Category Archives: Country News – ABC Audio
Parker McCollum will be keeping the roads hot even in cold weather
Parker McCollum's 2026 Tour (Emporium Presents)Parker McCollum isn't taking many days off between the end of his 2025 tour and the beginning of his 2026 one.He's just unveiled a new 14-date run that k...
Sep 19, 2025
Hear Dierks Bentley cover Keith Whitley on 'The Sessions'
Dierks Bentley's 'The Sessions' (Capitol Records Nashville)Dierks Bentley's Broken Branches Tour wrapped at the end of August, and even though he's not on the road now, there's a new way to hear him s...
Sep 19, 2025
Trisha Yearwood's ready to Rock for First Responders with Good Charlotte & The Fray
Trisha Yearwood (Disney/Randy Holmes)Trisha Yearwood doesn't kick off her next tour until December, but on Saturday she'll headline the Rock for First Responders benefit in the Golden State.All the pe...
Sep 19, 2025
Songwriter Brett James among 3 killed in small plane crash in North Carolina
Brett James (Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)Songwriter Brett James, who is credited with writing or co-writing hundreds of songs — including Carrie Underwood's "Jesus, Take the Wheel" — was one ...
Sep 19, 2025
'Kerosene' ignites a 'sisterhood' between Miranda Lambert & Ella Langley
Ella Langley & Miranda Lambert (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)Miranda Lambert and Ella Langley marked the 20th anniversary of Miranda's Kerosene by duetting on the title track at the ACM Awards in May...
Sep 19, 2025
Nashville notes: Steve Earle's Opry induction + Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's new EP
Steve Earle performed his hits "Guitar Town," "Hillbilly Highway" and "Copperhead Road" as Emmylou Harris officially inducted him into the Grand Ole Opry on Wednesday. You can check out the Nitty...
Sep 18, 2025
Scotty McCreery takes 'Bottle Rockets' from the beach in Charleston to Times Square
Scotty McCreery's "Bottle Rockets" (Triple Tigers) The beach, "Bottle Rockets," maracas, mandolins and guitars — what more could Scotty McCreery want in a music video for his latest hit?Well, Ho...
Sep 18, 2025
Get in some Extra Innings with Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley & more this February
Luke Bryan (Disney/Connie Chornuk)If you love baseball and you love country music, you may want to head to Tempe, Arizona, in February.Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley will headline the first night of th...
Sep 18, 2025
Chris Stapleton will start 2026 with a different kind of show
Chris Stapleton's All-American Roadshow (Courtesy Chris Stapleton/Sacks & Co.)Chris Stapleton is extending his All-American Road Show into 2026 with six special concerts.Starting Feb. 4, he'll do ...
Sep 18, 2025
Jason Aldean sells music catalog to BMG
Jason Aldean (Disney/Connie Chornuk)Jason Aldean's fortune is growing, as he just sold his music to BMG. Though the financial details weren't revealed, it's the company's single largest catalog acquis...
Sep 18, 2025