Megan Moroney, Trisha Yearwood, Dierks Bentley, Dylan Scott, Gavin Adcock, Margo Price, Avery Anna, Carter Faith, Big Kenny, Mark Collie and Kaitlin Butts are all set to perform at the 19th ACM Honors, alongside hosts Carly Pearce and Parker McCollum.
Dolly Parton will be given the ACM Poet's Award celebrating her songwriting at the Wednesday, Aug. 19, event.
Ella Langley, Bill Anderson, Brett James, The Carter Family, Eric Church, Kacey Musgraves and more will be honored at The Pinnacle in Nashville.
Brenda Lee will be the Academy of Country Music's special guest, while newcomer Zach John King will present the ACM Studio Recording and Industry Awards.
Chris Janson's 'Wild Horses' (Harpeth 60 Records/Warner Music Nashville)
Nine thousand fans turned out to see Chris Janson play Missouri's Jefferson County Fair on July 24, the biggest crowd in the gathering's 30-year history.
The Show-Me State native is from Perryville, which is about 60 miles away.
"What a wild and awesome weekend on tour!" Chris says. " I’m having a big summer and doing a record-breaking performance means the world to me. We’re all having such a great time on this tour we’ll be adding a lot more dates to the Wild Horses Untamed Tour and can’t wait to see even more energetic and happy crowds.”
The trek takes its name from Chris' fifth studio album, which features his new single, "Fight for a Girl."
Kenny Chesney's 'Silver Sands Marina' (HEY NOW Records)
Eleven songs have pulled into port at Silver Sands Marina, and Kenny Chesney's ready to give you a preview.
“Some of these songs are unlike anything people have heard, or haven’t heard in a long time,” he says. “Some of them go deep, some of them will make people turn it up, a few will make them laugh… But, together, I think they’ll remind them how great it is to be alive. Even on days where you need a song like ‘Carry On,’ we’re making the best of what we’ve got.”
With its debut single already a top-10 hit, Kenny's 21st record is ready for arrival Sept. 25.
Here's the complete track listing for Silver Sands Marina, with more details to come during Kenny's July 30 appearance on TalkShopLive: "Burn My Boat" "Carry On" "Talkin’ Dirt" "Goldfish" (featuring Lily Meola) "Silver Sands Marina" "It Just Got Weird" (featuring Megan Moroney) "Sad Casino" "Shot A Car Into Space" "Remember Me That Way" "What We Got Going On" (featuring Colbie Caillat) "Shot Glass"
Ella Langley performs on the ‘The 59th Annual CMA Awards’ (Disney/Frank Micelotta)
Another day, another chart record for Ella Langley and her smash hit "Choosin' Texas," which has just notched its 15th week on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song has now surpassed Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" and Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" to claim the title of most weeks at #1 for a non-holiday song by a solo female artist.
Of course, Mariah still owns the record of the all-time longest-running #1, holiday or otherwise, with "All I Want for Christmas" — 22 weeks — but who's to say that Ella can't hang on for another eight weeks and beat her?
Darius Rucker & Ketch Secor (Josh Pruitt/Ivywild Visuals)
Darius Rucker found out he's a member of the Spotify Billions Club just before going onstage Saturday at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
He and Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor were presented a plaque signifying that "Wagon Wheel" has passed that many streams on the service, before singing it together later in the night.
Ketch is one of the song's writers, having finished it from a lyric started by the legendary Bob Dylan.
“You never know where a song is going to take you, and I don’t think any of us could’ve imagined ‘Wagon Wheel’ would still mean this much to people all these years later,” Darius says. “To celebrate a billion streams with Ketch right before we walked out at Red Rocks made it even more special. I’m grateful to everybody who’s made this song part of their lives, and I’ll keep singing it as long as y’all let me!”
Old Crow Medicine Show released the original version of "Wagon Wheel" in 2004, before it arrived on Darius' True Believers album in 2013.
LOCASH's 'Let the Country Music Play' (Galaxy Label Group)
LOCASH will Let the Country Music Play with their new EP of the same name that arrives Aug. 7.
The five-song set features the title track, their collab with Parmalee that takes Rupert Holmes’ “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” and recasts it in the world of Music City.
As well as "Yes," which came out in May, it also boasts their new radio single, "Talkin Bout," plus "I Aint Goin Nowhere" and "Love Always Wins."
It's Preston Brust and Chris Lucas' follow-up to their Bet the Farm album, which features "Hometown Home," one of the top-five hits of the entire year of 2025.
Brett Eldredge's 'Glow: 10 Year Anniversary Tour' (Q Prime)
Brett Eldredge will mark a decade since his first holiday album with an anniversary tour.
The 12-stop Glow: 10 Year Anniversary Tour kicks off Friday, Nov. 27, with three dates at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium and wrap with two shows at New York's Beacon Theatre starting Dec. 18.
