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Music Video: The Lockets - Stepping Stone

Nu Toy recording artists and sister duo, The Lockets, announce their debut single entitled “Stepping Stone.” Ashley (15) and Jennifer Cooke (17) spend most of their time between Parkland, FL and Nashville, TN. Take a look at their brand-new music video here!

Carrie Underwood Pledges $1M For Oklahoma Tornado Relief Efforts

As Carrie Underwood prepares to wrap up her wildly successful Blown Away Tour, the Country Music superstar is making a whopping $1 million donation to the American Red Cross for disaster relief with funds derived from tour proceeds. Read on to see how the tornados have impacted the OK native.

Audio Track: Ashley Monroe - You Got Me

Ashley Monroe's 1/3 of the Pistol Annies and while that's all well and good, she's quite a talented singer in her own right as she proved with her Top 10 charting, critically acclaimed Like A Rose album for Warner Brothers Records. Take a listen here to this new single from the album!

Country Music Memorial Day Song Playlist Volume II

The 2013 playlist includes quick recaps of these 10 new additons to our list along with our link to our previous lists from years gone by. Included this year are songs from Wade Bowen, Aaron Watson, Trace Adkins, Angie Johnson, Maggie Rose, Blake Shelton and more.

Music Video: Angie Johnson - Sing For You

The talented vocalist just released her debut EP and on the album she showcases her vocal dexterity but nothing on the album reaches the impact that the title track "Sing For You" does. Take a look here at this emotional ballad and also read about how the song came to be written!

Audio Track: Andy Gibson - Best Thing

This is the brand new single from Curb Records artist Andy Gibson. "Best Thing" is the latest single from his upcoming album and follow's 2012's "Summer Back" and "Wanna Make You Love Me."

The Weekly Single Recap - May 24, 2013: Florida Georgia Line, Thompson Square, Andy Gibson, Cassadee Pope & More

This week we take some quick looks at new/upcoming Country Radio singles from Florida Georgia Line, Thompson Square, Andy Gibson, Angie Johnson, Cassadee Pope, Kree Harrison, Rosehill, Joel Crouse, Cody Bryan Band and Ashley Monroe (Feat. Little Big Town).

Daryle Singletary Joins 45 RPM For Rare Nashville Show At The Station Inn

One of Country Music's most gifted Traditional Country vocalists made a rare Nashville appearance this week at The Station Inn. Daryle Singletary joined the band 45 RPM at the legendary 'dive bar' that's home to Bluegrass and Country Music. Read on here to find out the details of this rare appearance!

Trace Adkins To Perform On The Tonight Show With Jay Leno In June; Wins All-Star Celebrity Apprentice

Last Sunday night Trace Adkins walked away the first ever All-Star Celebrity Apprentice winner, surpassing friend Penn Jillette largely on the basis of the $1.5 million raised for American Red Cross. Read on here to learn more about that victory and to find out where Trace will be appearing next!

Music Video: Zac Brown Band - Jump Right In

Zac Brown Band is back with their third music video for singles from Uncaged. Take a look at the music video for "Jump Right In" here. It's also their third Flody Boatwood music video.

Live Video: Maggie Rose - Better

Maggie Rose takes an emotional song and delivers a lyric that is completely engaging. Take a look at this live performance of her second Top 40 hit on the Country Radio charts (her first was the attitude-filled "I Ain't Your Mama")!

Little Big Town To Host ABC's "CMA Music Festival: Country's Night To Rock" Special, Airing August 12

Last year the band became radio stalwarts and now they're set to ad TV Show Hosts to their resume as Little Big Town and the CMA announced today that the popular quartet will be hosting the CMA's annual "CMA Music Fest: Country's Night To Rock" show on ABC TV! Read on here for all the details!

Album Review: Joanna Mosca - Let It All Begin

With Let It All Begin Joanna Mosca showcases a strong sense of melody and a keen ear for strongly-written songs. The album was produced by 90s/2000s star Bryan White.

Alabama Reveals Musical Lineup For Star-Studded "Music Festival At Sea" Cruise

Country Music icons Alabama have partnered with Norwegian Cruise Lines' Norwegian Pearl to brign fans a unique experience for their Music Festival At Sea Cruise. The Cruise is set to include Diamond Rio, Craig Morgan, Striking Matches, and Randy Travis. Read on here to see all the details of the cruise!

Audio Track: Jared Ashley - Last Train To Memphis

Recently signed to Blaster Records, Jared Ashley has been touring for over 200 concert dates a year building up a reputation as a strong entertainer. Take a listen to "Last Train To Memphis," Jared Ashley's debut single, here!

Audio Track: Cassadee Pope - Wasting All These Tears

Take a listen here to "Wasting All These Tears," The debut single from NBC TV's "The Voice"'s third season winner Cassadee Pope. It is her first official radio single following months working on her upcoming Republic Nashville album and touring the nation on a radio tour.

