Category Archives: Country News – ABC Audio
Nashville notes: See Elmo play the Opry + Justin Moore's Steelers questions
You can check out Elmo making his Grand Ole Opry debut in a new video on YouTube. The Sesame Street star holds his own with Lauren Alaina on her #1 hit "Road Less Traveled." Country Music Hall of...
Aug 18, 2025
'After All the Bars Are Closed,' Thomas Rhett's sticking around for one more
Todd Owyoung/NBCThomas Rhett's staying for another round atop Billboard's Country Airplay chart, as "After All the Bars Are Closed" begins its second week at #1.The tune TR co-wrote is his 21st chart-...
Aug 18, 2025
Jason Aldean & Darius Rucker make a Full Throttle effort to help kids with cancer
Disney/Larry McCormackThirteen-year-old Houston native Devarjaye "DJ" Daniel managed to raise $200,000 to help kids fighting cancer, with a little help from his new friends Jason Aldean and Darius Ruc...
Aug 18, 2025
Drew Baldridge has 'a great message for boys and girls to hear'
Drew Baldridge (Joshua Applegate/Getty Images)Drew Baldridge drops his new track, "Deserve Her," on Friday. “When I wrote this song, I knew it would be such a great message for boys and gir...
Aug 18, 2025
'Long Live Country Music' is RaeLynn's 'love letter'
RaeLynn's "Love Live Country Music" cover (Big Machine)RaeLynn shouts out Dolly Parton, George Jones and Johnny Cash in her new track, "Long Live Country Music," namechecking Toby Keith's "Shoulda Bee...
Aug 18, 2025
Keith Urban's got a 'Straight Line' from Australia to Nashville for a rising star
Keith Urban (Disney/Connie Chornuk)Keith Urban's currently taking his High and Alive World Tour Down Under, and while he's without a doubt the most well-known country star from Australia, he's working...
Aug 18, 2025
For Jordan Davis, New Orleans is best 'Bar None,' but Charleston's a close second
Jordan Davis' 'Learn the Hard Way' (MCA)At first glance, it's hard to tell what's happening on the front of Jordan Davis' third album, Learn the Hard Way. The "Bar None" hitmaker sits in a l...
Aug 18, 2025
Nashville notes: Zach Top's tour additions + Karley Scott Collins' 'Girlfriend'
Zach Top is serving up five more rounds of Cold Beer & Country Music, adding as many new shows to his fall tour. Tickets for the dates at Greensboro's First Horizon Coliseum, Seattle's Climate Ple...
Aug 15, 2025
How Huey Lewis caused a 'Late Great Heartbreak' for Old Dominion
Old Dominion's "Late Great Heartbreak" cover (Sony Music Nashville) The creation of Old Dominion's newest song, "Late Great Heartbreak," started with a simple question: "What if we made a Huey Lewis s...
Aug 15, 2025
Elmo and Abby Cadabby go country as 'Sesame Street' comes to the Opry
Elmo and Lauren Alaina (© Grand Ole Opry, photo by Chris Hollo)There's typically no shortage of joyous moments on the Opry stage, but that was never more true than when Sesame Street's Elmo and A...
Aug 15, 2025