COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS

Ashley McBryde has never been interested in doing the expected. So when the GRAMMY®, CMA, and ACM Award winner planted her flag at Neon Steeple at Chief’s for The Redemption Residency earlier this year, fans knew they weren’t just buying a ticket, they were stepping into her world. Now, McBryde is extending that invitation deep into 2026, promising more storytelling, more grit, and more nights that can only be described as so Ashley . This isn’t a residency built on repeat pe

Country music has always been built on straight shooters. Three chords, the truth, and someone brave enough to sing it. Now that philosophy is getting its own venue. Live Nation just pulled the curtain back on The Truth , a 4,400-capacity indoor room opening fall 2026 in Nashville’s ever-buzzing Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood. It promises a home for the city’s heartbeat: live music that plays loud, proud, and up close. Sally Williams, President of Nashville Music & Business S

ChatGPT said: Cracking into the dusty desert air just as spring turns into the sweet promise of summer, Boots In The Park is gearing up for an explosive return to Albuquerque. The festival that has quietly become one of the most magnetic forces in live country entertainment is doing what it does best in 2026: thinking bigger, swinging harder, and betting every chip on the rowdiest weekend New Mexico will see all year. The powerhouse behind it all, Activated Events, has made a

There are certain places that hold a version of us we haven’t seen in years. A quiet road where we learned to drive. A high school stadium where we lingered a little too long after curfew. A gravel parking lot that once felt like the center of the universe. Country riser Robyn Ottolini knows those ghosts well, and she’s chasing them down in her newest release, “Way Back.” Photo by Stephanie Montani. This is Ottolini at her most cinematic. The Ontario firebrand taps into that