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Americana Music Association Announces Final Round of 2018 Performers

The Americana Music Association announced today the remaining 52 artists slated to perform at the annual AMERICANAFEST®: The Americana Music Festival & Conference, which runs from September 11-16 in Nashville, TN. For the 19th consecutive year, the six-day festival and conference will once again fill the city with legends, newcomers, …

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Ricky Skaggs Announced As Inductee For Bluegrass Hall of Fame

This morning in Nashville, during a live broadcast on SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction, 15-time Grammy winner Ricky Skaggs was formally announced as an inductee for the IBMA Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Class of 2018. Along with Paul Williams, Tom T. Hall and the late Dixie Hall, Skaggs will be officially inducted on Thursday, …

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Florida Georgia Line Make Billboard History

Florida Georgia Line have achieved another unprecedented career milestone, ruling the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the most weeks – 90 cumulative – since it originated in 1958 as an all-encompassing genre songs survey. Country icon George Strait previously held the title at 84 weeks. “We are absolutely blown …

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Michael Knox To Launch Music Knox Records

BMG has entered into a new label venture deal with award-winning Country music producer Michael Knox. Knox, most noted as the producer of Broken Bow Records’ Country superstar Jason Aldean, will look to develop, sign, and release up-and-coming artists through Music Knox Records, a new imprint backed by BMG. With …

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HOF Announces Judds Exhibit Coming Aug. 10

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will take a fresh look at the story of The Judds—mother Naomi and daughter Wynonna—using rare artifacts, original manuscripts, unpublished photos and keepsake costumes in an exhibit titled The Judds: Dream Chasers. The exhibit opens Aug. 10, 2018 and continues through July …

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Cole Swindell & Dustin Lynch Reason to Drink Tour

Cole Swindell, Dustin Lynch, Lauren Alaina Announce Tour

The REASON TO DRINK… ANOTHER TOUR will launch on October 4 in Tuscaloosa, AL with PLATINUM-selling 10-time #1 hit songwriter COLE SWINDELL, PLATINUM-selling star DUSTIN LYNCH, who recently notched his fifth consecutive #1 hit, and one of the hottest female artists in country music today LAUREN ALAINA as special guest. The …

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Whiskey Myers

Kevin Costner Gives Whiskey Myers A Boost

Whiskey Myers has tapped an enthusiastic audience on the Kevin Costner Paramount Network drama “Yellowstone.” With an on-camera appearance and three songs featured on the hit series so far, Whiskey Myers’ music is reaching a new, fervent audience that has propelled three of the band’s albums to the Top 10 …

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Cledus T. Judd Is Back!

Six years after hanging up his overalls, Cledus T. Judd is “Strate Outta Retarment.” The comedian has done a “My Weight’s Goin’ Up Down,” parody of Morgan Wallen’s #1 Country single “Up Down” featuring Florida Georgia Line. The video has garnered over 15,000 viewsa and the full clip will premiere …

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Sister Hazel Gets Some Help From Heavy-Hitter Nashville Songwriters on “Wind”

Sister Hazel, is set to release their new EP, Wind, on September 7, 2018. The six-track EP is the follow-up to their Billboard chart-topping EP, Water. The newest EP is Volume II of a collectible compilation series titled, “Elements,” and includes a bonus seventh track that will continue throughout the …

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