{"id":49392,"date":"2026-06-13T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=49392"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:18:34","slug":"wynonna-judd-announces-new-album-coming-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/06\/wynonna-judd-announces-new-album-coming-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Wynonna Judd Announces New Album Coming This Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Wynonna Judd<\/strong>\u00a0has unveiled plans for her first solo studio album in nearly a decade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 62-year-old artist revealed details about\u00a0<em><strong>The Hard Truth<\/strong><\/em>, set for release on October 2nd, through a heartfelt Instagram announcement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve spent a lifetime singing about heartbreak, healing, faith, and survival, but I&#8217;ve never made a record like this one. These songs tell the truth about where I&#8217;ve been, what I&#8217;ve lost, what I&#8217;ve overcome, and who I&#8217;ve become.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p> Judd emphasized the emotional vulnerability required for the 5-year project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;This album asked me to be brave enough to tell the truth\u2014even when my voice shook. It challenged me to let go of perfectionism and embrace the beauty of honest emotion.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The lead single &#8220;Kentucky Queen&#8221; accompanied the album announcement. Judd will tour with Melissa Etheridge beginning June 24th.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wynonna - &quot;Kentucky Queen&quot;\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ve19YW7aZho?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wynonna Judd\u00a0has unveiled plans for her first solo studio album in nearly a decade. The 62-year-old artist revealed details about\u00a0The Hard Truth, set for release on October 2nd, through a heartfelt Instagram announcement. &#8220;I&#8217;ve spent a lifetime singing about heartbreak, healing, faith, and survival, but I&#8217;ve never made a record like this one. These songs","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":49393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[690,7459,4685,7458,2264,2826],"class_list":["post-49392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-album","tag-kentucky-queen","tag-melissa-etheridge","tag-the-hard-truth","tag-wynonna","tag-wynonna-judd"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 09:53:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/06\/wynonna-judd-announces-new-album-coming-this-fall\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49394,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49392\/revisions\/49394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}