Carrie Underwood is a card-carrying Nashville Predators fans and is happy to let people know how much she supports the team. Her husband, Mike Fisher, came out of retirement this year to play once again for the NHL team. Last year during the Stanley Cup Finals, people around the world found out how much the team is loved by Nashville.

“I think going to the Stanley Cup Finals last year was such a confidence booster. I mean, nobody expected them to make it as far as they did. I did, but [laughs] nobody else. We seem to be the underdogs in every single situation,” says Carrie. “And seeing Mike and hearing Mike talking about those guys and how much talent was on the ice and how much they had in them, it wasn’t surprising to me at all that they made it to the finals last year.

Carrie found it surprising there were people who didn’t know Nashville was more than just a music town.

“It was amazing to me and surprising to me that people didn’t know Nashville’s a hockey town. I would even do interviews, and they were like, ‘Oh, everybody’s jumping on the bandwagon.’ I’m like, ‘No. There’s no bandwagon. That arena is full every single game.’ So, to see the town like really get out and show everybody how much support they have behind the Predators was incredible, and for people all around the country to see how much Nashville loves the Predators was just incredible. And the town was absolutely electric the few weeks leading up to the final, especially during that last week or so. To see 100,000 people lining Broadway, I mean, that was incredible, so let’s do it again.”

The Predators defeat Avalanche 5-0 in Game 6 to advance to Round 2. They’ll play the Winnipeg Jets who they will host in Game 1 at Bridgestone Arena at a yet-to-be-announced date.

Carrie just released her new single, “Cry Pretty,” the title track from her upcoming album, set for release September 14th.

Dierks Bentley revealed another new video for “You Can’t Bring Me Down,” from his upcoming ninth studio album, The Mountain.

He’s released clips for “Woman, Amen,” “The Mountain” and “Living” leading up to the release of his record on June 8th.

Kacey Musgraves releases the video for “Space Cowboy,” the first visual from her critically-acclaimed #1 album Golden Hour. Shot on location in Mexico City and directed by Courtney Phillips (Marshmello, Khalid, Anne-Marie), the video initially captures the vulnerability and loneliness of a broken relationship, ultimately portraying the quiet confidence and strength that comes with letting go. Watch “Space Cowboy” here: http://smarturl.it/kmspacecowboy

“Space Cowboy,” co-written by Kacey with Luke Laird and Shane McAnally, has received widespread praise since its release. The track was debuted on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, featured on Spotify’s New Music Friday and Rolling Stone’s “The Playlist,” and has been hailed as one of 2018’s best songs so far by Stereogum. The FADER dubbed the song a “bittersweet, heartbreakingly replayable masterpiece,”with NPR proclaiming it “a tender, if slightly tart, goodbye to an old love whose airy, piano-driven arrangement perfectly suits Musgraves’ delicate voice and inherent emotional equanimity. Its elegance takes Musgraves beyond the confines of contemporary country.”

Golden Hour is Kacey’s third #1 debut on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, following the success of Same Trailer Different Park and Pageant Material. The album has been lauded by fans and press alike, with USA Today declaring “’Golden Hour’ may be 2018’s best album yet,” SPIN asserting, “Kacey Musgraves’ pristine Golden Hourmight be a classic,” and Vulture observing “an album of this quality and collectively agreed upon acclaim typically comes once a career for an artist, if it ever comes at all. It’s lightning in a bottle.” Surrounding Golden Hour’s release, Kacey has made high-profile TV appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, TODAY and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Kacey will go on to make her Saturday Night Live debut on May 12^th.

This past weekend, Kacey played the Mane Stage at Stagecoach festival, and she is currently on tour with Little Big Town through May 5. Kacey will go on to support Harry Styles on his summer tour before kicking off her headlining Oh, What A World: Tour this fall. For more information, visit http://www.kaceymusgraves.com/tour.

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Kip Moore’s “Last Shot,” which is making its way up the country charts, turned into a good “old school country love song” in the writing room. He co-wrote “Last Shot” — the follow-up to his No. 1 hit “More Girls Like You” — with the legendary David Lee Murphy and pal Dan Couch, and they hit gold once they figured out how to write the tune based on an idea Dan brought to them.

“Dan actually came in with that idea and we just kind of danced around that song for probably three hours before we ever could tackle how to get it, where we wanted to go and you get a little bit of that old school Aerosmith vibe from the lyrics to the melodic sense even to the production of it,” says Kip. “I mean the minute David Lee said…When I started singing that melody, I was just humming and different stuff, and he said, ‘If you were my last breath/I’d just want to hold you,’ and I thought that was just such a brilliant line. So then it was just about, ‘Alright, this is a love song, this is an old school country love song right here,’ so that’s what we went with.”

The Georgia native just wrapped a string of sold-out international shows and makes a summer run through fairs and festivals, among other tour dates. For information on Kip, check out kipmoore.net.

Brothers Osborne release their highly anticipated sophomore album, Port Saint Joe, today. In support of the album release, John and TJ Osborne will perform their current Top 40 single “Shoot Me Straight” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert April 23rd.

The GRAMMY-nominated duo co-wrote all 10 tracks on Port Saint Joe which was produced by Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Little Big Town).

Fans can watch a special Facebook Live performance of several Port Saint Joe tracks from Terrapin Care Station in Denver, Colorado starting at 11am CT HERE. Afterwards, Brothers Osborne will host a Reddit AMA “Ask Me Anything” at 12pm CT.

“After years of writing, traveling, playing and evolving we’re finally releasing new music,” says John Osborne. “This music, tracked in a beach house in Florida, is a sonic representation of the road we’ve been traveling.”

