Ryan Kinder Set To Ride “Tour de Natchez Trace” In Honor of Good Friend and US Army Officer

Singer/songwriter Ryan Kinder will temporarily trade in his guitar for a bicycle on May 24 when he sets off on the Tour de Natchez Trace, a four day bike ride covering the 444 miles of Natchez Trace Parkway. Kinder has chosen to ride in honor of friend Kyle Wagley, Chief Warrant Officer Three in the United States Army.

After he defeated stomach cancer, with which he had been diagnosed two years earlier, Wagley completed the Natchez Trace journey in May of 2016. Though a relapse led to his passing in March, Kinder and Wagley’s wife Stormi will tackle the challenge in his place. Proceeds from the event support the Aegis Sciences Foundation, which raises money and directs funds to partners that can make a difference for military veterans and their families.

Ryan Kinder Moutain Bike“Honestly, I don’t know how the hell I am going to do it,” Kinder said. “I do know I wanted to do this in his stead and couldn’t let Stormi do it alone. Kyle’s example has inspired and changed my life. He was a great patriot, father, husband and friend – and I am so privileged to honor his memory in this way.”

Kinder will jump back into music after his journey down the historic parkway as Nashville’s CMA Music Festival approaches, including performances at the 2017 Concert for Love and Acceptance on June 8 and at the Gildan Broadway Stage at Hard Rock Café on June 9.

Kane Brown Reveals Picturesque Music Video for “What Ifs” Featuring Lauren Alaina

Academy of Country Music and CMT Music Awards nominated breakthrough artist Kane Brown reveals his highly-anticipated new music video “What Ifs” featuring Lauren Alaina streaming now on Amazon Music. “What Ifs” is included on Brown’s #1 self-titled album which remains country’s best-selling new-artist debut of the past 2 ½ years.

Kane Brown’s co-star in the new clip is Lauren Alaina, his good friend and middle-school classmate turned duet partner. Announced earlier this week, both artists are nominated for the 2017 CMT Music Awards “Breakthrough Video of the Year” – Brown for the clip of his Gold-certified “Used to Love You Sober,” and Alaina for “The Road Less Traveled.”

Directed by P. R. Brown and produced by Steve Lamar, “What Ifs” is the first music video to be filmed at The Inn at Newport Ranch on the breathtaking North California coastline. Prior to the world premiere of the clip on Amazon Music, the “What Ifs” lyric video and an interview with Brown and Alaina about the music video shoot were previewed on People.com.

“What Ifs” featuring Lauren Alaina is Kane Brown’s current single at country radio. It was produced by 9-time ACM Award-winning producer/musician Dann Huff and co-written by Brown, Matthew McGinn, and Jordan Schmidt. “What Ifs” is one of 11 songs, 7 of which he co-wrote, on the Kane Brown debut RCA Nashville/Zone 4 album which fans can purchase here.

Chris Young Releases New Single “Losing Sleep”

After earning multiple ACM, BBMA, CMA, Grammy and RDMA nominations and scoring three consecutive chart-topping singles – including his ninth No. 1 “Sober Saturday Night” with Vince Gill – from his “excellent” (New York Times) album I’m Comin’ Over, Chris Young has set the bar even higher with the release of his brand new single, “Losing Sleep.” Delivered to country radio and retailers, the song shot immediately to the No. 2 spot on the iTunes Country chart within hours of release.

“I continue to be blown away by the response to my last record and it makes me push myself even harder in the studio and onstage,” said Chris. “With every new album I think I want to try and write something easier and not so high in my register, but of course, on ‘Losing Sleep’ we push the boundaries even further and layer in some fun, new grooves too.”

With bare, flawless vocals that lead into a bold, explosive chorus, “Losing Sleep” is the lead single from the RCA Records Nashville artist’s hotly anticipated seventh album due later this year. The song is written by Young with Josh Hoge and Chris DeStefano and marks the Grammy-nominated singer’s third time co-producing with Corey Crowder. Named “one of his era’s finest traditionalists” by the Associated Press, Young’s upcoming record will be his third project in less than two years, including 2015’s critically acclaimed I’m Comin’ Over and 2016’s It Must Be Christmas.

