The curious case of Clovis continues. There’s no doubt that Charley Crockett has remained one of the busiest artists working in the genre today. Since 2024, the “$10 Cowboy” has dropped a staggering five albums. Of course, this includes the double-up in 2024 in $10 Cowboy and Visions of Dallas, as well as the now-completed “Sagebrush Trilogy,” which is comprised of Lonesome Drifter, Dollar A Day and his latst release, Age of the Ram. However, he had all intentions of releasing a sixth album in two years, Clovis, which appeared just three weeks after Age of the Ram on April 28th. As one of the best releases to date from Crockett, fans everywhere were touting it as the Album of the Year. Despite all the hype surrounding it, it would disappear from on streaming services a little over a week later, which means the 14-track album was only available to fans for around a week. As of today, it still has yet to reappear. Over the weeks, we have gotten some updates on the record, however. Back on May 25th, Shooter Jennings, son of Waylon Jennings and Crockett’s long-time producer, would take to X to confirm that Clovis is for sure coming back, and that when it does, it’ll return with physical media: “It is coming back! With physical!” It is coming back! With physical! — Shooter Jennings (@shooterjennings) May 25, 2026 Just days later during his performance at Music City Rodeo in Nashville, we’d get another update straight from the horse’s mouth. Before performing a standout from the album, “Hallelujah Trail,” Crockett would tell the crowd that Clovis is coming soon, saying it’ll be back on the street in “two shakes of a lamb’s tail.” “I’m sorry about that record I put out a little ways back that got pulled down. I promise y’all I’m gonna get it back on the street in two shakes of a lamb’s tail.” Today, Crockett would give yet another update on Clovis… and there’s some good news and bad news. The bad (and most notable) news is that it seems as if we’re still a long ways away from seeing Clovis back on streaming, with the “Lonesome Drifter” singer saying he can’t release the album for “a minute.” Additionally, it seems as if he may be in some legal trouble; however, he didn’t specify if its related to Clovis itself or something else entirely. The good news, for those who live in Nashville or are attending CMA Fest this weekend, is that his team will be patrolling the streets of Music City and handing out CDs for free during the festival. He’d sign off by saying that he’s going back to his roots with the whole “boots-on-the-ground” approach to delivering Clovis to the masses. “I got a loyal street team around this week in Nashville. I’d be there but I’m in some legal trouble I won’t bore you with. They’ll be handing out CDs for free. You know, the way I got here.” View this post on Instagram I can’t say I’ve seen an album have this many issues releasing to the masses in recent memory; however, it seems as if we’re still a ways away from finally getting Clovis in its final, official form permanently. If you’re in Nashville this weekend, it’s best to keep an eye out in order to get your hands on this incredibly elusive record. Before you go, fire up “Hallelujah Trail,” which is actually still on YouTube via a recording from ABC Country in Australia. Age of the Ram Tour Dates June 17 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall with Wild Horses June 18 – La Fayette, NY – Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards with Wild Horses Jun 19 – Greenfield, MA – Green River Festival June 20 – Charles Town, WV – The Event Center at Hollywood Casino with Nat Myers June 22 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark with Nat Myers June 23 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit with Nat Myers June 25 – Davenport, IA – Rhythm City Casino Resort with Sierra Hull June 26 – Eau Claire, WI – Blue Ox Music Festival June 27 – Paw Paw, MI – Warner Vineyard with Nat Myers June 28 – Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha with Sierra Hull June 30 – Billings, MT – Downtown Billings July 04 – Calgary, AB – Spruce Meadows with Kashus Culpepper July 08 – Casper, WY – Ford Wyoming Center with Wild Horses July 10 – Saint Paul, MN – Minnesota Country Club Festival July 11 – Alta, WY – Grand Targhee Festival July 12 – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater with Sierra Hull and Wild Horses July 14 – Troutdale, OR – McMenamins Edgefield with Twin Temple July 15 – Spokane, WA – BECU Live at Northern Quest Resort & Casino with Sierra Hull July 16 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater with Margo Price July 18 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre with Twin Temple July 27 – Goshen, IN – Elkhart County 4-H Fair Aug 27 – Canyon, TX – The Lumberyard Canyon with The Weary Boys Aug 28 – Fort Worth, TX – Billy Bob’s Texas with The Weary Boys Aug 29 – Fort Worth, TX – Billy Bob’s Texas with Jake Penrod Aug 30 – Helotes, TX – Floore’s Country Store with Jake Penrod Sept 01 – Mobile, AL – Saenger Theatre with Pony Bradshaw Sept 02 – Dothan, AL – The Plant with Pony Bradshaw Sept 04 – Savannah, GA – Johnny Mercer Theatre with Pony Bradshaw Sept 05 – Charlottesville, VA – Ting Pavilion with Nat Myers Sept 09 – Orlando, FL – Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts with Nat Myers  Sept 10 – Hollywood, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with Nat Myers Sept 12 – Robinsonville, MS – Horseshoe Casino’s Bluesville – Bluesville with Nat Myers Sept 14 – Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live! with Nat Myers Sept 15 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee