theory Records
San Francisco, CA – Amoeba Music
San Jose, CA – Streetlight Records
Santa Cruz, CA – Streetlight Records
Seattle, WA – Easy Street Records
Seattle, WA – Silver Platters
Tampa, FL – Mojo Books and Records
Tampa, FL – Sound Exchange
West Babylon, NY – Looney Tunes
Wilkes-Barre, PA – Gallery Of Sound

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The video for Jon Pardi‘s latest hit, “Your Heart or Mine,” is set to arrive on Friday. 

The new dad made the announcement on his socials, along with a short clip that shows him leaning against a wall in a southwestern locale as an attractive woman walks by. You’ll be able to see the full video starting at 11 a.m. ET Friday via YouTube or Facebook.

It’s been an exciting week for the California native. He and wife Summer welcomed their first child, Presley Fawn, on Saturday. Since then, Jon’s shared photos of him beaming while holding his daughter and even chopping a little wood on Wednesday. 

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Dustin Lynch will be dropping “Stars Like Confetti” on the Today show next month.

The Tullahoma, Tennessee, native will perform his new single during the third hour of the NBC morning show on March 6. The latest single from his Blue in the Sky album was co-written by Thomas Rhett. 

On March 16, Dustin heads out on the Drunk or Dreaming Tour with Kane Brown and LOCASH.

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Kane Brown will return this year to co-host the 2023 CMT Music Awards alongside Kelsea Ballerini on CBS. The two previously hosted the show together in 2021, and last year, he stepped in alongside Anthony Mackie when Kelsea came down with COVID. 

This year’s show premieres Sunday, April 2, at 8 p.m. ET, live from Moody Center in Austin, Texas. Kane and his wife, Katelyn, will also perform their #1 hit, “Thank You,” for the first time live on broadcast television.

Kane’s also set to make his acting debut on CBS’ Fire Country that same week. He’ll play Robin, “an enigmatic, modern-day train hopper” who aids crash victims, described as a “Robin Hood” who’s “an outlaw on the run with a heart of gold.”

You can tune in to watch Friday, April 7, at 9 p.m. ET.

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It was a long road to Gravel & Gold, Dierks Bentley‘s tenth album, which arrives Friday. 

His last studio effort, The Mountain, came out way back in June of 2018, though he’s since topped the chart with “Gone” and “Beers on Me.” 

Dierks thought he was ready to make his record in Nashville in March 2021, but that didn’t turn out to be the case. He admits COVID testing and wearing masks killed the studio vibe that’s so important. He even hung a picture of Buck Owens, hoping it would help, to no avail. 

Six months later, he tried again with producer Luke Dick. Even though they were producing “B+, A-” material, Dierks walked away knowing what he wanted.

“I started realizing at that point that what this whole idea of a 10th album meant to me is I wanted it to be a collection of everything I’d done…” he reflects. “[It] should have that Luke Dick stuff, but it should also have the bluegrass and the nineties and the traditional.” 

Then, the third time worked.

“It’s just a feel thing, you know? It’s like when I sip whiskey, I can’t tell you all the different flavors. I just know good or bad or great or ‘Wow!'” he laughs.

“You just know when it’s right,” Dierks continues. “And that third time around… we’d been grinding hard enough, been back in town long enough, had a vision for what I wanted to say, it just kind of all came together.”

On Thursday at 8 p.m. ET, you can livestream Dierks’ Gravel & Gold performance from the Country Music Hall of Fame via Twitch channel 3point5.

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