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Keith Urban Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing 2006 album cover 20th anniversary.

Keith Urban’s Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing Marks 20 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Keith Urban’s 2006 album Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing reaches 20 years, recalling four US top-10 country singles, a historic Billboard debut and an ARIA Award.

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Johnny Cash Unchained 1996 album cover, American Recordings, Rick Rubin.

Johnny Cash’s Unchained Turns 30: The Album That Made His Comeback A Career Renaissance

by Paul Cashmere

Thirty years after its release, Johnny Cash’s Unchained remains the pivotal second album in his American Recordings partnership with Rick Rubin, featuring Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and an extraordinary collection of guest musicians.

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Taylor Swift’s self-titled debut album cover, released in October 2006

Taylor Swift’s Debut Album Turns 20 As Singer Reclaims Her Masters

by Paul Cashmere

Taylor Swift’s self-titled debut turns 20 on 24 October 2026. The 2006 country album launched her songwriting career and now sits within the catalogue she regained ownership of in 2025.

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Dolly Parton Storyteller Hotel

Dolly Parton’s Nashville Hotel And Museum Opens With Her Life Told In Her Own Story

by Paul Cashmere

Dolly Parton has officially opened her SongTeller Hotel and Life of Many Colors Museum in Nashville, creating a permanent destination devoted to her music, life and legacy.

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Brooks & Dunn, Eric Church and Ashley McBryde headline CMC Rocks QLD 2027

Brooks & Dunn Return To Australia After 18 Years With Ashley McBryde And Mack Geiger

by Paul Cashmere

Brooks & Dunn will return to Australia for the first time since 2009, bringing Ashley McBryde and Australian country star Mack Geiger for two arena shows.

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Johnny Cash performing during the 1960s, marking the era of his 1966 album Happiness Is You.

Johnny Cash’s Happiness Is You Turns 60 As His Career Was About To Change Forever

by Paul Cashmere

Johnny Cash’s Happiness Is You turns 60, offering a snapshot of the Man in Black just before television and a new run of major hits expanded his career.

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Eric Church performing live during his Australian tour announcement for March 2027

Eric Church Sets First Australian Headline Shows After Nearly 20 Years On CMC Rocks Wishlist

by Paul Cashmere

Eric Church will make his first Australian headline appearances in March 2027, with Parker McCollum joining him for Melbourne, Sydney and CMC Rocks.

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Brooks & Dunn, Eric Church and Ashley McBryde headline CMC Rocks QLD 2027

Brooks & Dunn, Eric Church And Ashley McBryde Headline CMC Rocks QLD’s 20th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

Brooks & Dunn, Eric Church and Ashley McBryde will headline CMC Rocks QLD’s 20th anniversary celebration at Willowbank in March 2027.

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Andrew Farriss and his APRA AMCOS award

Groundwater Country Music Festival Adds Andrew Farriss And More Than 30 Artists

by Paul Cashmere

Andrew Farriss, Melanie Dyer, Allan Caswell, Dan Davidson and more than 30 artists have joined the expanded Groundwater Country Music Festival 2026 programme.

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Medium Build performing live during his King Of Having Fun era

Medium Build Returns To Australia With King Of Having Fun Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Medium Build will return to Australia in January 2027 with four headline shows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.

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Sally Field and Reba McEntire honour Dolly Parton at the 78th Emmy Awards

Dolly Parton Remembered By Sally Field And Reba McEntire At The Emmys

by Paul Cashmere

Sally Field and Reba McEntire honoured Dolly Parton at the 78th Emmy Awards, with Field remembering her Steel Magnolias co-star and McEntire performing Appalachian Memories.

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Max McNown

Max McNown Announces 2027 Australian Headline Tour And New Album Leave On A Light

by Paul Cashmere

Max McNown will tour Australia and New Zealand in February 2027 following the release of his third studio album, Leave On A Light.

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Dolly Parton in concert photo by Ros O'Gorman

Stella Parton Calls For End To AI ‘Garbage’ After Dolly’s Death

by Paul Cashmere

Stella Parton has spoken out against AI-generated content and misinformation following the death of her sister Dolly Parton, asking the public to show compassion and respect.

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Benjamin Tod Country Is Dead album cover

Benjamin Tod’s Country Is Dead Revisits The Songs That Shaped Him

by Paul Cashmere

Benjamin Tod has released Country Is Dead, a 12-track covers album revisiting songs by Jimmie Rodgers, The Byrds, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Bob Dylan and Keith Whitley.

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Olivia Newton-John - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Olivia Newton-John’s Final Recording Was A Duet With Dolly Parton

by Paul Cashmere

Olivia Newton-John’s final official recording was a duet with Dolly Parton on “Jolene”, reconnecting the singer with a song she first recorded in 1976.

