Kylie Morgan loves being a big sister to Raylee, who seems to be following in the country singer’s footsteps. Kylie prayed and wished for a baby sister, and she finally got one when she was 10 years old.

“Man, I prayed and begged and asked for a little sister for 10 years,” says Kylie. “Every single Easter, every single Christmas, I asked the tooth fairy one time, and I don’t think you can even do that. And I wanted someone, I wanted a friend, I wanted a built-in best friend, and that’s what I got after all these years. I will never forget the time when my mom and dad told me they were pregnant, and I was just so overwhelmed with joy that I already felt a sense of just connection even before she got here because the fact of having a little sister and always having a reflection of you is what was so important to me. That’s why I continue to actually try and be better is for her, because I want her to learn from my mistakes and I have made a lot of them and not proud of a lot of ‘em, but I would make them all over again if it taught her even one thing. And just to have someone that I can always love through anything and her love me back is just something that you can’t ever put into words.”

Kylie is climbing the country charts with her single “If He Wanted To He Would,” which just got an extra boost from Kelly Clarkson on her television show. Earlier this week, Kelly performed the song as part of her Kellyoke which opens the show.

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After wrapping her first headlining tour last month, Kylie has several dates, including performances during CMA Fest, before heading out with Old Dominion on their “No Bad Vibes Tour” this fall.

Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban are among the artists participating in the new documentary, “CMA Fest: 50 Years of Fan Fair,” which tells the story of country music’s longest-running festival. Premiering June 5th on Hulu, the 75-minute special features exclusive one-on-one interviews, never-before-seen archival content and CMA Fest Performances from the last 50 years. “CMA Fest: 50 Years of Fan Fair” will also feature Bill Anderson, Kelsea Ballerini, BRELAND, Brooks & Dunn, Shy Carter, Luke Combs, Wynonna Judd, Miranda Lambert, Patty Loveless, Mark Miller of Sawyer Brown, Craig Morgan, Lorrie Morgan, Dolly Parton, Carly Pearce, Jeannie Seely, Blake Shelton, Thomas Rhett, Lainey Wilson, Trisha Yearwood and Chris Young, among others. CMA Fest will celebrate its milestone 50th anniversary June 8-11, 2023, in downtown Nashville, featuring hundreds of artists performing across multiple stages.

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Brad Paisley will perform at the second annual Beachlife Ranch festival, taking place in Redondo Beach, California, September 22nd – 24th. The Doobie Brothers, Jack Johnson, Wynonna Judd, Midland and Shooter Jennings will also perform.

Mickey Guyton, Trisha Yearwood and CMT’s Leslie Fram will be honored by Save The Music and SongFarm.org for their contributions to the music industry and music education at Nashville’s 4th annual “Hometown to Hometown” event June 5th at City Winery. Caylee Hammack, Kelsea Ballerini, Brittney Spencer and more will perform. All proceeds will benefit music technology programs in Nashville, Georgia and Texas.

As his Double Platinum-certified album True Believers celebrates the 10-year anniversary of its release, Darius Rucker will now make the record available on vinyl for the first time. In addition to the standard black vinyl available for preorder now, 500 commemorative signed copies are also available for preorder via DariusRucker.com.

In addition to singles including the title track and Top 10 hit “Radio,” the album most notable features Rucker’s Diamond-certified (11x Platinum) chart-topper “Wagon Wheel,” one of the top five best-selling Country songs of all time.

“This album changed so much for me musically and for our live show,” says the three-time GRAMMY winner. “As a kid who worked as a clerk in a record store, there’s a part of me that has always wanted this album to live on vinyl, so this is a great way to commemorate 10 years of Believers.”

The vinyl release precedes new music from Rucker, with his studio album Carolyn’s Boy set for release later this year with single “Fires Don’t Start Themselves” impacting Country radio now. Fans will hear the new music and his expansive catalog of hits on the road this summer during the Starting Fires Tour, with tickets on sale now via DariusRucker.com.

