Alan Jackson is the first artist to be announced for next year’s MerleFest, slated for April 24th -27th. The four-day event will take place in Wilkesboro, North Carolina.  Additional performers for MerleFest 2014 will be announced in the coming weeks. Tickets for MerleFest 2014 go on sale November 12th and can be purchased at www.merlefest.org or by calling 1-800-343-7857.

Keith Urban is scheduled to perform on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday (October 3rd). Check your local listings for time and channel.

ABC Music Lounge’s Nashville-inspired docu-web series, On the Record, is featuring the original song “Gonna Get Even,” which was written by Kacey Musgraves, along with Al Anderson and Pat McLaughlin. The song, performed by Aubrey Peeples as “Layla Grant,” will appear on the ABC series, Nashville, on Wednesday (October 2nd) at 10pm ET.