TJ adds, “in the making of Port Saint Joe, we weren’t trying to be anything or anyone that wasn’t truly us. Imperfections and all.”

Critics continue to praise the new record with Rolling Stone calling it “a superlative new album…cementing their status as a band essential to the vitality of today’s country music.” The New York Times notes it’s “an invigoratingly footloose follow up” and The Tennessean says it’s “raw, direct, guitar-driven songs delivered with an intensity that leaves no room for doubt: Brothers Osborne is as authentic as it gets.”

The singer/songwriter siblings recently took home two trophies at the 53^rd Annual ACM Awards and maintained their reign as “Vocal Duo of the Year” in addition to winning “Video of the Year” for their rowdy Top 10 hit “It Ain’t My Fault”.

Brothers Osborne are set to perform next Saturday, April 28 at Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California. The Maryland natives will then embark on their first headlining UK tour starting May 4 in Dublin, Ireland with additional stops in Belfast, London, Manchester, Glasgow and more.

This summer, the duo will join Dierks Bentley on the “Mountain High Tour” kicking off May 17 in Columbia, MD. Tickets and additional information can be found at www.brothersosborne.com

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To purchase a special “Record Store Day” vinyl package of Port Saint Joe, click HERE.

Carrie Underwood showed up to support the Nashville Predators (and husband Mike Fisher) and surprised the crowd by performing the National Anthem before Game 2 of the second round Stanley Cup Playoffs series against Winnipeg at Bridgestone Arena Sunday (April 29th).  She must have been a good luck charm, since the Preds bounced back from a loss to the Jets on Friday with a thrilling 5-4 double overtime win on Sunday to tie the series 1-1.

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Dierks Bentley teamed up with bluegrass legend Del McCoury to perform the Anthem prior to Game 1 on Friday.

Already this season of playoffs has seen Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley and Maren Morris performing the anthem in the first round against Colorado.

Last year was unprecedented with the Preds in the Stanley Cup Finals. Dierks Bentley, Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Trisha Yearwood, Kelly Clarkson, Martina McBride  and Faith Hill were the surprise Anthem performers.

Darius Rucker’s “For the First Time” climbs into the top spot on both the Country Aircheck Mediabase and Billboard country charts this week. He co-wrote the song with Derek George and Scooter Carusoe, and the tune made him think about some of the things he wanted to accomplish.

“That song really made me sit down and write out a list of things I want to do that I’ve never done; not so much bucket list stuff, just stuff that ‘why have I never done that?’ And it was really cool, and now I’m trying to do all those things,” says Darius. “But for me, that’s why I wanted that song to be a single. I wanted people to sit back for a second and go, ‘When was the last time I did something?’”

Darius was chosen to receive the Gary Haber Lifting Lives Award, which is presented to a country music artist, duo/group or industry professional who is devoted to improving lives through the power of music, has a generosity of spirit, and is committed to serving others. The award will be handed out during the ACM Honors August 22nd at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.

Darius will co-headline the Summer Plays On Tour with pals Lady Antebellum. The trek kicks off July 19th in Toronto, Ontario.

Shania Twain will appear on VH1’s Rupaul’s Drag Race Friday (April 20th) at 8pm ET.

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Brothers Osborne will perform a song from their new Port Saint Joe album on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday (April 23rd) on CBS.

Kacey Musgraves will be the musical guest on NBC’s Saturday Night Live with host Amy Schumer.

Watch Dierks Bentley perform “Woman, Amen” from his upcoming album, The Mountain, on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live right here.

Darius Rucker brought his widely popular hit “Wagon Wheel” to the “American Idol” stage on Monday night, as he partnered with eventual runner-up Caleb Lee Hutchinson on the show’s highly anticipated season finale.

“It’s so inspiring to see how much talent, passion and ambition these contestants have,” said Rucker. “I loved being a part of Caleb’s experience on ‘American Idol.’ He’s got that old school voice.“

Rucker, whose current single “For The First Time” is currently in the Top 3 on the country charts, will return to national television on Thursday, May 24th at 11:35 p.m. EDT as the musical guest for a special Fleet Week episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC.

The man Billboard calls “one of the torch-bearers for the format” will again bring a selection of his country music hits to fans nationwide as he graces the “TODAY” plaza stage for the Citi Summer Concert Series on Friday, May 25 starting at 7:00 a.m. EDT.

Rucker will continue his summer of music with the ninth annual “Darius and Friends” show benefitting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Monday, June 4th, as well as his co-headlining Summer Plays On Tour with Lady Antebellum, kicking off Thursday, July 19th in Toronto, Ontario.

For more information about new music, appearances and tour dates, please visit www.dariusrucker.com or follow on social media @DariusRucker.

About Darius Rucker 
Rucker first attained multi-Platinum status in the music industry as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of GRAMMY award-winning Hootie & the Blowfish. Since releasing his first country album in 2008, he has celebrated four summits to the top of the Billboard Country albums chart and earned a whole new legion of fans. In 2014, Rucker won his third career GRAMMY award for Best Solo Country Performance for his 4x Platinum selling cover of Old Crow Medicine Show’s “Wagon Wheel,” off his album, True Believers. Rucker’s first two country albums, Learn To Live and Charleston, SC 1966 produced five No. 1 singles including “Come Back Song,” “This,” “Alright,” “It Won’t Be Like This For Long,” and “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It.” Southern Style, his fourth studio country album, features his seventh No. 1 single “Homegrown Honey,” co-written by Rucker, label mate Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum, and Nathan Chapman. Rucker’s latest album on Capitol Records Nashville, When Was The Last Time, featured the lead single “If I Told You,” his eighth No. 1 on country radio. The album’s second single, “For The First Time,” is currently Top 3-and-climbing.