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Hilary Williams, the granddaughter of Hank Williams and daughter of Hank Williams Jr., has announced her first-ever album. Titled My Lucky Scars, the LP will be released May 25th. Williams, whose younger sister Holly is also a recording artist, produced the album with John Would and Lincoln Parish. The siblings …

Kenny Rogers has reportedly been advised by a doctor to cancel all performances through the end of the year. The Fox Carolina news site reported that Rogers’ May 26th concert at Harrah’s resort in Cherokee, North Carolina, had been canceled, with other venues, including Pennsylvania’s Kirby Center in Wilkes Barre, …

Brandi Carlile has only been discussing her new album for a few short minutes before she launches, unprompted, into an explanation of The Bridge, an obscure British documentary about those who commit suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. “I have a little bit of a fascination with jumpers,” …

The son of a country songwriter and a charity-minded pastor, Levi Hummon grew up with a special appreciation for both life’s triumphs and hardships. He saw his dad, Marcus Hummon, win Grammy awards for hits like Rascal Flatts’ “Bless the Broken Road,” and watched as his mother worked to give …

Dolly Rebecca Parton, born January 19th, 1946, in tiny Locust Ridge in the Smoky Mountains of east Tennessee, turns 72 years old today. Having recently set two world records, Parton is presumably having a good birthday week. Probably a better one, at least, than the subject of the song she …

Grammy-winning country band Zac Brown Band have announced dates for their eighth headlining concert tour, dubbing the summer-long run Down The Rabbit Hole Live: Zac Brown Band 2018. The tour kicks off June 8th in Lincoln, Nebraska, and includes 27 dates before wrapping with a pair of September concerts at …

In 2001, Memphis-based record producer Sam Phillips was enshrined in the Country Music Hall of Fame, hailed as “one of the most important non-performers in American music.” Among the first to recognize – and capitalize on – the full potential of blending musical genres and inventing what would become the …

Walker Hayes has been pursuing a music career in Nashville since 2005, but he’s only now getting around to releasing his first album, a record that is sure to turn heads for its out-of-bounds influences and production. It’s an accomplishment that isn’t the least bit lost on the 37-year-old father …

After Glen Campbell went public with his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s in 2011, a rift between his family members also became increasingly public. Campbell, who succumbed to the disease in August at 81 years old, was married four times and fathered eight children. Debby, his oldest, was born in 1956 to …

With five team wins under his belt, Blake Shelton has won more seasons of The Voice than any other coach on the show. As Shelton whittled down his team from six to three members in the Playoffs yesterday evening, his competitive spirit was as hot as ever. Ultimately, he settled …