UPDATED (12/31): The tribute concert to Justin Townes Earle has been postponed a full year, according to a statement released by the Ryman Auditorium. The all-star celebration of the songwriter, who died in 2020, will now take place on Jan. 4th, 2023, on what would have been Earle’s 41st birthday. …
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UPDATE (11/4):The final group of CMA Awards performers has been announced, with the show’s host Luke Bryan among the latest additions. Other performers will include Gabby Barrett singing “The Good Ones,” Dierks Bentley singing “Beers on Me” with Breland and Hardy, Thomas Rhett singing “Country Again,” Keith Urban singing “Wild …
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It’s a great day to believe a lie. Freedom fighter Travis Tritt made a pair of appearances on right-wing talk shows this week after publicly declaring that he would not perform concerts in venues that require Covid-19 vaccination, masks, or even testing. Naturally, he cited fellow anti-lockdown crusader Eric Clapton …
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Kacey Musgraves performed songs off her new album Star-Crossed on the 47th season premiere of Saturday Night Live. Musgraves played a stripped-down version of “Justified” as her first number, seated on a stool and strumming a guitar that obscured any clothes she may have been wearing — creating the illusion …
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Willie Nelson gathers his real-life family and the Family Band for a new album of cover songs and Nelson classics. Titled The Willie Nelson Family, the LP features the country music stalwart’s interpretations of George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” and Kris Kristofferson’s “Why Me,” along with updated takes on …
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In September of 1996, a reporter asked Tony Thomas, the musical director at Seattle’s KMPS Radio, what he thought about LeAnn Rimes’ Blue. Released 25 years ago this month, the title track had become one of the biggest selling singles in the past decade, and in a few short months …
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The latest episode of CMT’s new series Campfire Sessions featured artists performing intimate acoustic versions of cover songs. Kelsea Ballerini had a standout performance on the July 1st episode, adding a little country twist to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” a 1977 song that went viral last year thanks to a TikTok …
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After recording the unfinished songs of the late, great Gary Stewart on last summer’s Touch of You – The Lost Songs of Gary Stewart, Mike and the Moonpies return with a new original song. “Paycheck to Paycheck” is a hard-charging blast of Texas boogie and barroom country that calls to …
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Joy Oladokun appeared from the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville, Tennessee, for a performance on The Late Show. Armed with only a guitar and a microphone, the singer gave an emotional, intimate rendition of her song “Sunday.” “I had the pleasure of filming my performance at the …
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The Americana Music Association’s annual Americana Honors & Awards will return for its 20th year on September 22nd at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Nominees in each of the categories were announced by Keb’ Mo’ and Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor during an afternoon event at Nashville’s National Museum of African-American …
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