Month: January 2024

Hailey Whitters is working on something new for Valentine’s Day. The “I’m In Love” singer shared a clip on X, formerly known as Twitter, of her at a photoshoot while eating heart-shaped chocolates, wearing red-colored shades and more. “valentine's day mode loading. y'all get ready,” Hailey teased.

Dylan Scott is holding a Valentine’s Day sale in his merch store. Select CDs and vinyl records are available at a discounted price of $5 and $15, respectively, until February 9. You can grab yours now at dylanscottcountry.com.

William Michael Morgan has shared that he’s releasing a new song, “Not Letting Go,” on February 2. You can presave now to hear it as soon as it drops.

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Idyllwind Fueled by Miranda Lambert is giving you a chance to win one of 20 fragrance gift sets, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

The prize includes the Velvet Rodeo Eau de Parfum fragrance gift set, Eau de Parfum fragrance gift set and a card signed by Miranda. 

For contest details and to preview what you could win, head to Idyllwind by Miranda Lambert’s Instagram.

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Conner Smith brought his latest single, “Creek Will Rise,” to NBC’s Today on Wednesday.

Before performing, the rising country star spoke with Today‘s Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager about his childhood, career and longtime love for country music.

“Growing up in Nashville, you’re kind of around the creativity of songwriters in country music. It really encapsulates this whole town, and so that’s all I ever dreamed about,” Conner tells the hosts.

“My mom [veteran broadcaster Jennifer Vickery Smith] was the biggest supporter. We always had country music through the house and she allowed me to kind of be around some of those writers and get to meet them and then start to chase the dream,” he recalls. “So, it’s been a really cool journey.”

After the chat, Conner performed “Creek Will Rise” while clad in a casual blue denim shirt, red hat and black jeans.

“Creek Will Rise” is the latest single from Conner’s debut album, Smoky Mountains, and is currently #13 on the country charts.

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Calling all Gabby Barrett fans: If you’re going to be in Nashville February 1 and February 2, Gabby’s got something special planned for you.

To celebrate the release of her sophomore album, Chapter & Verse, Gabby will launch a two-day Experience event at Fifth + Broadway in downtown Nashville.

The Experience event will be open February 1 and 2 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., while the one-hour album listening event will take place February 2 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

“We have so many fun things to show y'all, giving an exclusive peek behind the curtain of the album and my life the past few years,” Gabby shares on Instagram, before adding that she won’t be there in person “because my baby will be here any second now.”

Gabby and her husband Cade Foehner are expecting their third child, a daughter. She’ll join 1-year-old Augustine Boone and 3-year-old Baylah May.

Chapter & Verse arrives February 2 and is available for presave now. Its lead single, “Glory Days,” is currently in the top 20 of the country charts.

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Lee Brice is teaming up with Christian music duo for KING & COUNTRY for a new song, “Checking In.”

The track is off the soundtrack of the forthcoming movie Unsung Hero, which is inspired by the family of KING & COUNTRY’s Joel and Luke Smallbone.

“Checking In” and its accompanying music video drop Friday, February 2, while Unsung Hero will hit theaters nationwide April 26.

Lee’s latest album is 2020’s Hey World, which spawned the #1 hits “One of Them Girls” and “Memory I Don’t Mess With.”

You can catch Lee on his headlining Me & My Guitar tour, which kicks off February 1 in Beaver Creek, Colorado. For tickets and a full list of dates, head to Lee’s website.

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Could Keith Urban be working on a new collection of music? Quite possibly, yes.

The country hitmaker recently took to social media to share a clip of him in the recording studio. In the video, Keith sits by the mixing console with his back facing the camera as he bops along to the unreleased uptempo tune. 

“hi !” Keith casually greets fans and followers in the caption of his Instagram video.

Keith’s latest releases are “Street Called Main,” “Brown Eyes Back,” “Nightfalls” and a live version of “You’ll Think of Me.” They were preceded by 2020’s The Speed of Now Part 1.

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Bailey Zimmerman is getting fans excited about new music as he readies his headlining tour.

The fast-rising star recently took to Instagram to tease an unreleased song, “Holy Smokes,” via a Reel. 

“Well I was only scared of the devil and her dad/ So we parked somewhere we knew they’d never look/ Naw I’d never seen nothin’ like her/ Playing with the flame of her momma’s lighter/ Naw it wasn’t very long for I was hooked/ Heaven was a preacher’s spot in that first church parkin’ lot/ Her hangin’ onto me like The Cross on the rearview does,” Bailey sings over slow piano keys in the snippet.

Bailey’s debut album, Religiously. The Album., arrived in January 2023 and features his latest single, “Where It Ends,” which is now in the top 30 of the country charts.

Coming up, Bailey will begin his sold-out Religiously. The Tour. on February 1 in Los Angeles, before wrapping up in Irving, Texas, on April 13. You can find the full tour schedule on Bailey’s website.

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Parmalee didn’t set out to revisit their horrifying shooting incident when writing “Gonna Love You.” But as the creative process unfolded, the band felt it was the right time to share their story. 

“[We thought] ‘Gonna Love You’ is just all about love and unconditional love. That person, [your] ride or die, that one,” Parmalee’s Matt Thomas tells ABC Audio. “We’re doing the song and we’re starting to talk about the video and we’re just going through ideas and all of a sudden it clicked. It’s like, ‘OK, we have it. This is how to tell our story about what we went through in 2010.'”

Perhaps unbeknownst to new fans, Parmalee was involved in an attempted armed robbery years back that left their drummer, Scott Thomas, wounded from three gunshots and with a 5% chance of living.

“It wasn’t intentional at all to write the song about that. It had nothing to do with it. It was just a global love song,” Matt explains. “But when we thought about the story and then we did the video, it’s a whole different thing.”

“We’re excited for everybody to see that. It really took a lot out of us,” he adds of the autobiographical video treatment. “I mean, it’s pretty emotional, but we got a lot off our chest.”

“Gonna Love You” is currently in the top 40 of the country charts. It’s the latest single off For You 2, which is the deluxe version of 2021’s For You.

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Midland will headline the Waco, Texas, Landlock Festival on Saturday, May 4. For more information and to preview the lineup, head to the band’s X, formerly known as Twitter.

Dillon Carmichael is set to release his new song, “Someone Who Don’t Miss Me at All,” on Friday, February 2. “This song is for all of the people who have a past relationship that just will not stay in the past,” Dillon shares on X, formerly Twitter. You can presave the track now to hear it as soon as it arrives.

Conner Smith will perform “Creek Will Rise” on NBC’s Today on Wednesday. The track is off Conner’s debut album, Smoky Mountains, and is in the top 15 of the country charts.

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The guest-favorite I Will Always Love You Music Festival is returning to Dollywood this spring.

Slated for March 9 to April 14, the event will feature a singalong show spotlighting Dolly Parton‘s timeless hits, as well as a new show, Trio, to honor 1987’s Trio album that featured Dolly, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. 

More details on the I Will Always Love You Music Festival will be announced soon.

You can purchase tickets to Dollywood at dollywood.com.

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