Month: July 2025

Reba McEntire runs Happy’s Place tavern in her NBC sitcom, but in real life, she has her own drinking and dining establishment as well. In 2023, she opened Reba’s Place near where she grew up, in partnership with the Choctaw Nation. 

Even if you can’t make it to Atoka, Oklahoma, you can sample some of Reba’s culinary offerings, thanks to the food delivery site Goldbelly. 

There are Chicken Fried Chicken and Chicken Fried Steak Dinner Kits, as well as a Cherry Coke BBQ Burger + Fries Kit. You’ll also find Chicken & Bacon Jalapeño Poppers, Biscuits & Gravy and desserts like Strawberry Shortcake, Banana Bread and Banana Pudding. 

The food starts at about $30 and goes up to about $120 for some of the meal kits that feed four. You can also order Reba’s Place merch. 

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Even though CMT didn’t put on a new CMT Music Awards for 2025, the network is producing a special to mark the show’s 20th anniversary. 

CMT Music Awards: Ultimate Party Edition will premiere Thursday, July 17, at 9 p.m. ET.

The 90-minute show will feature two decades’ worth of highlights from Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Cody Johnson, Cole Swindell, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Little Big Town and Luke Bryan.

You’ll also have the chance to vote on the Ultimate Fan Favorite Performance July 11-14 via CMT’s socials. The winner will be revealed on the show, which will air again on Saturday, July 19, at 12 p.m. ET.

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What does Ashley McBryde make of the supposed feud between The Chicks and the late Toby Keith? While it’s hard to say for sure, she does seem to be bringing up the topic in her new Apple Music Nashville Sessions EP.

The four-track collection starts with Toby’s 1993 hit, “A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action.”

“Toby Keith didn’t just write country songs. He wrote anthems,” Ashley commented in a marketing email from her record label.

The EP continues with the title track of Ashley’s latest album, 2023’s The Devil I Know. From there, she covers The Chicks’ “Not Ready to Make Nice” from 2006, which was their response to the controversy. 

Perhaps somewhat slyly, Ashley closes with her own “American Scandal” from 2018’s Girl Going Nowhere.

The particular “American Scandal” Ashley seems to be referencing started in 2003 when Toby and The Chicks clashed after lead singer Natalie Maines criticized then-President George W. Bush at a London concert.

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Chase Rice co-wrote one of the most successful “truck” songs in country music history, “Cruise,” and now he’s back with another.

“Two Tone Trippin'” features singer/songwriter Wyatt McCubbin and was inspired by a trip to Rollinsville, Colorado. 

“We kept noticing two-tone trucks everywhere,” Chase remembers. “[Co-writer] Oscar [Charles] finally said, Man, this must be where two-tones go to die.' Then out of nowhere, he goes, We should write a song called Two Tone Trippin'.'”

“I had just bought a 72 two-tone Chevy, so I was all about it,” Chase continues. “I think we wrote the whole thing in about 45 minutes – no rules, not even a chorus. We just straight up had fun on this one. And everything you hear in the recording – the playing and the singing – was all one take.”

“Two Tone Trippin'” is the first taste of new music from Chase coming later this year and the follow-up to 2024’s Go Down Singin‘.

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The Opry will make a rare summertime return to the Ryman Auditorium on July 17 in honor of its 100th birthday. The cast will recreate the final show that was performed there before it moved to the then-new Grand Ole Opry House on March 15, 1974.

Nineties hitmaker Lorrie Morgan, whose father George Morgan was the final performer that night, is set to take part, as well as the Opry’s longest-running member, Bill Anderson, who played that night as well.

“That night in 1974 I stood alongside many of my heroes from those earlier days, smiling down at my parents, and saying so long to the only Opry home I had ever known … definitely a moment I will remember for the rest of my life,” he reflects.

Anderson will sing the same songs he did on the original show, alongside The Band Perry, Mandy Barnett and Chuck Mead. Look for more artists to be revealed as the date approaches. 

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Justin Moore is all about marking America’s birth on Independence Day, but there’s also one more birthday to celebrate: his wife’s. 

Though he still lives in his hometown of Poyen, Arkansas, Justin typically heads to Florida with his wife, Kate Moore, and their four kids for the Fourth. 

“Once we got our house down there, we always spend the holiday down there and typically have friends or family there with us,” he says. “And Kate's birthday's the 5th.”

“So, Fourth of July has always been my favorite holiday because summertime I love, and warm weather I love. And certainly, it's one of her favorites because of her birthday. You know, she gets the whole week, according to her,” he adds.

Justin should have plenty of time to celebrate. He doesn’t head back on the road until he plays the Waukesha County Fair in Wisconsin on July 17. 

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