MCA Nashville/Republic Records dynamic duo YA’BOYZ are sharing their swaggering new song “THIS-A-WAY,” out today. The sway-inducing track is penned by the duo’s Zach Kale and Joe Ragosta with Nick Zinnanti and Jon Nite, with production by NCKZN, Kale and Ragosta. Heating up the swampy, summer jam with a distinct piano lick and twangy guitars, YA’BOYZ nod to “backwoods tradition” with some truck in your mud and some party in your cup over a breezy, whistling chorus.

LISTEN TO “THIS-A-WAY” HERE

 “THIS-A-WAY” is the latest addition to a list of genre-smashing bangers from the pair, melding punchy beats and infectious hooks with tracks like “YA’BOYZ,” “STOMP YOUR BOOTS,” and “LEGENDS.”

Garnering attention with their fresh, innovative sound, their song “WOO WOO,” served as the official 2022 playoff anthem of the Nashville Predators, with YA’BOYZ tracks also featured on Fox Sports, ESPN for the previous two college football seasons including SEC and ACC Networks, and season 13 of American Ninja Warrior.

More new music is on the way for YA’BOYZ in the coming months. For more information, visit yaboyzmusic.com. Keep up with them on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter.

Mercury Nashville recording artist Travis Denning announced his forthcoming six-song EP, MIGHT AS WELL BE ME, will be released on August 5 and is available to pre-order now here. The project is crafted for the stage with all of Denning’s hard-charging energy and mischief-making signatures intact, but it also captures an artist maturing. Denning also released a new track from the upcoming release, sharing “Buy A Girl A Drink,” available to listen now here. Co-written by Denning with Jeremy Stover, Paul DiGiovanni and Chase McGill the candlelit confession features Denning’s most tender lyricism to date.

My new song #BuyAGirlADrink is available everywhere, & I'm excited to announce my next EP, “Might As Well Be Me” will be out 8/5. This is easily some of my favorite music I've recorded. There’s some special stuff on it, & I’m excited to share it. LETS GO!https://t.co/FA5RCdDfWU pic.twitter.com/XdWrrsAlex

— Travis Denning (@Travis_Denning) July 8, 2022

“Last year and my most recent EP were all about thankfulness, and being glad to have any live shows at all,” Denning says, explaining the drive behind a new creative chapter. “This time a lot of that is behind us, and it’s like ‘Alright, let’s get to work.’ Overall, I wanted this EP to feel like a setlist. And I wanted it to be a no skipper.”

IT MIGHT AS WELL BE ME will also include the previously released track “She’s On It,” a thoughtful track that contemplates a mistake that can’t be fixed. On “Don’t Give a Truck,” Denning’s playful personality doesn’t just lead the party, it helps drop some heartfelt wisdom with a pure country turn of phrase. With the nostalgia-tinged “River Named Mississippi,” Denning is in all new territory. “Red Round Here,” is a rollicking roadhouse banger and the serene “If You Need Anything Down Here” finds Denning pledging undying support to a fallen friend.

MIGHT AS WELL BE ME Official Tracklist:

1. Red Round Here
2. River Named Mississippi
3. Buy A Girl A Drink
4. Don’t Give A Truck
5. She’s On It
6. If You Need Anything Down Here

A native of Warner Robins, Georgia, singer/songwriter and Mercury Nashville recording artist Travis Denning celebrated his first No. One and recently certified PLATINUM single with the “shadowy” (Rolling Stone) “After A Few.” Accelerating his ascend from a chart-topping single, the song was taken from his debut EP BEER’S BETTER COLD that debuted in the Top 20 of Billboard’s Country Albums chart. Denning first made waves with the release of his Top 40 debut single “David Ashley Parker From Powder Springs.” Denning has previously headlined his own “Heartbeat Of A Small Town Tour,” toured with Cole Swindell, Dustin Lynch, Alan Jackson, Riley Green and is currently out on the road this summer with Dierks Bentley and will join Jake Owen this fall. With over 500 million streams worldwide, Denning has been spotlighted for his head-turning sound and was previously selected as one of CRS New Faces, an Opry NextStage recipient and a CMA KixStart Artist, as he makes his mark within the industry. For more information, visit travisdenning.com.

