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• Miranda Lambert has achieved a new career milestone: best-selling author
• And she doesn't take it lightly; in an Instagram post she was obviously blown away when she was informed her new cookbook had hit #3 on the New York Times Best-Seller list
• Carrie Underwood reached out via Insta, congratulating her fellow country singer on her big achievement - while holding her own copy of the book
• Source: TheBoot

Carly Pearce Crushes National Anthem At Kentucky Derby: Kentucky native Carly Pearce called it a "major bucket list moment" 

• He may be a country boy from North Carolina, but Scotty McCreery has an appreciation for a wide range of music - especially if that music is, in large part, his own
• Scotty was surfing the internet when he came across a Colombian singer named GUSI who had taken a swing at Scotty's song, "Why You Gotta Be Like That" - and he loved it
• Loved it so much that he reached out to the singer and the two worked up a new version of the song - duet style, with Scotty singing in English and GUSI doing his bars in Spanish
• Source: CountryNow

• Jelly Roll has been there/done that when it comes to jail time
• The star owns a food truck - "Rollin'' With Jelly" - that serves food and donuts, and the employees have all served time
• JR says, "Our mission statement was, we only hire second-chance guys. Every other place in the world is like, 'If you got a felony, you can't work here.' We're only hiring felons."
• Source: TheBoot

• Travis Kelce never met a mic he didn't like - and that played out once again at Lainey Wilson's Kansas City concert at the NFL Draft last week
• The Kansas City Chiefs tight end jumped on stage, grabbed the mic, and started up on an acapella version of Josh Turner's hit "Your Man"
• The footballer-turned-hype man finished with "Kansas City I love you!" followed by "how 'bout one more time for Lainey Wilson?!"
• Source: WhiskeyRiff

• As we recently told you, the Surgeon General of the United States is calling loneliness a public health crisis.
• Dr. Vivek Murthy’s new report says loneliness raises the risk for cardiovascular disease, dementia, stroke, depression, anxiety and premature death and that its effect on lifespan is similar to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
• The research also offers strategies to help us feel less isolated, including making time to socialize, volunteering and cutting down on things that disconnect you.
• Source: Lifehacker

The 36 Quirkiest Country Music Song Titles of All Time

In Honor or Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day

• Craig Morgan - while several years removed from his last big country hit - has the respect of today's generation of country stars
• Craig had recently teamed up with superstar Luke Combs to cut a song that Craig debuted on the Grand Ole Opry this week - a song called "Raise The Bar"
• The song is set to appear on Craig's unnamed upcoming album
• Source: WhiskeyRiff

• Sitting in on "Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen," Miranda Lambert was asked what her favorite album was so far this year
• "I think Morgan Wallen's. He's out there kicking a$$," she said without hesitation
• She's not the only one with that opinion: Morgan's "One Thing At A Time" is the biggest country album of the year by a good margin
• Source: CountryNow

• For 18 years, Toby Keith has hosted the Toby Keith & Friends Golf Classic, and the country star has announced that its that time of year again
• The 19th Annual edition of the event will once again benefit the OK Kids Korral, a home for families of children going through cancer treatment
• In 2022, the event raised more than $1.3M; the event has raised more than $15M for the OK Kids Korral over its history
• Source: TasteOfCountry

• His career is one of the longest in popular music - and Willie Nelson is considered a legend by fans of every musical genre
• That legend status was cemented yesterday as Willie was voted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
• In a class populated by R&B, rap and rock, Willie brings the country when the eclectic group is inducted November 3
• Source: TasteOfCountry

• People constantly leave things behind in their Uber and the company’s annual Lost & Found Index report reveals the most commonly forgotten items.
• The top three items most often left are clothing, phones and backpacks, while the most unique item left is a Danny DeVito Christmas ornament.
• But even more surprising are the food items that are forgotten, which include a crab, Saltines and six cheesecakes.
• Source: The Takeout

• A new report reveals which diets best meet the American Heart Association’s guidelines for heart health.
• The DASH diet tops the list, as it gets a perfect 100% for meeting all of the AHA goals for heart-healthy eating.
• The pescatarian diet, which includes dairy, eggs, fish and other seafood but no meat, gets 92%, and the lacto-ovo vegetarian diet, which allows dairy and eggs but no meat, scores 86%.
• Source: CNN

• Late-night talk shows including “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” and “Late Night with Seth Myers” immediately pivoted to reruns starting last night because of the writer’s strike
• NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” also officially canceled this week’s show that was going to be hosted by former cast member Pete Davidson, and reruns of the show will air until further notice
• Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld, star of “Gutfeld!,” and his team aren’t members of the Writer’s Guild of America and will continue doing the show, a rare exception on late-night TV
• Times have changed for Hollywood since the most recent contract was negotiated; the last WGA strike was in 2007…the year Netflix began streaming and YouTube was just two years old
• Source: Deadline

• He's won ACMs and CMAs and been nominated for GRAMMYs, but Lee Brice is now up for award of a different sort
• The country singer has been nominated for a daytime Emmy award for his original song, "Pocket Change"
• The track, co-written with Billy Montana and Adam Wood, was featured in the PBS Primetime series, "American Anthems"
• The daytime Emmy awards will be televised June 16 on Paramount+ and CBS 
• Source: CountryLowdown

• Who needs social media, when you're in front of a huge crowd of your biggest fans?
• Luke Bryan took the stage at last weekend's Stagecoach Festival - and took the opportunity to announces his next single for the lucky crowd
• Well, to be fair, he did follow up the announcement from the stage with mentions on his socials; the single "But I Got A Beer In My Hand" drops this Friday
• Source: TasteOfCountry

• Keith Urban is a musician's musician, so when he drops some names of artists who have caught his attention, music fans may want to check them out
• Keith was asked prior to the Met Gala who is on his playlist - what musicians have his ear?
• "Everything from Joji to Daniel Wilson, who's an artist out in LA that I love - I listen to so much stuff" - so, fans of good music, time to search out some new tunes
• Source: IHeartCountry/Instagram

• Dierks Bentley's side gig as part of the band Hot Country Knights - a 90's country-centric band Dierks moonights in - was said to have come to an end
• Not so fast. Dierks admits that the band seems to be putting some new music together - and one name mentioned that may be part of the mix is Lainey Wilson
• Dierks, who may or may not be Knights lead singer Doug Douglason, says the band will "probably" show up at some of his shows to play a few tunes
• Source: TheBoot

• Lainey Wilson played the Stagecoach Festival over the weekend - and in a pre-concert interview, the subject of her role on "Yellowstone" came up, with the interviewer wanting to know what she knew about where the series was headed
• Lainey was no help: "I have no idea what's going on...the TV business is even crazier than the music business!"
• With the show on mid-season hiatus and various on-set issues jeopardizing the second half of Season 5, Lainey says she's just ready for that call to head back to the Dutton Ranch
• Source: ETOnline

• Eric Church likes a drink now and then - after all, one of his biggest hits is titled "Drink In My Hand"
• Eric announced yesterday that he is jumping in to the whiskey business, releasing a new brand of whiskey called "Whiskey Jypsi"
• In a statement, Church said, "You all know that I love whiskey. I write about it in my songs. I share it with you all on stage and now I’ve had the opportunity to create a whiskey from start to finish that celebrates taking chances and doing things the unconventional way."
• Source: WhiskeyRiff