Nashville's New Country

Kellie Pickler co-hosts ABC’s The View on Tuesday; Hunter Hayes sold out two performances at Nashville ’s Ryman Auditorium in under an hour; Ray Price was admitted to the hospital with what appears to be kidney stones; and the 2013 edition of Farm Aid will take place at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in upstate New York this year. Get details on these stories in today’s Music City Minute with Tammy Swanson. Find...

This week on Nashville’s New Country with Steve Southard, we’ve got the latest single from Kellie Pickler, who just won the mirrorball trophy on Dancing With The Stars, and we’re sure glad she’s back on the radio. Plus, Stephen Barker Liles from Love and Theft had a great week this past week, being named one of country’s hottest guys by People Country magazine…oh, and did we mention he got engaged on Tuesday? We’ll give you all the details coming up plus we’ll hear...

Billy Ray Cyrus’ wife, Tish, has filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences, after 19 years of marriage; Toby Keith has announced the tornado-relief show he’s been putting together with Ronnie Dunn; and Taylor has been named Fragrance Celebrity of the Year. Get details on these stories in today’s Music City Minute with Tammy Swanson. Find more country music news on our website at http://www.musiccityusanews.com

Darius Rucker will appear on the upcoming episode of The Bachelorette. The episode airs Monday at 8 Eastern; Naomi Judd says she’s tired of people messing with her country after taking aim at CMT in a letter to The Tennessean newspaper after the CMT Music Awards last week. Naomi says she was less than impressed with the network’s effort to honor the late George Jones while tak...

Trace Adkins and Colbie Caillat will give their first televised performance of Trace’s new single, “Watch The World End,” tonight on NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.” Blake Shelton had a great night on The Voice last night as both The Swon Brothers and Danielle Bradberry advanced to the finals of the singing competition. George Jones will be remembered with a special monument in Nashville. George will be honored with a large memorial at the Woodlawn Cemetery, where the star is ...

Carrie Underwood and her husband Mike Fisher got pulled over for speeding Sunday night after they left the CMA Music Festival; Tim McGraw is number one on the Mediabase chart again this week with “Highway Don’t Care”; and The Pistol Annies have cancelled the rest of their dates in June with no word why. Get details on these stories in today’s Music City Minute with Tammy Swanson. For more country music news, visit our website at

Welcome to a special Memorial Day Weekend edition of Nashville’s New Country. This hour, we’re going to be talking to some of your favorite stars like Little Big Town, Chris Young and Thomas Rhett. Plus, George Strait is out with another single from his new album, “Love Is Everything,” and he’ll join us later in the show to tell us all about it. Plus, we’ll hear new country from Lauren Alaina, Florida Georgia Line and Love & Theft. If you’re a country music ar...

This week on Nashville’s New Country, George Strait joins us on the show to talk about his 40th studio album that he just released this past week, plus, we’ll get to hear the title cut coming up later in the show. Plus, we’ve got new country on the way from Trace Adkins, who just released an album full of love songs and, come to find out, it’s all Donald Trump’s fault. We’ll tell you more about that later this hour. Plus, we’ve got new country on the way from The Band P...