Sara Evans and Brad Paisley Announce Release Dates For New Albums

Sara Evans and Brad Paisley made separate announcements this week about new albums that each of the artists will be releasing in the new year.

Sara Evans will release a new album, Stronger, on March 8 on RCA Nashville. The project's first single is "A Little Bit Stronger," written by Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey and Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott. Evans issued a Greatest Hits album in 2007, but her previous album of all-new material, Real Fine Place, was released in 2005.

Brad Paisley is bringing an early holiday present to fans with the announcement that beginning December 13 and continuing for one week through December 20, fans will be able to visit www.ThisIsCountryMusic.com and download a free digital single of Paisley’s current smash, “This Is Country Music.” The song is the first single from his next album, also titled This Is Country Music, slated for release on April 19.