COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS

CMT launched its Next Women of Country campaign in 2013 in an effort to support and expose developing female talent, both signed and unsigned, within the country genre. The network has just announced its latest group of…

Rascal Flatts' comeback continues picking up speed. Just months after announcing they were hitting the road again after several years off, comes news of a new album. "Life Is A Highway: Refueled Duets" is exactly what…

For someone who was put out of commission by health issues for years, Randy Travis is certainly getting back into the swing of things. The country legend has announced that his "More Life Tour" was adding 30 more dates.…

How do you make a Post Malone party even bigger? Posty has announced the Travelin’ Tailgate, his first-ever traveling party at select concert dates, which will consist of live music, great food, exclusive merch, carnival games, photo opportunities,…

Garth Brooks is rapidly catching up to the present. Yesterday he announced his fifth "Anthology" collection, "The Anthology Part V: The Comeback - The First Five Years." The collection has six CDs containing 66 songs, including seven live recordings…

There's a tradition Down Under where musicians will do a "shoey" on stage, that is, take a drink from a shoe. After that, the performer is supposed to wear the wet footwear for the rest of…

Jelly Roll returned to his alma mater, Antioch High School in Tennessee, this week but it was a bittersweet visit. Jelly's visit came a little more than a month after a tragic school shooting there that took the…

Carrie Underwood's role as judge on "American Idol" comes with a side-gig. The singer is to lead the web series "Idol To Icon," which will be released as a companion to the singing competition. It will air…

Back in November, we told you that Blake Shelton and Taylor Sheridan were teaming up to create an all-new televised singing competition. Yesterday we learned that a big name was added to the mix. Keith Urban will be the headliner of "The…

Lainey Wilson is a singer, actress, and now...author? Not quite, but she did dip her toes into the publishing world. A new children's book, "Howdy: Welcome To The Grand Ole Opry" by Emily Frans, is coming out…