Chris Lane teams up with Abby Anderson for the new duet “Fire We Found.” You can check out the collab’s music video on YouTube now.
State Road 13, the new EP from newcomer Jordan Fletcher, is set to arrive April 18. It features his new track, “What Do I Know.”
Kassi Ashton‘s “Ride or Die Radio” is the latest preview track from her expanded album, Made from the Dirt: The Blooms, which drops April 25.
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Colbie Caillat‘s probably best known for her 2007 smash “Bubbly.” Now, the pop singer-songwriter’s teaming up with Russell Dickerson on the new heartbreak ballad “If You Love Me Let Me Go.”
“First off, I’ve always been a huge fan of Colbie!” Russell says. “So, when she asked me to join her on this song, I was honestly blown away. Her music is timeless, and she's truly the voice of a generation. Being part of something like this is such an honor and a pleasure!”
For Colbie, the feeling is mutual.
“I've been friends with Russell for many years now and I'm also a fan of his music and artistry,” she says. “I knew this story would be best told through two voices, and he's perfect for it.”
You might remember Colbie was also part of the country/pop group Gone West.
You can check out Russell and Colbie’s music video for “If You Love Me Let Me Go” on YouTube now.
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Hailey Whitters is proudly wearing the mantle of Corn Queen on her new album.
“Fans started calling me the ‘Corn Queen’ because I’m from Iowa,” the “Everything She Ain’t” hitmaker explains.?”At first, it seemed kind of silly, but the more I thought about it,?the more I loved the duality of it. Corn is this simple, humble crop, and ‘queen’ implies royalty passed down through blood.”
“I come from a long line of blue-collar farmers and construction workers,” she continues. “I’ve been out here for over a decade brushing my teeth in truck stop bathrooms, sleeping on hotel floors, driving myself from gig to gig. It’s not glamorous, but I’m proud of it. I like the idea of a queen?with a little grit and elbow grease.”
“High on a Heartbreak” is the latest preview of the 16-track Corn Queen, which drops June 6.
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There’s a little bit of family tradition mixed into the new track from Brothers Osborne, “Finish This Drink.”
“When my brother and I were little our dad would always say that he would leave as soon as he finished his drink only to be there for the rest of the night,” TJ Osborne explains.
“Fast-forward to a few years ago,” he continues. “I was grabbing a ‘couple drinks’ with [The Cadillac Three‘s] Jaren Johnston when a couple drinks turned into getting back home at 4 AM, and then I thought, ‘Well the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.'”
A couple days later the song came to TJ while he was having breakfast alone at Waffle House. “I just started singing the chorus to myself and I had to go into the bathroom to record the idea so I wouldn't forget it,” he recalls.
“Finish This Drink” is the first new music from Brothers Osborne since the Break Mine EP came out in March 2024. The siblings produced it themselves, and it was recorded at John Osborne‘s new studio, Pine Box.
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Whether you realize it or not, Saturday, April 5, is National Bell Bottoms Day, and country’s foremost proponent of the garment couldn’t help but do something about it.
Lainey Wilson‘s new track, “Bell Bottoms Up,” is out now and happens to share its name with her Nashville bar.
Lainey wrote the tune with her band and has already been singing it on tour. The new version, however, was recorded at London’s historic Abbey Road Studio.
The reigning ACM entertainer of the year is set to defend her title in May at the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards in Frisco, Texas. Lainey’s up for six more trophies as well.
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Old Dominion‘s delivering the latest piece of their sixth album with their new track, “Me Most Nights.”
“We've spent our career, from the moment we got in a van, playing clubs through all last summer headlining festivals around the world, trying to put the best spin on whatever the emotion is,” lead singer Matthew Ramsey reminisces.
“Big bright melodies,” he continues, “that wave of harmonies and a hook that'll pull you higher, Me Most Nights' is all of that.”
Since the song mentions “a dark little bar in the heart of the Nashville nights,” it’s only appropriate its new performance video is set against the backdrop of OD’s new Music City hot spot, Odie’s.
The band’s current hit, “Coming Home,” is currently in the top 15 as they prepare to hit the road for the How Good Is That World Tour this summer.
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A severe tornado outbreak that began on Wednesday has continued to make its way throughout the South and Midwest, claiming at least seven lives — five in Tennessee, one in Indiana and one in Missouri. Multiple destructive tornadoes (some potentially rated EF3 or stronger) destroyed homes and knocked out power, with dozens of injuries reported.
