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A special music concert paying tribute to late legend Kenny Rogers, featuring Dolly Parton, Chris Stapleton and others, will be broadcast live on CBS from 9-10 PM, ET/PT on September 23. The event, which was already recorded at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena in 2017, is available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+. The singer, who…

Country music star Trace Adkins has joined the cast of Fox’s country music drama “Monarch.” Adkins will star alongside previously announced cast members Susan Sarandon and Anna Friel in the series. Adkins will play Albie Roman, the king of country music who’s known as the “Texas Truthteller,” and is married to Dottie Cantrell Roman, portrayed…

Country superstars Eric Church and Chris Stapleton lead the nominees for the 55th Annual CMA Awards. Stapleton leads with seven nominations, including male vocalist, album of the year, single and song of the year, and two additional nominations as a producer both on his album and single. Church earned five nominations, including entertainer of the…

A series of music shows paying tribute to late folk legend John Prine in Nashville has been postponed to next year. The week-long tribute shows were originally scheduled to begin on October 3 and culminate on October 10, which would have marked Prine’s 74th birthday. The tribute series, titled “You Got Gold,” has now been…

Country singer Jimmie Allen has joined the cast of “Dancing With the Stars” for its upcoming 30th season. The news was announced on “Good Morning America” on Wednesday, September 8. Allen joins an all-star lineup that includes Olympian Suni Lee, YouTube star JoJo Siwa, reality star Christine Chiu, actor Melora Hardin, YouTuber Olivia Jade, actor…

Nelly has earned his first top 10 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart, with Heartland ranking at No. 7 on the chart dated September 11. The nine-track country influenced album, released last month, includes eight collaborations. Lead single “Lil Bit,” with Florida Georgia Line, reached No. 3 on the Hot Country Songs chart in July.…

Country music star Cody Johnson has revealed further details of his new album, Human: The Double Album, which will feature 18 tracks as well as covers of songs by Willie Nelson, Vince Gill and Conway Twitty. Human: The Double Album will release digitally on October 28. Johnson had previously released “Treasure” and “Son of a…

Nelly recently said in an interview with Country One that he is working on a follow-up to his Heartland EP. The new project, which Nelly expects to release next year, will feature female country artists. While releasing the Heartland EP, Nelly said, “This album here, we’re looking at the first part of a two-part series.”…

Country superstar Carrie Underwood recently teased a new “Sunday Night Football” theme song in a short clip dropped on social media. The 20-second clip shows Underwood in the studio, singing a few lyrics of the song without any backing instruments. Footage showing NFL stars like Patrick Mahomes, Derrick Henry and Russell Wilson is shown in…

Brantley Gilbert paid tribute to the 13 American soldiers killed in an attack at the airport in Kabul in Afghanistan by posting his song “Gone But Not Forgotten.” “13 brave American heroes made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom this week. In hard times like this, I always find myself turning to music. I wrote this…