Month: November 2024

Christian music hitmaker Steven Curtis Chapman is officially a member of the Grand Ole Opry. He was inducted into the Opry by Opry members Lady A on Friday and performed “Cinderella,” “He Stopped Loving Her Today” and “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” among others. “As I look down, there is an actual light that glows all the way around it. A full circle, an unbroken circle. God is in front and back and side to side, he has us surrounded,” Steven shared.

Craig Morgan will appear on PBS‘ Salute To Service 2024: A Veterans Day and perform with the United States Army Field Band. Mickey Guyton will host the television special, airing Friday at 9 p.m. ET on PBS.

MuttNation Fueled By Miranda Lambert has dropped its new Colorado High collection, available now at tractorsupply.com. “Every penny of my proceeds goes to MuttNation Foundation, so you can treat your fur babies while helping shelter pets too,” Miranda shares on social platform X.

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“Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)” has been quite the breakout hit for Dasha.

Not only are country listeners and fans enjoying her debut single, but fellow country singers are, too.

“Oh my gosh. There's been so many incredible people reaching out from this song,” Dasha shares with the press.

“Keith Urban texted me the other night and he was like, ‘Yo,’ and I was like, ‘No way.’ That was kind of cool,” she recalls.

“Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)” is currently in the top five on the country charts. You can find it on Dasha’s debut album, What Happens Now?, out now.

Dasha’s got a packed 2025 ahead of her, with plans to join Kane Brown on his The High Road Tour in March before hitting the road with Thomas Rhett on his Better In Boots Tour in June.

For Dasha’s full tour schedule, visit her website.

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This year’s Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will air live from 8:30 a.m. ET to noon ET on Nov. 28 on NBC.

The star-studded multigenre lineup features country music’s Dan + Shay, Walker Hayes, Dasha and The War And Treaty.

Bishop Briggs, Kylie Cantrall, Chlöe, Jimmy Fallon & The Roots, Idina Menzel, T-Pain and Rachel Platten are also on the performers’ bill.

Today anchors Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker will host the holiday special.

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Kelsea Ballerini‘s PATTERNS has become her best-charting album.

The 15-track project debuted at #4 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart and #1 on the Top Country Album chart.

“I could cry til i throw up. thank you for truly the craziest few weeks of my life,” Kelsea shared in an Instagram carousel featuring photos from PATTERNS‘ release week, including backstage shots at Madison Square Garden and The Kelly Clarkson Show.

“Thank you for unpacking patterns with me. thank you to every brilliant human that has been a part of the process of bringing it out into the world,” she adds. “i nap now.”

PATTERNS‘ lead single, “Cowboys Cry Too” featuring Noah Kahan, is in the top 40 and making its way up the country charts.

Tickets to Kelsea’s 2025 arena tour are available now at kelseaballerinilive.com.

Here’s the full track list for PATTERNS:
“Patterns”
“Sorry Mom”
“Baggage”
“First Rodeo”
“Nothing Really Matters”
“How Much Do You Love Me”
“Two Things”
“We Broke Up”
“WAIT!”
“Beg for Your Love”
“Deep”
“Cowboys Cry Too” (with Noah Kahan)
“I Would, Would You”
“This Time Last Year”
“Did You Make It Home? (outro)”

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Gabby Barrett has teamed with musical group The Piano Guys for her rendition of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.”

Out now, the song’s the second preview of Gabby’s forthcoming debut Christmas album, Carols and Candlelight, and follows “I”l Be Home for Christmas,” which dropped in October.

“This song has always been one of my Christmas favorites and The Piano Guys really made it special,” Gabby says of their piano- and cello-driven version on Instagram.

Carols and Candlelight arrives Friday.

Here’s the Carols and Candlelight track list:
“Mary, Did You Know?”
“I'll Be Home For Christmas”
“Christmas to Remember”
“The First Noel”
“Baby, It's Cold Outside” (feat. Cade Foehner)
“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” (feat. The Piano Guys)
“Go Tell It on the Mountain” (for KING & COUNTRY feat. Gabby Barrett)
“O Holy Night”
“Last Christmas”
“Grown-Up Christmas List”
“Silent Night”

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Dan + Shay have dropped a goofy music video for “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.”

Filmed at night, the visualizer follows Dan + Shay as they rollerblade around in a Santa jacket, Christmas hat and shorts while singing their version of the holiday classic.

“THE ROLLERBLADING SANTAS are rolling through your neighborhood to remind you that the date is November 1st and that means IT'S OFFICIALLY CHRISTMAS,” Dan + Shay share on Instagram.

“PS – No Santas were injured (too badly) during the making of this music video,” they say.

“I've never felt older than I did on those blades,” Shay Mooney adds in the comments. “I was DYING. Back of an 80 year old.”

You can find Dan + Shay’s “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” on It's Officially Christmas: The Double Album, out now.

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A star-studded collaborative project sure sounds exciting when it’s all recorded and ready for release, but getting there takes a whole lot of hard work and planning.

That’s why Brooks & Dunn stayed out of the scheduling process for REBOOT II and gave the task of booking artists to their manager. Once the ducks were in a row and an artist jumps onboard, they’d get an update. 

“[I got] a call one day, ‘Hey, man, I got Jelly Roll, [he] wants to do ‘Believe.” And I was like – ‘with a full orchestra’ – I’m like, ‘Ahhh!'” Kix Brooks recounts.

“We didn’t know all at once what we were going to do or who was on it,” he says. “Over the course of the year, it’s just different people, you know, that, again, for managers and people’s schedules and all that kind of stuff, the logistics are just a nightmare.”

Kix adds, “Quite frankly, we didn’t even want to know about it. And I’m sure most acts probably didn’t either. It’s great that everybody just eventually agreed and they figured out how to make it work, because once we got in the studio, it was nothing but a party.”

REBOOT II arrives Nov. 15.

Here’s the full track list for REBOOT II:

“Play Something Country” with Lainey Wilson
“Neon Moon” with Morgan Wallen
“Rock My World (Little Country Girl)” with Marcus King Band
“Ain't Nothing Bout You” with Megan Moroney
“Brand New Man” with Warren Zeiders
“Believe” with Jelly Roll
“She Used to Be Mine” with Riley Green
“She Likes to Get Out of Town” with The Cadillac Three
“Boot Scootin' Boogie” with Halestorm
“Ain't No Way To Go” with Mitchell Tenpenny
“How Long Gone” with The Earls of Leicester
“I'll Never Forgive My Heart” with Jake Worthington
“She's Not the Cheatin' Kind” with Hailey Whitters
“Hard Workin' Man” with Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
“Hillbilly Deluxe” with HARDY
“Indian Summer” with ERNEST
“Drop in the Bucket” with Thousand Horses
“Only In America” with Corey Kent

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