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Chris Stapleton and Brandi Carlile will headline this year’s Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival. The annual festival is scheduled to take place at The Park at Harlinsdale Farm in Franklin, Tennessee, on September 24 and 25. Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival 2022 tickets are available now. The festival will also feature performances from Jon Batiste…

Harper Celebrate has announced that Reba McEntire will publish a new book of personal stories, recipes and lifestyle tips in Fall 2023. The full-color book will feature personal stories, food and cocktail recipes, and lifestyle tips that range from hosting to packing a suitcase, the gift book imprint of HarperCollins Focus said in a press…

Kane Brown recently took to social media to tease a ’90s-inspired traditional country track, seemingly titled, “Like I Love Country Music.” “3 things! 1: This will be the new radio single (like I love country music) 2: thank you @brooksanddunn ?? 3: this little girl is so damn cute ??” Brown captioned his Instagram post.…

Country singer Jimmie Allen is opening up about his mental health struggles in a new music video he shared on social media. “I wrote this song about how I feel a lot of the time,” Allen said on Twitter and Instagram. “Mental illness is something I have struggled with my entire life.” “Every day is…

Dierks Bentley has earned his 18th No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart with “Beers On Me.” The song, released by Capitol Records Nashville last July, is Bentley’s collaboration with Breland and Hardy. The song was co-written by Ashley Gorley, Luke Dick, Ross Copperman, Hardy and Bentley, who also produced the track with Copperman. Bentley…

Carly Pearce was able to give back to her home state of Kentucky through a special benefit concert. The one-night-only “Inside 29: Written In Stone Live From Music City” concert took place on April 6 at Marathon Music Works in Nashville. The concert supported a variety of causes through the Music Has Value Fund, including…

It was a grand celebration for Loretta Lynn last Thursday (April 14), with several country stars sending their wishes through a video on her 90th birthday. The video posted on Lynn’s Facebook page shows artists including Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Maren Morris and more wishing the country legend well on the…

A new species of millipede has been named in honor of pop superstar Taylor Swift. The twisted-claw millipede Nannaria swiftae joins 16 other new species described from the Appalachian Mountains of the United States. The little-known invertebrates have a valuable role as decomposers. Scientists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means, and Paul Marek, at Virginia Tech, describe…

Darius Rucker has announced new summer tour dates, bringing along rising Nashville stars on 14 dates while also appearing at several fairs, festivals and special events. Tyler Booth, Daves Highway, Larry Fleet, Caylee Hammack, Ryan Hurd, Jameson Rodgers, Elvie Shane and Tenille Townes will provide support for Rucker as he visit cities across the U.S.…

Rising country star Gabby Barrett is set to return to “American Idol” on Sunday, April 24, as a mentor. Barrett, who first appeared on “American Idol” season 16 and finished in third place, will be mentoring the top 14 contestants in the 20th season of the talent-hunting reality show that airs on Sundays and Mondays…