Lady Antebellum Talks Upcoming Album, “Heart Break,” New Single, “You Look Good,” and Getting Musically Reenergized

Lisa talks with Lady Antebellum about their year-long “break” from each other, how that break energized them, their new single, “You Look Good” and more. Show Participants Lady Antebellum Charles Kelley Hillary Scott Dave Haywood Lisa Konicki, NCD editor in chief Show Links & Notes Read “Lady Antebellum’s Rockin’ Performance of ‘You Look Good’ on ‘Stephen Colbert’”…

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Country artists descended on Europe over the weekend (March 10-12) to be a part of Country 2 Country—a.k.a. C2C—a multi-night country music festival that takes place in European cities London, Glasgow and Dublin. 2017 marked the fifth year of the festival and included artists Maren Morris, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Cam, Chris Young, Jennifer Nettles,…

Watch Dolly Parton Strut Her Feathers as Animated Singing Chicken

Dolly Parton has always been very “animated.” But today (March 13), she gave new meaning to the word. On today’s episode of Lily’s Driftwood Bay, Dolly voiced an animated chicken named Nolene, a famous country music-singing fowl who becomes stranded on Driftwood Bay. Lily’s Driftwood Bay is a preschool mixed-media animated show on Sprout, NBCUniversal…

Maren Morris Spruces Up Breakout Album, “Hero,” With Three New Unreleased Tracks

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Is He or Isn’t He? Did Sam Hunt Tie The Knot?

Sam Hunt could very well be the next country star to tie the knot. The problem is, we just don’t know yet. The hunky superstar posted pictures this weekend (March 11) of his snowy outing in Nashville with some friends. One thing that stood out in the photos was that Sam is wearing a black…

Who’s New: Morgan Wallen

Born: Sneedville, Tenn. Lives: Nashville Age: 23 Single: “The Way I Talk” EP: The Way I Talk Twitter: @MorganCWallen Sneedville, Tenn., native Morgan Wallen got his first taste of the spotlight as a 3-year-old, singing during church services for his father’s congregation. Piano and violin lessons followed, but like many boys, Morgan’s interest shifted to…

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