"I believe in tradition and I believe it makes us who we are," Brett says. "It gives us depth and soul. We put out Glow 10 years ago, and wow has it been an incredible ride. This album was my Christmas dream, and the tour brought it to a place where I could build a timeless tradition with my fans. This year we will celebrate a decade of magic and deepen the journey for many years to come! I can’t wait!”
Brett followed that initial yuletide collection with two more, 2021's Mr. Christmas and 2024's Merry Christmas (Welcome to the Family).
Presales for the tour are underway now, before tickets become available to the public on Friday.
The records keep coming from Morgan Wallen, as "Don't We" becomes his 21st #1 on BillboardCountry Airplay.
Equally impressive is that it's his seventh chart-topper from his most recent record, 2025's I'm the Problem. That makes him the only artist in the chart's history to have done it with a single album.
Luke Combs' What You See Is What You Get also boasts seven number ones between 2019 and 2021, but they're spread across both the original and deluxe editions.
"Don't We" follows Morgan's "20 Cigarettes,” “I Got Better,” “Just in Case,” "I'm the Problem," “Love Somebody” and “Lies Lies Lies.”
He also posted six number ones from his previous album, 2023's One Thing at a Time.
Still one more thing: Morgan's also at #2 with Ella Langley and "I Can't Love You Anymore."
Reba McEntire's fourth music capsule is telephone-themed, anchored by the new song "Ring Ring," which was co-written by American Idol favorite Kellie Pickler.
The EP also includes two #5 hits, 1993's "It's Your Call" and 1994's "Why Haven't I Heard from You." Two album cuts complete the collection: "Long Distance Lover" from 1980's Feel the Fire and "She's Callin' It Love" from 1996's What If It's You.
Ring Ring follows April's One Night in Tulsa, May's Hurt Like That and June's Ain't Gonna Keep It Waitin', all featuring a brand-new recording as the title track.
The celebration of Reba's 50-year recording career continues on Aug. 3 with the new playlist The Reinvention of Reba.
You can now hear the full studio version of "Her, the Kids and Jesus," after Dan + Shay debuted it back in December during a pop-up at Nashville's La La Land Cafe.
"Thank y’all for loving on this song since the first time we played it acoustic," Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney said on their socials, sharing various stages of the song's development, including that performance.
"Her, the Kids and Jesus" is the fourth release from the duo's sixth studio album, following their top-20 hit, "Say So," "Marry You Again" and the title track, "Young." The full album arrives Aug. 21.
The duo's set to play ABC's GMA Summer Concert Series July 31. They'll launch their 26-date The Young Tour Sept. 11 in Noblesville, Indiana, with Tyler Hubbard and Josh Ross joining them.
Brothers Osborne are starting their new musical era by say "R.I.P." to selling out.
“R.I.P. is us getting back to our musical roots,” John Osborne says. “This new music is a rearview glimpse into where we came from while still driving forward into the new and unknown.”
The siblings previously revealed that their new music takes inspiration from their hometown of Deale, Maryland.
“We’re not just getting back to where we were born and raised," TJ Osborne adds, "but to the roots of where we started musically. A time when music wasn’t dictated by anything other than what our hearts and souls wanted to say."
You can find "R.I.P (SELLOUT EDIT)," which was co-written by TJ, on streaming, while you need to be a member of Brothers' The Family fan club to hear the full version.
Little Big Town's keeping a Dying Art alive, with their latest preview of their upcoming 12th studio album.
"We Could Have It All" was written by Ashley Monroe and LBT's Jimi Westbrook and Karen Fairchild, who also co-produced the project.
"Hope is never gone/ Honey just hold on/ When this world feels crazy/ I'll always fight for you/ Yeah it's worth seeing through/ The nights don't last long baby/ The sun will come up again/ So why stop trying when/ We could have it all," the foursome sings on the new track.
It follows "Hey There Sunshine," "Over and Over" and "Sucker for a Sad Song," ahead of the Aug. 28 release of It's a Dying Art.
Karen, Jimi, Kimberly Schlapman and Phillip Sweet are set to perform Sept. 1 on NBC's Today show, before they kick off their For the Art of It Tour Sept. 24 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
They're also booked to do a three-night Christmas residency at the Ryman in December.
'Kenny Chesney: Living in Fast Forward' (Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum)
You can now vicariously experience Kenny Chesney's journey from East Tennessee to superstardom in Nashville through his new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
"It’s a lot to take in, and a lot of fun, heart, moments," he said after his first look. "Seeing it all in one place like that, it’s like having your entire life, career, all the magic flying by your eyes – and man, what a trip it was. If I hadn’t been there, I might not be able to believe it."
At Wednesday's private opening, CEO Kyle Young remarked how his input into the exhibit stood out among the 225 the museum has put on, thanks to "Kenny’s exceptional musical talent and insatiable creativity."
Kenny Chesney: Living in Fast Forward runs through June 2027. You can check out its accompanying playlist via your favorite streaming service now.