Country Chart News - The Top 30 Digital Singles: The Week of May 22 2013: Florida Georgia Line "Cruise" To #1, "Shine" Platinum, Miranda Lambert Platinum, Keith Urban & Thomas Rhett Debut New Singles

This week's chart features the debut of five new singles and one new Top 30 entrant with Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett, The Swon Brothers, Kree Harrison, Danielle Bradbery and Tyler Farr making thier debut as Miranda and F.G.L. hit Platinum with thier latest hit singles! Read on to see the chart!

EP Review: Angie Johnson - Sing For You

With Sing For You former NBC "The Voice" contestant Angie Johnson makes her debut with a strong four song collection that is anchored by the title track which was co-written by Angie Johnson with Catt Gravitt and Sing For You producer Josh Leo. Read on to see our thoughts about the recording here.

Country Album Chart News For May 22, 2013: George Strait "Love Is Everything" Sits At #1; Trace Adkins "Love WillNLG," Debuts In Top 10

George Strait, Trace Adkins and Jason Boland & the Stragglers debut on this week's Country Album Chart Top 10 rundown with seven other albums inlcuding releases from Lady Antebellum, Pistol Annies, Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan. Read on here for all of this week's details!

Tim McGraw Releases Live Performance Tracks With "Overdrive Series Live

Tim McGraw announced today the forthcoming release of special live tracks from his current Two Lanes of Freedom tour. Each of the five tracks to be released will be live takes of songs featured on the Two Lanes Of Freedom album. Read on here to find out how & where you can get the free tracks!

Kellie Pickler Wins Dancing With The Stars

It's been a remarkable week for Country Music on major TV networks as last Thursday Kree Harrison was the runner-up on American Idol, Sunday found Trace Adkins winning American Idol while last night Kellie Pickler took home the Mirrorball Trophy as the latest celeb -- and first Country artist -- to win.

Kenny Sells Out Milwaukee, Debuts New Tune With Eric Church, Has Fans Sing Happy Birthday To George Strait

What a week for Kenny Chesney. In the midst of his No Shoes Nation Tour, the singer was able to accomplish quite a few goals in the recent days while performing at the Miller Stadium in Milwaukee, WI. Read on here to learn of the details from the opening weekend of Kenny's 2013 tour!

Audio Track: Little Big Town - Your Side Of The Bed

They've scored a pair of #1 Singles from their Gold-certified ACM-nominated Tornado album, including the Grammy winning, Multi-Platinum single "Pontoon." "Your Side Of The Bed" is the follow-up to those singles and you can take a listen to the track co-written by the band here!

Audio Track: Thompson Square - Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About

This new single is the sophomore single from Just Feels Good, Thompson Square's second album for Stoney Creek Records. The single follows the #1 Gold-selling "If I Didn't Have You" and showcases a playful side to the husband and wife duo. Take a listen to "Everything..." Here!

Exclusive Performance: Joanna Mosca - I Guess That Says It All

This talented vocalist showcases "I Guess That Says It All" from her brand new six track EP Let It All Begin. Take a look at the exclusive performance here!

Lyric Video: Daniel Warren Band - Come Walk With Me

This indie artist is a very strong songwriter. Take a listen to his brand new single and learn the lyrics to "Come Walk With Me" from Daniel Warren Band here.

Audio Track: Angie Johnson - Sing For You

Blessed with one of the best voices to appear on the Country Music scene these past few years, Angie Johnson has just released her debut EP Sing For You. The EP includes this stunning, emotional title track. Take a listen to the track from Cee-Lo Green's former team member from "The Voice" here!

Angie Johnson Releases New EP; To Make Her Opry Debut Tonight Part Of Salute To US Military Heroes

A member of Missouri's Air National Guard, Angie Johnson will make her Grand Ole Opry Debut tonight in support of both the Opry's salute to U.S. military heroes but also the national release of her debut EP Sing For You. Read on to find out all the details of her schedule for EP release week!

Listening Party: Jessta James - Time To Get Right

Newcomer Jessta James hails from Bozeman, Montana and showcases off a unique approach to Country Music with his blending of Country, rock and hiphop into the tracks that make up Time To Get Right, his debut reelased via New Canvas Entertainment. Take a listen to the album here.

Dancing With The Stars Recap: Kellie Pickler Stuns Judges; Crowd on Finale

George Strait First Artist With 60 Number One Hits

Music Video: Randy Rogers Band - Fuzzy

"Fuzzy" is the newest single from MCA Nashville's Randy Rogers Band. A successful touring act and regional radio stars in the Southwest, the band's new music video "Fuzzy" portrays the events that happen in the song which may have been inspired by The Hangover. Take a look at the "Fuzzy" video here.

Music Video: David & Olivia - Key To My Heart

We're delighted to bring y'all this exiting new Roots/Country artist's music video for "Key To My Heart." If you're a fan of The Civil Wars, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell and others, you should certainly check David & Olvia out.

Lauren Alaina, Chris Janson, LoCash Cowboys and More Announced As Performers At Bridgestone Arena Plaza During 2013 CMA Music Festival In Nashville

The 2013 CMA Music Festival promises a lot of free entertainment for fans over the course of four days from June 6-9, 2013. Read on to learn more about the list of the 40-plus artists that will perform at the Bud Light Stage at the Bridgestone Arena Plaza.

Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith, Other Country Stars React to Deadly Tornadoes Leveling Towns Throughout Oklahoma

Many of Country Music's top stars hail from Oklahoma so when news broke about the devastation, stars including Toby Keith, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and more took to twitter to offer their condolences and more. Read on to see their reactions and where and how you can help.

The Voice Video: Danielle Bradbery - Heads Carolina, Tails California

As talented as any Country singer to appear on any of the TV 'reality' singing competitions, Danielle Bradbery is really coming into her own as one of the front-runners of The Voice's fourth season on NBC. Take a look at the 16 year old's performance of JoDee Messina's 90s hit "Heads Carolina, Tails California" here!

Country Radio Chart Report: Tuesday May 21, 2013: George Strait Scores 60th No. 1 Hit, While Darius Rucker Racks Up No. 6

With "Give It All We Got Tonight" taking the top slot of Mediabase/Country Aircheck's chart this week, George Strait scores his 60th career #1 hit. On Billboard Darius Rucker's biggest hit to date, "Wagon Wheel," scores the pole position. Read on for all this weeks country single chart details!

Album Review: Restless Heart - Playlist: The Very Best of Restless Heart

Restless Heart's back with an all new collection of their biggest hits to celebrate their 30th year together as a band. The album is released by their original label RCA and features a pair of brand-new tracks. Read on here to see what we think of the classic band's new collection.

Little Big Town To Debut "Your Side Of The Bed" Video On Thursday

Following hot on the heels of their two back-to-back chart-topping hits ("Tornado" and "Pontoon"), Little Big Town has released their latest single from their The Reason Why album titled "Your Side of the Bed." Read on here to see where you can see the world wide debut of their new music video.

Story Behind The Song: Florida Georgia Line - "Round Here"

If Rodney Clawson's touch had anything to do with Florida Georgia Line topping the charts for multiple weeks with "Get Your Shine On," then chances are the duo is on their way to doing it once again with their next single, "Round Here." Read on to see how Rodney and his cowriters came to write the tune!

The Voice Season 4 May 20th Recap: Team Blake Shines

The fourth cycle of NBC's The Voice is into its Top 10 and of those 10, there are 4 Country artsts left, including Blake Shelton's #TeamBlake and one member of Adam Levine's team. Read on here for a recap of their performances from the May 20, 2013 show.

Live Video: Chris Stapleton - What Are You Listening To

Chris Stapleton is one of the most gifted singer/songwriters in Nashville and after a time fronting Grammy-nominated roots music band The SteelDrivers, Stapleton returned to Nashville and focused on his brand of Soul-stirring songwriting and soon had UMG Nashville offering a record deal. Take a look at his performance of his upcoming single here.

Album Review: Darius Rucker - True Believers

With "Wagon Wheel" officially the biggest hit of his career (it's one of America's best-selling songs and has been for months), Darius Rucker's True Believers comes out at a pivitol time in his career where his star has never been brigher. Read on to see what we think of True Believers.

Live Video: Cassadee Pope - Wasting All These Tears

Blessed with a powerful voice that's able to fit comfortably within Country radio, Cassadee Pope has just released the studio version of this single to Country radio. Take a look here at the Season 3 winner of NBC's "The Voice" program perform the track at The Bing Lounge.

Thompson Square To Perform New Single On The Tonight Show With Jay Leno

After topping the charts with their smash hit "If I Didn't Have You," Thompson Square is prepping to debut their follow-up single "Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinkin' About" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Tuesday, May 21st. Read on for complete details about the new single and TV apperance.

Classic Country Track: Restless Heart - Why Does It Have To Be Wrong Or Right

Take a listen to this Classic Country Music single from Restless Heart. The track can be found on their just-released Playlist: The Very Best of Restless Heart. It's one of 14 new tracks on the album.

Roughstock's Songwriter Profile: Rodney Clawson

If you have listened to the radio the past decade then you've definitely heard Rodney Clawson songs on the radio. Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean and Florida Georgia Line are just three of the top current stars to have success with songs co-written by Rodney. Get to know the man behind the songs here!

Story Behind The Song: Luke Bryan - "Crash My Party"

Luke Bryan, hotter than the sun burns bright at this moment in time, has a new single on country radio called "Crash My Party" which was written by another in-demand country music writer, Rodney Clawson and in this exclusive for Roughstock, Rodney describes how the hit song came to be written.

Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles Working With Rick Rubin For Upcoming Solo Album

After spending some time out of the spotlight with duo partner Kristian Bush, Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles has announced she is now working on a solo project with famed record producer Rick Rubin. Read on here to learn more about the project.

Tim McGraw Hosts ACM Presents: Tim McGraw's Summer Night TV Special on ABC

Music fans all across the board will have something exciting to look forward to this weekend when ACM Presents: Tim McGraw's Summer Night television special airs on CBS Sunday (May 19). Read on here to find out which artists are taking part in the program along with Tim McGraw!