Maddie & Tae’s Tae recently welcomed daughter Leighton three weeks early, and her husband Josh Kerr just shared some great news about how their little girl is doing.
Josh shared a photo of Tae getting to hold her little girl, writing, “(Tae) got to hold Leighton exactly one week after she was born,” adding, “LG must like to snuggle because we all stayed like this for almost 2 hours .”
Dolly Parton is here to step up your baking game. The singer has is launching a new line of baking products with Duncan Hines. “Dolly’s Southern Favorites,” hitting stores in March, will feature Parton family-inspired baking mixes and frostings, as well as recipe cards, a tea towel, spatula and more.
“I have always loved to cook and, growing up in the South, I especially love that authentic Mom and Pop kind of cooking,” Dolly shares. “I am excited to launch my own line of cake mixes and frostings with Duncan Hines, bringing that sweet, Southern-style baking experience I enjoy to others.”
Cake mixes include Southern Style Coconut Flavored Cake Mix and Southern Style Banana Flavored Cake Mix, along with accompanying frostings.
While most items won’t debut until March, a limited number of e-commerce kits will be on the Duncan Hines website starting today.
Source: CMT
Blake Shelton’s music can now put your baby to sleep. The singer’s tunes are being turned into lullabies for “Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Blake Shelton,” dropping February 4th.
The album will feature lullaby versions of such songs as “Austin,” Honey Bee,” “Nobody But You,” his duet with wife Gwen Stefani, “God’s Country,” which you can check out below.
Blake isn’t the first country star to get the lullaby treatment. Both Dolly Parton and Shania Twain’s music have been released as “Rockabye Baby” albums.
Source: Sounds Like Nashville
CMT has revealed their 2022 Next Women of Country campaign, which aims to support up and coming female artists.
This year’s class is made up of 10 female artists, including Amythyst Kiah, Callista Clark, Camille Parker, Jenna Paulette, Julia Cole, former “American Idol” contestant Laci Kaye Booth, Lily Rose, Madeline Edwards, Miko Marks and Morgan Wade.
CMT launched the Next Women of Country campaign in 2013, with several of the artists going on to do big things. Past classes have included Kacey Musgraves, Kelsea Ballerini, Maren Morris, Lauren Alaina, Lindsay Ell, Caylee Hammack, Gabby Barrett, Brittney Spencer, Brandy Clark and more.
Source: CMT
Taylor Swift has been named the first-ever Global Ambassador for Record Store Day, which this year is celebrating its 15th anniversary on April 23rd. As part of the gig she’ll release a “special” RSD 2022 vinyl.
“I’m very proud to be this year’s Ambassador for Record Store Day,” Taylor shares. “The places where we go to browse and explore and discover music new and old have always been sacred to me.” She adds, “Record stores are so important because they help to perpetuate and foster music-loving as a passion. They create settings for live events. They employ people who adore music thoroughly and purely.”
Finally, she notes, “We need to support these small businesses more now than ever to make sure they can stay alive, stay eccentric, and stay individual.”
Source: Record Store Day
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