Little Big Town's 12th studio album, It's a Dying Art, will arrive Aug. 28, featuring collabs with Kelsea Ballerini, Ashley Monroe and Jason Isbell.
Co-produced by Karen Fairchild, the record finds the foursome "leaning into the sound and spirit of human-made music, embracing imperfection, emotion, and lived experience" according to a release announcing the news.
Kelsea guests on "Closing Time," while Ashley drops in on "Sucker for a Sad Song." Jason Isbell appears on "The Door."
LBT performed the album's lead track, "Hey There Sunshine," for the first time at the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards. Earlier, they debuted "Over and Over" during their set at Stagecoach.
Here's the complete track listing for Little Big Town's It's a Dying Art:
"Intro" "Sucker for a Sad Song" (with Ashley Monroe) "The Door" (with Jason Isbell) "Dying Art" "Hey There Sunshine" "Over and Over" "The Idea" "We Could Have It All" "Crickets" "Closing Time" (with Kelsea Ballerini) "Long Way to Your Heart" "It's Coming Around" "Jet Plane"
Kendra Scott & Zac Brown (Denise Truscello/WireImage)
Zac Brown and Kendra Scott are now officially husband and wife, People reports.
The "Chicken Fried" hitmaker and the jewelry designer reportedly tied the knot on Monday at Canaves Epitome Resort in Santorini, Greece, surrounded by a small group of their nearest and dearest.
ABC Audio has reached out to Zac's rep for confirmation.
Introduced by mutual friends, Zac and Kendra made their red carpet debut at the 2025 American Music Awards, following that with a July 2025 engagement complete with a pink diamond ring.
The two have eight children between them, ranging in age from 11 to 23. They were all on hand for the wedding.
Zac Brown Band kicks off this summer's Love & Fear Tour July 17 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Riley Green's fourth album, That's Just Me, will come out Sept. 18, he reveals in a new Billboard cover story.
The record includes "My Way," which he debuted while acting on Marshals, as well as the new track "10 Pairs of Boots Ago." It also features "Think as You Drunk," which comes out Thursday and samples Toby Keith's 2005 hit, "As Good As I Once Was."
In the article titled "Riley Green: From slow-burn success to smoking-hot star," the Alabama native admits he's now gotten so famous he has to use a pseudonym at hotels, and points to Tim McGraw as a role model who also gave him some acting advice.
He also addresses the popularity of his mustache, and the much-discussed but never confirmed rumor he and Megan Moroney dated. Specifically, he talks about posting his song "POS Like Me" on the same day the diss track "Who Hurt You" from her Cloud 9 album dropped.
“What I was doing was I was playing this song that I’d written, you know, for my fans," he tells Billboard. "And I wrote ‘POS’ like six months before that. It just happened to be that day I was at home and I was wanting to post a song, and it got talked about a lot.”
The article notes that Riley failed to keep a straight face while delivering the explanation.
You can check out the full Billboard article online now.
If you happen to be going through a tough time, Tyler Hubbard's new song, "Land," may just be the bit of encouragement you need.
“When the rug gets pulled on your best made plans/ It’s how you fall and where you land,” he sings on the track.
"Really, it’s about overcoming obstacles in life," Tyler says of the new song. "It’s about how you handle curveballs, if you will, and hurdles and speed bumps and all the things along the way."
"And you know, it also talks about celebrating the good things in life and the successes," he continues, "but it’s really, I think what makes a man is how you handle and how you overcome the hard, difficult seasons of life."
"Land" is the beginning of Tyler's next chapter of music, which is coming soon.
He heads out on the road in September with Dan + Shay on The Young Tour.
In what's become a CMA Fest tradition, MCA will take over Nashville's Skydeck on Broadway for two days during the annual country music extravaganza.
Performances kick off Friday, June 5, with Saturday, June 6, starting with Miranda Lambert's Crisco Disco Brunch.
Little Big Town, Wyatt Flores, Dalton Davis, Deanna Carter, Lamont Landers, Landon Smith, Jacob Hackworth, Travis Denning and more are set to play.
Admission for MCA Presents: Live from Sky Deck is free, you just need to register online. If you can't make it in person, you can check out the performances on Universal Music Live's Twitch channel.
The Little Big Town set will be the band's only performance during CMA Fest 2026.
Taking the Long Way 20th Anniversary Tour (Live Nation)
The Chicks will celebrate the anniversary of a pivotal album this fall with the Taking the Long Way 20th Anniversary Tour.
The 16-show run kicks off Sept. 30 at Detroit's Fox Theatre, with stops in Chicago, New York City, Nashville, San Antonio, Austin, Seattle and San Francisco. It will wrap with two nights at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre Nov. 1 and 2.
Presales start June 3, before tickets become available to the public June 4.
2006's Taking the Long Way topped the Billboard 200 album chart and won five Grammys, including album, record and song of the year.
