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The soundtrack for the Netflix movie The Ice Road, starring Liam Neeson, features covers by Miranda Lambert, Carly Pearce and many others. Lambert covers Hank Snow’s 1950 hit “I’m Movin’ On,” while Pearce has recorded a rendition of Kathy Mattea’s 1988 hit “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses.” Other artists on the soundtrack include Jason…

Alan Jackson, Mickey Guyton and several others are set to perform at “A Capitol Fourth,” a PBS special celebrating Independence Day. The show will air on Sunday, July 4 beginning at 8 p.m. ET on PBS, and will also air on American Forces Network for military personnel stationed globally. Others artists taking part in the…

Lauren Alaina will release her self-help book, “Getting Good at Being You: Learning To Love Who God Made You To Be,” on November 2. “Be sure to BOOK your calendars for November 2nd,” Alaina wrote on Instagram on Wednesday, announcing her literary work. “I’m releasing my WRITE of passage, Getting Good At Being You. Can’t…

Kelly Clarkson performed a high-energy cover of Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” during the Kellyoke segment of her talk show on Monday, June 28. “Sometimes I feel I’ve got to run away/ I’ve got to get away/ From the pain you drive into the heart of me/ The love you share/ Seems to go nowhere/ And…

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, scheduled to take place this fall at the Fair Grounds Race Course over two weekends from October 8-17, is set to feature performances from over 180 musical acts. The organizers of the festival, who made the announcement about the festival and released a trailer on their website and…

Trisha Yearwood has announced that on August 13 she will release a Deluxe Edition version of her 2019 album, Every Girl. The 17-track Every Girl Deluxe album, marking the country music superstar’s 30 years in the industry, will include some unreleased songs. The album will also feature an acoustic re-recording of Yearwood’s smash hit from…

ViacomCBS has announced that the CMT Music Awards, which have aired on CMT since 2002, will now premiere exclusively on CBS starting in 2022. The show will be moved up from its usual June spot by several weeks and will broadcast live from Nashville in the spring, Billboard reports. The Academy of Country Music Awards’…

Kelly Clarkson won two awards at the 48th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which aired on Friday, June 25, on CBS. Clarkson took home Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host award for her talk show “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” She also won the award for Outstanding Talk Show, as she is the executive producer for the show…

Zac Brown Band, Darius Rucker and Old Dominion have been announced as headliners for Live in the Vineyard Goes Country. Live In The Vineyard Goes Country is scheduled to take place on November 2-4 in Napa, California. It is an invite-only event and will be attended mostly by music supervisors, radio programmers, label executives and…

Toby Keith shared a new song, “Old School,” which is set to be part of his upcoming studio album, scheduled to arrive this fall. Maren Morris, Ryan Hurd and Bret Tyler co-wrote “Old School” several years ago. Toby and Kenny Greenberg co-produced the song. “We’re old school, small town stickin’ around/ Just like folks used…