with Nat Myers Sept 16 – Maryland Heights, MO – Saint Louis Music Park with Durand Jones & The Indications Sept 17 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre with Durand Jones & The Indications Sept 19 – Youngstown, OH – Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre with Durand Jones & The Indications Sept 21 – Wilmington, NC – Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park with Durand Jones & The Indications Sept 22 – North Charleston, SC – Firefly Distillery with Durand Jones & The Indications Sept 24 – Charlotte, NC – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre with Durand Jones & The Indications Sept 25 – Atlanta, GA – Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park with Durand Jones & The Indications Sept 26 – Louisville, KY – Bourbon & Beyond Festival Sept 29 – Lewiston, NY – Artpark Mainstage Theater with Durand Jones & The Indications Oct 01 – New York, NY – SummerStage in Central Park with Durand Jones & The Indications Oct 02 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage with Durand Jones & The IndicationsThe post “Can’t Release The Album For A Minute”: Charley Crockett Implies That “Legal Trouble” Will Further Delay The Release Of ‘Clovis’ first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Incredible. On Tuesday night, Ernest hosted an evening of music titled Stars For Second Harvest 2026 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, where a sold-out crowd heard from Ern, of course, as he did a writer’s round on stage with fellow hitmakers Hardy, Lee Thomas Miller, and Dean Dillon. Superstar Ella Langley headlined the evening, performing acoustic, stripped-back renditions of songs from her massive sophomore album Dandelion, and she and Ernest teamed up to perform their co-write “Loving Life Again” too. It looked like a spectacular night, and it was all for an amazing cause, as the proceeds from the benefit show went to Second Harvest Food Bank, and the raised a whopping $445,000 in total, which will surely do a ton of good for the greater Nashville area. Ernest says he’s “incredibly grateful” for the success of the event over the last several years, and he’s looking forward to continuing it in the future: “I’m incredibly grateful for the way this event has grown and evolved, even just over the last few years. It’s one of my favorite nights of every year that really captures the heart of our songwriting community. Thank you to Ella, HARDY, Lee, Dean, and everyone who made this night possible – we’ll see you next year.” The event was first started by Big Loud Records co-founder Craig Wiseman, but he passed the torch, so to speak, to Ernest a few years ago, and since then, Ernest has raised a very impressive over $1.18 MILLION for Second Harvest through the annual writer’s round and performance event alone. It’s great to see so many very popular country artists and writers use their platform to do good like this, and it’s truly an incredible event. View this post on Instagram Ernest also recently released his beachy, Jimmy Buffett-inspired album Deep Blue. It will make you feel like you’re sitting on an ocean somewhere, the perfect soundtrack if you’re heading to find blue water this summer, and there’s so much variety on the tracklist, from high-energy heartbreakers like “Lorelei” and “Boat Named After You,” as well as some more classic offerings that harken back to Willie Nelson on “Lucky” and “If I’m Not Careful” and other rock-solid, breezy tracks like “Edge Of The U.S.A.” and “Somewhere In The Caribbean.” Ernest himself says it’s his “personal favorite” record he’s put out yet: “DEEP BLUE is out now and I must say, it’s my personal favorite album yet. It wouldn’t exist without my love and affinity for the islands. (Shoutout ST THOMAS/ ST JOHN) . This album is a dissociative for some, one that will pull you straight from your reality and land you right smack dab in the middle of the ocean, floating and drifting away. It might sit u down on that favorite beach of yours in your mind. Hell, it could land you at that beach bar you went to ONE time and have never stopped thinking about it. It might take a sunny day and turn it in to a much needed Rainey afternoon. Who knows… what I do know is that the album is yours …. it’s been mine for long enough…. Thank you to all the songwriters who helped create this world with me. I also wanna say thank you to my brother Jacob Durrett for trusting me to go in and produce an album together. We have worked together for years and it was fun finally going in and doing the damn thing for real. Anyways- I’m gonna be sunburnt or tan for the foreseeable future.” If you haven’t checked it out yet, you definitely should, and I’ll leave some of my favorites below. “Time Is A Thief”  “Boat Named After You” “Lorelei” The post Ernest Raises $445K For Stars For Second Harvest Food Bank With Annual Stars For Second Harvest Benefit Show first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

