Embedded from www.youtube.com. With Jimmie Allen and Brad Paisley’s February 2021-released single “Freedom Was A Highway” reaching country radio’s Top 20, the song–which is featured on both Allen’s 2020 EP Bettie James as well as the project’s 2021-released Gold Edition–now has a video. Allen’s duet with Paisley follows the 2020 single “This Is Us” (with……

Embedded from www.youtube.com. Mickey Guyton’s journey to actualizing self-empowerment through music will include the artist’s debut album Remember Her Name, which will be released on Sept. 24. Today sees the debut of the empowering torch song title track. Guyton’s past 12 months have included several profile-raising moments, including co-hosting the 56th Academy of Country Music……

Lauren Alaina will release her third full-length studio album, Sitting Pretty on Top of the World, on Sept. 3. The new 12-song collection follows her previous EPs Getting Good and Getting Over Him. Alaina offered fans a glimpse into the new project via the album’s lead-off song “It Was Me.” Alaina co-wrote 14 of the……

CMT’s Cody Alan is adding another title to his resume–author. His upcoming book, Hear’s The Thing: Lessons on Listening, Life & Love, will release Oct. 19. Country star Keith Urban wrote the foreword for the book. Alan serves as host and executive producer for CMT Radio. He is also a host for CMT’s Hot 20,……

CMT’s Weekly Roundup of new hits this week features songs from living legends, could-be legends, and current country stars. Click here to take a listen to the following tunes. Embedded from www.youtube.com. Yola – Dancing Away In Tears Soulful, British-born folk-country vocalist Yola dives deeper than ever into the retro vibes for yet another track……

Luke Combs might be breaking sales records left and right with his albums and consistent string of No. 1 country radio hits, but he’s also keen on sharing the spotlight with others rising through the ranks. Combs recently surprised Drew Parker, a co-writer with Combs on Combs’ hit “Forever After All” and an artist in……

Embedded from www.youtube.com. Nashville-based and Pennsylvania-born singer-songwriter Ben Gallaher’s latest video for “Every Small Town” highlights how the performer is “cut from the same cloth as [his fanbase],” the artist notes to CMT. The David Abbott-directed video is a visual representation of the lyric, Gallaher adds. He continues, “From the small-town scenes to the white……

Embedded from www.youtube.com. Nashville-based singer/songwriter Sam Williams’ debut album, Glasshouse Children, will be released on Aug. 20. In preparation for the occasion, he’s shared the Kwaku Ospinto-directed video for “10-4,” a song which, according to a press release, “captures the feeling of idealizing a perfect love that can seem so pure and simple, but in……

Parker McCollum is gearing up for the release of his album Gold Chain Cowboy, and in the meantime, he spent some quality time recently with one of country music’s legendary artists, Randy Travis. McCollum posted a video to Instagram of himself with Travis at the “Forever and Ever, Amen” singer’s home, as the two enjoyed……

ZZ Top is far more than just a band where the guy named Beard is clean-shaven, and the other guys were bizarrely hirsute. As well, they’re more than just a band with seductive music videos. Ultimately, they’re sonically the link between how all of country’s disparate roads unified to develop the genre’s most lucrative pop……