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RIP Naomi Judd... Naomi Judd has died at age 76. Her daughters Wynonna and Ashley confirmed her death in a statement. “Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. We are shattered. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public. We are in unknown territory.”The exact cause of death was not disclosed. The Judds were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame yesterday, and…
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Jake Owen announced a tour...Jon Pardi is working on an album... Jake Owen has announced the kick-off of his Up There Down Here tour on May 5th in Troy, Ohio. The tour, which extends into October, will feature a special guest at each stop. Show details and ticket information is available on Jake's website.He will make another stop in Ohio at Bash at the Bay at Put-in-Bay on August 24th! Jon Pardi has shared a few photos that reveal he has been busy at…
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Miranda's new album is out tomorrow...Runaway June has another new edition... Miranda Lambert's new album Palamino comes out tomorrow and features her latest single “If I Was A Cowboy.” Miranda and Little Big Town will revive their Bandwagon tour for 2022. Their first show is May 6th in Houston and they will stop at Blossom on Saturday, June 4th! Runaway June got a new lead singer in Stevie Woodward when Naomi Cooke left earlier this year to pursue her solo career- and…
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Maren is nostalgic...Maddie and Tae have rescheduled... Maren Morris's new single "Circles Around This Town" may sound like a cautionary tale about the difficulty in making it in Nashville, but it's actually more nostalgic for Maren, who co-wrote the songShe said, “It's reminding myself why I moved to Nashville nine years ago to do this for a living, and also knowing that, in a lot of ways, I have made it, at least the making…
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Carly is proud...Cole and Lainey are at #1... As Carly Pearce's collaboration with Ashley McBryde nears the top of the charts, Carly gives a nod to all of her peers who have found success.Audio fileShe says, "I feel like, for the last year I've been saying, 'The ladies are here to stay.' I'm just so proud to be in this class of women. It just feels so good to see people that I admire and also people that…
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Walker Hayes is going on tour...Dan + Shay is getting sued... Walker Hayes announced his first arena headlining tour. The Glad You're Here tour kicks off on September 29th in Pennsylvania and is set to wrap on November 12th in Washington. Parmalee will join him for the cross-country run.They will make a stop at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown on October 15th! Justin Bieber and Dan and Shay have been sued – the lawsuit charges them with ripping off "10,000 Hours" from…
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Lee Brice is a good writer...Reba is writing another book... Congratulations to Lee Brice. Lee has been recognized as the Artist-Writer of the Year by the Association of Independent Music Publishers for his 2020 collection, Hey World.Lee says, "This is such an honor. To be recognized for your work is always great but when it comes from your peers and folks who truly champion for artists and songwriters behind the scenes, well it's just something special. I want to thank…
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Brian Kelley is ready to tour solo...Mickey Guyton is working with Tyler Hubbard of FGL... Florida Georgia Line's Brian Kelley lauched his Made By the Water tour this week and he is most excited to play his solo music live.He says, "I fantasize about playing these songs for people, all sorts of places, whether it's a bar or an amphitheater, whatever. I'm just looking forward to seeing people's reaction." Mickey Guyton is always working on new music -- and she hopes…
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Cole is a big fan of Lainey...Dustin and MacKenzie made history... Cole Swindell was such a fan of Lainey Wilson, he had to ask her to be a part of "Never Say Never."He said, “I can't even imagine anybody else singing on this song than Lainey and the way that just kinda happened, timing is everything. I was already a fan of her music and I was like, this just makes sense. I didn't know how our…
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Taylor Swift is a millipede...Darius is going on tour... There’s a newly discovered species of millipede named after Taylor Swift.Nannaria swiftae is one of 16 new species that Virginia Tech scientists have discovered in the Appalachian mountains. Derek Hennen, the study’s lead author, named one of those species after his wife, and he named another after Taylor because he’s a big fan. He says, "Her music helped me get through the highs and lows of graduate school, so…
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Dierks, Breland and Hardy are at #1...Mitchell Tenpenny has a new EP... Congratulations go out to Dierks Bentley, Breland, and Hardy. Their three-way collaboration, "Beers on Me," tops the Mediabase country singles chart, giving Breland his first number-one country single. Chris Young's "At the End of a Bar" collaborator Mitchell Tenpenny has released his new EP, The Low Light Sessions -- and he considers the collection a bit of an autobiography.He says if you listen from start to finish you can tell…
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Dolly is an early riser...Elle King loves country... Dolly Parton is just like us- well me and Scott! She wakes up at 3 a.m. and gets to work. She says, "I do some of my best work there, but I get enough sleep. I don't require as much sleep as a lot of other people do, that's kind of a Parton family trait." Dolly even wakes up early on the weekends to cook her husband, Carl Dean, a big…
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CMT Awards score big ratings...Luke Combs has a new album ready... The CMT Music Awards made an impressive major network debut on CBS with a 521% jump in viewership from last year’s show on CMT. Early numbers show 5.6 million total viewers for CBS and its streaming platforms. There are no details yet, but Luke Combs announced on social media that he will drop his next album on June 24th. He's excited- we are excited!!
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