She’s Texas through and through, and she will be the perfect judge. Kacey Musgraves will once again appear on the hit Netflix show America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders in Season 3, which is set to air on the streaming platform on June 16th. If you’ve watched anything on Netflix or have been on social media at all recently, you’ve probably seen ads for, or watched, America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. The show takes viewers from the first audition all the way through the end of NFL football season for the Cowboys, giving fans an inside at how the DCC organization runs. I loved the original iteration on CMT Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team, though it’s fun to watch the entire process in this new show as opposed to just seeing the ruthless audition process. They’ve definitely tampered down some of the wild commentary, but cheerleader director Kelli Finglass and Head Choreographer Judy Trammell are tough critics, and those girls who do ultimately make the team certainly earn it. It’s incredible how demanding their job is, and most of them also juggle other full-time jobs to make ends meet, though I think the pay and things of that nature has gotten a lot better since the show has become much more popular. Netflix just released the trailer, and this installment follows the 2025–26 DCC squad, starting with the  high-pressure auditions, where 30 veterans will fight it out for just six open spots, and the season will take viewers from that point, all the way through game-day performances during the NFL season. Kacey did appear on the show during Season 2, where she was a guest judge during the final auditions, and in Season 3, she will be a judge for the first round of dance auditions. They show a quick glimpse of her talking to the girls with her hair perfectly 70’s and in full Cowboys gear in this new trailer, and considering Kacey is from Texas and loves her home state and the Dallas Cowboys, I can’t wait to watch her be an official judge this season. They usually have at least one or two celebrity judges help with the audition process, and I don’t think there’s anyone more perfect for it than Kacey. And while we’re on the subject, considering how many country artists have done the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving halftime show over the last few years, we need to get her out on that field ASAP, but I digress… In Season 2, some of the DCC girls performed at a stop on Kacey’s Deeper Well tour, so she’s pretty well acquainted with the team, and they also used her new song “Everybody Wants To Be A  Cowboy” as the theme sing, which was a collab with Billy Strings that was featured on her recent Middle Of Nowhere album. It’s easily one of my favorite series on Netflix, and having Kacey be part of it just makes it that much more fun to watch… I am counting down the days. You can check out the trailer here: “Everybody Wants To Be A Cowboy”  The post Kacey Musgraves To Be Featured On New Season Of ‘America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader’ As Guest Judge first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Alan Jackson is gearing up for his final concert, a massive event at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday, June 27, 2026 that will mark the end of his legendary touring career. Tickets went on sale for the show back in October and sold out pretty much immediately. And if you’re hoping to buy a ticket on the resale market, well…hope you’re ready to shell out the big bucks. On SeatGeek right now, which is the official ticketing platform of Nissan Stadium, the cheapest resale ticket available is going for $443 in the top of the stadium, slightly behind the stage. The most expensive tickets, however, are listed for as much as $7,500 for a seat on the floor. While the resale prices are absolutely mind blowing, they at least make some sense given the incredible lineup. Initially, the star-studded concert will feature a ton of special guests, including Eric Church, Luke Combs, Luke Bryan, Riley Green, Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban and many, many more. In April, Jackson added the likes of Little Big Town, Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett to the bill. And then Jackson recently stunned fans with the massive announcement that none other than the King himself, George Strait, and reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year, Lainey Wilson, would be joining the star studded lineup. View this post on Instagram However, if you won’t be able to attend in person, as most of us won’t, the concert will be broadcast on NBC at some point this year. Alan announced today that the full concert will air on NBC, followed by an on-demand streaming option on Peacock the following day: Exciting News! “Alan Jackson: The Last Show” will air later this year on and stream next day on Peacock. Celebrating the music, memories, and fans who have been part of the journey every step of the way! Stay tuned for date and time details, so you don’t miss this unforgettable evening. Exciting News! "Alan Jackson: The Last Show" will air later this year on @nbc and stream next day on @peacock. Celebrating the music, memories, and fans who have been part of the journey every step of the way! Stay tuned for date and time details, so you don’t miss this… pic.twitter.com/Y06SBSD4bS — Alan Jackson (@OfficialJackson) June 4, 2026 Jackson is a grandfather now, and he has been touring for three decades at this point, so it makes sense that he’s ready to close that chapter of his life and spend most of his time at home with his family: “I’ve been touring for over 30 years – my daughters are all grown, we have one grandchild and one on the way…and I’m enjoying spending more time at home. But my fans always show up to have a good time, and I’m going to give them the best show I can for this Last Call.” Of course Alan revealed back in 2021 that he was living with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), a degenerative nerve disease that affects the arms and legs and causes difficulty standing and walking. AJ admitted back then that the condition was starting to affect his performances, and that he often had to sit down on a stool