NBC News reported that there were widespread reports of destroyed buildings, toppled vehicles and downed trees, and more than 247,000 energy customers across the U.S. are without power. Severe weather including tornadoes and large hail is expected throughout the Ozarks, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.
As of Thursday, potentially catastrophic flooding was the latest warning from forecasters, with heavy rain thought to make travel impossible in some already hard-hit areas. The National Weather Service warned that “life-threatening, catastrophic and potentially historic” flash flooding could occur across the lower Ohio Valley and mid-South; with forecasters warning that communities in areas affected by flooding “should prepare for possible long duration and severe disruptions to daily life,” with 10 to 15 inches of rain expected through the weekend.
More than 90 million people were at some risk of severe weather in a huge part of the nation stretching from Texas to Minnesota and Maine, according to the Oklahoma-based Storm Prediction Center. The Arkansas Division of Emergency Management reported that there was damage in 22 counties due to tornadoes, wind gusts, hail and flash flooding. Additional rounds of heavy rain were expected in parts of Texas, the lower Mississippi Valley and the Ohio Valley from midweek through Saturday. Forecasters warned that they could track over the same areas repeatedly, producing dangerous flash floods.
Head to The Weather Channel for their most detailed forecast.
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The stock market took a historic plunge in the United States on Thursday after the latest round of sweeping Trump administration tariffs were announced on Wednesday.
As investors tried to assess the potential economic impact of the tariffs, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 1,679 points to close at 40,546. The S&P 500 plummeted 274 points (amounting to roughly $2 trillion) – marking its biggest one-day drop since the Covid-19 pandemic affected financial markets in 2020, and the Nasdaq composite tumbled 6%, its biggest decline since March 2020.
From CBS News: Nearly every major industrial sector suffered declines, with tech players, banks, retailers, apparel makers and airlines among the hardest hit. Best Buy shares sank roughly 18%, United Airlines fell 16% and Nike slid 16%, Apple fell 9%, e-commerce giant Amazon slid nearly 9%, Meta (the parent company of Facebook and Instagram) dropped nearly 9%, and AI powerhouse Nvidia saw its stock drop nearly 8%.
Additionally, overseas markets also slumped on Thursday: in Asia, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index briefly dipped 4%, before closing down 2.8%; while South Korea’s benchmark Kospi fell 1.1%; Germany’s DAX fell 3%; France’s CAC 40 lost 3%; and Britain’s FTSE 100 shed 1.5%.
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Even though Russell Dickerson‘s sons, Remington and Radford, are only 4 and 1, respectively, he already has high hopes for what his boys can do.
“I hope they start a company together that freaking changes the world,” he tells ABC Audio. “And they’re billionaires. And they give it all away.”
If they went into the music business, it seems their dad wouldn’t be upset at all. In fact, he can envision a relationship similar to the one Jordan Davis has with his singer/songwriter sibling, Jacob.
“If I had two sons that were writing and artists, that would be so cool,” Russell muses, imagining what he hopes his boys’ relationship will be. “You know, like, they love each other and they hang, and they’re involved in each other’s lives. That’s all I want. I’d love that.”
Russell just released his new radio single, “Happen to Me.”
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Garth Brooks has released ‘The Anthology Part V: The Comeback, The First Five Years‘.
The Anthology includes six CDs, 66 songs, including seven live recordings and over 150 never before seen behind-the-scenes photos. Each hardbound volume in The Anthology series is filled with rare and never-before-seen photos from the vaults and comes with multiple discs of Garth’s music, including previously unreleased material, live performances, demo versions, and his biggest hits.
Previous anthology releases include: Part I: The First Five Years with behind-the-scenes stories of Garth and his music from the first years of his career * Part II: The Next Five Years, when Garth came into his own as a musician and took greater control of his career. * Part III: Live which takes fans inside the world of Garth’s live show and * Part IV: Going Home which shares Garth embarking on fatherhood and his marriage to Trisha Yearwood.
In The Anthology Part V: The Comeback, “fans have an all-access pass to the wildest comeback in music history as Garth goes through the extreme highs and the extreme lows of the most challenging time in his life as an artist. The music business changed dramatically in the 14 years he was retired. You will get to see how he embraced new technology, reinvented his music past and present, and created a one-on-one conversations between himself and those who waited for his return … The comeback tour had started . . . and the ‘crazy’ started with it.”
To purchase, head to www.garthbrooks.com.
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