Image Courtesy ABCLuke Bryan makes a cameo on ABC's Nashville Wednesday night sharing a scene with the show's resident country queen, Rayna Jaymes, played by Connie Britton. This season, Rayna is working hard to get her career back on track, and Luke applauds the Nashville script writers for portraying the country music business accurately.

"You know, there's some stuff that's obviously stretched for TV," Luke tells ABC News Radio, "but all of the producers of the show and the people that we know, they work to keep the show, for the most part, like the reality of Nashville and the music business. It's fun to see them doing that."

Luke also gets a kick out of seeing Music City shot so beautifully on Nashville. He adds, "I think Nashville is one of the most interesting cities. It's just got such an amazing feel and vibe to it. And the show has showcased the city."

Unfortunately, Luke has to keep up with the storyline of Nashville mostly through word-of-mouth since his hectic touring schedule keeps him away from home most of the time.

Says Luke, "Being in Nashville, you kind of know the storyline of the show. Like, this is probably the period of my life that I have watched TV the least."

Luke's fans will want to catch all of Wednesday night's episode of Nashville since his cameo comes towards the end of the show, which begins at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.

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Image Courtesy Sony Music NashvilleThe Swon Brothers have made the leap from finalists on NBC's The Voice to the top 20 on the country chart with their debut single, "Later On." It's taken a lot of hard work to get this point, and the duo's Zach Swon tells ABC News Radio he wouldn't have gotten this far if not for his partnership and friendship with brother, Colton Swon.

Says Zach, "We live together, we're on a bus together, we fly in planes together, but I think it makes us better. 'Cause I wouldn’t want to do this, nor do I think I would succeed as a solo artist, and I think he feels the same way."

While it's easy for Colton and Zach to focus on the daily demands of getting their country career off the ground, they make a point to maintain their relationship as brothers and best friends, too.

Colton explains, "We're running a business together, but you've also got to take time just to be brothers, like, out on the road. Laugh, enjoy it. And just take time doing brother stuff, you know, making fun of each other. Playing video games."

Zach and Colton spend a lot of time just talking on their tour bus when they're not playing the game Catch Phrase with their band members. 

Zach says, "We're pretty tame. It's not really a party bus, or anything.

Colton adds with a laugh," And by tame, he means lame. We are lame. We like to sleep."

Look for The Swon Brothers' self-titled debut album to come out October 14.

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Image Courtesy Sony Music NashvilleZac Brown Band teams up with The Doobie Brothers for a new version of "Black Water" on the new Doobie Brothers country collaborations album, Southbound. Zac Brown admits he jumped at the chance to perform that classic song from The Doobie Brothers catalog.

"I have seen a lot of people, including myself, make a lot of tip money because of ‘Black Water,’ so this is a full circle moment," Zac says. "“To collaborate and recreate this iconic song is just an amazing moment as an artist.  As a new generation vocal band, it is an absolute honor to get to play with them."

Fans can now pre-order Southbound at iTunes or Amazon and get an instant download of The Doobie Brothers and Zac Brown Band's version of "Black Water." The full album comes out November 4.

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Image Courtesy Nino Munoz/Capitol NashvilleDierks Bentley often returns to Nashville's famed bluegrass club, the Station Inn, to catch a show or even sit in with some of his musical heroes. Over the years, Dierks has become close friends with Ann Soyers, the woman who collects cover charges and books talent at the Station Inn. According to The Tennessean, Ann was an early supporter of Dierks' music before he became a staple of country radio. Now that she's battling cancer, Dierks has kept a regular vigil at her hospital room in west Nashville. He even took her out for "one last ride" in his vintage '67 Camaro this week.

Dierks posted a picture on Instagram of their ride. The caption says, "She's hanging tough. Enjoying good friend and music."

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Image Courtesy Becky FlukeMiranda Lambert is taking her seventh annual Cause for the Paws festival to Las Vegas this Friday in conjunction with the first-ever Route 91 Harvest Festival. Miranda will headline the Friday night show, and all proceeds from her appearance will go to her charity, the MuttNation Foundation, to help homeless dogs get a new lease on life.

Miranda says, "I am so excited to be playing Vegas to raise money for a cause so dear to my heart. With your donations, we are able to watch happy, healthy dogs being given a second chance at life through adoption.”

The Cause for the Paws event also includes a sold-out VIP cocktail party prior to Miranda's show, complete with a live and silent auction of items from Miranda and her husband, Blake Shelton. An online auction will go live on eBay to coincide with the event.

Miranda's Cause for the Paws raised more than $400,000 event last year in Oklahoma. Overall, the MuttNation Foundation has generated $1.5 million to help dogs in need in the past seven years. For more information, go to MuttNationFoundation.com.

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Image Courtesy Valory Music Co.If Brantley Gilbert ever starts feeling cooped up on his tour bus, he's got his choice of five Harley-Davdison motorcycles on the road with him all the time. His pal, Harley-Davidson dealership owner Ricky Kelley, actually gave Brantley three motorcycles to take with him on tour, but Brantley couldn't leave his own hogs at home.

He says, "My newest one and my '99, I'm so addicted to 'em, that I end up bringing them out anyway."

Over the past few years, Brantley has become friends with bikers all over the U.S. who are glad to show him around when he's in their city.

Brantley explains, "If we don't know a lot of road systems around there and what roads are good to ride and what's got a good bit of scenery, these guys will show up and we'll kind of follow 'em around and get a good ride during the day."

Brantley is on the road with his Let It Ride tour through December 13.

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Comstock/ThinkstockWhat is the title of Lady Antebellum's 2007 debut hit? ANSWER: "Love Don't Live Here Anymore."

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Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockBig & Rich continue promoting their new album, Gravity, with a performance on The Queen Latifah Show Thursday.

Eric Paslay has released "She Don't Love You" as the new single from his self-titled debut album.

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Image Courtesy Capitol NashvilleLady Antebellum's new album, 747, comes out this week featuring something most of this fall's other major country releases don't have -- a female voice. In fact, Lady A's Hillary Scott sings lead or duet vocals on most of the new album's 11 tracks, including the lead single, "Bartender."

It's not that the group made 747 in response to combat the lack of women in country music.  Hillary tells ABC News Radio , "It just kind of fell that way. I think a lot of songs that we cut that were outside songs weren't originally duets, and then we made them into duets, which 'Lie with Me' was one of those, and then 'Damn You Seventeen' another one."

While "Bartender" is a drinking song,  it's written and performed from the point of view of a woman. Hillary was especially glad to be the voice singing that song as it topped the country chart.

"It was at such a time where there was so few female songs on radio," Hillary says. "So, having that female perspective is so important. That's the majority of who is listening to our music on a daily basis driving in their car. You know, you have to have that voice, that perspective."

Fans of Lady A's other lead singer, Charles Kelley, will find plenty of vocals from him on 747, too. Lady Antebellum performs on NBC's Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Wednesday night.

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