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Grand Ole Opry star Bill Anderson will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the September 5 gala thrown by the nonprofit Love from Music City. It’ll be held at the Bluegrass and Yacht Club in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

Buck Owens and Merle Haggard are featured in Bear Family’s new 10-disc, 300-track boxed set titled The Bakersfield Sound 1940-1974. The collection, which also includes a 220-page book, arrives August 9.

Craig Morgan appears in the new film After the Storm, which is available on DVD now.

If you missed the behind-the-scenes feature the Today show shot during Luke Bryan‘s recent stadium show at the home of the New England Patriots, you can check it out on YouTube.

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