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Lady Antebellum have never been funkier than on their new single 'Downtown' -- the first from the trio's upcoming fourth studio album. A guitar lick postmarked 1962 steers the song and pushes the band in an exciting new direction.

Chris Young darkens his stamp as country music's most reliable romancer with his new single 'I Can Take It From There.' The uptempo lover is reminiscent of 'Gettin' You Home,' but not quite that sexy.

Not all summer songs come across as fun and breezy. Too often they’re saturated with sugar or references to the juniper in Georgia or how hot the sun in Oklahoma shines on the scorched earth. JB and the Moonshine Band don’t overthink things with their new single ‘No Better Than This.’ It’s an easy emotion tied up in under three minutes.

As he promised his fans, Wade Hayes has shifted gears to 100 percent music now that he has completed his chemo therapy for his stage IV colon cancer. The singer announced his battle with the disease late last year. The latest tune from Hayes — which he wrote about the emotional rollercoaster he went on from the early stages of his diagnosis — is called ‘Is It Already Time...

It’s been about a month since Tim McGraw kicked off the Brothers of the Sun Tour with Kenny Chesney, which means it’s also been a month-long adventure of sampling new music to fans. Those who have caught shows recently have been lucky enough to hear at least two new McGraw tunes – ’Mexicoma’ and ‘Truck Yeah.’

Just days before her new single ‘Good Girl’ is scheduled to be officially released, Carrie Underwood has given fans a sample of the until now unheard track from her upcoming fourth studio album. In a video released on her official website on Tuesday, Underwood takes fans inside the studio.

As it begins to heat up outside and the snow and ice turn to green grass and fresh blooms, artists will churn out new country music releases for March 2012 faster than you can say “bring on spring break!”

Fans who tuned into the premiere of the Zac Brown Band‘s ‘Live at Red Rocks’ special over the weekend got an added bonus. In addition to several of their chart-topping hits, the band also offered the television debut of a previously unreleased song, ‘Sweet Annie.’

Miranda Lambert began the media tour to promote her new album ‘Four the Record’ with Matt Lauer and the ‘Today’ show crew on Tuesday morning. Before performing her current hit, ‘Baggage Claim,’ Lambert talked a bit about the big year she’s had.

Miranda Lambert is releasing her new album ‘Four the Record’ on Tuesday, Nov. 1, and Taste of Country has the exclusive premiere of her personal stories behind each song on the record. The album features 14 brand-new tracks, including her recent single, ‘Baggage Claim.’ The deluxe version of it — which can be pre-ordered here — also features extended versions of these cut-by-cuts on a DVD that com

Scotty McCreery is poised to claim the Number One spot when his first full-length effort ‘Clear as Day’ makes its debut on the charts next week. But will he actually pull it off? It’s been nearly a decade since ‘American Idol‘ was able to turn all its ratings mojo into a Number One album debut for one of its contestants. The last one was Ruben Studdard, whose ‘Thankful’ bowed at the top of the cha