Rucker also returns to Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium on Monday, June 5 for his 14th Annual Darius and Friends concert benefitting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® and will headline the second year of his personally curated Riverfront Revival Music Festival taking place in his hometown of Charleston, S.C. on October 7 and 8. Festival passes are now available along with more information at RiverfrontRevival.com.

For more information on music and upcoming events, please visit www.DariusRucker.com and follow on social media @DariusRucker.

True Believers Track Listing:
1.    True Believers
2.    Miss You
3.    Wagon Wheel
4.    Love Without You (feat. Sheryl Crow)
5.    Radio
6.    Lost in You
7.    I Will Love You Still (feat. Mallory Hope)
8.    Take Me Home
9.    Shine
10.  Heartbreak Road
11.  Leavin’ the Light On
12.  Lie to Me

His new single, “Fires Don’t Start Themselves” is available everywhere now as Rucker puts the finishing touches on his forthcoming album, Carolyn’s Boy.

Carrie Underwood has released her song, “Out Of That Truck,” to radio. She co-wrote the tune with David Garcia and Lydia Vaughan, and she says it’s about memories that pop up in familiar places.

“The inspiration behind ‘Out Of That Truck’ is basically just about the physical markers that somebody can leave behind in your life, and I feel like we’ve all got those to some extent.” says Carrie. “Whether you’re like walking through the house that you grew up in and you see things of your parents or some book or piece of jewelry or something that it’s like, those things remind you of somebody and feel like if you grew up in a small town like I did, you spend a lot of time in your vehicle. When I think back to friends or people that I dated or whatever, it’s kind of like you remember being with them in vehicles, and if you have something that you’ve had for a long time, you can definitely kind of look over to the seat next to you and almost see the other person there. So, that’s kind of what it’s all about, you know, a love that is no more, but you’ve kind of left your mark everywhere.”

Carrie returns to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry for two shows on June 6th before heading back to Las Vegas for her Reflections residency at Resorts World June 21st.

Josh Turner is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his hit album, Long Black Train, and the album’s second single of the same name, which were both certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A. On Friday (May 19th), the album was released on vinyl for the very first time, to coincide with the anniversary of the single’s original 2003 release date.

Josh wrote “Long Black Train” while he was still attending Nashville’s Belmont University. “I just remember it being super dark when I had the vision come to me of what I saw, and then I got back to my apartment,” he recalls. “I had these string lights hanging around the perimeter of my ceiling in my room, and I just sat down on the bed and I put my capo on the third fret and just played this B flat chord for what seemed like an eternity before the words started coming out.”

The South Carolina native says he owes his 20 years of success to the fans, country radio and his supportive family and team. “The fact that I’ve been able to have hits and sell records and continue to sell tickets for the last two decades, I think that is the big reason why I’m sitting here celebrating 20 years of my first hit single. Because had it not been for the support of the fans and radio and different people, I wouldn’t have this opportunity or privilege.”

“LONG BLACK TRAIN 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR” DATES:

6/3 Pender, NE Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska

6/9 Nelsonville, OH Black Diamond Music & Arts Festival

6/10 Renfro Valley, KY Renfro Valley Entertainment Center

6/16 Prestonsburg, KY Mountain Arts Center

6/17 Romeoville, IL Deer Crossing Park

7/1 N. Myrtle Beach, SC Alabama Theatre

7/2 Simpsonville, SC Simply Freedom Fest

7/15 Breim, Norway Norsk Countrytreff 2023

7/22 West Liberty, IA Muscatine County Fair

8/4 Colorado Springs, CO Pikes Peak Center

8/5 Sterling, CO Logan County Fairgrounds

8/10 Grants Pass, OR Josephine County Fairgrounds

8/11 John Day, OR Grant County Fairgrounds

8/12 Oroville, CA Gold Country Casino

8/18 Valley Center, CA Harrah’s Resort

8/24 Princeton, IL Bureau County Fairgrounds

8/25 Watseka, IL Watseka Family Festival

9/23 Columbus, MN Running Aces Casino

Josh has sold more than six and a half million records, reached 5 billion global streams, and has become a favorite and unforgettable hitmaker on country radio. With timeless songs like “Long Black Train” and “Why Don’t We Just Dance,” Turner’s five No. 1 singles also includes “Your Man.”

