It’s New Country Friday, and don’t sleep on the new single from Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton called “A Song to Sing.” It’s got this cool Country-R&B mash-up energy, and it’s so good with their voices. Other releases include Riley Green’s “Bartender in Destin,” which is part of a new acoustic project, Hudson Westbrook’s “Damn Good Taste In Whiskey,” and Dasha’s letter to her younger self in “Oh Anna,” and

We are sending love and light to Scotty McCreery and his family this morning. The “Bottle Rockets” singer revealed on his socials that his grandmother, Janet, died on Wednesday, and then hours later, his other grandmother, Paquita, passed.

Conner Smith was issued a misdemeanor, failure to yield citation, for his role in what has been ruled a tragic accident when he struck and killed a 77-year-old woman in a crosswalk last month. Conner fully cooperated with the investigation and showed no signs of impairment.

Congratulations to Kelly Clarkson; she just picked up another Daytime Emmy nomination for her talk show.

Handing out more congratulations, this time to Kenny Chesney. He just celebrated 105 million units certified from the RIAA, including 22 new certifications. Kenny said, “These kinds of numbers almost don’t exist. Who counts that high? But seeing all the discs and the size of the plaque, it hits you how big this really is.”