Three-time ACM Entertainer of the Year and 8-time GRAMMY® Award winner Carrie Underwood’s Denim & Rhinestones, will be released on purple vinyl today (Friday, July 8th).  The new album, released June 10th, is Underwood’s 10th album (including all nine of her studio albums and her 2014 Greatest Hits: Decade #1) to debut in the Top 10 on the all-genre Billboard Top 200.

The Denim & Rhinestones purple vinyl is officially here! 💜💎 https://t.co/fMIGHz2vqe pic.twitter.com/9qD04fCNuK

— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) July 8, 2022

Underwood just returned from the UK, where she promoted Denim & Rhinestones and made worldwide headlines joining Guns N’ Roses onstage for two songs during each of their July 1st and 2nd shows at the UK’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.  While in London, Underwood appeared on ITV’s Lorraine, and recorded interviews with Absolute Radio and BBC Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the Afternoon and The Country Show with Bob Harris, which included a special in-studio performance.  She also appeared at an intimate invitation-only Q&A for a select group of media and lucky fans.

Denim & Rhinestones  purple vinyl is available HERE. Signed CD Box Sets and Signed Vinyl Box Sets are also available now, which includes an exclusive t-shirt, rhinestone pack, denim tote bag, album slip mat, and signed photo card in limited quantities here. Fans can order from physical retailers here. A cassette version is also available on August 5.

Underwood recently announced her new U.S. arena tour, THE DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR, with dates in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023, joined by special guest Jimmie Allen on all dates.  For more information, go to carrieunderwoodofficial.com.

Carrie is currently climbing the country charts with her latest single, “Ghost Story.”

Four-time GRAMMY© Award winner Keith Urban, today released his first U.S. single of 2022, “Brown Eyes Baby.”

“Brown Eyes Baby,” recorded earlier this year in Nashville, received its live debut on opening night of Urban’s “THE SPEED OF NOW WORLD TOUR,” as well as its network television premiere this past week on NBC”s Today Show.  Following both performances, fans immediately started sharing clips, creating a swell of interest around the track.

“So we’ve been working on some new music that’s gonna be coming out very soon’ Urban said before performing the song, “and we thought we might lay this one on you.”

With its beautiful, melodic chorus and a signature Urban guitar hook, his fans have fully embraced the song, which has fit perfectly into a two-hour show of hits, some re-worked and some not performed live in years.  “THE SPEED OF NOW WORLD TOUR” heads to Toronto for two shows this weekend, before stops in Canandaigua, New York, Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio.

For information on where to get tickets go to www.keithurban.com.

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Tyler Hubbard is closing in on Top 20 on the country charts with his debut solo single, “5 Foot 9.” In the chorus of the song, he namechecks one of country music’s biggest superstars, Tim McGraw.

God makes five foot nine, brown eyes, and a sundress
Loves Tim McGraw and a small town accent
Ain’t no way that me and this truck made her fall in love
Jack makes good whiskey but God makes the good stuff
Oh, God makes the good stuff

Since he calls out Tim and has mad respect for the singer-actor, he wanted to send the song to him before it was released.

“He was a huge impact on my music and my career. A big influence,” says Tyler. “And also, yeah, I mean, I’ve worked with him recently. I’ve really grown to love him and admire and respect who he is and how he handles himself and how he runs his business. And so, yeah, I sent it to him actually a few weeks ago and said, ‘Hey, I just want you to have a heads up. My first single is going to have a shout out to you. And it you know, I want you to hear it first for me, but I highly respect you and what you stand for and who you are and and just want you to know I love you. And this is this is coming out soon.’”

The two collaborated last year on the song “Undivided,” which was written by Tyler and Chris Loocke.

Tyler also recently released the song “35s,” which is from his upcoming solo project.

Kassi Ashton is currently on the country radio airwaves with her single, “Dates In Pickup Trucks,” which she co-wrote and produced with Luke Laird and David Garcia. The California native singer/songwriter, who also competed in many pageants when she was young, says she’s been singing since she was a tiny tot.

“I always say I’ve been singing since before I could read, because my mom would sneak me into karaoke bars, literally sneak me, because you know the high-top cocktail tables? She’d put me under the tablecloth, and I’d do scratch off tickets under the tablecloth,” she recalls. “But she would stand behind me, because I couldn’t read the prompter and tell me the words before they came up on the screen, and I was so little that if people clapped too loud, I would cry. So, I’ve literally been singing since I was tiny.”

