Reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year and three-time GRAMMY winner Miranda Lambert’s critically acclaimed eighth solo album, Palomino, is the top-selling country album in both the U.S. and the U.K. this week, earning the Texan the No. 4 spot on the all-genre Billboard 200, her seventh entry in the chart’s top 10 and making the project the highest-debuting country album of 2022. Listen HERE.
Even before Carly Pearce hit the stage at Busch Stadium to kick-off the third major show of the Here And Now 2022 Tour, Kenny Chesney and his road family were kicking tour traditions into high gear with the KenPuppy Derby. To commemorate Derby Day, have fun and create memories, Chesney and team enlisted Stray Rescue St. Louis to bring 31 shelter puppies to the venue for a puppy race/adoption event in the afternoon.
Drenched in intoxicatingly rich pedal steel, country powerhouse Randy Houser releases “Still That Cowboy,” an ode to his wife Tatiana as the couple prepares for their second child together, highlighting the vulnerable side to the man behind the voice Billboard praises is “as captivating as ever.” Listen to the new song HERE.
CMT 2022 Next Women of Country rising star and cowgirl Jenna Paulette is a part of the growing wave of artists rewriting the rules, charting their own unique path independently. With her first release of the year, Paulette drops dreamy western ballad, “El Paso,” romanticizing those she misses when on the road. Listen HERE.
In a Metro Nashville City Council meeting scheduled for tomorrow night, District 19 Council Member Freddie O’Connell will read a resolution recognizing Ryman Auditorium, the Mother Church of Country Music, and its 130 years as Music City’s most famous and respected concert venue, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors to Nashville each year. The resolution states, “The venue is most famous for being a home for country music…its legacy has been defined by showcasing one of the most expansive lists of diverse performers ranging from jazz, pop and bluegrass to rock and roll, classical, and hip hop. From its very beginning, the Ryman has been a stage to just about every type of music and every type of performer.”
As multi-Platinum selling Country star Brantley Gilbert gears up for his two-night stand at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colo. this weekend (Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7), the Georgia-native announces he will join forces with country rocker Jelly Roll for the Son of the Dirty South Summer Tour 2022, with special guest Pillbox Patti, kicking off June 30 in Jacksonville, Fla. Tickets for the tour go on sale this Friday, May 6 at 10am ET at BrantleyGilbert.com.
Today, the Grand Ole Opry announced its initial artists for its Opry NextStage Class of 2022, an artist discovery program that spotlights Country music’s rising talent and highlights one artist per month with featured original content, an Opry performance and support across the Opry Entertainment platforms, which include the Opry, Ryman Auditorium, WSM Radio, Ole Red and Circle Network. Breakthrough artists Elvie Shane (May), Morgan Wade (June) and BRELAND (July) are the first three featured artists, with more to be announced throughout the year to complete the class with a total of seven artists. The artists shared their thoughts on the honor exclusively with the Tennessean.
Reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year Miranda Lambert appeared today on “CBS Sunday Morning” yesterday, May 1, in celebration of her new album Palomino, available everywhere now. The Texas native shared an expansive look at her storied career and the new project with correspondent Lee Cowan, discussing everything from her businesses and her marriage to her new album and passion for supporting rescue animals. Watch the full segment HERE.
