The Country Music Association honored seven CMA Triple Play Award recipients last night while also awarding (Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group Nashville Troy Tomlinson with the CMA Songwriter Advocate Award. Ashley Gorley (four-time recipient this year), Charlie Handsome, Jelly Roll, Chase McGill, Hunter Phelps, Jordan Schmidt and Thomas Rhett were honored this year ..read more

Whiskey Myers extended their tour through the fall with today's announcement of 12 additional shows. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time via WhiskeyMyers.com. Joining the Texas band, who play country and rock, for the new October dates are JJ Grey & Mofro and Colby Acuff. Southall and Cam Allen serve as support on Nov. 1 with 49 Winchester and Angel White joining on Nov. 2. Added tour dates are: Sept. 20 Cape Girardeau, Mo. || Show Me Center ..read more

Nate Smith announced his 2024 Through The Smoke fall tour today. The 14-city headline tour will kick off on Sept. 19 in Portland, Ore. and end on Nov. 23 in Des Moines, Ia. Joining Smith on the road will be special guests John Morgan and Karley Scott Collins on select dates. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time. Fan club members can purchase tickets on Tuesday at 8 a.m. local time ..read more

Cody Johnson released a special music video for his ACM Song of the Year nominated number one single, "The Painter." The visual features a painting by a young woman with special needs named Katie McCormick, whose mother connected with their local radio station after being moved by the song's lyrics. Beginning today, fans can also visit Johnson's official website to share photos and stories about the people and art that color their own lives ..read more

Russell Dickerson heads overseas this summer on the Good Day To Have A Great Tour" with stops in the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and the Netherlands. Tickets will go on sale starting Friday at 9 a.m. local time. "I'm so excited to see the RD Fam across the world. I've had the best time playing in the UK in the past so to be able to return ..read more

Paul Cauthen unveiled a new song, "Hot Damn," plus a video today. The track is his first release with new label partner Anemoia Records/Atlantic Records. "It was an exciting ride making this song and it means so much to me," said Cauthen. "I've been a soldier for the song for a long time. 'Hot Damn' is the first off this record that I feel is everything I love in music. You will get a little piece of all my records on this one ..read more

Morgan Wade announced her third major label album, "Obsessed," will be out Aug. 16. The singer put out the song "Time to Love, Time to Kill," today. The solo-written, stripped-down 14-track collection was produced by her touring guitarist Clint Wells. The disc follows 2023's "Psychopathy," which came out last August. The disc follows a double mastectomy Wade had in November 2023 due to concerens about breast cancer ..read more

Tim Montana is going in a different direction. He will release "Savage," his debut rock album, out July 12. "'Savage' is a window into my world and what I was inspired by over the course of writing and recording this album," Montana said. "If there is a keystone or a decoder ring to the themes of these songs, 'Savage' is it. It's best enjoyed extremely loud ..read more

Elvie Shane is out with sophomore disc, "Damascus" on BBR/Wheelhouse. This is the follow-up to his 2021 disc, "Backslider," which featured the hit "My Boy." The new release is a fusion of country, rock, hip-hop and gospel. Nashville singer/songwriter Morgan Evans releases his first-ever live album, "Live At The ..read more

Sam Williams is out with his new song "Carnival Heart" on Friday. He created the original track as the official anthem for the new country-themed show, Songblazers: A Journey Into Country Music, produced and presented by Cirque du Soleil and Universal Music Group Nashville. Written and directed by Amy Tinkham, Songblazers opens in Nashville this July with seven additional cities following the launch ..read more