Click here to find more information on Kassi and where you can see her perform live.

Reba McEntire will star in the new Lifetime movie, “The Hammer,” along with boyfriend Rex Linn (CSI: Miami, Better Call Saul) and her Reba show co-star and close friend, Melissa Peterman. Reba also serves as executive producer on the film, which is inspired by the life of traveling circuit judge Kim Wanker. This is not the only place you’ll be able to catch the country superstar on the small screen. She’s also joining the of the ABC series, Big Sky, this coming season.

Parker McCollum sold out three nights in a row at the Whitewater Amphitheatre in New Braunsfels, Texas recently. He said it was “absolutely electric every night. My favorite venue in the world.”

What a weekend. First to ever sell out @WhitewaterRocks 3 nights in a row. Absolutely electric every night. My favorite venue in the world. God Bless The USA & God Bless Country Music! pic.twitter.com/Lpm5XDdIae

— Parker McCollum (@ParkerMcCollum) July 5, 2022

Travis Denning releases a new song, “Buy A Girl A Drink,” on Friday (July 8th). He says he “fell in love with this song the moment we wrote it. So much of me and (fiancee) Madison’s story is in it, and I know so many others are in it as well.”

I fell in love with this song the moment we wrote it. So much of me and Madison’s story is in it, and I know so many others are in it as well. #BuyAGirlADrink is out this Friday. pic.twitter.com/jnjNpTgj4s

— Travis Denning (@Travis_Denning) July 5, 2022

Kacey Musgraves recently performed the Elvis cover “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (from The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ELVIS) at Hampton Court Palace in England as part of her star-crossed tour.

Luke Bryan resumes his Raised Up Right Tour on Thursday (July 7^th) in Virginia Beach. The title of the trek came from his previous single, “Up,” and feels it fits him and his opening acts Riley Green and Mitchell Tenpenny to a T.

“The title for the Raised Up Right Tour came from my last single, ‘Up,’ and when I looked at who’s on tour with me – Riley Green, you can tell he was raised up right – and Mitchell Tenpenny, a Nashville guy – it just felt like it was a great title for some Southern boys, I mean, Riley being an Alabama boy. I’m just excited to get out there – we’ve done a few shows already, but ready to get into the summer and even into the fall and watch those guys go out there and perform every night. Like I said, we’ve already done several shows, and it’s pretty amazing what we’ve got going on on the Raised Up Right Tour.”

For more information on the Georgia native’s Raised Up Right Tour, go to lukebryan.com/tour.

Luke just hit the airwaves this week with his latest single, the anthemic “Country On.”

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8-time GRAMMY® Award winner Carrie Underwood joined Guns N’ Roses onstage for two songs during each of their July 1st and 2nd shows at the UK’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

photo credit: Jeff Johnson

Carrie was in London this past week to promote her new album, Denim & Rhinestones, which debuted as the #1 Country album in the UK.  Underwood made worldwide headlines when she welcomed Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose as a special guest during her headline performance at the Stagecoach Festival in April.

Carrie is closing in on the Top 10 with her latest single, “Ghost Story.”

Mickey Guyton hosted the 42nd A Capitol Fourth on PBS on Monday night (July 4th, 2022). She kicked off the show with the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

Later in the show, she performed her song, “All American,” which is from her debut album, Remember Her Name, as well as “I Still Pray.”

She led an all-star cast in a patriotic evening of unrivaled musical performances by top stars from pop, country, R&B, classical and Broadway featuring the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of premiere pops conductor Jack Everly. Performers included Jake Owen, Broadway and film star Chita Rivera, pop legend Gloria Gaynor, blues superstar Keb’Mo, Gospel legend Yolanda Adams, actor-singer-songwriter Darren Criss, recording artist Rachel Platten and more.

Happy 4th y’all! What an incredible experience @July4thPBS was. Thank you to each and every person that was a part of this show. Dream team! Love y’all so bad! #July4thPBS pic.twitter.com/MJ4PRfjDNg

— Mickey Guyton (@MickeyGuyton) July 5, 2022