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Add it to the list of left turns from the enigmatic country artist — Sam Hunt‘s new track “Hard to Forget” opens with a lengthy sample of 1950s honky-tonk star Webb Pierce‘s classic “There Stands the Glass.” Apart from the fact that it samples a 67-year-old country song, “Hard to …

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani gave the live performance debut of their duet “Nobody But You” on the 2020 Grammy Awards. Shelton, in a three-piece suit, began the song solo, strumming an acoustic guitar and tackling the opening verse, before Stefani joined him from stage right. Dressed in a gown …

In 2018, Pokey LaFarge moved from St. Louis to Los Angeles. It nearly killed him. The eccentric Americana troubadour documents his overindulgence and despair on the new album Rock Bottom Rhapsody. Due April 10th, it’s LaFarge’s eighth studio LP and arrives via New West Records. LaFarge previews Rock Bottom Rhapsody …

Lynyrd Skynyrd have recruited a whole slew of their rock & roll peers to perform at a new festival. The Lynyrd Skynyrd & Friends: Simple Man Jam is set for August 20th through 24th in Orlando, Florida. The iconic Southern rock band, which is currently gearing up for a 2020 …

Bluegrass duo Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley released World Full of Blues on October 4th, 2019, marking the musicians’ third album together. Included on the project was a breezy cover of the Grateful Dead‘s moonshining song “Brown-Eyed Women” that featured Vince Gill, which now has a video to accompany it. …

So, How Was Your Decadeis a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. In 2014, a then-unsigned Margo Price headlined Rolling Stone Country’s new artist showcase at …

In July, the folk-leaning sextet Delta Rae announced their departure from Big Machine Label Group, an event that happened to coincide with the label’s sale to Scooter Braun and Taylor Swift’s subsequent criticism of the deal. As a side effect, Delta Rae’s Kickstarter was quickly funded beyond their wildest dreams …

Singer-songwriters Ingrid Andress and Riley Green have been selected as performers for the 2020 New Faces showcase, an industry-only gig that closes out the annual Country Radio Seminar. Also featured on the bill are Runaway June, Morgan Evans, and Mitchell Tenpenny. The New Faces showcase puts this group of rising …

Larry Junstrom, a founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the longtime bassist for .38 Special, has died, according to a post on .38 Special’s Facebook page. He was 70. Junstrom was in an early incarnation of Skynyrd, with singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitar players Gary Rossington and Allen Collins, and …

For her seventh season of performing the Sunday Night Football theme song “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night,” Carrie Underwood brought along some rock star firepower: Joan Jett, on whose 1988 hit “I Hate Myself for Loving You” the SNF theme is based. Shot at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the home of …