This is good news: after nearly three years Tim McGraw will be releasing a new album, due out this fall!

‘Southern Voice‘ doesn’t have an exact release date yet, but the first single, It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You, was released to radio today. An extensive concert tour is already in the planning stages.

‘It’s a Business Doing Pleasuere With You’ was written by Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger and singer-songwriter Brett James (“Jesus, Take the Wheel”). The song is an uptempo, tongue-in-cheek tale about the price of love.

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Brad Paisley is set to release his second single from his current album, American Saturday Night. “Welcome to the Future,” in typical Brad fashion, is creative, upbeat and a lot of fun to listen to!

In the single, the narrator talks about the things he wished he could do when he was a kid, and how much things have changed now that he can do not only a lot of the things he wanted, but how the world in general has changed too.

American Saturday Night hits store shelves tomorrow, and already has a #1 hit with “Then,” which was released in March.

Miranda Lambert is gearing up for the release her next album, “Revolution,” this September.

About the album, Miranda says:

“I think this record is truly the most artistic project I have ever done. I really put my entire being into the making of it. From the writing to the recording to finding the perfect mixture of things I wanted to say. The inspiration was easy to come by, because it’s a compilation of everything I have ever listened to and fell in love with. It’s not an album where you listen from song to song, it’s a state of mind, a way of life. I hope people have as much fun getting to know me through listening as I did getting to know myself in recording it. And maybe it will do just as its title says….start a revolution.”

The first single, Dead Flowers, was released to radio May 4th after debuting at the 44th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 5th.

It was written by Miranda who said she got the inspiration from “…some flowers that I got for Valentines Day in a vase on the kitchen table. I was going on the road so I had to throw them in the yard. They were just laying there and it was a really sad image. The song came to me right away and was one of those ones that kinda wrote itself.

The album will be released September 29.

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Rascal Flatts have announced concert dates for their 2009 tour, titled Unstoppable!

The tour will kick off June 5th in Missouri and go until October 18th in California, with 23 cities from coast-to-coast in between. If you don’t see your city listed yet, don’t panic — several more venues are planned to be announced in the future.

Rascal Flatts’ newest album, also titled Unstoppable, will hit stores this Tuesday, April 7th.

Dates and venues include:
(Dates are subject to change)

June
June 5: Maryland Heights, MO; Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 6: Noblesville, IN; Verizon Wireless Music Center
June 13: Dallas, TX; Superpages.com Center
June 14: The Woodlands, TX; Woodlands Pavilion
June 20: Somerset, WI; Floatrite Amphitheatre
June 26: Hartford, CT; Meadows Music Theater
June 27: Bristow, VA; Nissan Pavilion

July
July 11: Darien Lake, NY; Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 18: Chicago, IL; Wrigley Field
July 24: West Palm Beach, FL; Cruzan Amphitheatre
July 25: Tampa, FL; Ford Amphitheatre
July 31: Atlanta, GA; Lakewood Amphitheatre

August
August 1: Charlotte, NC; Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 2: Raleigh, NC; TWC Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
August 7: Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Blossom Music Center
August 8: Cincinnati, OH; Riverbend Music Center
August 9: Columbus, OH; Crew Stadium
August 28: Burgettstown, PA; Post Gazette Pavilion
August 29: Hershey, PA; Hershey Stadium

September
September 10: Virginia Beach, VA; Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
September 11: Philadelphia, PA; Susquehanna Bank Center
September 12: Mansfield, MA; Comcast Center

October
October 18: Kelseyville, CA; Konocti Field Amphitheater

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Billy Ray Cyrus will be debuting the video for his newest hit, Back to Tennessee, this Tuesday April 7.

The song is the second single from his album of the same name, following Somebody Said a Prayer from last year.

The album itself is Billy Ray’s 11th studio album, and is the follow up to his 2007 album release Home at Last. Back to Tennessee was supposed to have been released last summer but got pushed back several times.

The album contains 12 songs:

1. “Back to Tennessee”
2. “Thrillbilly”
3. “He’s Mine”
4. “Somebody Said a Prayer”
5. “A Good Day”
6. “I Could Be the One”
7. “Like Nothing Else”
8. “Country As Country Can Be”
9. “Love Is the Reason”
10. “Give It to Somebody”
11. “Real Gone”
12. “Butterfly Fly Away” (with Miley Cyrus)

Martina McBride is gearing up for her newest album release, Shine, to hit stores tomorrow!

She’s currently in New York for a taping of the NBC’s Today with an appearance and performance that will air tomorrow morning, March 24th. Another appearance is currently slotted for Wednesday at 10:00am on Today as well.

She’ll also be on Live with Regis and Kelly on March 25th, and will be taping with Rachael Ray for an episode that airs the week of April 6. She’s also got an upcoming Private Sessions episode on A&E that will air April 5, a stop at E! Entertainment’s Chelsea Lately in early April and has an interview and performance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, airing Thursday, April 2. Phew!

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Brad Paisley has announced plans for his upcoming album, titled “American Saturday Night,” and plans to release it on June 30th.

The first single, “Then,” was unveiled last week and will debut on national radio March 23rd.

Brad will also be kicking off his 2009 concert, Paisley Party, in June.

Following in the footsteps of Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban will be releasing one single from his upcoming album, Defying Gravity, each week until the album’s debut on March 31. Read more

Randy Travis and Warner Brothers Records are gearing up to release “I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis” next month.

The album will contain dozens of Randy’s hits, including two new tracks. It’ll hit stores March 17th.

Tracks listed include: Read more

Compadre Records/Music World Music has announced the release of Johnny Cash Remixed, featuring bold new interpretations of Johnny Cash classics from top music remixers and producers who were recruited to take the original master recordings and infuse them with the sounds and technology of modern music styles such as hip hop and dance music. The album, which includes a performance from Snoop Dogg, will be available in stores and online on January 27. A vinyl deluxe-edition will be available on September 23 in select independent record stores.

The remixed tracks (and remixers) include “I Walk The Line” featuring Snoop Dogg (QDT, the new production team led by Snoop Dogg – featuring Snoop, Teddy Riley and DJ Quik), “Country Boy” (Sonny J, whose album was released in August on Astralwerks US), “Get Rhythm” (Philip Steir, the only remixer allowed to work with the Reprise Records Frank Sinatra collection), “Leave that Junk Alone” (Alabama 3, creators of The Sopranos theme song), “Folsom Prison Blues” (the legendary Pete Rock), “Hey Porter” (Mocean Worker, whose remix of Elvis Presley’s “Burnin’ Love” was used as a soundtrack to Honda’s Superbowl TV commercial), “Sugartime” (Kennedy, cornerstone of the new UK Dirty Pop movement), “Trail To Mexico” (indie favorite Mexican Institute of Sound/MIS), “Doin’ My Time” (The Heavy, critically-acclaimed UK-based band) and “Wide Open Road” (Count de Money) among others.

Johnny Cash Remixed is a tribute to the legacy of an American music icon whose work has touched every contemporary genre, and has the blessing and support of the custodians of Johnny Cash’s legacy.

Three Country Music Stop readers will each win a CD!

To Enter:

Leave a comment here telling me your favorite Johnny Cash song. That’s it!

* Contest closes at 5:00pm PST January 30. Winners will be notified by email and will have 24 hours to respond with contact information before a new winner is chosen.

* Open to US and CANADA residents only.

* One entry per household. Multiple entries will all be discarded.

* Three winners will win one CD each.

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