With a hit-packed set that highlights his nine chart-toppers — including “Gettin’ You Home,” “Voices,” “Tomorrow,” “I’m Comin’ Over” and “Think Of You,” — and fifteen Gold/Platinum certified projects, Chris has joined reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year Jason Aldean as special guest on his They Don’t Know Tour through October before resuming his own headlining dates later this year.

Brett Eldredge Set To Release Self-Titled Album August 4, Releases New Track “The Long Way”

Platinum-selling singer-songwriter Brett Eldredge loves to release new music to his fans, and today is a happy day for all of them as he releases “The Long Way,” a new track from his forthcoming self-titled album set for release on Aug. 4. “Instant download tracks are my favorite things about releasing an album, because you get to release them before the full record comes out,” Eldredge said. “I don’t like to wait and I don’t like my fans to wait!”

Written by Eldredge and Matt Rogers, “The Long Way” is one of Eldredge’s favorite songs on the new album. “For me, ‘Long Way’ stands out as such a powerful look at love and that search for something deeper. It’s about that big moment when you finally meet the person you’ve been waiting to meet, and you want to know everything about them. You don’t just want a quick breeze through their hometown and life, you want to take the long way. It’s a beautiful sentiment about love.” Check out the new song here:

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The album is propelled by his Top 30 and climbing single “Somethin’ I’m Good At,” which already boasts over 10.2 million on-demand streams. He debuted the song on national television with his performance on the 52nd ACM Awards, and it quickly earned praise with Rolling Stone proclaiming “…it’s as entertaining as it is unpredictable…” and Taste of Country declaring, “Brett Eldredge’s new single ‘Somethin’ I’m Good At’ is a flat out, all-caps, country music JAM.” Eldredge will perform the song on the CMT Awards on June 7.

Eldredge is launching into the biggest summer of his career hot off of year of success. His No. 1 single “Wanna Be That Song” was recently certified Gold by the RIAA and just earned a nomination for his first-ever CMT Video of the Year Award. He has earned a total of seven chart-topping hits, including his holiday duet “Baby It’s Cold Outside” with Grammy-winner Meghan Trainor, and is taking all of them and more on the road for Luke Bryan’s “Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day” tour.

Brantley Gilbert and Wife Amber Expecting Their First Child

First he found the girl, then he lost the girl – and finally, Brantley Gilbert got the girl back. Like every classic romance, Brantley and Amber Gilbert had a broken road to finding their way back to each other, but true love remains life’s best compass. And now the couple, who’ve known each other since childhood, are pleased to announce they’re expecting their first child.

“We’ve had such a hard time keeping a secret,” says the soon-to-be dad and proud owner of back-to-back platinum albums Just As I Am and Halfway To Heaven. “But the doctors wanted us to wait past the first trimester. So here we are.”

PEOPLE and People.com broke the news exclusively at just after noon Eastern time.

For the man who’s written every love song, every loss song, every fun song and every yearning about his now wife Amber, the coming child completes their love story – and opens a new chapter on the pair’s life together.

In the meantime, the Country Music Association Song of the Year nominee for “Dirt Road Anthem” is back on the road shortly. Kicking off the summer leg of his The Devil Don’t Sleep Tour in Tampa on June 2nd at the Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheater, he’ll be hitting the Southeast, Midwest and Heartland through the fall.

As The New York Times has said of Gilbert’s creative axis, “Mr. Gilbert comes on like a revving monster-truck engine, backed by heavy rock guitar, but there’s a slyness to his singing. Beneath his boxy exterior, there’s an active intelligence about melody and texture,” while Entertainment Weekly concurs,,“With swaggering guitars, catchy hooks, and a DGAF attitude, Devil promises to keep the ‘One Hell of an Amen’ singer at the top of the country charts,” while Nashville’s alt-weekly The Scene expands on those assessments, writing the thoughtful side of Gilbert’s new music is attracting as much attention as the rowdy stuff. A boozy jam called ‘The Weekend’ is Devil’s first single, but the title track is all about the daily struggle to outrun personal demons, not embrace them.”

For now, the big news isn’t “The Weekend” hitting the Top 5, the sold out winter arena tour through the Rust Belt or the NPR essay The Devil Don’t Sleep inspired. Right now, there’s a baby on board, and Brantley Gilbert can’t wait. Read all about it online now — and in this week’s copy of PEOPLE, on stands Thursday.