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Psst ... want to hear Blake Shelton's new album early? Take a listen now

Despite the fact that Blake Shelton doesn't love me anymore (he used to love me, honest), I still love him, so I'm super excited that he has a new album coming out next week. 

Now, thanks to CMT being nice enough to share their exclusive stream of the album, fans can listen to all of “Bringing Back The Sunshine” before it's released on Tuesday, 9/30. 

Check it out below (or on CMT if that doesn't work) and let me know what you think. 

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Carrie Underwood announces greatest hits album and new single

Photo: Twitter

As promised, Carrie Underwood stopped into the Today Show this morning to reveal some big news - and that news is that she has a greatest hits album coming out this year AND a new single out next week. 

She tweeted the news after her appearance. 

The news is out! "Something in the Water" single available Mon. from my album "Greatest Hits: Decade #1" out Dec. 9! pic.twitter.com/98uRMXtuKL

— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) September 26, 2014

Very cool. Here's a short video of Carrie talking about the single (with a snippet of the song) from her appearance this morning.

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Update: Here's the official press release for those people who want all the details:

Superstar and six-time GRAMMY® winner Carrie Underwood appeared on NBC’s Today show this morning, where she revealed exclusively that she’ll release her first collection of hits, titled Greatest Hits: Decade #1, on December 9.  With a final track listing to be announced, the album will draw from Underwood’s 18 #1 singles to date, while also featuring new material, kicked off by the first single, “Something in the Water.”  Officially impacting country radio on October 6, “Something in the Water” will be available to stations in time to coincide with the digital single’s retail release on Monday, September 29.

 

For Underwood, the album is not only a career milestone, but also a perfect way to be able to share some new songs with fans in advance of her next full studio album.  She says, “I can’t believe it’s been a decade since I auditioned for American Idol.  Looking back at the songs I’ve released over the years lets me relive my amazing journey.  Even better I get to include new music for the fans!”

 

Produced by longtime Underwood collaborator Mark Bright, and written by Underwood, Chris DeStefano, and Brett James, “Something in the Water” is a song that Carrie says was exciting even as they were writing it, and one that she hopes will touch listeners in the same way that it affects her. 

 

“‘Something in the Water’, is so inspirational,” Carrie says.  “It’s joyous! I can’t help but smile when I hear it. I hope it has the same effect on everyone who listens to it.” 

 

As part of her appearance on this morning’s Today show, Underwood also talked about her participation in tomorrow’s Global Citizen Festival.  Also starring fellow headliners JAY Z, No Doubt, fun., The Roots, and Tiësto, the show will air live from New York’s Central Park, with MSNBC carrying the full concert on cable and MSNBC.com.  NBC News will also produce a one-hour primetime special of the event to air on NBC at 9pm, ET, this Saturday, September 27th.         

Surprise! Kip Moore just released a new EP today

Photo: Instagram

Hey, look who decided to surprise us all. It's Kip Moore who just dropped a five-song EP called Soundcheck via Spotify. 

The songs, according to The Bull, were recorded during a rehearsal in Nashville and include his massive hit Beer Money along with four previously unreleased tracks - Heart’s Desire, Come And Get It, Hang A While, and Lipstick. 

Definitely cool. Check them all out below. 

Kip is setting off on the CMT On Tour 2014: Up In Smoke tour this week in New York. To see if he'll be coming to a city near you, just visit KipMoore.net.

Cassadee Pope is living like there's no tomorrow

At her August 29th show in Atlantic City, Cassadee debuted a brand new song titled, "Like There's No Tomorrow."

As expected, her fans really dug it! And I think it's a pretty solid tune myself. Of course, I thought the same thing about her last two singles and they didn't take flight like they should've. But maybe this little tune will do the trick!

Chhhheck it out below and tell us what YOU think:

  

Garth Brooks releases new single "People Loving People," announces new tour stop

Garth is on a roll this morning. Not only has he released his first single in forever, a song called People Loving People (listen here), but he's also released info on the next stop in his highly anticipated comeback tour. 

Garth is set to make his first appearance in Florida in 17 years when his Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood makes a stop in Jacksonville next month.

The concerts will be Friday, October 10th 7:30PM, Saturday, October 11th 7:30PM and Sunday, October 12th 7:30PM.

Tickets will be on sale Friday, September 12th at 10:00 AM EDT. There will be an eight-ticket limit per purchase. They can be purchased www.ticketmaster.com,www.ticketmaster.com/garthbrooks or 1-800-745-3000 or Ticketmaster Express 1-866-448-7849. Please note there will be no sales at the venue box office or Ticketmaster outlets on September 12th.

Tickets will cost $57.01 plus $3.99 tax, a $1.00 facility fee and a $6.00 service charge, totaling $68.00.

This is the third stop Garth has announced so far. The other two are in Rosemont, Illinois and Atlanta, Georgia. Have you got your tickets yet?

Tour dates we know so far:

• 9/4 - Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL 
• 9/5 - Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL
• 9/6 - Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL
• 9/11 - Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL
• 9/12 - Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL
• 9/13 - Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL
• 9/14 - Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL
• 9/19 - Philips Arena - Atlanta, GA 
• 9/20 - Philips Arena - Atlanta, GA
• 9/21 - Philips Arena - Atlanta, GA
• 9/26 - Philips Arena - Atlanta, GA
• 9/27 - Philips Arena - Atlanta, GA
• 10/10 - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena - Jacksonville, FL
• 10/11 - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena - Jacksonville, FL

So Sam Hunt, is it ex to see or ecstasy?!

