Nashville notes: Steve Earle’s Opry induction + a Merle Haggard tribute on vinyl

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Bailey Zimmerman & Megan Moroney set to play MTV VMAs

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Farm Aid 40 to air live on CNN

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Hear Dierks Bentley’s live collab with The Band Loula from the Broken Branches Tour

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Thomas Rhett’s got more to say ‘About a Woman’ as he closes this chapter

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Shaboozey’s ‘Good News’ takes him to the top

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‘Get it right, get it tight’: Russell Dickerson amps up his fitness for more Russellmania

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