The War And Treaty will perform during the National Memorial Day Concert on PBS this Sunday (May 28th). The concert, which will be broadcast on PBS as well as the American Forces Network, will also feature performances by Trace Adkins, Jo Dee Messina, Yolanda Adams, Phillip Phillips, Broadway actress Megan Hilty, Actor-singer Chosen Jacobs and the National Symphony Orchestra, among others. Also appearing are actors Gary Sinise, Joe Mantegna, Mary McCormack, Dulé Hill, S. Epatha Merkerson and John Slattery.

The National Memorial Day Concert honors our country’s veterans and servicemen and women, and for more than 30 years, this TV special has featured musical performances, documentary footage and more inspirational moments.

The PBS special premieres Sunday (May 28th) beginning at 8pm ET/7pm CT and will repeat at 9:30pm ET. The concert can also be streamed live on PBS.org, on YouTube and the PBS app.

We're thrilled to share the lineup for the 2023 National Memorial Day Concert! Don't miss the live broadcast on PBS at 8/7c, Sunday, May 28th.

— National Memorial Day Concert (@MemorialDayPBS) May 21, 2023

The War And Treaty’s Michael Trotter Jr. has his own story to tell.

The Story of Us: Sometimes we win the wars in our life by sheer dumb luck. pic.twitter.com/ZEpFC5RKxk

— The War And Treaty (@warandtreaty) May 19, 2023

Tyler Hubbard is sitting atop the Mediabase/Country Aircheck chart this week with his hit song “Dancin’ In The Country,” marking his second No. 1 as a solo artist, and his 21^st career chart topper on Country Radio. Hubbard now holds the record for most spins in an official tracked week on Mediabase country’s mainstream panel.

Written by Tyler, Keith Urban, Ross Copperman and Jon Nite, “Dancin’ In The Country” is the second single off Hubbard’s debut solo album, Tyler Hubbard. His debut single, “5 Foot 9,” also hit No. 1 and was released exactly one year ago (5/20/22). Hubbard celebrated his first year as a solo artist this past weekend when he surprised fans with a 75-minute pop-up show at Nashville’s famed honky tonk, The Stage, on Saturday night. 

“Having a second No. 1, one year to the day after my debut solo single was released, is really incredible,” said Hubbard. “It’s been an amazing year, and I’m thankful to Country Radio and the fans for embracing my music, and to Keith, Ross and Jon for sharing their creative genius with me.”

“Dancin’ In The Country” has almost 155M global streams, already hit No. 1 on SXM’s The Highway and the MusicRow chart, and the song spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Canadian Country Radio Chart. CMT calls the track “bouncy banger infused with thrilling guitar pull and Hubbard’s signature country-pop sound.”

Tyler is continuing to write, record and tour the country at fairs and festivals throughout the summer.

Keith Urban returned to ABC’s American Idol for Sunday night’s (May 21st) season finale. He mentored the Top 3 contestants, and he also performed his hit, “Wild Heart,” for all the dreamers on the show. Iam Tongi was crowned the winner of this season.

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Keith Urban will release Volume 2 of a special No. 1’s exclusive vinyl at Walmart on August 11th.  It includes 12 No. 1 Hits from his entire catalog of albums.  The vinyl will be on exclusive purple/grape vinyl and will include a limited-edition poster inside. The track list includes such chart-toppers as “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16,” “Break On Me,” “We Were Us” (with Miranda Lambert), “You Gonna Fly,” “Once in A Lifetime,” “Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me” and “Making Memories of Us,” as well as many more. Volume 1 is also still available and features “Somebody Like You,” “The Fighter” (with Carrie Underwood), “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” “Days Go By,” “You’ll Think of Me” and “Long Hot Summer,” among others.