because he would have trouble balancing in front of the microphone, but that he didn’t want fans to think he was “drunk on stage” because he was having trouble with his balance. So for his final run of shows, Alan has announced that $1 from every ticket sold for the Last Call: One More for the Road Tour will be donated to the CMT Research Foundation, an organization that funds research for neurological disease. $1 for each ticket was matched by a group of CMTRF donors and board members. It’s safe to say that June 27th is going to be an incredibly emotional one in the country music community. It’s hard to truly put into words just how much Jackson has impacted and influenced the genre, its artists of the past, present and future. Couple the night of celebration with an appearance from Strait, who has been a close friend and collaborator with Jackson for decades at this point, and you might want to stock up on some tissues. Before you go, watch Alan’s emotional performance of “Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)” from the Memorial Day Capitol Concert: The post Alan Jackson’s Star-Studded Final Concert In Nashville Will Be Recorded For A TV Special first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

New music from the great Randy Travis is coming soon. Few living artists have made an impact on country music the way Randy Travis has. With over 23 million albums sold worldwide, 23 #1 singles, seven Grammys and dozens upon dozens of awards from the likes of the ACMs and CMAs, the “I Told You So” singer has paved the way for over two generations of artists at this point. Simply put, Travis’ journey over the past twelve years has been nothing short of incredible. If you recall, the “Three Wooden Crosses” singer suffered a massive stroke back in July 2013, which was caused by a complication of his congestive heart failure. At the time, doctors only gave him a 1% chance to live, but Travis pulled through. The stroke, as we all know, did not come without its consequences, however. Despite surviving in what can only be described as a miracle, Travis has remained severely affected by it, developing aphasia and being extremely limited in terms of both speech and his ability to sing. In fact, Travis’ wife, Mary, recently revealed that the doctors advised her to “pull the plug” on the 7x Grammy winner after he developed a plethora of different hospital-born viruses, including Serratia, Pseudomonas and a staph infection while in the hospital. Thankfully, the living legend has been seemingly making more appearances than ever over the past few years. Beyond releasing two new songs, “Where That Came From” and “Horses In Heaven,”  with the help of AI (which has opened up an entirely new can of worms around the music industry recently) and guest vocalist, James Dupré, over the past year and a half, Travis has recently been touring extensively around the U.S. along with his original backing band and Dupré once again serving as a guest vocalist for all of his hits. Back in November, he released yet another new track, this time pulling from the vault and dropping a beautiful Christmas song, “Where My Heart Is.” Undoubtedly, this gave fans hope that more unreleased, original music from Travis was on the horizon, much in the vein of recent releases from the likes of Waylon Jennings, Don Williams, Luke Bell and more. Yesterday, during the grand opening of the Randy Travis Room at Nashville Palace, Mary and Randy would tell us here at Whiskey Riff that they do have plans of releasing a full-length album of even more vaulted tracks from the legend. During our conversation, Mary revealed that they have an entire album’s worth of archived music, recorded before Randy’s stroke in 2013, that has already been mixed and mastered. “We got a full deck. We have a whole new album coming out of archived music. It’s stuff that he had sang before the stroke. It’s been mastered, mixed and ready to go. We’ll be having a new album.” When asked about a potential time frame for the release, Mary wouldn’t go into specifics. However, she would confirm that the album will be released by the end of the year. As previously mentioned, this will mark the first album containing new, never-before-heard tracks from Travis since 2008 and his first full-length record in general since 2014. The world deserves a new Randy Travis project, and it looks like we will be getting one here very soon. Before you go, fire up his most recent vault track, “Where My Heart Is.” Randy Travis Tour Dates Aug. 21 – Hiawassee, GA – Georgia Mountain Fall Festival – Anderson Music Hall Aug. 22 – Richmond, KY – The Vine at Chenault Vineyards Sept. 23 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts Sept. 24 – Lansdowne, PA – Lansdowne Theater Sept. 25 – Westbury, NY – Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair Sept. 26 – York, PA – Pullo Center Sept. 27 – Albany, NY – The Egg Performing Arts Center Oct. 1 – New London, CT – Garde Arts Center Oct. 2 – Keene, NH – Colonial Theatre Oct. 3 – Plymouth, MA – Plymouth Memorial Hall Oct. 4 – Northampton, MA – Academy of Music Theatre Oct. 14 – Austin, TX – The Long Center for the Performing Arts Oct. 15 – Dallas, TX – Longhorn Ballroom Oct. 22 – Lubbock, TX – Buddy Holly Hall Oct. 23 – Albuquerque, NM – Popejoy Theatre Oct. 24 – Pueblo, CO – Pueblo Memorial Hall Nov. 6 – Oklahoma City, OK – Civic Center Music Hall Nov. 7 – Topeka, KS – Topeka Performing Arts Center Nov. 8 – Branson, MO – Clay Cooper TheatreThe post “Mastered, Mixed & Ready To Go”: A Collection Of Unreleased Randy Travis Songs To Be Released This Year first appeared on Whiskey Riff.