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Megan Moroney performing on stage during The Cloud 9 Tour

Megan Moroney Announces Australian Cloud 9 Tour For May 2027

by Paul Cashmere

Megan Moroney will return to Australia in May 2027 for three arena headline shows with Laci Kaye Booth as special guest.

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Jelly Roll guest hosts Jimmy Kimmel Live and jokes about Donald Trump

Jelly Roll Draws Political Line In Final Jimmy Kimmel Live Monologue

by Paul Cashmere

elly Roll used his final Jimmy Kimmel Live monologue to explain his political beliefs, defend his Trump jokes and speak about faith, dignity and second chances.

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Carly Pearce

Carly Pearce Embraces Her Most Unapologetic Self On Honest Woman

by Paul Cashmere

Carly Pearce releases Honest Woman, her fifth studio album, combining contemporary country songwriting with the traditional country and bluegrass influences of her musical beginnings.

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Post Malone at Marvel Stadium Melbourne 2023 photo by Winston Robinson

Post Malone Cancels Strummingbird 2026 Appearance As Australian Tour Postponed

by Paul Cashmere

Post Malone has withdrawn from Strummingbird 2026 following the postponement of his Australian and Asian tours, with Tyler Childers, Sam Barber and James Johnston joining the lineup.

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Jelly Roll guest hosts Jimmy Kimmel Live and jokes about Donald Trump

Jelly Roll Turns Donald Trump’s Weight Into His Biggest Jimmy Kimmel Jokes

by Paul Cashmere

Jelly Roll has made Donald Trump the recurring target of his Jimmy Kimmel Live guest-hosting week, with his jokes about the president’s weight attracting the strongest reaction.

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Dolly Parton assures fans she’s feeling fine after health rumours spark concern

Australian Artists Remember Dolly Parton As Her Music And Generosity Resonate Across Generations

by Paul Cashmere

Australian artists including Troy Cassar-Daley, Clare Bowditch, Amy Sheppard, Busby Marou, Kasey Chambers and Russell Morris remember Dolly Parton.

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Dolly Parton photo by Ros O'Gorman

Dolly Parton Tributes Pour In From Beyoncé, Paul McCartney, Eminem, Reba McEntire And More

by Paul Cashmere

Beyoncé, Paul McCartney, Eminem, Reba McEntire, Sheryl Crow and artists from across music and entertainment have paid tribute to Dolly Parton following her death at 80.

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Dolly Parton in concert photo by Ros O'Gorman

Anthony Albanese Saved Dolly Parton’s 2011 Australian Tour From Cancellation

by Paul Cashmere

Anthony Albanese intervened in 2011 to help Dolly Parton overcome Australian road regulations that threatened to cancel her Australian tour.

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Dolly Parton assures fans she’s feeling fine after health rumours spark concern

Dolly Parton Draws Rare Political Unity As Leaders Across The Spectrum Pay Tribute

by Paul Cashmere

Politicians from Bill Clinton and Barack Obama to George W. Bush, Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese have honoured Dolly Parton following her death at 80.

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Dolly Parton photo by Ros O'Gorman

Dolly Parton Dies At 80, Leaving A Legacy Of Music, Generosity And Community

by Paul Cashmere

Dolly Parton has died aged 80 in Nashville, leaving seven decades of music and a philanthropic legacy spanning literacy, disaster relief, healthcare and her East Tennessee community.

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Bayker Blankenship performed at CMC Rocks QLD 2026

Bayker Blankenship Announces First Australian Headline Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Bayker Blankenship will return to Australia in December 2026 for his first headline tour, with shows announced for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

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Dolly Parton All I Can Do

Dolly Parton’s All I Can Do Turns 50 As A Pivotal Album Before Here You Come Again

by Paul Cashmere

Dolly Parton’s All I Can Do turns 50, marking the final chapter of her creative partnership with Porter Wagoner and the album that paved the way for Here You Come Again.

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Max McNown

Max McNown Announces Third Album Leave On A Light, Shares New Single ‘First Born Daughter’

by Paul Cashmere

Max McNown will release his third studio album Leave On A Light on September 25. The announcement comes with the Australian radio release of the new single ‘First Born Daughter’.

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Carly Pearce

Carly Pearce Returns To Classic Country With New Single ‘You Can Have Him’ Ahead Of Honest Woman Album

by Paul Cashmere

Carly Pearce has released ‘You Can Have Him’ to Australian country radio as the latest preview of her fifth studio album Honest Woman, due August 28.

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Ian Noe Creates Fictional Band For Ambitious New Concept Album Canyon Falls Trailer Band

by Paul Cashmere

Ian Noe has announced Canyon Falls Trailer Band, a 16-song concept album centred on a fictional band’s legendary showcase performance. The first single, The Heidelberg Fisherman’s Ball, is available now ahead of the album’s 25 September release.

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