Dolly's Tennessean Travel Stop (Courtesy of Dolly Parton)
The first Dolly [Parton]'s Tennessean Travel Stop will officially open June 24 in Cornersville, Tennessee.
Located at exit 22 off 1-65 about an hour south of Nashville, the convenience store offers custom merch; food including DLY BBQ and Dolly's Cup of Ambition Coffee; and a full-service sit-down cafe and restaurant.
There's also a tour bus on the property inspired by the one the icon traveled in for many years.
This is the first of many planned locations, and you can find out more at DollysTravelStops.com.
Look for details about the grand opening to be revealed in the weeks to come.
Alan Jackson’s Last Call: One More for the Road – The Finale (Doussan Music Group and Peachtree Entertainment)
George Strait and Lainey Wilson are joining the lineup for Alan Jackson's final touring show of his career Saturday, June 27, at Nashville's Nissan Stadium.
Of course, George and Alan have worked together many times throughout their careers, duetting on the iconic "Murder on Music Row," as well as "Designated Drinker."
George and Lainey join Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Riley Green, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Jake Owen, Jon Pardi, Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood and Lee Ann Womack.
Though Alan Jackson's Last Call: One More for the Road - The Finale is officially sold out, tickets are on sale now to watch the livestream from The Fisher Center on the campus of Belmont University.
As CMA Fest prepares to take over downtown Nashville June 4-7, the Country Music Association and ABC have revealed the hosts and airdate for the annual three-hour special to follow.
Riley Green and Good Morning America's Lara Spencer will host the show, set to air Thursday, June 25, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. You'll be able to stream it the next day on Hulu.
2026 marks 23 years of the ABC special and the 53rd year of CMA Fest, which was formerly known as Fan Fair.
Disney is the parent company of ABC, ABC News and Hulu.
Ashley Cooke's self-titled second album (Big Loud)
The unofficial start of summer is here, with Memorial Day weekend now in the rearview mirror.
That's good news for folks like Ashley Cooke, who's ready to get things rolling ahead of the official start of the season on June 21.
"I’m a big water girl," she explains. "I love the ocean, I love the lake, I love the pool, whatever it is, I love being near water. I love to wakeboard. I love to just lay out, read a book under the sun."
"Summer is my favorite season," she adds, "and I feel like the most 'me' as soon as summer comes back around."
The self-titled sophomore album from the "your place" hitmaker also drops this summer, arriving Aug. 14. It features her latest hit, "the hell you are."
Ella Langley's lock on the Billboardcharts continues, as the hitmaker occupies the top three spots on the Hot Country Songs chart. Not only that, she's done it for an entire month.
For the fourth week, "Choosin' Texas" is at #1, followed by its follow-up radio single, "Be Her," at #2 and Ella's duet with Morgan Wallen, "I Can't Love You Anymore," at #3.
The only time that's ever been done before is in 2024, when Beyoncé reigned in the top three spots for a single week with tracks from Cowboy Carter.
Meanwhile, Drake takes over the top spot on the all-genre Hot 100 with "Janice STFU," interrupting Ella's 10-week nonconsecutive run, at least for now.
Koe Wetzel's 'The Night Champion' (Columbia Records)
Koe Wetzel took the "High Road" to land the most-played song at country radio in 2025.
Now he's following up the double Platinum, five-week #1 with Jessie Murph with a new radio single from his upcoming sixth studio album.
“‘Hurts Like You’ was one of the first songs that we wrote for the record,” Koe says. “It’s kind of about a toxic relationship; whenever you get into those situations, you know it’s not good for you, but there’s just something about it that keeps bringing you back. It’s hard to get away from. I feel like a lot of people go through that, so I hope people can relate to the way that we felt about it.”
"Hurts Like You" is the lead release from The Night Champion, which drops June 12.
Lauren Alaina's The Stages Tour (Courtesy Lauren Alaina/Big Loud)
Lauren Alaina's 15-date fall headlining tour borrows its name from her upcoming album, Stages, which drops Aug. 28.
The trek kicks off Oct. 1 in Milwaukee and wraps Nov. 12 at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium.
“This tour feels like my most personal yet,” Lauren says. “Stages is all about the different chapters I've lived through: the highs, the heartbreaks, the growth, and finding joy in who I am today."
"Every stage of my life has shaped this music," she continues, "and now I finally get to bring all of these songs to stages around the country and share them with the fans who've been with me through it all. I hope people leave these shows feeling seen, healed, and maybe even a little more hopeful.”
Shane Profitt, Ashley Kutcher and Hannah Harper will join her on the run, with tickets going on sale Friday.
Lauren currently has a top-30 hit with Chase Matthew and "All My Exes."
Tucker Wetmore claims his first #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart as "Brunette" rises to the top.
His previous hits "Wind Up Missin' You" and "3,2,1" both made it to #2 on the tally, in January and December 2025, respectively, while simultaneously making it to #1 on the comparable Mediabase ranking.