Eric Church is set to release the THIRD pressing of his 2015 album, Mr. Misunderstood, on blue vinyl on June 9^th. The collection features the title track, “Chattanooga Lucy,” “’Round Here Buzz,” “Holdin’ My Own” and “Record Year,” among others.

Alan Jackson was the subject of a recent episode of the game show Jeopardy with the answer being “What is ‘Chattahoochie?'”

Did you guess the correct answer on @Jeopardy last night? #Chattahoochee30 pic.twitter.com/qLZLaBduWx

— Alan Jackson (@OfficialJackson) May 18, 2023

Sam Hunt posted a handful of photos of him with his daughter, Lucy, and wife Hannah, to his socials. Sam just released the song, “Women In My Life.”

She is worth far more than rubies pic.twitter.com/TygWOCshUf

— Sam Hunt (@SamHuntMusic) May 22, 2023

Tyler Hubbard surprised fans with a pop-up show at Nashville’s popular Broadway hotspot, The Stage, on Saturday night (May 20th) to celebrate the one-year release of his No. 1 debut solo single, “5 Foot 9.” He also celebrated his second No. 1 for “Dancin’ In The Country.”

Carrie Underwood celebrated her 15th Anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry with a two-show performance this past Saturday (May 13th). While she says it’s unbelievable she’s been a member for a decade and a half, it’s something that has always meant so much to her.

Carrie made her Grand Ole Opry performance debut on June 10th, 2005, just two weeks after winning American Idol. Underwood’s love for the Opry started as a child as she grew up watching and listening to the show, dreaming of one day performing there and even becoming a member herself. The multi-GRAMMY®/CMA/ACM award winner was officially inducted in to the Opry family on May 8th, 2008 by fellow Oklahoman, Opry member Garth Brooks.

“It’s hard to believe that it’s been 15 years that I have been a member of the Grand Ole Opry, but it has always been just something that’s meant so much to me. I feel like I’ve been very blessed to take a part in a lot of awards shows and things like that over the years, but kind of having THIS thing in my career that I feel like I was able to accomplish is just one of the most important things that I think I have ever done,” says Carrie. “I love the Opry. I love the family. I love that it signifies being a part of country music, and we all it the Mother Church and we do so for very good reason. It is like going to church and you can pay your respects to those that came before, those that are playing now and whoever’s going to come later on. So, it’s just a really cool thing just being able to be a part of that family. I always love going to the shows, and you never know who’s going to be on stage and you hear a lot of people doing what they love. It’s like singing in your living room. It’s very comfortable and relaxed and very sweet.”

The Oklahoma native will return to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry for two shows on June 6th before heading back to Las Vegas to continue her residency at Resorts World June 21st.

Tyler Hubbard is closing in on the top spot on the country chart with his latest hit, “Dancin’ In The Country,” and he says it’s the perfect song to end his show.

“Every time we start playing ‘Dancin’ In The Country,’ the energy just goes through the roof, you know. It just gets wilder and wilder, and it feels like the set hits a climax, and it’s really, really fun,” says Tyler. “The crowd goes crazy, and it’s a just a good way to end the set. Everybody leaves the show really happy. Everybody’s singing that song. It’s sort of an earworm. Even myself, I’m singing it for the next two hours after the set, just because it’s stuck in my head. So, it’s a special song and it’s a fun one to leave the fans with.”

You can catch Tyler live at various fairs and festivals, as well as in Nashville at Nissan Stadium during CMA Fest June 8th before hitting the road with Old Dominion for select dates later this year. For more information on Tyler tour dates, click here.