Patty Loveless (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum)
Bob Seger loves Patty Loveless so much, he came to Nashville in 2023 to help induct her into the Country Music Hall of Fame, performing her 1996 hit "She Drew a Broken Heart" in her honor.
Now the rock legend's rereleasing the album that brought them together, 2006's Face the Promise, which will bring their only musical collaboration to streaming for the first time. Though the album was primarily recorded in Nashville, he flew to her home in Georgia to record "The Answer's in the Question."
The expanded 20th anniversary release drops Sept. 18 and will include a newly remastered edition of the original album, along with four bonus tracks: "Time," "Little Jane," "Red Eye to Memphis" and "Let Me Try."
It'll be available on CD and as a two-LP black vinyl set, the latter of which will come with a 12-page LP-sized booklet, complete with lyrics, photos and more.
Released on Sept. 12, 2006, Face the Promise was Seger’s first album since 1995’s It’s a Mystery. It was also the first studio album since 1975’s Beautiful Loser where he was not credited as Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.
The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and went onto be certified Platinum by the RIAA.
You might remember that Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton also had a #1 country hit in 1983 with their version of Seger's "We've Got Tonite."
Zach Top's "Good Girls & Cowgirls" and "Other Side of Hurtin'" (Leo33)
There's new music coming from Zach Top in August.
"Make it a double! 2 songs are dropping next month and I’m excited for you all to hear them," he announced Thursday on Instagram.
"Good Girls & Cowgirls" and "Other Side of Hurtin'" will both arrive digitally on Aug. 21, with a 7-inch vinyl single to follow on Sept. 25.
Zach debuted "Good Girls & Cowgirls" during his headlining set July 18 at Montana's Under the Big Sky Festival.
His Cold Beer & Country Music Tour continues this summer, with a Thursday stop at the North Dakota State Fair. Meanwhile, "South of Sanity" is now a top-15 hit.
Tigirlily Gold's 'Country & Midwestern' (Sony Music Nashville)
Tigirlily Gold's new record is titled Country & Midwestern, in a nod to the duo's North Dakota roots.
“We could not be more excited to finally announce our sophomore album, Country & Midwestern!” Kendra Olson and Krista Slaubaugh say in a news release. “This album came to be by taking the sounds of the 2000s Country music we grew up on and our love of growing up in the Midwest, which is often overlooked and under-appreciated.
"While the album is sonically nostalgic, the lyrics cover where we've been, where we are, and where we're going, professionally and personally," the sisters continue. "We spent the last two years planting many seeds - some that painted fields gold and some that never had the chance to grow. We did not sugarcoat any of our experiences, and hope everyone can hear the heart of this album, because it's one and the same as ours.”
The project shares its title with their song that came out in March and boasts a cover photo shot on the North Dakota plains by Kendra's husband, Jared Olson.
Garth Brooks' Blame It All on My Roots Tour (Courtesy Garth Brooks/Ticketmaster)
The second stop on Garth Brooks' Blame It All on My Roots arena tour will take place in Denver, Colorado.
The superstar will play Ball Arena on Friday, Sept. 4, and Saturday, Sept. 5, after the inaugural stop in Indianapolis Aug. 20-23.
All tickets go on sale July 31, with no presales and all seats reserved, with both in-the-round and end-stage seating available. The cost is $155.25 including all fees this time, compared to $154 for Indy.
Will Garth add Thursday and Sunday shows? That seems to be the custom if it sells well, and Ball Arena currently is open on those dates.
In spite of Jason Aldean's pleas, the secret is out: "Don't Tell on Me" is spending its third week atop Billboard Country Airplay and its second atop the Mediabase tally.
The reign of his 32nd #1 is timed perfectly with an especially busy summer. He released the live version of the title track of his latest album, Songs About Us, on Tuesday. The duet with Luke Bryan was recorded during their April concert on the campus of the University of Georgia.
The Peach State native also launched his Songs About Us Tour July 16 with stops in Maine, New Jersey and New York. On Thursday, he continues the run in Wichita before heading to Oklahoma City and Kansas City.
Still to come, Jason's releasing three of his classic albums on vinyl for the first time ever on Sept. 18. The first is his self-titled debut album from 2005, followed by 2010's My Kinda Party and 2016's They Don't Know.
Jason's next radio single is "Anytime Soon," which seems destined to be the third hit from his current album.
The new song from Brothers Osborne, "R.I.P.," is set to arrive Friday in two different incarnations.
"In this day and age, you gotta put your music out a certain way," John Osborne said in a video posted on the duo's website. "We refused to sell out until now. We've shortened some of our songs for all the streaming platforms. Fine."
The version specifically made for streaming is titled "R.I.P." (Sellout Edit), while the full-length version will be available exclusive for members of their Family Fan Club, John goes on to explain.
John and TJ Osborne unveiled a snippet of the song earlier on their socials, after revealing their next album was inspired by their hometown of Deale, Maryland.
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