"Brunette" completed its climb to the Billboard pinnacle in only 23 weeks, well ahead of the 30-week average that's held for the last decade.
The accomplishment comes on the heels of the ACM new male vocalist performing his hit on May 17's 61st Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas.
Luke Combs joins Alex Warren onstage as he kicks off his Finally Finding Family on the Road Tour at Bridgestone Arena on May 25, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Live Nation)
Luke Combs and Alex Warren put out a live duet of the pop star's hit "Ordinary" last year, recorded at Lollapalooza. On Monday night, the two reunited onstage to perform the song again.
On Alex's Instagram Story, footage shows the two singing the song during the encore of Alex's show at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, the first North American date of his current tour. Alex captioned the video, "HUGE thank you to Luke Combs for letting me sing your song."
Of course, "Ordinary" is Alex's song, but his comment likely referred to something Luke posted earlier this year.
In February, the "Fast Car" singer performed a solo version of "Ordinary" at a show in Athens, Georgia, and wrote, "Didn’t have @alexwarren with me this time but hopefully I did Ordinary justice." Alex replied in the comments, "ITS YOUR SONG NOW LUKE."
Even though Keith Urban's a country star, in concert, he often seems like a rock star, typically grabbing his guitar and going all around arenas to get closer to his fans.
While it might be easy to assume the Aussie superstar's dynamic charisma was present from birth, he insists that's not the case.
"I had a bit of an epiphany," he explains. "I was playing in a band, and the lead singer was an American guy from Florida. This is in Australia. And he was a great entertainer. He was excellent. And I learned so much from him. I was playing guitar and a bit of keyboards in this band and trying to learn a lot from him as a front man."
"One night he said to me, ‘When you play a solo, how come you don't like, go to the front of the stage, you know, and like lean into the audience and really play?' And I'm like, ‘Oh my gosh, I couldn't do that.’ And he goes, ‘Why not?’ I go, ‘'Cause they’ll think I'm like stuck up, like I'm full of myself.’ And he goes, ‘Well, are you?’ And I said, ‘No.’ He goes, ‘Then they won't.’"
That quick, pointed conversation forever made a difference in Keith's stage persona.
"It was just like, boom! This whole light bulb went off," he recalls. "If you are genuinely a down to earth, grounded, good tongue-in-cheek type person, you can do anything and the audience will love it because they know you're not an arrogant, cocky person at all. You're just puttin' on a show."
"And I did it the next night, and it worked amazing. So, it changed everything."
Next up, Keith stretches a bit outside his home genre with Flow State, his yacht rock covers record.
Brad Tursi's 'Colorado' (Universal Music Corp./Turs and Chorus)
"Hard to Get High" is the newest preview of Brad Tursi's second solo album, Colorado, which comes out June 12.
“‘Hard to Get High’ is a song about the slippery slope of excess,” the Old Dominion guitarist says. “The stuff that feels good in life is, unfortunately, sometimes also bad for you. Unless it’s good love, of course! You can never get enough of good love!”
Earlier in May Brad put out "Time with You" with Lukas Nelson, following "Borderline," "Green Eyed Girl" and "Colorado."
The 11-track album "traces the arc of falling in love and building a life with his wife," according to a news release about the record. Brad produced the album himself and wrote or co-wrote all the songs.
His debut solo effort, Parallel Love, came out in 2024.
Avie Lee Parton's 'Smoky Mountain Mama' (Owepar Entertainment)
It's well known that Dolly Parton traces her musical talent to her mother's side of the family, but did you know her mom actually recorded an album?
Avie Lee Parton's Smoky Mountain Mama record has now been remastered and is available to stream.
The collection of mountain ballads and folk songs was recorded in 1974 and 1979 at Dolly's urging, as a way to preserve the music the Parton kids had grown up hearing. It didn't come out until 1990, when it was only available on cassette at Dollywood and through mail-order.
As a teen, Avie Lee sang in a gospel trio with her sisters. She later formed a gospel group with her daughters Willadeen, Stella and Cassie. They recorded an album titled The Parton Family Sings In the Garden, which was reissued in 2024.
Recorded in Nashville, Smoky Mountain Mama features "Little Rosewood Casket," which morphed into "Rosewood Casket" for Dolly, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris' first Trio album in 1987.
Dolly's often championed her mother's significant impact on her life, once telling Jennifer Nettles that Avie Lee was "me without the glitter" when she played her in a TV movie.
Bailey Zimmerman's cover of Miley Cyrus' "The Climb" was such a hit on his Different Night Same Rodeo Tour, he went into the studio to record it.
"I haven’t covered many songs in my career but over the last few months of playing this night after night and seeing all the excitement from everyone, not only at the shows but online as well, just made me want to get it out to y’all," he said on Instagram. "Thank you @mileycyrus for giving us this absolute banger."
"The Climb" is Bailey's first new music since he released "Just Believe" with Brandon Lake in March.
His latest radio hit, "Chevy Silverado," just claimed its place in country's top 15.
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