Author: Cindy Watts, Nashville Tennessean

Maxine Brown Russell, inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015 as part of sibling trio The Browns, died in Little Rock, Arkansas, Monday

Randy Rogers Band will release its eighth studio album, ‘Hellbent,’ in April.

‘Girl’ is the first single from Maren Morris’ much-anticipated second album.

Tim McGraw’s Nashville boutique fitness clubs – TRUMAV Fitness– is located in the Gulch at 603 9th Avenue South.

Loretta Lynn will turn 87 years old in April with a party fit for a country music icon. The all-star concert announcement was made Monday from the Grand Ole Opry House.

The Journey Home Project donated $50,000 to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville.

“It’s what you do for friends,” said the Oak Ridge Boys’ Duane Allen, whose group made a promise to the late president long before his death that they would perform at his Texas funeral.

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Kid Rock, Gretchen Wilson, Tanya Tucker and more co-star in the new video for Bill Anderson’s ‘Waffle House Christmas.’

“Dolly & Friends: Making of a Soundtrack” will premiere Nov. 29 on CMT. The soundtrack will be available Nov. 30.

Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol will have its world premiere at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, Minn., this weekend.