Month: September 2025

“Drive South” hitmaker Suzy Bogguss recently became the first woman and the first country artist ever inducted into the Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

HARDY will release the track “Dog Years” on Friday, ahead of the arrival of his COUNTRY! COUNTRY! album on Sept. 26.

This Is Us and The Hunting Wives star Chrissy Metz joins Ty Herndon on his new version of “She Wants To Be Wanted Again.” It’ll be out Friday, ahead of his career retrospective THIRTY Vol. 1, which drops this fall.

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Carly Pearce paid tribute to the “Father of Bluegrass” Tuesday as part of the Opry 100 Honors Bill Monroe show.

Carly performed Bill’s most famous song, “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” along with another Country Music Hall of Famer from the Bluegrass State. 

“Growing up in Kentucky, Bill Monroe and Ricky Skaggs were two of the biggest influences in my musical journey,” Carly shared on her socials, along with a clip of their collab. “As a kid, I loved bluegrass music and when I was in fourth grade, I won my first talent show singing this song. Last night we got to honor Bill Monroe for the Opry 100 and it was SO special to have Ricky join me and my band on stage!”

Carly’s described her upcoming fifth studio album as “super, super bluegrassy rootsy country.” Though she said she’d finished her vocals back in June, there’s no word on when Carly’s new music will make its debut.

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We’ll get to hear the song Miley Cyrus wrote for her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, on Friday. 

Miley shared a snippet of “Secrets,” which is expected to feature musicians from Fleetwood Mac, on social media Tuesday, singing “Anywhere you go, you know I'll follow,” with visuals of her staring straight ahead.

Billy Ray posted on Instagram in August, “For my birthday, Miley gave me the gift of music and wrote me a song called Secrets and got my favorite musicians Fleetwood Mac to play on it! I love you Mile.”

After Miley shared the snippet on Tuesday, her father again took to Instagram, writing, “Secrets out Friday!!!! Can’t wait for everyone to hear the whole song.”

“I wrote this song about my dad because I wanted him to tell me even though they were secrets … I wanted to be the one he felt safe enough to tell me the things that were damning and damaging to the family, but I wanted him to think that as a middle child, I’m old enough that I could take some of that,” Miley told Monica Lewinsky on her podcast, Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky, in June.

She also addressed speculation about her relationship with her dad in a statement shared to her Instagram stories on May 10.

“My dad and I have had our challenges over the years,” she wrote at the time, per E! News. “Now, in my thirties, family is my priority above all else. I’m at peace knowing bridges have been built and time has done a lot of healing. Grateful for the good health and love that flows through my family.”

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Charles Kelley and his wife, Cassie Kelley, are now the proud parents of two boys. 

“Our little miracle Archer Lancaster Kelley arrived at 11:14 am on Sept. 16 and we are absolutely in love,” Charles told People. “We are so thankful to get to be his mom and dad, and to share the joy with his big brother, Ward, who is over the moon!”

Archer arrived weighing 6 pounds, 11 ounces, and joins his 9-year-old brother, Ward Kelley.

Charles and Cassie revealed they were expecting their second child on social media in March.

Charles has a bit of time off, but he does have to be back at work Sept. 26 when he plays Youngstown, Ohio, with John Mayer. That’s the same day Lady A‘s On This Winter’s Night (Volume 2) arrives, ahead of their Christmas tour in December. 

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Brad Paisley is “Counting Down the Days” to Hallmark Channel’s 16th Countdown to Christmas.

That’s the name of the new song Brad co-wrote for the campaign, which features him prominently as he performs on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.

Hallmark’s annual parade of holiday movies starts Oct. 17. A Grand Ole Opry Christmas will premiere over Thanksgiving weekend, on Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. ET. 

Brad appears in the film and wrote two more songs for it, as well. 

You can check out Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas promo and schedule now, and stream Brad’s “Counting Down the Days,” too.

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If you liked Carpool Karaoke, you’ll love the new video from Charles Kelley and Shay Mooney.  

“Went driving and listening to music with my buddy @shaymooney,” Charles wrote on his socials. “He always blows me away when he sings this song.”

The song Charles is referring to is the 1986 pop hit “Your Love” by British band The Outfield, which he first heard Shay sing at karaoke in Las Vegas at the ACM Awards. 

The two go on to discuss their mutual love for pop music of the ’80s, which happens to be the inspiration for Charles’ new album, Songs for a New Moon. One of the songs, “Driving and Listening to Music,” sparked the idea for the video.

Charles and Shay compare notes about how their wives react to their newly written songs, as well as how the success of crossover hits like Lady A‘s “Need You Now,” and Dan + Shay‘s “Tequila” and “10,000 Hours” affects new music. The idea of a Lady A/Dan + Shay tour also comes up.

Shay reveals he and Dan Smyers have recently started writing again, after taking some time off around the birth of Shay’s fourth son in January. 

You can watch the full “Driving While Listening to Music” video on YouTube. 

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