I normally don't prefer country songs with this much of a rockish/hip hopish sound to it but the title is what first attracted me to it and Sam Hunt isn't bad to look at it so I soon found myself plugging my ear buds in. I at first thought "ex to see" was a play on words for ecstasy, which woulda' been super clever. But now that I've listened to it several times, I'm not so sure. Take a listen below and let us know your thoughts:

Angaleena Presley releases new lyric video for 'Ain't No Man'

Holler Annie has gone solo. 

Angaleena Presley, who may or may not still be a part of the Pistol Annies, has just released the new lyric video for Ain't No Man, a song from her upcoming solo album debut, American Middle Class.

“It’s like my autobiography – each of the songs is a chapter of my life. I’ve literally lived every minute of this record,” Angaleena said in a release about the album. “My mama ain’t none too happy about me spreading my business around but I have to do it,” Presley says. “It’s the experience of my life from birth to now.”

American Middle Class hits stores October 14. 

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Billy Gilman is back with a new single, "Say You Will"

USA TODAY exclusively world premiered the new comeback single “Say You Will” from multi-platinum selling Billy Gilman on Friday, July 11. Click HERE to go to USAToday.com to listen to “Say You Will” and read more of Billy’s conversation with USA Today about re-establishing his career, and along with the cons the pros of having been a child-star in the music industry. “Say You Will” is now available at all digital retail outlets. Click HERE to buy now.

 

“Say You Will” is the first solo single Gilman has released since 2008. In 2012, the Rhode Island native accomplished a great feat by recruiting 18 of his fellow country superstars including Keith Urban, Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Josh Turner, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Kenny Rogers and others to collaborate on a charity single “The Choice” that he co-wrote with Dan Murph and Philip Douglas. The songwriting trio donated 100% of the proceeds including the songwriting and publishing shares to Soles4Souls which helped to bring attention to the plight of children in desperate need of shoes. 

 

Billy burst on to the national stage in 2000 releasing the hit single “One Voice” which held the #1 spot for seven consecutive weeks. At only 11 years old, he became the youngest singer to land on the the Top 40 country charts and his debut album was certified double platinum by the RIAA. He was included in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the youngest singer to ever reach #1 on the Billboard Top Country Album charts. Since his debut, Billy has sold over 10 million albums worldwide (5 million sold before he was 16 years old), garnered awards and nods from the Grammy’s, Academy of Country Music, the Country Music Association, Billboard Magazine among others. He has performed on every major national television show including Today Showand Oprah multiple times. 

 

Now 26, looking and sounding better than ever, Billy is eager to come back and share his new music and new sound with his fans. “It took me a good while to figure out exactly who I was, musically speaking,” he says. “As a little kid, sometimes I was just told what to sing. But now I have enjoyed coming into my own and discovering what it really is that I want to sing. I think that my fans will be pleasantly surprised with what they hear.”

 

Billy has continually been writing and working on his music since he ‘left’ the spotlight almost a decade ago. All the while, he has been a tireless supporter of charitable work having raised over $2 million through philanthropic concerts and appearances. He has worked with St. Jude (at the request of Marlo Thomas) and was a celebrity ambassador for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). He has worked closely and hosted the national broadcast of the annual Telethon with Jerry Lewis for the past seven years. Billy won the honorable Director’s Award for his philanthropic and tireless work with the MDA.

To find out more about Billy Gilman go to his website www.BillyGilman.com 

For daily updates, and to connect with Billy Gilman follow him on TWITTER (@bg524)

Watch Cassadee Pope and Tim McGraw duet on new song from Tim's upcoming album

Photo courtesy US 103.5

Cassadee Pope is currently on tour with Tim McGraw on his Sundown Heaven Town Tour, so it's not surprising that they duet together during the concert, but this is surprisingly nice.

Tim and the season 3 winner of "The Voice" performed in Tampa, Florida last Saturday and performed a new song called Diamond Rings and Old Bar Stools for the very first time live. The song is from Tim's upcoming new album.  

Cassadee Pope makes it onto "People of Walmart"

Check it out below. 

So, so, SO happy that Tim seems to be gravitating back to his more classic sound rather than continuing on with the thump, thump, thumping stuff he's been doing the last couple of years. 

You can check out more photos from the show over on Tampa's US 103.5.

For full tour dates on the Sundown Heaven Town Tour, check out TimMcgraw.com.

 

 

Dwight Yoakam releases CCR hit as new single

Everything old is new again.

Following in the footsteps of Justin Moore with his current single being a remake of Motley Crue's Home Sweet Home and Martina McBride's entire new CD "Everlasting" being remakes of classics, Dwight Yoakam has jumped on the remake bandwagon and has released a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Who'll Stop The Rain as his new single. Fans can purchase it on iTunes now. 

The track will be included on Dwight's new album to be released later this year.

Yoakam also made his first appearance last night on CBS' "Under the Dome." Dwight plays barbershop owner Lyle Chumley. You can watch the full episode here.

In other exciting news, Yoakam will hit the road as a special guest on the North American leg of Eric Church's "The Outsiders Would Tour," which kicks off on September 11th in Bossier City, Louisiana, and crisscrosses the US and Canada through December, with 32 arena dates listed here.