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Mickie James releases her debut album, "Somebody's Gonna Pay," this week, and she says getting the disc out is bringing about a full slate of emotions. "The full album is out, it's on iTunes, and we've got a video out on it. I'm excited but also so nervous at the same time. I've definitely been praying about it," she told Billboard.

Ashley Monroe tells Billboard that when she, Miranda Lambert, and Angaleena Presley first came up with the idea for the Pistol Annies, some didn't quite grasp their concept.

On May 14, Plowboy Records will release "You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold" – a tribute album that features many artists from outside the mainstream country realm paying tribute to the singer. Former Dead Boys guitarist Cheetah Chrome can be heard on the project doing the song that became Arnold's first number one hit in 1946.