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Randy Houser announced his sixth studio album Note To Self, will be available November 11th.  All songs on the 10 track album feature co-writes by Houser, including the title track.

Kacey Musgraves has teamed up with country-pop singer Fancy Hagood for their newly-released single, “Blue Dream Baby.”  “Blue Dream Baby” will appear on Hagood’s forthcoming record, which follows his successful 2021 collection, “Southern Curiosity.” Hagood and Musgraves are longtime friends, but “Blue Dream Baby” is their first collaboration together. Hagood wrote the single alongside Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild and songwriter Alysa Vanderheym.

The Academy of Country Music’s ACM Party for a Cause will return to Nashville on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at Ascend Amphitheater. Brothers Osborne, Darius Rucker, Blanco Brown, Travis Denning, Sara Evans and Caylee Hammack are among the newly announced performers for the event, with more artists to be announced soon. Proceeds from the ACM Party for a Cause will benefit ACM Lifting Lives, the ACM’s philanthropic arm which offers aid to those in need, with a focus on health-related initiatives.

Morgan Wallen has earned his sixth No. 1 hit on Country Radio with “Wasted On You.” The song reached the top of the Mediabase chart, taking the No. 1 spot from Parmalee’s “Take My Name.”

The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) said in a press release that Garth Brooks will receive the ‘Kris Kristofferson Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the 5th annual Nashville Songwriter Awards show in September. The Nashville Songwriter Awards celebrate songs and songwriters, with many recipients determined by the community of peer professional writers honoring their most-admired songs from the past year.